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Congressional Research
Service Reports
The Congressional Research Service is the public policy research arm of the United States Congress and solely serves Congress as a source of nonpartisan, objective analysis and research on all legislative issues. Through the Congress, the National Agricultural Law Center is periodically receiving CRS reports related to agriculture and food issues. New and updated reports will be posted here as they are obtained.
Recently, the CRS reports were updated and reorganized, with efficient research and easier topic identification as main goals. The reports were reclassified from the previous categories into new topics that more closely match and identify the subject of the report. Further division by multiple sub-topics in many of the categories will help specifically pinpoint topics relevant to individual areas of interest. However, it is important to note that many of the reports may fall into more than one category. For example, a report titled "Federal Food Assistance in Disasters" may have elements relevant to both the disaster assistance category and the food security and aid category. In those cases, the report was put into the category that seemed the most relevant to the overall subject of the paper. While every effort was made to ensure consistency, a careful researcher should exercise discretion and define the scope of research accordingly. Many CRS reports are updated regularly so if you have subjects or reports of particular interest, you should check the entries periodically for updated versions.
Note: Beginning January 2010, new postings will be added at the top of the sections with the most timely reports marked as NEW.
Subject Index
Animal Agriculture
Aquaculture
Bankruptcy
Biotechnology
Budget and Appropriations
Climate Change
Commodities
Disaster Impact and Assistance
Economy
Energy
Environmental Issues
Estate Planning and Taxation
Farm Bills/Economic Stimulus
Farm Labor
Farm Commodity Programs
Farm Policy and Legislative Analysis
Federal Loan Programs
Finance and Credit
Food Safety
Food Security/Aid
Forestry
International Agriculture
Public Lands
Rural Development
Security and Defense
Sustainable and Organic Farming
Trade Regulation and Antitrust
Transportation
Water Resources
Animal Agriculture
General Issues
Animal Agriculture: Selected Issues in the
113th Congress (R42954, Greene)
U.S. Livestock and Poultry Feed Use and Availability: Background and Emerging Issues (R41956, Schnepf)
Animal Agriculture: Selected Issues for Congress (RS22526, Becker)
Dairy Market and Policy Issues (R40205, Shields)
Livestock Feed Costs: Concerns and Options (RS22908, Becker)
Health Issues
USDA Authority to Regulate On-Farm Activity (R40577, Brougher)
Animal Drug User Fee Programs (RL34459, Lister)
Antibiotic Use in Agriculture: Background and Legislation (R40739, Becker)
Avian Influenza in Poultry and Wild Birds (RL33795, Monke & Corn)
Avian Influenza: Multiple Strains Cause Different Effects Worldwide (RS21747,Monke)
BSE, or "Mad Cow Disease" in North America: A Chronology of Selected Events
(RL32932, Becker)
BSE, or "Mad Cow Disease": Current and Proposed Safeguards (RL32199, Becker & Lister)
Foot and Mouth Disease: A Threat to U.S. Agriculture (RS20890, Segarra & Rawson)
Funding Plant & Animal Health Emergencies: Transfers from the CCC (RL32504, Monke)
Mad Cow Disease: Agricultural Issues for Congress (IB10127, Becker)
Private Testing of Mad Cow Disease: Legal Issues (RL32414, Vina)
Recent Honey Bee Colony Declines (RL33938, Johnson)
Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies, Including "Mad Cow Disease" (RL32269, Lister & Becker)
Virus-Serum-Toxin Act: A Brief History and Analysis (RS22014, Monke)
Treatment
Table Egg Production and Hel Welfare: The UEP-HSUS Agreement, HR 3798 and S. 3239 (R42534, Greene & Cowan)
Animal Welfare Act: Background and Selected Legislation (RS22493, Becker)
Federal Animal Protection Statutes: Brief Summaries (94-731, Cohen)
Humane Treatment of Farm Animals: Overview and Selected Issues (95-1175, Becker)
Humane Treatment of Farm Animals: Overview and Issues (RS21978, Becker)
Horse Slaughter Prevention Bills and Issues (RS21842, Becker)
Marketing
USDA's Proposed Rule on Livestock and Poultry Marketing Practices (R41673, Greene)
Dairy Market and Policy Issues (R40205, Shields)
Livestock Mandatory Price Reporting (RS20079, Heykoop)
Potential Farm Sector Effects of 2009 H1N1 "Swine Flu": Questions and Answers
(R40575, Johnson)
Recent Acquisitions of U.S. Meat Companies (RS22980, Johnson)
Livestock Marketing and Competition Issues (RL33325, Johnson & Becker)
Identification
Animal Identification and Meat Traceability (RL32012, Becker)
Animal Identification: Overview and Issues (R40832, Schnepf)
Animal Identification: Overview and Issues (RS22653, Becker)
Byproducts
Anaerobic Digestion: Greenhouse Gas Emission Reduction and Energy Generation (R40667, Bracmort)
Animal Rendering: Economics and Policy (RS21771, Becker)
Aquaculture
Fishery, Aquaculture, and Marine Mammal Issues in the 112th Congress (R41613, Buck et al.)
