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Homeland Security
- See also disaster preparedness and recovery
- See also national emergencies
- See also Center for Homeland Security Studies
- RS22754 - National Special Security Events
- RL34342 - Homeland Security: Roles and Missions for United States Northern Command
- RL34004 - Homeland Security Department: FY2008 Request for Appropriations
- RL33616 - Homeland Security Intelligence: Perceptions, Statutory Definitions, and Approaches
- RL33573 - European Approaches to Homeland Security and Counterterrorism
- RL33369 - Federal Emergency Management and Homeland Security Organization: Historical Developments and Legislative Options
- RL32941 - State and Local Homeland Security: Unresolved Issues for the 109th Congress
- RL32597 - Information Sharing for Homeland Security: A Brief Overview
- RL31490 - Department of Homeland Security: State and Local Preparedness Issues
- RL31500 - Homeland Security: Human Resources Management
- RL31542 - Homeland Security - Reducing the Vulnerability of Public and Private Information Infrastructures to Terrorism: An Overview
- RL31680 - Homeland Security: Standards for State and Local Preparedness
- RL31914 - Research and Development in the Department of Homeland Security
- RL32023 - Homeland Security Advisory System: Possible Issues for Congressional Oversight
- RL32036 - Homeland Security: Federal Assistance Funding and Business Opportunities
- RL32366 - Terrorist Identification, Screening, and Tracking Under Homeland Security Presidential Directive 6
- RS21270 - Homeland Security and Counterterrorism Research and Development: Funding, Organization, and Oversight
- RL31564 - Homeland Security and the Reserves: Threat, Mission, and Force Structure Issues
- RS21322 - Homeland Security: Establishment and Implementation of Northern Command
- RL31475 - First Responder Initiative: Policy Issues and Options
- RL32803 - The National Preparedness System: Issues in the 109th Congress
- RL33064 - Organization and Mission of the Emergency Preparedness and Response Directorate: Issues and Options for the 109th Congress
- RS21367 - Emergency Preparedness and Response Directorate of the Department of Homeland Security
- RL31617 - The Economic Effects of 9/11: A Retrospective Assessment
- RL32095 - The FBI: Past, Present, and Future
- RS21302 - Assistance to Firefighters Program
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Homeland Security - Disaster Preparation & Recovery
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Military Roles in Disaster Preparation & Response
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Hurricanes Katrina & Rita
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Homeland Security - Infrastructure
- RL33512 - Transportation Security: Issues for the 111th Congress
- R40149 - Infrastructure Programs: What's Different About Broadband?
- RL33648 - Critical Infrastructure: The National Asset Database
- RL33206 - Vulnerability of Concentrated Critical Infrastructure: Background and Policy Options
- RL32670 - Guarding America: Security Guards and U.S. Critical Infrastructure Protection
- RL32561 - Risk Management and Critical Infrastructure Protection: Assessing, Integrating, and Managing Threats, Vulnerabilities and Consequences
- RL32531 - Critical Infrastructure Protections: The 9/11 Commission Report
- RL31556 - Critical Infrastructures: What Makes an Infrastructure Critical?
- RL30153 - Critical Infrastructures: Background, Policy, and Implementation
- RL31534 - Critical Infrastructure: Control Systems and the Terrorist Threat
- RL31547 - Critical Infrastructure Information Disclosure and Homeland Security
- RL31873 - Homeland Security: Banking and Financial Infrastructure Continuity
- RL31542 - Homeland Security - Reducing the Vulnerability of Public and Private Information Infrastructures to Terrorism: An Overview
- RS21727 - Sensitive Security Information (SSI) and Transportation Security: Background and Controversies
- RL32425 - Sensitive Security Information (SSI) and Transportation Security: Issues and Congressional Options
- RS21958 - Government Activities to Protect the Electric Grid
- RL32625 - Passenger Rail Security: Overview of Issues
- IB10135 - Transportation Security: Issues for the 109th Congress
- RL34302 - National Aviation Security Policy, Strategy, and Mode-Specific Plans: Background and Considerations for Congress
- RS21920 - Detection of Explosives on Airline Passengers: Recommendation of the 9/11 Commission and Related Issues
- RL32802 - Homeland Security: Air Passenger Prescreening and Counterterrorism
