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• Economic Report of the President 'Together' with the Annual Report 'of the' Council of Economic Advisers (January 2021)

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  From the Introduction: "In 2020, the U.S. economy experienced its worst macroeconomic shock since the Great Depression. As a direct result of the arrival of COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019]--and consequent measures to contain and mitigate viral transmission, real output was on pace to contract by as much as 12.3 percent in 2020, which would have constituted the worst economic contraction since 1932. Professional forecasters projected that the unemployment rate would reach as high as 25.0 percent in May 2020, its worst level since the Great Depression and more than twice its peak in the aftermath of the 2008-9 global financial crisis. The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) forecasted a contraction of almost 6 percent during the four quarters of 2020, and that the unemployment rate would remain over 11 percent through the end of the year."

  United States. White House Office

  Council of Economic Advisers (U.S.); Trump, Donald, 1946-

  2021-01
• Electricity Proposals and Electric Transmission and Reliability Enhancement Act of 2003, Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Energy and Natural Resources, United States Senate, One Hundred Eighth Congress, First Session to Receive Testimony on Various Electricity Proposals Including, but not Limited to, S. 475, the Electric Transmission and Reliability Enhancement Act of 2003, March 27, 2003

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  From the opening statement of Hon Pete V. Domenici, U.S. Senator from New Mexico: "Next week the committee is going to begin 2 weeks of markup on a comprehensive energy bill. I think that is possible because a great deal of the work was done last year, and much of it will be carried forward. While there will be changes proposed in the chairman's mark, a substantial portion of the work has been done. It is my intention that on April 9 we will consider the electricity title. Today's hearing will consider four legislative proposals and obviously anything constructive that witnesses care to share with us. S. 475, introduced by Senator Thomas on February 27. The second one is title VII from the House Energy and Power Subcommittee chaired by Congressman Barton. The third is a Senate October 16 offer from last year's energy bill conference, which Senator Bingaman participated in and he and his staff had a great deal to do with. And the fourth is the staff draft circulated from last week, which I have participated in, but is principally a work of the majority staff. After reading most of the prepared testimony submitted for today's hearing, it is clear that the witnesses are essentially divided into two camps, those who support open access to transmission and generally support SMD and want the committee to approve Senator Thomas' proposal that would expand FERC's authority to ensure market access. On the other hand, those with serious concerns about SMD, in particular public power, prefer that the committee do nothing out of fear that including anything creates an unacceptable risk that we will include, either now or at some point down the legislative path, provisions that expand FERC's authority." Statements, letters, and materials submitted for the record include those of the following: John Anderson, Jeff Bingaman, Nora Mead Brownell, Conrad Burns, Ben Nighthorse Campbell, Maria Cantwell, Larry E. Craig, Pete V. Domenici, Byron L. Dorgan, Glenn English, H. Allen Franklin, Raymond L. Gifford, Craig Glazer, Jon Kyl, Mary L. Landrieu, William L. Massey, Elizabeth A. Moler, Lisa Murkowski, Gerald Norlander, P.G. "Bud" Para, Alan H. Richardson, David A. Svanda, Phil Tollefson, James P. Torgerson, Pat Wood III.

  United States. Government Printing Office

  2003
• H. Rept. 107-194: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2002, Report together with Additional and Dissenting Views to Accompany H.R. 2586, September 2, 2001

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  "The Committee on Armed Services, to whom was referred the bill (H.R. 2586) to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2002 for military activities of the Department of Defense, to prescribe military personnel strengths for fiscal year 2002, and for other purposes, having considered the same, report favorably thereon with amendments and recommend that the bill as amended do pass.[...]The bill would: 1) Authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2002 for procurement and for research, development, test and evaluation (RDT&E); (2) Authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2002 for operation and maintenance (O&M) and for working capital funds; (3) Authorize for fiscal year 2002: (a) the personnel strength for each active duty component of the military departments; (b) the personnel strength for the Selected Reserve for each reserve component of the armed forces; (c) the military training student loads for each of the active and reserve components of the military departments; (4) Modify various elements of compensation for military personnel and impose certain requirements and limitations on personnel actions in the defense establishment; (5) Authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2002 for military construction and family housing; (6) Authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2002 for the Department of Energy national security programs; (7) Modify provisions related to the National Defense Stockpile; and (8) Authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2002 for the Maritime Administration."

