Congressional Research Service (CRS) Reports and Issue Briefs articles from December 2004

Congressional Research Service (CRS) Reports and Issue Briefs archives from December 2004

Afghanistan: narcotics and U.S. policy.(Country overview)
December 1, 2004... Summary Opium poppy cultivation and drug trafficking have become significant factors in Afghanistan's fragile political and economic order over the last 25 years. Since the fall of the Taliban in late 2001, Afghanistan has become the...

Education reform in Pakistan.
December 1, 2004... Summary Pakistan's primary education system ranks among the world's least effective. The Bush Administration, Congress, and the 9/11 Commission each have identified this issue as relevant to U.S. interests in South Asia. Legislation passed...

Membership of the 109th Congress: a profile.
December 1, 2004... Summary This report presents a profile of the membership of the 109th Congress. Statistical information is included on selected characteristics of Members. This includes data on party affiliation; average age and length of service;...

Fiscal year 2005 Homeland Security Grant Program: state allocations and issues for congressional oversight.
December 1, 2004... Summary The Office for Domestic Preparedness, within the Department of Homeland Security, is responsible for directing and supervising federal terrorism preparedness grants for states and localities. Prior to FY2005, the Office for...

Homeland Security: compendium of recommendations relevant to House committee organization and analysis of considerations for the House.
December 1, 2004... Summary Commissions and think tanks studying homeland security have recommended congressional committee reorganization to increase Congress's policy and oversight coordination. This report analyzes selected recommendations. In the...

Homeland Security and House committees in the 107th and 108th Congresses.(Homeland Security: Compendium of Recommendations Relevant to House Committee Organization and Analysis of Considerations for the House)
December 1, 2004... 107th Congress Shortly after the convening of the 107th Congress, Speaker Hastert initiated a Working Group on Terrorism and Homeland Security as a unit of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence. (4) Following the terrorist...

108th Congress hearings on Homeland Security and committee organization.(Homeland Security: Compendium of Recommendations Relevant to House Committee Organization and Analysis of Considerations for the House)
December 1, 2004... When the Select Committee on Homeland Security organized, it created a Subcommittee on Rules under the chairmanship of Representative Lincoln Diaz-Balart to carry out the study of House rules. The subcommittee conducted four hearings to support...

Select Committee's recommendations for a Homeland Security committee.(Homeland Security: Compendium of Recommendations Relevant to House Committee Organization and Analysis of Considerations for the House)
December 1, 2004... On September 30, 2004, the Select Committee on Homeland Security transmitted its recommendations to the Rules Committee. (99) It recommended that a standing and therefore permanent Committee on Homeland Security be established, with the...

What is Homeland Security? The Homeland Security Act of 2002.(Homeland Security: Compendium of Recommendations Relevant to House Committee Organization and Analysis of Considerations for the House)
December 1, 2004... As noted above, the Select Committee on Homeland Security stated in the report on its recommendations to the House: "The Homeland Security Act of 2002 offers a congressionally-created road map to jurisdictional reform that focuses on the...

What is Homeland Security? Commission and think tank recommendations.(Homeland Security: Compendium of Recommendations Relevant to House Committee Organization and Analysis of Considerations for the House)
December 1, 2004... As noted at the beginning of this report, the 9/11 commission and other commissions and think tanks recommended a reorganization of congressional committees, specifically recommending the creation of a homeland security committee in each...

A brief history of House committees and department creation.(Homeland Security: Compendium of Recommendations Relevant to House Committee Organization and Analysis of Considerations for the House)
December 1, 2004... Since World War II, when confronted with an opportunity to create or reorganize its committees to correspond to new Cabinet departments, the House has responded differently to the creation of various departments. This section of this report...

Analysis of considerations relevant to the creation of a Homeland Security Committee.(Homeland Security: Compendium of Recommendations Relevant to House Committee Organization and Analysis of Considerations for the House)
December 1, 2004... The 9/11 Commission and other commissions and think tanks define homeland security to be a continuum of international and domestic initiatives and activities, all of which have a role reducing the likelihood and potential impact of a terrorist...

Conclusion.(Homeland Security: Compendium of Recommendations Relevant to House Committee Organization and Analysis of Considerations for the House)
December 1, 2004... If the House were to create a permanent homeland security committee in the 109th Congress, the time after creation of the committee, in the 109th Congress and beyond, would provide an opportunity for adjustments within the House's committee...

Appendix A: recommendations of the Select Committee on Homeland Security on changes to the rules of the House of Representatives with respect to homeland security issues.(Homeland Security: Compendium of Recommendations Relevant to House Committee Organization and Analysis of Considerations for the House)
December 1, 2004... In this appendix, the reader will find the text of the report of the Select Committee on Homeland Security, which was directed by the House, as explained above, to "conduct a thorough and complete study of the operation and implementation of...

Appendix B: recommendations on congressional organization made by the 9/11 Commission (211).(Homeland Security: Compendium of Recommendations Relevant to House Committee Organization and Analysis of Considerations for the House)
December 1, 2004... In this appendix, the reader will find excerpts from the report of the 9/11 Commission. The excerpts are the verbatim recommendations related to congressional organization that are contained in this report. Different type styles and formats...

Appendix C: recommendations on congressional organization made by the Bremer Commission (214).(Homeland Security: Compendium of Recommendations Relevant to House Committee Organization and Analysis of Considerations for the House)
December 1, 2004... In this appendix, the reader will find excerpts from the report of the Bremer Commission. The excerpts are the verbatim recommendations related to congressional organization that are contained in this report. Different type styles and formats...

Appendix D: recommendations on congressional organization made by the Gilmore Commission (215).(Homeland Security: Compendium of Recommendations Relevant to House Committee Organization and Analysis of Considerations for the House)
December 1, 2004... In this appendix, the reader will find excerpts from the report of the Gilmore Commission. The excerpts are the verbatim recommendations related to congressional organization that are contained in this report. Different type styles and formats...

Appendix E: recommendations on congressional organization made by the Hart-Rudman Commission (218).(Homeland Security: Compendium of Recommendations Relevant to House Committee Organization and Analysis of Considerations for the House)(Column)
December 1, 2004... In this appendix, the reader will find excerpts from the report of the Hart-Rudman Commission. The excerpts are the verbatim recommendations related to congressional organization that are contained in this report. Different type styles and...

Appendix F: recommendations on congressional organization made by The Brookings Institution.(Homeland Security: Compendium of Recommendations Relevant to House Committee Organization and Analysis of Considerations for the House)(Column)
December 1, 2004... In this appendix, the reader will find excerpts from the report of The Brookings Institution. The excerpts are the verbatim recommendations related to congressional organization that are contained in this report. Different type styles and...

Appendix G: recommendations on congressional organization made By the Center for Strategic and International Studies.(Homeland Security: Compendium of Recommendations Relevant to House Committee Organization and Analysis of Considerations for the House)
December 1, 2004... In this appendix, the reader will find excerpts from the report of the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS). The excerpts are the verbatim recommendations related to congressional organization that are contained in this report....