Fishery, Aquaculture, and Marine Mammal Legislation in the 107th Congress (IB10074, Buck)
Fishery, Aquaculture, and Marine Mammal Legislation in the 109th Congress (RL33459, Buck)
Fishery, Aquaculture, and Marine Mammal Legislation in the 110th Congress (RL33813, Buck)
Fishery, Aquaculture, and Marine Mammal Issues in the 111th Congress (R40172, Buck & Upton)
Fishery, Aquaculture, and Marine Mammal Online News and Information Sources (RL30856, Buck)
Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act: Reauthorization Issues for the 107th
Congress (RL30215, Waldeck & Buck)
Open Ocean Aquaculture (RL32694, Borgatti & Buck)
Bankruptcy
Regulation of Real Estate Appraisers (RS22953, Murphy)
Homestead Exemptions in Bankruptcy After the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005 (BAPCPA) (R40891, Pettit & Platte)
Ch. 12 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code: Reorganization of a Family Farmer or Fisherman (RS20742, Jeweler)
Biotechnology
An Overview of the "Patent Trolls" Debate (R42688, Yeh)
Genetically Engineered Fish and Seafood: Environmental Concerns (R41486, Buck)
Deregulating Genetically Engineered Alfalfa and Sugar Beets: Legal & Administrative Responses (R41395, Cowan & Alexander)
Technology Transfer: Use of Federally Funded Research and Development (RL33527, Schacht)
Deregulating Genetically Engineered Alfalfa and Sugar Beets: Legal and Administrative Responses (R41396, Cowan
& Alexander)
Agricultural Biotechnology: Background and Recent Issues (RL32809, Becker & Cowan)
Biosafety Protocol for Genetically Modified Organisms: An Overview (RL30594, Segarra & Fletcher)
Biotechnology in Animal Agriculture: Status and Current Issues (RL33334, Cowan & Becker)
Examination of the Issues Surrounding Biotechnology Patenting and Its Effects Upon Entrepreneurial
Companies (RL30648, Thomas)
Genetically Engineered Fish and Seafood (RL32974, Bortatti & Buck)
Labeling of Genetically Modified Foods (RS20507, Vogt)
StarLink Corn Controversy: Background (RS20732, Segarra & Rawson)
Status of Genetically Engineered Wheat in North America (RS21620, Bass)
Budget and Appropriations
Budget Control Act of 2011: The Effects
on Spending and the Budget Deficit (R42506, Levit & Labonte) NEW
Sequestration as a Budget Enforcement
Process: Frequently Asked Questions (R42972, Lynch)
The Budget Control Act of 2011:
Budgetary Effects of Proposals to Replace the FY2013 Sequester (R42675, Levit)
FY2013 Continuing Resolution: Analysis of Components and Congressional Action (R42782, Tollestrup)
Federal Support for Academic Research (R41895, Matthews)
The “Fiscal Cliff”: Macroeconomic
Consequences of Tax Increases and Spending Cuts (R42700, Gravelle)
Budget Control Act of 2011: Budgetary Effects of Proposals to Replace the FY2013 Sequester (R42674, Levit)
Continuing Resolutions: Overview of Components and Recent Practices (R42647, Tollestrup)
Major Fiscal Issues Before Congress in FY 2013 (R42654, Levit, et al.)