  United States. Government Printing Office

  2001-09-02
• Serial No. 114-61: Dodd-Frank Five Years Later, What Have We Learned from Conflict Minerals Reporting? Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Monetary Policy and Trade of the Committee on Financial Services, U.S. House of Representatives, One Hundred Fourteenth Congress, First Session, November 17, 2015

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  This is the November 17, 2015 hearing held before the House of Representatives Subcommittee on Monetary Policy and Trade, "Dodd-Frank Five Years Later: What Have We Learned from Conflict Minerals Reporting?" From the statement of Jeff Schwartz: "Today, I would like to share with the Subcommittee the primary findings of that study and several policy recommendations that stem therefrom (the full study is attached as Appendix A). Overall, I conclude that the Conflict Minerals Rule is a failure in its current form, because the filings that companies have submitted to the SEC [U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission] in response do not provide sufficient insight into conflict mineral supply chains, or company due diligence efforts related thereto, for consumers and shareholders to discern which companies are committed to conflict-free sourcing. I suggest, however, that amendments to the Rule (some of them relatively minor), or even SEC guidance on how the current regulations should be interpreted, could greatly increase transparency without increasing compliance costs. First, I will briefly describe the methodology of the study, then I will describe my findings and policy recommendations." Statements, letters, and other materials submitted for the record include the following: Michele Thoren Bond, David Goldman, and Paul Toland.

  United States. Government Publishing Office

  2015-11-17
• Smart Grid Legislative and Regulatory Policies and Case Studies

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  "The first document is a summary by state of legal and regulatory requirements related to the smart grid. The document contains three US maps that show how activities in the states are progressing. (See the right hand column.) The report contains a summary of legislative and regulatory activity in each state and also contains links to the resource material used to construct the summaries. These state smart grid‐related activities are centered on smart meters (Advanced Metering Infrastructure), data privacy issues, opt out policies and regulations promoting net metering and distributed generation programs. In addition, associated programs are discussed, such as energy efficiency goals and requirements, dynamic pricing policies and demand response programs. For many states, the document also includes a discussion of key drivers of increased activity. The second document provides 23 case studies of smart grid pilots and programs in the U.S.  It provides a sample of projects chosen to provide a variety of smart grid applications and approaches. They involve various technology types, pricing programs, and funding mechanisms.   Each case study begins with a table that outlines important elements of the project and presents quantitative results and metrics when available.  The tables are followed by more detailed descriptions of the projects, along with further supporting information."

  United States. Energy Information Administration

  2011-12
• Algorithm and Simulation Development in Support of Response Strategies for Contamination Events in Air and Water Systems

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  "Chemical/Biological/Radiological (CBR) contamination events pose a considerable threat to our nation's infrastructure, especially in large internal facilities, external flows, and water distribution systems. Because physical security can only be enforced to a limited degree, deployment of early warning systems is being considered. However to achieve reliable and efficient functionality, several complex questions must be answered: 1) where should sensors be placed, 2) how can sparse sensor information be efficiently used to determine the location of the original intrusion, 3) what are the model and data uncertainties, 4) how should these uncertainties be handled, and 5) how can our algorithms and forward simulations be sufficiently improved to achieve real time performance? This report presents the results of a three year algorithmic and application development to support the identification, mitigation, and risk assessment of CBR contamination events. The main thrust of this investigation was to develop 1) computationally efficient algorithms for strategically placing sensors, 2) identification process of contamination events by using sparse observations, 3) characterization of uncertainty through developing accurate demands forecasts and through investigating uncertain simulation model parameters, 4) risk assessment capabilities, and 5) reduced order modeling methods. The development effort was focused on water distribution systems, large internal facilities, and outdoor areas."