- RL32541 - Aviation Security-Related Findings and Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission
- RS21394 - Homeland Security: Defending U.S. Airspace
- RL31741 - Homeland Security: Protecting Airliners from Terrorist Missiles
- RL32022 - Air Cargo Security
- RL32073 - Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) Infrastructure Security: Background and Issues for Congress
- RL32205 - Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) Import Terminals: Siting, Safety and Regulation
- IB10118 - Safe Drinking Water Act: Implementation and Issues
- RL31294 - Safeguarding the Nation’s Drinking Water: EPA and Congressional Actions
- RL32189 - Terrorism and Security Issues Facing the Water Infrastructure Sector
- RS21026 - Terrorism and Security Issues Facing the Water Infrastructure Sector
- IB87050 - Strategic Petroleum Reserve
- RL33341 - The Strategic Petroleum Reserve: History, Perspectives, and Issues
- RL31990 - Pipeline Security: An Overview of Federal Activities and Current Policy Issues
- RS21131 - Nuclear Power Plants: Vulnerability to Terrorist Attack
- RS21293 - Terrorist Nuclear Attacks on Seaports: Threat and Response
- RL31530 - Chemical Plant Security
- RS21507 - Project BioShield
- IB10099 - Food Safety and Protection Issues
- 98-675 - Critical Infrastructures: A Primer, 13 August 1998
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Homeland Security - Maritime
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Information Security and Cyberwar
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Immigration, Visas, and Border Security
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Al Qaeda
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Terrorism
- See also national strategies for combating terrorism
- RL34230 - National Strategy for Combating Terrorism: Background and Issues for Congress
- RL34172 - Operation Iraqi Freedom and Detainee Issues: Major Votes from the 110th Congress
- RL34014 - Terrorist Precursor Crimes: Issues and Options for Congress
- RS21021 - “Terrorism” and Related Terms in Statute and Regulation: Selected Language
- RL33742 - 9/11 Commission Recommendations: Implementation Status
- RL33645 - Terrorist Watchlist Checks and Air Passenger Prescreening
- RL33600 - International Terrorism: Threat, Policy, and Response
- RL33555 - Trends in Terrorism: 2006
- RS22373 - Navy Role in Global War on Terrorism (GWOT) — Background and Issues for Congress
- RS21230 - Homeland Security: Navy Operations — Background and Issues for Congress
- RL33160 - Combating Terrorism: The Challenge of Measuring Effectiveness
- RL32816 - The National Counterterrorism Center: Implementation Challenges and Issues for Congress
- RL32920 - Federal Counter-Terrorism Training: Issues for Congressional Oversight
- RL32917 - Bioterrorism Countermeasure Development: Issues in Patents and Homeland Security
- RS21049 - Latin America: Terrorism Issues
- RL32758 - U.S. Military Operations in the Global War on Terrorism: Afghanistan, Africa, the Philippines, and Colombia
- RL31265 - Abu Sayyaf: Target of Philippine-U.S. Anti-Terrorism Cooperation
- RL32737 - Military Aviation: Issues and Options for Combating Terrorism and Counterinsurgency
- RS22211 - Islamist Extremism in Europe
- RS22030 - U.S.-EU Cooperation Against Terrorism
- RL33012 - Islamic Terrorism and the Balkans
- RS21017 - Terrorist Attacks and National Emergencies Act Declarations
- RL32722 - Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004: National Standards for Drivers’ Licenses, Social Security Cards, and Birth Certificates
- RL32595 - Nuclear Terrorism: A Brief Review of Threats and Responses
- RS22469 - Treasury’s Terrorist Finance Program’s Access to Information Held by the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (SWIFT)
- RL33020 - Terrorist Financing: U.S. Agency Efforts and Inter-Agency Coordination
- RL32539 - Terrorist Financing: Current Efforts and Policy Issues for Congress
- RL32499 - Saudi Arabia: Terrorist Financing Issues
- RL32522 - U.S. Anti-Terror Strategy and the 9/11 Commission Report
- RL32519 - Terrorism: Key Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission and Recent Major Commissions and Inquiries
- RL32518 - Removing Terrorist Sanctuaries: The 9/11 Commission Recommendations and U.S. Policy
- RL32536 - The Multi-State Anti-Terrorism Information Exchange (MATRIX) Pilot Project
- RS20598 - National Commission on Terrorism Report: Background and Issues for Congress
- RL32417 - The Department of State’s Patterns of Global Terrorism Report: Trends, State Sponsors, and Related Issues
- RS22094 - Lawsuits Against State Supporters of Terrorism: An Overview