Budget "Sequestration" and Selected Program Exemptions and Special Rules (R42050, Spar)
Agriculture and Related Agencies:
FY2013 Appropriations (R42596, Monke)
Fish and Wildlife Service:
FY2013 Appropriations and Policy (R42466, Corn)
Agricultural Research, Education, and
Extension: Issues and Background (R40819, Shields)
The Congressional Appropriations Process:
An Introduction (R42388, Tollestrup)
The Debt Limit: History and Recent Increases (RL31967, Austin & Levit)
Financial Services and General Government:
FY2012 Appropriations (R42008, Hatch)
Agriculture and Related Agencies:
FY2012 Appropriations (R41964, Monke)
The Budget Control Act of 2011 (R41965, Heniff, et al.)
The Congressional Budget Process:
A Brief Overview (RS20095, Saturno)
Mandatory Spending Since 1962Mandatory Spending Since 1962 (RL33074, Austin et al.)
Federal Stafford Act Disaster Assistance: Presidential Declarations, Eligible Activities,
and Funding (RL33053, McCarthy)
Reducing the Budget Deficit: The President's Fiscal Commission and Other Initiatives (R41784, Levit)
Reaching the Debt Limit: Background and Potential Effects on Government Operations (R41633, Levit, et al.)
Fish and Wildlife Service: FY2012 Appropriations and Policy (R41928, Corn)
Reducing the Budget Deficit: Tax Policy Options (R41641, Sherlock)
Agriculture and Related Agencies: FY2010 Appropriations (R40721, Monke)
OMB Controls on Agency Mandatory Spending Programs: "Administrative PAYGO" and Related Issues for Congress (R41375, Brass & Monke)
Earmarks Disclosed by Congress: FY2008-FY2010 Regular Appropriations Bills (R40976, Vincent & Monke)
Continuing Resolutions: Latest Action and Brief Overview of Recent Practices (RL30343, Streeter)
Agriculture and Related Agencies: FY2011 Appropriations (R41475, Ho et al.)
FY2010 Supplemental Appropriations for Agriculture (R41255, Monke)
Reductions in Mandatory Agriculture Program Spending (R41245, Monke & Stubbs)
CRS Issue Statement on Agriculture Appropriations (IS40598, Monke)
Environmental Protection Agency: Appropriations for FY2011 (R41149, Esworthy et al.)
FY2011 Federal Budget (R41097, Levit)
Financial Services and General Government: FY2010 Appropriations (R40801, Hatch)
Energy and Water Development: FY2010 Appropriations (R40669, Behrens et al.
)
Energy and Water Development: FY2009 Appropriations (RL34417, Behrens et al.)