  Sandia National Laboratories

  2006-01
• S. Hrg. 115-350: Opportunities to Improve and Expand Infrastructure Important to Federal Lands, Recreation, Water, and Resources, Hearing Before the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, United States Senate, One Hundred Fifteenth Congress, First Session, March 21, 2017

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  This is the March 21, 2017 hearing on "Opportunities to Improve and Expand Infrastructure Important to Federal Lands, Recreation, Water, and Resources," held before the U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. From the opening statement of Lisa Murkowski: "We are going to be focusing on infrastructure that is beneficial to our federal lands, to our waters and to the people and the communities that rely on them. [...] The National Park Service backlog has now grown to nearly $12 billion, the Forest Service backlog is over $5 billion, and the Bureau of Reclamation has a backlog of over $3 billion in maintenance needs. This is significant, and I don't think that any of us should kid ourselves. The backlog, in order to truly and meaningfully address it, is going to take real dollars to resolve. But whether we are talking about aging infrastructure on federal lands or looking to build something new to respond to a community need or visitor demand, Congressional appropriations alone are not going to be enough. So, what else do we do?" Statements, letters, and materials submitted for the record include those of the following: Marcia Argust, Bob Bonar, Jill Simmons, David B. Spears, Chris Treese, and Bradley Worsley.

  United States. Government Publishing Office

  2018
• Secretary Rumsfeld: Documents Released to Secretary Rumsfeld Under MDR

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  The following documents were released under the Office of Freedom of Information (OFOI) and includes information and records created by the Office of the Secretary of Defense and Joint Staff. These documents were released to Secretary Rumsfeld under MDR (Metadata Registry). The documents include information regarding military operations, including information concerning homeland defense.

  United States. Department of Defense
• ATF P 5300.5: State Laws and Published Ordinances - Firearms (2001 - 23rd Edition)

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  "I am pleased to furnish you the 23rd edition of State Laws and Published Ordinances - Firearms (ATF P 5300.5). This publication is designed to help you comply with both Federal and State firearms laws. Specifically, the publication will assist you in complying with the Gun Control Act of 1968 (GCA) requirement that you may not sell or deliver a firearm to a non-licensee whose receipt or possession of the firearm would violate State or local laws applicable at the place of sale or delivery. In addition, it will assist you in making lawful over-the-counter sales of long-guns to out-of-State residents - transactions that must meet the legal requirements of your State as well as the purchaser's State of residence. State Laws and Published Ordinances - Firearms also includes a 'Ready Reference Table' to provide you with additional assistance for your business operations. When deciding whether to make a sale, you should first consult the full text of the State requirements, and if appropriate, contact State and local authorities before making a decision."

  United States. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms

  2001
• Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement For Northern Border Activities: Final Vol. 2

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  "U. S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) developed and executed a public scoping process for its four regional Programmatic Environmental Impact Statements (PEISs) for Northern Border operations. 'Scoping' of an environmental impact statement is a process of informing diverse stakeholders about an action that an agency is planning and seeking those stakeholders' feedback on the environmental concerns that that action could generate. The intent of the scoping effort is to adapt the scope of the planned programmatic National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) document to ensure that it addresses relevant concerns identified by interested members of the public as well as organizations, Native American tribes, and other government agencies and officials. [...] A series of 11 public scoping meetings were arranged for the 4 PEIS regions, 6 during the week of July 12-16, 2010 and 5 during the week of July 19-23, 2010. The meetings were held in the evenings. At each public meeting, attendees were given handouts and invited to view a series of informational posters about CBP and northern border security. At each meeting, CBP and contractor personnel made a brief overview presentation of the PEIS effort. CBP representatives presented information on the suite of potential CBP activities."

  United States. Department of Homeland Security; U.S. Customs and Border Protection

  2012-07
• Multi-Agency Radiological Laboratory Analytical Protocols Manual: Volume 1