- IB10119 - Terrorism and National Security: Issues and Trends
- IB95112 - Terrorism, the Future, and U.S. Foreign Policy
- RL32710 - Germany’s Role in Fighting Terrorism: Implications for U.S. Policy
- RL32223 - Foreign Terrorist Organizations
- RS22222 - Material Support of Terrorists and Foreign Terrorist Organizations: Expiring Amendments in Brief
- RL32120 - The “FTO List” and Congress: Sanctioning Designated Foreign Terrorist Organizations
- Hamas: The Organizations, Goals and Tactics of a Militant Palestinian Organization
- RL31119 - Terrorism: Near Eastern Groups and State Sponsors, 2002
- RL31119 - Terrorism: Near Eastern Groups and State Sponsors, 2001
- 31 Mar 2004 memo - Terrorist Attacks by Al Qaeda
- RS21529 - Al Qaeda after the Iraq Conflict
- RS21056 - Trying Terrorists as War Criminals
- RL31191 - Terrorism and the Law of War: Trying Terrorists as War Criminals before Military Commissions
- RL31227 - Terrorism Preparedness: Catalog of Selected Federal Assistance Programs
- RL31266 - State and Local Preparedness for Terrorism: Selected Policy Issues
- RL31263 - Public Health Security and Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response Act (P.L. 107-188): Provisions and Changes to Preexisting Law
- RL30938 - Terrorism and the Military’s Role in Domestic Crisis Management: Background and Issues for Congress
- 98-733 - Terrorism: U. S. Response to Bombings in Kenya and Tanzania: A New Policy Direction?, Sep 1998
- RS20721 - Terrorist Attack on USS Cole: Background and Issues for Congress
- RL32058 - Terrorists and Suicide Attacks
- RL32114 - Botnets, Cybercrime, and Cyberterrorism: Vulnerabilities and Policy Issues for Congress
- RL32259 - Terrorism in South Asia
- RS21110 - Combating Terrorism: Are There Lessons to Be Learned from Foreign Experiences?
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Bioterrorism and Agroterrorism
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Cyberterrorism
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FBI
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Drugs and Crime
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WMD
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Proliferation
- See also USAF Counterproliferation Center
- See also Iran reports
- See also North Korea reports
- RL34327 - Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI)
- RL33865 - Arms Control and Nonproliferation: A Catalog of Treaties and Agreements
- RS22542 - Nuclear Fuel Reprocessing: U.S. Policy Development
- RS22125 - NPT Compliance: Issues and Views
- 97-1007F - Nuclear Testing and Comprehensive Test Ban: Chronology Starting September 1992
- RL31559 - Proliferation Control Regimes: Background and Status
- RL30033 - Arms Control and Nonproliferation Activities: A Catalog of Recent Events
- RS21881 - Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI)
- 98-116 - Nuclear, Biological, Chemical, and Missile Proliferation Sanctions: Selected Current Law
- 98-299 - Russian Missile Technology and Nuclear Reactor Transfers to Iran
- RL33192 - U.S.-China Nuclear Cooperation Agreement
- 98-485 - China: Possible Missile Technology Transfers from U.S. Satellite Export Policy - Actions and Chronology
- RL30699 - Nuclear, Biological, and Chemical Weapons and Missiles: Status and Trends
- RL31502 - Nuclear, Biological, Chemical, and Missile Proliferation Sanctions: Selected Current Law
- RS21252 - Cruise Missile Proliferation
- IB10091 - Nuclear Nonproliferation Issues
- IB92099 - Nuclear Weapons: Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty
- RL31448 - Nuclear Arms Control: The Strategic Offensive Reductions Treaty
- IB98030 - Nuclear Arms Control: The U.S.-Russian Agenda
- IB98038 - Nuclear Weapons in Russia: Safety, Security, and Control Issues
- IB94029 - Chemical Weapons Convention: Issues for Congress
- RL33016 - U. S. Nuclear Cooperation With India: Issues for Congress
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Threat Reduction
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Conventional Arms Trade
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Export Controls
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Foreign Aid
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America
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American Government
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U.S. Constitution
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Continuity of Government
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National Emergencies
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President - War Powers, Directives, etc.