Agriculture and FY2006 Budget Reconciliation (RS22086, Chite)
Agriculture and Related Agencies: FY2009 Appropriations (R40000, Monke)
Agriculture and Related Agencies: FY2008 Appropriations (RL34132, Monke)
Agriculture and Related Agencies: FY2007 Appropriations (RL33412, Monke)
Agriculture and Related Agencies: FY2006 Appropriations (RL32904, Monke)
Appropriations for FY1999; Interior and Related Agencies (98-206, Greenwood)
Appropriations for FY1999; U.S. Department of Agriculture and Related Agencies (98-201, Chite)
Appropriations for FY2000: Energy and Water Development (RL30207, Humphries & Behrens)
Appropriations for FY2000: Interior and Related Agencies (RL30206, Greenwood)
Appropriations for FY2000: U.S. Department of Agriculture and Related Agencies (RL30201, Chite)
Appropriations for FY2001: An Overview (RL30500, Bley)
Appropriations for FY2001: Energy and Water Development (RL30507, Humphries & Behrens)
Appropriations for FY2001: Interior and Related Agencies (RL30506, Greenwood)
Appropriations for FY2001: U.S. Department of Agriculture and Related Agencies (RL30501, Chite)
Appropriations for FY2002: Interior and Related Agencies (RL31006, Vincent & Boren)
Appropriations for FY2002: U.S. Department of Agriculture and Related Agencies (RL31001, Chite)
Appropriations for FY2003: Interior and Related Agencies (RL31306, Vincent & Boren)
Appropriations for FY2003: Interior and Related Agencies (RL31806, Vincent & Boren)
Appropriations for FY2003: U.S. Department of Agriculture and Related Agencies (RL31301, Chite)
Appropriations for FY2004: U.S. Department of Agriculture and Related Agencies (RL31801, Chite)
Appropriations for FY2005: USDA and Related Agencies (RL32301, Chite)
Assistance After Hurricanes and Other Disasters: FY2004-05 Supplemental Appropriations (RL32581, Bea & Chite)
Emergency Funding for Ag: A Brief History of Supplemental Appropriations FY1989-2005(RL31095, Chite)
Environmental Protection Agency: Highlights of the President's FY2007 Request (RS22386, Bearden & Esworthy)
Farm Commodity Programs in the President's FY2010 Budget (R40442, Monke)
Federal Research and Development Funding: FY2007 (RL33345, Davey, et al.)
Federal Research and Development Funding: FY2006 (RL32799, Davey)
Federal R&D Funding Under a Continuing Resolution (RS22523, Davey, et al.)
Food and Agriculture Provisions in the FY1997 Supplemental Appropriations Act (98-600, Chite)
FY2006
Budget Request for the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) (RS22071, Monke)
FY2007 Budget Request for the U.S. Department of Agriculture (RS22382, Monke)
FY2009 Budget Request for the USDA (RS22621, Monke)
Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies: FY2008 Appropriations (RL34011, Vincent, et al.)
Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies: FY2006 Appropriations (RL32893, Vincent)
Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies: FY2007 Appropriations (RL33399, Vincent & Boren)
Land and Water Conservation Fund: Current Status and Issues (97-792, Zinn)
Natural Resources and Environment Function in the FY2000 Federal Budget: A Description of
Programs and Funding (RS20096, Bearden)
Natural Resources and Environment Function in the FY2001 Federal Budget: A Description of
Programs and Funding (RS20492, Bearden)
Natural Resources and Environment Function in the FY2003 Federal Budget: An Overview of
Programs and Funding (RS21154, Bearden)
Superfund and Natural Resource Damages (RS20772, Reisch)
Supplemental Appropriations and Rescissions for FY1998 (98-123, Nowels)
Climate Change
Climate Change and Existing Law: A Survey
of Legal Issues Past, Present, and Future (R42613, Meltz) NEW
China's Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Mitigation Policies (R41919, Leggett)
Comparison of Climate Change Adaptation Provisions in S. 1733 and H.R. 2454 (R40911, Ho)
EPA's BACT Guidance for Greenhouse Gases from Stationary Sources (R41505, Parker & McCarthy)
Greenhouse Gas Emission Drivers: Population, Economic Development and Growth, and Energy Use (RL33970, Blodgett & Parker)
Geoengineering: Governance and Technology Policy (R41371, Bracmort et al.)
Climate Investment Funds CIFs: An Overview (R41302, Lattanzio)
EPA Regulation of Greenhouse Gases: Congressional Responses and Options (R41212, McCarthy & Parker)
Changes in the Arctic: Background and Issues for Congress (R41153, O'Rourke)
International Agreements on Climate Change: Selected Legal Questions (R41175, Barbour)
Deforestation and Climate Change (R41144, Gorte & Sheikh)
Federal Agency Actions Following the Supreme Court's Climate Change Decision: A Chronology (R41103, Meltz)
Climate Change: EU and Proposed U.S. Approaches to Carbon Leakage and WTO Implications (R40914, Parker & Grimmett)
Severe Thunderstorms and Tornadoes in the United States (R40097, Folger)
Memorandum: International Governance of Geoengineering (M-031110, Lattanzio & Barbour)
Memorandum: Comparison of Selected Senate Energy and Climate Change Proposals (M-061610, Yacobucci)
China and the United States -- A Comparison of Green Energy Programs and Policies (R41287, Campbell)
Climate Change ad the EU Emmissions Trading Scheme: Looking to 2020 (R41049, Parker)
Potential Implications of a Carbon Offset Program to Farmers and Landowners (R41086, Johnson et al.)