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  "MARLAP is organized into two parts. Part I, intended primarily for project planners and managers, provides the basic framework of the directed planning process as it applies to projects requiring radioanalytical data for decision making. The nine chapters in Part I offer recommendations and guidance on project planning, key issues to be considered during the development of analytical protocol specifications, developing measurement quality objectives, project planning documents and their significance, obtaining laboratory services, selecting and applying analytical methods, evaluating methods and laboratories, verifying and validating radiochemical data, and assessing data quality. The Multi-Agency Radiological Laboratory Analytical Protocols (MARLAP) manual provides guidance for the planning, implementation, and assessment of projects that require the laboratory analysis of radionuclides. MARLAPs basic goal is to provide guidance for project planners, managers, and laboratory personnel to ensure that radioanalytical laboratory data will meet a projects or programs data requirements. To attain this goal, the manual offers a framework for national consistency in the form of a performance-based approach for meeting data requirements that is scientifically rigorous and flexible enough to be applied to a diversity of projects and programs. The guidance in MARLAP is designed to help ensure the generation of radioanalytical data of known quality, appropriate for its intended use. Examples of data collection activities that MARLAP supports include site characterization, site cleanup and compliance demonstration, decommissioning of nuclear facilities, emergency response, remedial and removal actions, effluent monitoring of licensed facilities, environmental site monitoring, background studies, and waste management activities."

  U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission

  2004-07
• Mid-Atlantic Forest Ecosystem Vulnerability Assessment and Synthesis: A Report from the Mid-Atlantic Climate Change Response Framework Project

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  "This assessment is designed to provide detailed information for forest ecosystems across the Mid-Atlantic region. Several independent efforts related to climate change, natural ecosystems, and human well-being are also occurring at the state level. This assessment complements other assessments that have been created for the Mid-Atlantic region. The Framework project will also work to integrate the results and outcomes from other projects related to climate change and natural resource management."

  United States. Department of Agriculture; United States. Forest Service

  2018-10
• Hearings to Examine Threats, Responses, and Regional Considerations Surrounding Iraq: Hearings before the Committee on Foreign Relations, United States Senate, One Hundred Seventh Congress, Second Session, July 31 and August 1, 2002

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  Testimony highlights the fact that Saddam Hussein has demonstrated his ability and willingness to use weapons of mass destruction and spread instability through military force against his own people and neighbors. It also addresses the nature of the threat posed by Iraq, an appropriate response to such a treat, global views toward Iraq, and US responsibilities if the country chooses to force Saddam Hussein out of power. Statements, letters, and material submitted for the record include those of the following: Fouad Ajami, Richard Butler, Anthony H. Cordesman, Charles Duelfer, Russell D. Feingold, Robert L. Gallucci, Chuck Hagel, Morton Halperin, Khidhir Hamaz, Joseph P. Hoar, Geoffrey Kemp, Thomas G. McInerney, Mark R. Parris, Shibley Telhami, Paul Wellstone, Sinan Al-Shabibi, Samuel R. Berger, Scott R. Feil, Rend Rahim Francke, Phebe Marr, Caspar Weinberger, Phyllis Bennis, J. Daryl Byler, and Peter L. Pellot.

  United States. Government Printing Office

  2002
• Intelligence Professionalism in the Americas

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  "Its subject is one that has been barely tackled anywhere else: What gives modern intelligence practitioners and their organizations their claims to professionalism, and what actually does this professionalism entail? Intelligence as an activity is partly a matter of special skills -- agent recruitment and running; cipher-breaking and other SIGINT techniques; imagery interpretation; and all the others -- but these merge into its broader professional canons for handling indications and evidence, drawing conclusions, and presenting these to decision-takers in ways that command attention while incorporating careful judgments of certainty and uncertainty. The intelligence professional is close to the policy adviser, but still keeps a certain distance from him. Intelligence's concern is with understanding and evaluating 'them,' rather different from the policy adviser's roots in 'us' and in what 'our' decisions should be. This book examines ways in which intelligence develops its characteristic standards of accuracy and duty. It considers the effects of formal legal codes and democratic oversight, but a principal conclusion emerging from it is the importance of professional training. Its implicit sub-text is indeed that standards of intelligence analysis and integrity should be properly taught, and not just caught by osmosis from one's seniors. At least for this British reader, the amount of formal analytic training in the relatively modest national intelligence systems described here is surprising and thought-provoking, perhaps salutary."

  National Defense Intelligence College (U.S.)

  Lemozy, Susana C.; Swenson, Russell G.