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Vice President
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Congress
- See also AWC's U.S. Government page
- RL33837 - Congressional Authority to Limit U.S. Military Operations in Iraq
- RL34114 - Congress’s Contempt Power: A Sketch
- RL34097 - Congress’s Contempt Power: Law, History, Practice, and Procedure
- RL33760 - Foreign Affairs, Defense, and Trade: Key Issues for the 110th Congress
- RL30349 - GAO: Government Accountability Office and General Accounting Office
- RL33094 - Congress and the Courts: Current Policy Issues
- RS22007 - Membership of the 109th Congress: A Profile
- Treaties and Other International Agreements: The Role of the United States Senate (PDF) (HTM)
- The Internet and Congressional Decisionmaking, a CRS report prepared for the Chairman, House Rules Committee, 19 Sep 2001
- RL30796 - Legislative Research in Congressional Offices: A Primer
- RL34037 - “No Confidence” Votes and Other Forms of Congressional Censure of Public Officials
- RS22556 - Incapacity of a Member of the Senate
- RL33229 - Status of a Member of the House Who Has Been Indicted for or Convicted of a Felony
- 98-265 - A User’s Guide to the Congressional Record
- RL31160 - Disapproval of Regulations by Congress: Procedure Under the Congressional Review Act
- RL31948 - Evolution of the Senate’s Role in the Nomination and Confirmation Process: A Brief History
- memo of 18 Jan 2006 - Statutory Procedures Under Which Congress Is To Be Informed of U.S. Intelligence Activities, Including Covert Actions
- RS20748 - Protection of Classified Information by Congress: Practices and Proposals
- RL33798 - Lobbying Disclosure: Themes and Issues, 110th Congress
- RL33234 - Lobbying Disclosure and Ethics Proposals Related to Lobbying Introduced in the 109th Congress: A Comparative Analysis
- RL31126 - Lobbying Congress: An Overview of Legal Provisions and Congressional Ethics Rules
- RS20725 - Lobbyists and Interest Groups: Sources of Information
- 98-718 - Secret Sessions of the House and Senate
- 96-548 - The Legislative Process on the Senate Floor: An Introduction
- 95-563 - The Legislative Process on the House Floor: An Introduction
- 98-157 - Congressional Overrides of Presidential Vetoes
- 97-936 - Congressional Oversight
- RL31836 - Congressional Investigations: Subpoenas and Contempt Power
- 98-853 - The Amending Process in the Senate
- 98-995 - The Amending Process in the House of Representatives
- RL30360 - Filibusters and Cloture in the Senate
- 97-684 - The Congressional Appropriations Process: An Introduction
- 98-227 - Voting in the Senate: Forms and Requirements
- RL30315 - Federalism, State Sovereignty and the Constitution: Basis and Limits of Congressional Power
- 98-505 - National Emergency Powers
- RL30261 - Women in the United States Congress: 1917-2004
- RL30076 - Congressional Gold Medals 1776-2004
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Diplomacy
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Hybrid Organizations
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Law and Legal Stuff
- see also use of force
- See also Military Law page
- See also Treaties & Agreements
- RL30812 - Federal Statutes: What They Are and Where to Find Them
- RL33548 - Nuclear Weapons: Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty
- RL34304 - Obstruction of Congress: a Brief Overview of Federal Law Relating to Interference with Congressional Activities
- RL34303 - Obstruction of Justice: an Overview of Some of the Federal Statutes that Prohibit Interference with Judicial, Executive, or Legislative Activities
- RL32222 - Regulation of Broadcast Indecency: Background and Legal Analysis
- RL31925 - FCC Media Ownership Rules: Current Status and Issues for Congress
- RS21021 - “Terrorism” and Related Terms in Statute and Regulation: Selected Language
- RL33715 - Covert Action: Legislative Background and Possible Policy Questions
- RS22552 - Agricultural Issues in the 110th Congress
- RL34193 - Journalists’ Privilege: Overview of the Law and Legislation in the 109th and 110th Congresses
- RS22205 - Journalists’ Privilege: Overview of the Law and 109th Congress Legislation
- RL33669 - Terrorist Surveillance Act of 2006: S. 3931 and Title II of S. 3929, the Terrorist Tracking, Identification, and Prosecution Act of 2006
- RL33662 - The War Crimes Act: Current Issues
- RL33643 - Undisclosed U.S. Detention Sites Overseas: Background and Legal Issues
- 94-166 - Extraterritorial Application of American Criminal Law
- RL33502 - Protection of National Security Information
- RL31495 - U.S. Policy Regarding the International Criminal Court
- RL31437 - International Criminal Court: Overview and Selected Legal Issues
- RL30962 - Capital Punishment: An Overview of Federal Death Penalty Statutes
- 97-868 - Internet Domain Names: Background and Policy Issues
- RS22125 - NPT Compliance: Issues and Views
- RS21850 - Military Courts-Martial: An Overview
- RL31408 - Internet Privacy: Overview and Pending Legislation
- RS21037 - Assassination Ban and E.O. 12333: A Brief Summary
- RL31724 - Detention of American Citizens as Enemy Combatants
- RS21009 - Response to Terrorism: Legal Aspects of the Use of Military Force
- RS21314 - International Law and the Preemptive Use of Force Against Iraq
- RL30152 - Kosovo and NATO: Selected Issues of International Law