Cars and Climate: What Can EPA Do To Control Greenhouse Gases from Mobile Sources? (R40506, McCarthy)
Status of the Copenhagen Climate Change Negotiations (R40910, Leggett & Lattanzio)
Climate Change: Comparison of the Cap-and-Trade Provisions in H.R. 2454 and S. 1733(R40896, Yacobucci et al.)
Agriculture and Forestry Provisions in Climate Legislation in the 111th Congress (R40994, Johnson)
Agriculture and Forestry Provisions in Climate Change Legislation (S. 3036) (RS22834, Johnson)
Nitrous Oxide from Agricultural Sources: Potential Role in Greenhouse Gas Emission Reducation
and Ozone Recovery (R40874, Bracmort)
Climate Change: Summary and Analysis of the Climate Stewardship Act (RS22076, Parker & Yacobucci)
Climate Change Legislation in the 108th Congress (RL32055, Yacobucci & Powers)
Global Climate Change: Carbon Emissions and End-use Energy Demands (RL30038, Rowberg)
Greenhouse Gases and Economic Development: An Empirical Approach to Defining Goals (RL32762, Blodgett & Parker)
Climate Change: Summary and Analysis of the "Climate Stewardship Act" (RS21637, Parker & Yacobucci)
Climate Change: Comparison and Analysis of S. 1151 and the Draft "Climate and Economy Insurance
Act of 2005" (RS32953, Yacobucci & Parker)
Global Climate Change: Federal Research on Possible Human Health Effects (RL31519, Simpson)
Climate Change Legislation in the 109th Congress (RL32955, Yacobucci)
Global Climate Change: Major Scientific and Policy Issues (RL33602, Justus & Fletcher)
Climate Change: Science and Policy Implications (RL33849, Leggett
Greenhouse Gas Reductions: California Action and the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RL33982, Ramseur)
Voluntary Carbon Offsets: Overview and Assessment (RL34241, Ramseur)
Climate Change: Federal Funding and Tax Incentives (RL33817, Leggett)
Climate Change: Comparison and Analysis of S. 1766 and S. 2191 (S. 3036) (RL34520, Parker & Yacobucci)
California's Waiver Request Under the Clean Air Act to Control Greenhouse Gases from Motor Vehicles (RL34099, McCarthy & Meltz)
Air Quality Standards and Sound Science: What Role for CASAC? (RL33607, McCarthy)
Clean Air Act: Summary of the Act and Its Major Requirements (RL30853, McCarthy et al.)
Air Quality: Multi-Pollutant Legislation in the 108th Congress (RL31779, Parker & Blodgett)
Air Quality: Multi-Pollutant Legislation (RL31326, Parker & Blodgett)
Are Carbon Dioxide Emissions Rising More Rapidly Than Expected? (RS22970, Leggett & Logan)
Biochar: Examination of an Emerging Concept to Mitigate Climate Change (R40186, Bracmort)
Capturing CO2 from Coal-Fired Power Plants: Challenges for a Comprehensive Strategy (RL34621, Parker et al.)