  2004
• Department of Defense Authorization for Appropriations for Fiscal Year 2006, Hearings Before the Committee on Armed Services, United States Senate, One Hundred Ninth Congress, First Session on S. 1042, to Authorize Appropriations for Fiscal Year 2006 for Military Activities of the Department of Defense, for Military Construction, and for Defense Activities of the Department of Energy, to Prescribe Personnel Strengths for such Fiscal Year for the Armed Forces, and for Other Purposes, Part 4 Airland, March 16, April 6, 14, 2005

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  From the opening statement of John McCain: "The Airland Subcommittee meets today to receive testimony on Army transformation and the Future Combat System (FCS). We divided the hearing into two panels. The first panel will testify on the budgetary aspects of Army transformation and will specifically discuss Army aviation modularity and FCS. […] As we meet today, the Army has over 650,000 soldiers on Active- Duty who are deployed, stationed overseas, or securing the home land. We must ensure that our Armed Forces have the necessary personnel, training, and equipment to successfully accomplish their missions. The fiscal year 2006 Army budget requests $98.6 billion. It has not significantly changed from the 2005 appropriated levels. However, the 2005 appropriated levels include the $57 billion for the Army in the fiscal year 2005 supplemental request. Additionally, the Army did not include all modularity costs in the 2006 budget request. Of the $57 billion requested for the Army in the bridge supplemental, $12.8 billion is in the procurement account and funds modularity force protection, recapitalization and equipment combat losses. This committee has jurisdiction over all of these areas, but, by funding these areas through supplementals, has little oversight. It is a concern to me. We would like to hear your views as to why you believe these costs should not have been budgeted in the fiscal year 2006 request." Statements, letters, and materials submitted for the record include those of the following: Richard A. Cody, Claude M. Bolton, Paul L. Francis, David R. Graham, Kenneth F. Boehm, Michael J. Sullivan, Joseph E. Schmitz, Christopher Bolcom, Michael W. Wynne, John J. Young, Joseph A. Sestak, Stanley Gorenc, Martin Post, Paul J. McNutty, Michael L. Dominguez, Daniel I. Gordon, and Sallie H. Flavin.

  United States. Government Printing Office

  2006
• Connecting America: The National Broadband Plan

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  "Like electricity a century ago, broadband is a foundation for economic growth, job creation, global competitiveness and a better way of life. It is enabling entire new industries and unlocking vast new possibilities for existing ones. It is changing how we educate children, deliver health care, manage energy, ensure public safety, engage government, and access, organize and disseminate knowledge. […]. A broadband-enabled Smart Grid could increase energy independence and efficiency, but much of the data required to capture these benefits are inaccessible to consumers, businesses and entrepreneurs. And nearly a decade after 9/11, our first responders still lack a nationwide public safety mobile broadband communications network, even though such a network could improve emergency response and homeland security. Government can influence the broadband ecosystem in four ways: 1. Design policies to ensure robust competition and, as a result maximize consumer welfare, innovation and investment. 2. Ensure efficient allocation and management of assets government controls or influences, such as spectrum, poles, and rights-of-way, to encourage network upgrades and competitive entry. 3. Reform current universal service mechanisms to support deployment of broadband and voice in high-cost areas; and ensure that low-income Americans can afford broadband; and in addition, support efforts to boost adoption and utilization. 4. Reform laws, policies, standards and incentives to maximize the benefits of broadband in sectors government influences significantly, such as public education, health care and government operations."

  United States. Federal Communications Commission

  2010
• Foreign Relations of the United States, 1969-1976: Volume XXXIV, National Security Policy, 1969-1972

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  "The Foreign Relations of the United States series presents the official documentary historical record of major foreign policy decisions and significant diplomatic activity of the United States Government. […] Like all recent Foreign Relations volumes in the Nixon-Ford subseries, the emphasis of this volume is on the formulation of policy, rather than its implementation. Regarding national security policy, the key players in the policymaking process were the White House, the National Security Council, the Department of Defense, the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the Central Intelligence Agency, with input from the Department of State."

  United States. Department of State

  Bennett, M. Todd; Keefer, Edward C.
• Energy and Water Development Appropriations for 2012, Part 3, Department of Energy Fiscal Year 2012 Justifications, Hearings Before a Subcommittee of the Committee on Appropriations, House of Representatives, One Hundred Twelfth Congress, First Session, February 1, 2011

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  This is part 3 of the "Energy and Water Development Appropriations for 2012" hearings held before the Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development of the House Committee on Appropriations. This document contains information and data relevant to the Subcommittee's mandate of legislating the appropriations allocation.