- 97-949 - Economic Sanctions to Achieve U.S. Foreign Policy Goals: Discussion and Guide to Current Law
- RL31730 - Privacy: Total Information Awareness Programs and Related Information Access, Collection, and Protection Laws
- RL31762 - Homeland Security Act of 2002: Critical Infrastructure Information Act
- RL32357 - Computer Security: A Summary of Selected Federal Laws, Executive Orders, and Presidential Directives
- RL31502 - Nuclear, Biological, Chemical, and Missile Proliferation Sanctions: Selected Current Law
- RS21890 - The U.N. Law of the Sea Convention and the United States: Developments Since October 2003
- IB95010 - The Law of the Sea Convention and U.S. Policy
- RL32806 - Journalists’ Privilege to Withhold Information in Judicial and Other Proceedings: State Shield Statutes
- RL31994 - Same-Sex Marriages: Legal Issues
- 95-709 - Flag Protection: A Brief History and Summary of Recent Supreme Court Decisions and Proposed Constitutional Amendment
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Trying Suspected Terrorists
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Treatment of Prisoners
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USA PATRIOT Act
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Privacy & Internet
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Copyright & Intellectual Property
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Education
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Energy
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Science, Technology, and Research
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Communications
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Intelligence
- See also Intelligence page
- R40136 - Congress as a Consumer of Intelligence Information
- RL34270 - Open Source Intelligence (OSINT): Issues for Congress
- RL34231 - Director of National Intelligence
Statutory Authorities: Status and Proposals
- RL34070 - Fusion Centers: Issues and Options for Congress
- RL33715 - Covert Action: Legislative Background and Possible Policy Questions
- RL33733 - Intelligence Estimates: How Useful to Congress?
- RL33539 - Intelligence Issues for Congress
- 94-261 - Intelligence Spending: Public Disclosure Issues
- RL33669 - Terrorist Surveillance Act of 2006: S. 3931 and Title II of S. 3929, the Terrorist Tracking, Identification, and Prosecution Act of 2006
- RL33616 - Homeland Security Intelligence: Perceptions, Statutory Definitions, and Approaches
- RS22406 - National Security Letters in Foreign Intelligence Investigations: A Glimpse of the Legal Background and Recent Amendments
- memo of 18 Jan 2006 - Statutory Procedures Under Which Congress Is To Be Informed of U.S. Intelligence Activities, Including Covert Actions
- memo of 5 Jan 2006 - Presidential Authority to Conduct Warrantless Electronic Surveillance to Gather Foreign Intelligence Information
- RS20748 - Protection of Classified Information by Congress: Practices and Proposals
- RL31798 - Data Mining and Homeland Security: An Overview
- RL32536 - The Multi-State Anti-Terrorism Information Exchange (MATRIX) Pilot Project (local copy) - [project has been completed, according to the MATRIX web site at http://www.matrix-at.org/]
- RL32880 - Administrative Subpoenas and National Security Letters in Criminal and Foreign Intelligence Investigations: Background and Proposed Adjustments
- RS22122 - Administrative Subpoenas and National Security Letters in Criminal and Intelligence Investigations: A Sketch
- Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 (local copy), 17 Dec 2004
- RL32722 - Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004: National Standards for Drivers’ Licenses, Social Security Cards, and Birth Certificates
- RS22011 - Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004: “Lone Wolf” Amendment to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act
- RS21895 - Secrecy Versus Openness: New Proposed Arrangements for Balancing Competing Needs
- RS21900 - The Protection of Classified Information: The Legal Framework
- RL32525 - A Joint Committee on Intelligence: Proposals and Options from the 9/11 Commission and Others
- RL32515 - Intelligence Community Reorganization: Potential Effects on DOD Intelligence Agencies
- 11 Aug 04 memo - Side-by-Side Comparison of Intelligence Community Reforms Proposed by 9/11 Commission, the Bush Administration, Senators Feinstein, Graham and Daschle, and Repre sentatives Harman and Goss; and Current Statute
- RL32635 - H.R. 10 (9/11 Recommendations Implementation Act) and S. 2845 (National Intelligence Reform Act of 2004): A Comparative Analysis
- RL32601 - Comparison of 9/11 Commission Recommended Intelligence Reforms, S. 2845, S. 2774, H.R. 5024, Administration Proposal, H.R. 10, Current Law
- RL32519 - Terrorism: Key Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission and Recent Major Commissions and Inquiries
- RL32500 - Proposals for Intelligence Reorganization, 1949-2004
- RS21908 - Senate Select Committee on Intelligence: Term Limits and Assignment Limitations
- RS21696 - U.S. Intelligence and Policymaking: The Iraq Experience
- IB10012 - Intelligence Issues for Congress
- RL30740 - The National Security Agency: Issues for Congress
- RL32597 - Information Sharing for Homeland Security: A Brief Overview
- RL30252 - Intelligence and Law Enforcement: Countering Transnational Threats to the U.S.