Carbon Capture and Sequestration (CCS) (RL33801, Folger)
Carbon Cycle: Implications for Climate Change and Congress (RL34059, Folger)
"Carbon Leakage" and Trade: Issues and Approaches (R40100, Parker & Blodgett)
Carbon Tax and Greenhouse Gas Control: Options and Considerations for Congress (R40242, Ramseur & Parker)
Climate Change: Action by States to Address Greenhouse Gas Emissions (RL33812, Ramseur)
Climate Change: Comparison of S. 2191 as Reported (now S. 3036) with Proposed Boxer Amendment (RL34515, Yacobucci & Parker)
Climate Change: Costs and Benefits of S.2191 (RL34489, Parker & Yacobucci)
Climate Change: Costs and Benefits of the Cap-and-Trade Provisions of H.R. 2454 (R40809, Parker & Yacobucci)
Climate Change: Current Issues and Policy Tools (RL34513, Leggett)
Climate Change: Design Approaches for a Greenhouse Gas Reduction Program (RL33799, Parker)
Climate Change: Federal Expenditures for Science and Technology (RL32997, Simpson & Justus)
Climate Change: Federal Laws and Policies Related to Greenhouse Gas Reductions (RL31931, Yacobucci & Parker)
Climate Change: Federal Research, Technology, and Related Programs (RL30452, Simpson)
Climate Change: Issues Underlying Negotiations at the Bali Conference of Parties (RL34260, Fletcher et al.)
Climate Change: Kyoto Protocol and International Actions (RL33826, Fletcher & Parker)
Climate Change: Potential Regulation of Stationary Greenhouse Gas Sources Under the Clean Air Act(R40585, Parker & McCarthy)
Climate Change: Role of the U.S. Agriculture Sector (RL33898, Johnson)
Climate Change: Science Update 2007 (RL34266, Leggett)
Climate Change and the EU Emissions Trading System (ETS): Kyoto and Beyond (RL34150, Parker)
Climate Change and International Deforestation: Legislative Analysis (RL34634, Shiekh & Gorte)
Climate Change Litigation: A Survey (RL32764, Meltz)
Climate Change Legislation in the 110th Congress (RL34067, Ramseur & Yacobucci)
Community Acceptance of Carbon Capture and Sequestrian Infrastructure: Siting Challenges (RL34601, Parfomak)
Estimates of Carbon Mitigation Potential from Agricultural and Forestry Activities (R40236, Johnson et al.)
Federal Research and Development Funding: FY2010 (R40710, Sargent)
Federal Research and Development Funding: Possible Impacts of Operating Under a Continuing Resolution (RS22978, Shea & Morgan)
Forest Carbon Markets: Potential and Drawbacks (RL34560, Gorte & Ramseur)
Global Climate Change and Wildlife (RS22597, Sheikh et al.)
Global Climate Change: Status of Negotiations (RS22899, Fletcher)
Global Climate Change: The Kyoto Protocol (RL30692, Fletcher)
Global Climate Change: The Role of Energy Efficiency (RL30414, Sissine)
Global Climate Change: The Role of U.S. Foreign Assistance (97-1015, Tarnoff)
Global Climate Change: U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions -- Status, Trends and Projections (98-235, Blodgett & Parker)
Greenhouse Gas Reduction: Cap-and-Trade Bills in the 110th Congress (RL33846, Parker & Yacobucci)
Greenhouse Gas Emissions: Conflicting Situations, Conflicting Perspectives (RL32721, Parker & Blodgett)
Greenhouse Legislation: Summary and Analysis of H.R. 2454 as Passed by the House of Representatives (R40643-1, Holt & Whitney)
Greenhouse Legislation: Summary and Analysis of H.R. 2454 as Reported by the House Committee
on Energy and Commerce (R40643, Holt & Whitney)
Market-Based Greenhouse Gas Control: Selected Proposals in the 111th Congress (R40556, Ramseur et al.)