  United States. Government Printing Office

  2011
• Treatment Manual

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  "The procedures and treatment schedules listed in this manual are administratively authorized for use in Plant Protection and Quarantine (PPQ). The treatment of listed commodities prevents the movement of agricultural pests into or within the United States. An officer may determine that other commodities require treatment to prevent similar pest movement. […] This manual covers all treatments for import, export, and those domestic plant pests which are of quarantine significance. This manual is broadly divided into ten sections: 1. Chemical Treatments 2. Nonchemical Treatments 3. Residue Monitoring 4. Treatment Schedules 5. Certifying Facilities 6. Emergency Aid and Safety 7. Equipment 8. Glossary 9. Appendixes 10. Index. Each section is tabbed and contains a Table of Contents, an Overview, and where appropriate, a Methods and Procedures section. The Overview is a broad, general description of what is covered in the section. Methods and Procedures cover the 'how to' of that particular activity as well as procedural and reference material for performing tasks associated with each activity. The Appendixes contain information directly associated with treatment activities, but are placed in the back so they do not interfere with the flow of procedural instructions."

  United States. Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

  2008-09
• Congressional Budget Office: Options for Reducing the Deficit: 2014-2023

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  "The Congress faces an array of policy choices as it confronts the dramatic increase in the federal government's debt over the past several years and the prospect of large annual budget deficits and further increases in that debt that are projected to occur in coming decades under current law (see Figure 1-1). To help inform lawmakers about the budgetary implications of various approaches to changing federal policies, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) periodically issues a compendium of policy options that would affect the federal budget as well as separate reports that include policy options in particular areas.1 This volume presents 103 options that would decrease federal spending or increase federal revenues over the next decade (see Table 1-1 on page 5). Those options cover many areas--ranging from defense to energy, Social Security, and provisions of the tax code. The budgetary effects identified for most of the options span the 10 years from 2014 to 2023 (the period covered by CBO's May 2013 baseline budget projections), although many of the options would have longer-term effects as well."

  United States. Congressional Budget Office

  2013-11
• Serial No. 109-1: Energy Policy Act of 2005, Hearings before the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality of the Committee on Energy and Commerce, House of Representatives, One Hundred Ninth Congress, First Session, February 10 and February 16, 2005

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  The purpose of this hearing is to review the futures market and gasoline prices. Committee Chairman Ralph M. Hall made the following remarks in his opening statement, "Our Nation and our way of life have been built on a foundation of affordable and reliable energy. From this foundation comes national and economic security, comes jobs, personal freedom, and comfort. Americans have been blessed throughout history with secure and reliable energy. To secure this foundation of the future, we must do, as our President said last week in his State of the Union Address to Congress, 'what Americans have always done, and build a better world for our children and our grandchildren.' [...] Comprehensive energy legislation will improve our Nation's energy supply by promoting reliability and investment in the electric sector." Statements, letters, and materials submitted for the record include those of the following: Kateri Callahan, Victor Carrillo, Guy F. Caruso, Red Cavaney, Lynne H. Church, Mark N. Cooper, Bob Dinneen, Laurence M. Downes, Glenn English, Andrew Fahlund, Lee Fuller, David Garman, David Hamilton, James H. Hancock, Jr., Ed Hansen, John E. Kane, Thomas R. Kuhn, Cynthia A. Marlette, Frank H. Murkowski, Steven Nadel, Navin Nayak, Alan Nogee, Gerald A. Norlander, Erik D. Olson, Rhone Resch, Luis A. Reyes, Alan H. Richardson, Donald F. Santa, Jr., Marilyn Showwalter, and Bob Slaughter.

  United States. Government Printing Office

  2005
• Peer-Reviewed Research on Climate Change by USDA Authors January 2017--August 2019

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  This document is a compilation of "Peer-Reviewed Research on Climate Change" by United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) authors written between January 2017 and August 2019. Each resource listed includes the citation, appropriate research tags, and the document abstract. According to the document, the following research tags are included: Forestry, Weather, Soil, Water, Crops, Livestock, Wildlife, Emissions, Energy, Grassland, Economics and Research.