- RL31292 - Intelligence to Counter Terrorism: Issues for Congress
- RS21658 - International Terrorism in South Asia
- RL31425 - Military Transformation: Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance
- RL32508 - Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) Programs: Issues for Congress
- RL31650 - The Intelligence Community and 9/11: Congressional Hearings and the Status of the Investigation
- RL31920 - Domestic Intelligence in the United Kingdom: Applicability of the MI-5 Model to the United States
- RL32095 - The FBI: Past, Present, and Future
- RL33033 - Intelligence Reform Implementation at the Federal Bureau of Investigation: Issues and Options for Congress
- RL32336 - FBI Intelligence Reform Since September 11, 2001: Issues and Options for Congress
- RL32336STATE - FBI Intelligence Reform Since September 11, 2001: Issues and Options for Congress
- RS21283 - Homeland Security: Intelligence Support
- RS21283 - Homeland Security: Intelligence Support
- RL34279 - The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act: A Brief Overview of Selected Issues
- 30 Jan 2006 CRS memo - Probable Cause, Reasonable Suspicion, and Reasonableness Standards in the Context of the Fourth Amendment and the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act
- RS21472 - Proposed Change to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) under S. 113
- RL30465 - The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act: An Overview of the Statutory Framework and Recent Judicial Decisions
- RS21636 - Intelligence Identities Protection Act
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Space
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Nuclear Enterprise
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Use of Force
- see use of force on Law page
- RL33503 - U.S. and Coalition Military Operations in Afghanistan: Issues for Congress
- RL31133 - Declarations of War and Authorizations for the Use of Military Force: Historical Background and Legal Implications
- RL32170 - Instances of Use of United States Armed Forces Abroad, 1798-2007
(previously called RL30172 - may be a typo in the latest version, swapping the 2 and 0)
.......HTML, 2004 version
- RS22357 - Authorization For Use Of Military Force in Response to the 9/11 Attacks (P.L. 107-40): Legislative History
- RS21311 - U.S. Use of Preemptive Military Force
- RS21009 - Response to Terrorism: Legal Aspects of the Use of Military Force
- RS21314 - International Law and the Preemptive Use of Force Against Iraq
- 95-1170 - Revolution in Military Affairs? Competing Concepts, Organizational Responses, Outstanding Issues - December 11, 1995
- 94-581S - The United States and the Use of Force in the Post-Cold War World: Toward Self-Deterrence?