Measuring and Monitoring Carbon in the Agricultural and Forestry Sectors (RS22964, Gorte & Johnson)
Potential Offset Supply in a Cap-and-Trade Program (RL34705, Ramseur)
Regulating a Carbon Market: Issues Raised By the European Carbon and U.S. Sulfur Dioxide Allowance Markets(RL34488, Jickling & Parker)
Role of Offsets in a Greenhouse Gas Emissions Cap-and-Trade Program: Potential Benefits and Concerns (RL34436, Ramseur)
Summary of Waxman-Market Draft Greenhouse Gas Legislation (R40597, Holt)
Supreme Court's Climate Change Decision: Massachusetts v. EPA (RS22665, Meltz)
U.S. Global Climate Change Policy: Evolving Views on Cost, Competitiveness, and Comprehensiveness (RL30024, Parker & Blodgett)
U.S.-centric Chronology of the International Climate Change Negotiations (R40001, Leggett)
United States and Europe: Current Issues (RS22163, Mix)
Commodities
Crops
Sugar Program: The Basics (R42535, Jurenas)
Fruits, Vegetables, and Other Specialty Crops: Selected Federal Programs (R42771, Johnson)
Sugar Program Proposals for the
2012 Farm Bill (R42551, Jurenas)
Asian Soybean Rust: Background and Issues (RL32225, Schnepf)
Background on Sugar Policy Issues (RL33541, Jurenas)
FDA Regulation of Tobacco Products: A Policy and Legal Analysis (RL32619, Redhead & Burrows)
Hemp As an Agricultural Commodity (RL32725, Johnson)
Implications of Reactivating the Dairy Export Incentive Program (R40585, Shields & Hanrahan)
Specialty Crop Issues in the 109th Congress (RL32951, Rawson)
Tobacco: Selected Legal Issues (RL33719, Burrows)
U.S. Tobacco Production, Consumption and Export Trends (RL30947, Womach)
Marketing
Farm Product 'Check-off' Programs: A Constitutional Analysis (RL32957, Vina)
Farmers' Markets: The USDA Role (RS21652, Becker)
Federal Farm Promotion ("Check-Off") Programs (95-353, Becker)
High Agricultural Commodity Prices: What Are the Issues (RL34474, Schnepf)
Seafood Marketing: Combating Fraud and Deception (RL34124, Buck)
Trading
CFTC Reauthorization in the 109th Congress (RS22028, Jickling)
Proposed Transaction Fee on Futures Contracts (RS22415, Jickling)
Disaster Impact and Assistance
Federal Crop Insurance for Specialty Crops:
Background and Legislative Proposals (R42813, Shields)
FEMA's Disaster Declaration Process: A Primer (RL34146, McCarthy)
CRS Issue Statement on Disaster Risk Financing (IS40291, King)
FY2010 Supplemental for Wars, Disaster Assistance, Haiti Relief, and Other Programs (R41232, Belasco et al.)
Renegotiation of the Standard Reinsurance Agreement for Federal Crop Insurance (R40966, Shields)
Agricultural Disaster Assistance (RS21212, Chite)
Commercial Fishery Disaster Assistance (RL34209, Upton)
Disaster Relief Funding and Emergency Supplemental Appropriations (R40708, Lindsay & Murray)
Disaster Relief and Response: FY2003 Supplemental Appropriations (RL31999, Bea)
Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Legislation for Disaster Assistance: Summary Data (RL33226, Murray & Lindsey)
Federal Crop Insurance: Background and Issues (R40532, Shields)
Federal Disaster Recovery Programs: Brief Summaries (RL31734, Jordan)
Federal Food Assistance in Disasters: Hurricanes Katrina and Rita (RL33102, Richardson)
FY2006 Supplemental Appropriations: Iraq and Other International Activities; Additional Hurricane Katrina Relief (RL33298, Irwin & Nowels)
Hurricanes Katrina and Rita: Fishing and Aquaculture - Damage and Recovery (RS22241, Buck)
Hurricanes Katrina and Rita and the Coastal Louisiana Ecosystem Restoration (RS22276, Zinn)
International Crises and Disasters: U.S. Humanitarian Assistance, Budget Trends, and Issues for Congress (RL33769, Margesson)
Midwest Floods of 2008: Potential Impact on Agriculture (RL34583, Schnepf)
Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act: Provisions and Changes to Preexisting Law (RL33589, Lister & Gottron)
Ports in Louisiana: New Orleans, South Louisiana, and Baton Rouge (RS22297, Cieslak)
U.S. Agriculture After Hurricanes Katrina and Rita: Status and Issues (RL33075, Schnepf & Chite)
A Whole-Farm Crop Disaster Program: Supplemental Revenue Assistance (SURE) (R40452, Shields)
Economy
The Economic Implications of the Long-Term
Federal Budget Outlook (RL32747, Labonte)
Standard & Poor's Downgrade of U.S.