  United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
• Global Century: Globalization and National Security

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  "The Global Century: Globalization and National Security is a two-volume work. Volume I provides an overall framework. It focuses on globalization's impact on world affairs and on the task of forging responsive U.S. policies and strategies. Volume II provides additional analyses of specific global and regional trends, and of policies for dealing with them. Scholarly in their tone and content, both volumes aim to illuminate and educate, not advocate. They do not put forth any single theory of globalization's future or a fixed policy blueprint to follow. Indeed, they present a wide range of opinions, interpretations, and recommendations from more than 50 experts drawn from multiple disciplines and specializations. They offer core themes, including a weighty sense of globalization's strategic essence and an insightful portrayal of the policy choices facing the United States and other countries. Their goal is to help inform the reader about globalization, its consequences, and its policy implications."

  National Defense University. Institute for National Strategic Studies
• Budget of the U.S. Government, Fiscal Year 2008

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  Issued by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), the Budget of the United States Government is a collection of documents that contains the budget message of the President, information about the President's budget proposals for a given fiscal year, and other budgetary publications that have been issued throughout the fiscal year. Other related and supporting budget publications, which may vary from year to year, may be accessed through the U.S. Government Publishing Office at the following link: [http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/browse/collection.action?collectionCode=BUDGET]

  United States. Office of Management and Budget

  2007-02-05
• S. Hrg. 114-802: Examining the JCPOA (Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action), Hearings Before the Committee on Foreign Relations, United States Senate, One Hundred Fourteenth Congress, January 21, June 3, 24, 25, July 23, 29, 30, August 4, 5, and December 17, 2015 January 20, April 5, July 14, and December 6, 2016

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  This is a collection of hearings titled "Examining the JCPOA (Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action)" held before the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations. From the opening statement of Bob Corker: "This hearing is part of a series of events we are holding this month to prepare members of the committee to evaluate a possible nuclear agreement with Iran. We are not here today to focus on the specific parameters. Just for edification, last night we met in a classified setting with three of our leaders of our labs from around the country, and the Secretary of Energy, and it was a very technically focused briefing. Matter of fact, we had tremendous attendance, and people were most interested in many of the technical details of the deal. The rest of the month, we will have similar hearings so people are prepared, as of June 30, if an agreement is reached, to really be able to assess that agreement and not be starting from a cold start, if you will. But, we appreciate you being here today to help us understand some of the regional implications of a deal." Statements, letters, and materials submitted for the record include those of the following: James Jeffrey, Martin Indyk, William H. Tobey, Graham Allison, David Albright, Ray Takeyh, Jim Walsh, John F. Kerry, Ernest Moniz, Jacob Lew, Mark Dubowitz, Nicholas Burns, Juan C. Zarate, Richard Nephew, Robert G. Joseph, Gary Samore, Michael Singh, Ken Pollack, Stephen D. Mull, Thomas M. Countryman, Frank G. Klotz, Brian Katulis, Thomas A. Shannon, Jr., Richard Nephew, J. Matthew McInnis, and Melissa G. Dalton.

  United States. Government Publishing Office

  2018
• H. Rept. 105-340: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1998, Conference Report to Accompany H.R. 1119, October 23, 1997

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  This report is a Senate Conference Report to Accompany H.R. 1119, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1998. It includes, explains, and suggests amendments.

  United States. Government Printing Office

  1997-10-23
• S. Hrg. 107-144, Pt. 2: National Energy Issues, Part 2: Hearings before the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, United States Senate, One Hundred Seventh Congress, First Session, July 13, 17, and 18, 2001