- 94-805 - The Use of Force:Key Contemporary Documents, Stephen Daggett and Nina Serafino, 17 October 1994, which discusses the 1984
Weinberger doctrine’s six test for use of U.S. combat forces [haven't been able to find this one electronically]
- 92-757 - Use of Force by the United States: Case Studies, 1950-1991, Mark M. Lowenthal and Robert L. Goldich, 14 October 1992 [haven't been able to find this one electronically]
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Casualties
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Peacekeeping
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Military Forces & Weapons
- R40121 - U.S. Military Stop Loss Program
- RL34333 - Does the Army Need a Full-Spectrum Force or Specialized Units? Background and Issues for Congress
- RL34264 - Strategic Airlift Modernization: Analysis of C-5 Modernization and C-17 Acquisition Issues
- RL32888 - The Army’s Future Combat System (FCS): Background and Issues for Congress
- RL33837 - Congressional Authority to Limit U.S. Military Operations in Iraq
- RL30011 - Medal of Honor Recipients: 1979-2007
- RL33757 - U.S. Army and Marine Corps Equipment Requirements: Background and Issues for Congress
- RL33640 - U.S. Strategic Nuclear Forces: Background, Developments, and Issues
- RL33607 - U.S. Conventional Forces and Nuclear Deterrence: A China Case Study
- RL31623 - U.S. Nuclear Weapons: Changes in Policy and Force Structure
- RL33503 - U.S. and Coalition Military Operations in Afghanistan: Issues for Congress
- RS22449 - U.S. Forces in Iraq
- RS22452 - United States Military Casualty Statistics: Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom
- RL33110 - The Cost of Iraq, Afghanistan and Enhanced Base Security Since 9/11
- RS21644 - The Cost of Operations in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Enhanced Security
- RL32758 - U.S. Military Operations in the Global War on Terrorism: Afghanistan, Africa, the Philippines, and Colombia
- RL33999 - Defense: FY2008 Authorization and Appropriations
- RL33405 - Defense: FY2007 Authorization and Appropriations
- RL32924 - Defense: FY2006 Authorization and Appropriations
- RL30563 - F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) Program: Background, Status, and Issues
- RL31673 - F/A-22 Raptor
- RL32476 - U.S. Army’s Modular Redesign: Issues for Congress
- RS22373 - Navy Role in Global War on Terrorism (GWOT) — Background and Issues for Congress
- RL32965 - Recruiting and Retention: An Overview of FY2005 and FY2006 Results for Active and Reserve Component Enlisted Personnel
- RL30802 - Reserve Component Personnel Issues: Questions and Answers
- RL32737 - Military Aviation: Issues and Options for Combating Terrorism and Counterinsurgency
- RS21975 - U.S. Military Overseas Basing: Background and Oversight Issues for Congress
- RS21754 - Military Forces: What is the Appropriate Size for the United States?
- RS21230 - Homeland Security: Navy Operations — Background and Issues for Congress
- RL31564 - Homeland Security and the Reserves: Threat, Mission, and Force Structure Issues
- RL31872 - Unmanned Aerial Vehicles: Background and Issues for Congress
- RL33408 - Nuclear Command and Control: Current Programs and Issues
- RS20834 - Nuclear Earth Penetrator Weapons
- RL32599 - “Bunker Busters”: Sources of Confusion in the Robust Nuclear Earth Penetrator Debate
- RL32347 - Robust Nuclear Earth Penetrator Budget Request and Plan, FY2005-FY2009
- RL32130 - Nuclear Weapon Initiatives: Low-Yield R&D, Advanced Concepts, Earth Penetrators, Test Readiness
- RL32209 - Comparisons of U.S. and Foreign Military Spending: Data from Selected Public Sources
- RL30034 - Joint Combined Exchange Training (JCET) and Human Rights: Background and Issues for Congress, 26 Jan 1999
- RL30245 - Military Changes to the Unified Command Plan: Background and Issues for Congress, 21 June 1999
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Military Transformation
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Military Special Operations
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Missile Defense, Threats, & Proliferation
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World
- See also International Studies page
- RS22976 - The Global Financial Crisis: The Role of the International Monetary Fund (IMF)
- RL33848 - United Nations Reform: U.S. Policy and International Perspectives
- R40174 - World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Treaty on the Protection of Broadcasting Organizations
- RL33250 - International Population Assistance and Family Planning Programs: Issues for Congress
- R40127 - The Impact of Food Insecurity and Hunger on Global Health: Issues for Congress
- RL32703 - The U.N. Population Fund: Background and the U.S. Funding Debate
- RL34253 - Weak and Failing States: Evolving Security Threats and U.S. Policy
- RS22403 - The Group of Eight Summits: Evolution and Possible Reform
- RL33611 - United Nations System Funding: Congressional Issues
- IB86116 - United Nations System Funding: Congressional Issues - old
- RS22134 - International Financial Institutions: Funding U.S. Participation