Government Long-Term Debt (R41955, Jickling)
Treasury Securities and the U.S. Sovereign
Credit Default Swap Market (R41932, Austin & Miller)
Individual Mandate and Related Information
Requirements under PPACA (R41331, Newman)
PPACA: A Brief Overview of the Law, Implementation, and Legal Challenges (R41664, Chaikind et al.)
The Bush Tax Cuts and the Economy (R41393, Hungerford)
Farm Price-Cost Squeeze and U.S. Farm Policy (R40761, Shields)
Farm-To-Food Price Dynamics (R40621, Schnepf)
U.S. Farm Economy (R40152, Schnepf)
U.S. Farm Economy (RS21970, Schnepf)
Energy
Generally
Energy Policy: 113th Congress Issues (R42756, Behrens)
Energy Policy: Election Year Issues and Legislative Proposals (R42756, Behrens)
Why Some Fuel-Efficient Vehicles Are Not Sold Domestically (R42666, Canis)
U.S. Oil Imports and Exports (R42465, Nerurkar)
Energy Tax Policy: Issues in the 112th Congress (R41769, Sherlock & Crandall-Hollick)
Keystone XL Pipeline Project: Key Issues (R41668, Parfomak, et al.)
Energy Tax Incentives: Measuring Value Across Different Types of Energy Resources (R41953, Sherlock)
The Role of Federal Gasoline Excise Taxes in
Public Policy (R40808, Pirog)
EPA's Regulation of Coal-Fired Power: Is a "Train Wreck" Coming? (R41914, McCarthy, et al.)
Keeping America's Pipelines Safe and Secure: Key Issues for Congress (R41536, Parfomak)
Energy Tax Policy: Issues in the 111th Congress (R40999, Sherlock & Marples)
Energy Tax Policy: Historical Perspectives on and Current Status of Energy Tax Expenditures (R41227, Sherlock)
Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E): Background, Status, and Selected Issues for Congress (RL34497, Stine)
Energy: Selected Facts and Numbers (RL31840, Glover & Behrens)
Energy Costs and Agriculture (RL30943, Heykoop)
Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007: A Summary of Major Provisions (RL34294, Sissine)
Energy Policy Act of 2002: Summary of S. 1766 as Introduced (RL31276, Holt & Glover)
Energy Policy: Historical Overview, Conceptual Framework, and Continuing Issues (RL31720, Bamberger)
Energy Projects on Federal Lands: Leasing and Authorization (R40806, Vann)
Energy Tax Policy: History and Current Issues (RL33578, Lazzari)
Energy Use in Agriculture: Background and Issues (RL32677, Schnepf)
Renewable Energy R&D Funding History: Comparison with Funding for Nuclear Energy, Fossil Energy,
and Energy Efficiency R&D (RS22858, Sissine)
U.S. Energy: Overview and Selected Facts and Numbers (R40187, Behrens & Glover)
Renewable Energy
Algae’s Potential as a Transportation Biofuel (R42122, Bracmort) NEW
DOD Alternative Fuels: Policy, Initiatives and
Legislative Activity (R42859, Blakeley)
Alternative Fuel and Advanced Vehicle
Technology Incentives: A Summary of Federal Programs (R42566, Cunningham et al.)
U.S. Renewable Electricity: How Does Wind
Generation Impact Competitive Power Markets? (R42818, Brown)
Carbon Tax: Deficit Reduction and
Other Considerations (R42731, Ramseur et al.)
U.S. Renewable Electricity: How Does the Production Tax Credit (PTC) Impact Wind Markets? (R42576, Brown)
The Navy Biofuel Initiative Under the Defense Production Act (R42568, Andrews et. al.)
Renewable Energy Programs and the Farm Bill: Status and Issues (R41985, Schnepf)
Federal Agency Authority to Contract for
Electric Power and Renewable Energy Supply (R41960, Andrews)
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