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  These hearings are conducted to receive testimony on legislative proposals related to energy efficiency, including S. 352, The Energy Emergency Response Act of 2001; Title XIII of S. 597, The Comprehensive and Balanced Energy Policy Act of 2001; Section 602-606 of S. 388, The National Energy Security Act of 2001; S. 96, The Federal Energy Bank Act, and S.J. RES. 15, Providing for Congressional Disapproval of the Rule Submitted by The Separtment of Energy Conservation Standards for Cenral Air Conditioners. Also, these hearings receive testimony on legislative proposals related to reducing the demand for petroleum products in the light duty vehicle sector. Statements, letters, and material submitted for the record include those of the following persons: July 13, 2001: Jeff Bingaman, Conrad Burns, Erik Emblem, David K. Garman, Mary Ann Manoogian, Frank H. Murkowski, Steven Nadel, Malcolm O'Hagan, David Parks, Clifford Rees, Jr., and Mark F. Wagner. July 17, 2001: Daniel K. Akaka, Jeff Bingaman, Thomas R. Carper, Gregory Dana, Dianne Feinstein, Chuck Hagan, Tim Johnson, Richard Kolodziej, Gary Marshall, J. Byron McCormick, Barry D. McNutt, Frank H. Murkowski, L. Robert Shelton, and Eugene Zeltmann. July 18, 2001: Jeff Bingaman, Francis Blake, Jacques Bouchard, Conrad Burns, Thomas R. Carper, Gregory R. Choppin, Thomas B. Cochran, Michael L. Corradini, Pete V. Domenici, Bob Fri, John P. Hodren, H.M. Hubbard, Ernest J. Moniz, Frank H. Murkowski, and Robert C. Richardson.

  United States. Government Printing Office

  2001
• Serial No. 93-12: Oil and Natural Gas Pipeline Rights-Of-Way, Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Public Lands of the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs, House of Representatives, Ninety-Third Congress, First Session on H.R. 9130, to Amend Section 28 of the Mineral Leasing Act of 1920, and to Authorize a Trans-Alaska Oil and Gas Pipeline, and for Other Purposes, June 15 and 18, 1973

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  This document contains the June 15 and 18, 1973 hearings on the "Oil and Natural Gas Pipeline Rights-Of-Way," held before the House Subcommittee on Public Lands of the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. From the opening statement of John Melcher: "As you know, I wrote to the State Department on June 1, directing their attention to some questions we wanted answered regarding the possibility of a Canadian route. The interim reply is only to the extent that they have acknowledged my letter. It is of no substance but I think it should lie made a part of the record at this point." Statements, letters, and materials submitted for the record include those of the following: Stewart M. Brandborg, Jared G. Carter, Goerge Grye, Lloyd Meeds, E.L Patton, and Marshall Wright.

  United States. Government Printing Office

  1973
• New START Treaty (Treaty Doc. 111-5), Hearings before the Committee on Foreign Relations, United States Senate, One Hundred Eleventh Congress, Second Session, April 29, May 18, 19, 25, June 10, 15, 16, 24, and July 15, 2010

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  From the opening statement of John Kerry: "This afternoon we begin a series of hearings on the New START Treaty. In the coming weeks administration witnesses and outside experts from across the political spectrum will testify about this historic opportunity to reduce the threat posed by nuclear weapons. An honest and fair discussion will be an important part of building the kind of bipartisan support that the treaty requires and I believe deserves. This treaty marks a significant step forward for both America and Russia, and I think the world, because of the marker it sets with respect to our efforts to reduce nuclear weapons globally. It will cut by nearly a third the maximum number of deployed strategic warheads. It puts in place a streamlined and effective new verification regime. Overall, it puts us firmly on the path toward reducing our reliance on nuclear weapons." Statements, letters, and materials submitted for the record include those of the following: John F. Kerry, Richard G. Lugar, James R. Schlesinger, William J. Perry, Hillary Clinton, Rober Gates, Michael Mullen, Jim DeMint, Patrick J. O'Reilly, Kevin P. Chilton, James N. Miller, Kenneth A. Myers, Edward L. Warner III, Rose Gottemoeller. Stephen J. Hadley, Henry Kissinger, Russell D. Feingold, James A. Baker, John Barrasso, Roger Wicker, James Inhofe, Robert G. Joseph, Eric S. Edelman, Morton H. Halperin, Michael R. Anastasio, George H. Miller, and Paul J. Hommert.

  United States. Government Printing Office

  2010
• Treaties in Force: A List of Treaties and Other International Agreements of the United States in Force on January 1, 2012

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  "This publication lists treaties and other international agreements of the United States on record in the Department of State on January 1, 2012, which had not expired by their own terms or which had not been denounced by the parties, replaced, superseded by other agreements, or otherwise definitely terminated."

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  2012?