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- 96-816 - Countries of the World and International Organizations: Sources of Information
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- RS21609 - The WTO, Intellectual Property Rights, and the Access to Medicines Controversy
- RS21819 - World Bank Post-Conflict Aid: Oversight Issues for Congress
- RS21330 - The International Monetary Fund: Current Reforms
- RL30891 - Global Markets: Evaluating Some Risks the U.S. May Face
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- RL33396 - The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria: Progress Report and Issues for Congress
- RL33485 - U.S. International HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Spending: FY2004-FY2007
- RS21181 - HIV/AIDS International Programs: Appropriations, FY2003-FY2006
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International Trade
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- R40081 - Ocean Piracy and Its Impact on Insurance
- RL31932 - Trade Agreements: Impact on the U.S. Economy
- RL34292 - Intellectual Property Rights and International Trade
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- RL33103 - Foreign Investment in the United States: Major Federal Statutory Restrictions
- RL34315 - The U.S.-Singapore Free Trade Agreement: Effects After Three Years
- RL32964 - The United States as a Net Debtor Nation: Overview of the International Investment Position
- RL31032 - The U.S. Trade Deficit: Causes, Consequences, and Cures
- RL34196 - U.S. Trade Statutes: Expiration Dates and Mandated Periodic Reports to Congress
- RL30732 - Trade Conflict and the U.S.-European Union Economic Relationship
- RL34091 - Globalization, Worker Insecurity, and Policy Approaches
- RL33388 - The Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS)
- RL34106 - U.S. Clothing and Textile Trade with China and the World: Trends Since the End of Quotas
- RS22664 - U.S. Food and Agricultural Imports: Safeguards and Selected Issues
- RL34000 - Foreign Direct Investment: Effects of a “Cheap” Dollar
- RS21004 - Trade Promotion Authority and Fast-Track Negotiating Authority for Trade Agreements: Major Votes
- RL33743 - Trade Promotion Authority (TPA): Issues, Options, and Prospects for Renewal
- RS22541 - Generalized System of Preferences Renewal: Agricultural Imports
- RL33663 - Generalized System of Preferences: Background and Renewal Debate
- 98-253 - U.S. Agricultural Trade: Trends, Composition, Direction, and Policy
- RL33577 - U.S. International Trade: Trends and Forecasts
- RL33463 - Trade Negotiations During the 109th Congress
- IB96038 - U.S. International Trade: Data and Forecasts
- RS21763 - WTO Dispute Settlement: Stages and Pending U.S. Activity Before the Dispute Settlement Body
- RS22522 - Potential Challenges to U.S. Farm Subsidies in the WTO: A Brief Overview
- RS22183 - Trade Preferences for Developing Countries and the WTO
- RL31979 - Russia’s Accession to the WTO
- RL32810 - WTO: Antidumping Issues in the Doha Development Agenda
- RL33176 - The World Trade Organization: The Hong Kong Ministerial
- RS20088 - Dispute Settlement in the World Trade Organization: An Overview
- 98-928 - The World Trade Organization: Background and Issues
- RS21609 - The WTO, Intellectual Property Rights, and the Access to Medicines Controversy
- RL33144 - WTO Doha Round: Agricultural Negotiating Proposals
- RL32060 - World Trade Organization Negotiations: The Doha Development Agenda
- 97-389 - Generalized System of Preferences
- 96-463 - Country Applicability of the U.S. Normal Trade Relations (Most-Favored-Nation) Status
- IB10123 - Trade Negotiations During the 109th Congress
- RL30891 - Global Markets: Evaluating Some Risks the U.S. May Face
- RS21951 - Changing Causes of the U.S. Trade Deficit
- RS22204 - U.S. Trade Deficit and the Impact of Rising Oil Prices
- RL32059 - Trade, Trade Barriers, and Trade Deficits: Implications for U.S. Economic Welfare
- RL31356 - Free Trade Agreements: Impact on U.S. Trade and Implications for U.S. Trade Policy
- RS22187 - U.S. Agricultural Policy Response to WTO Cotton Decision
- IB10087 - U.S.- European Union Trade Relations: Issues and Policy Challenges
- RL32638 - Middle East Free Trade Area: Progress Report
- RS21464 - Morocco-U.S. Free Trade Agreement
- RL33328 - Proposed U.S.-Oman Free Trade Agreement
- RL33435 - The Proposed South Korea-U.S. Free Trade Agreement (KORUSFTA)
- RL33490 - Vietnam PNTR Status and WTO Accession: Issues and Implications for the United States
- RL33445 - The Proposed U.S.-Malaysia Free Trade Agreement
- RL32314 - U.S.-Thailand Free Trade Agreement Negotiations
- RS22339 - Trade Liberalization Challenges Post-CAFTA
- RL33162 - Trade Integration in the Americas
- IB95017 - Trade and the Americas
- RL32540 - The Proposed U.S.-Panama Free Trade Agreement
- RS21737 - NAFTA at Ten: Lessons from Recent Studies
- RS20864 - A Free Trade Area of the Americas: Status of Negotiations and Major Policy Issues
- RL31870 - The Dominican Republic-Central America-United States Free Trade Agreement (DR-CAFTA)
- RS22521 - Peru Trade Promotion Agreement: Labor Issues
- RS22391 - U.S.-Peru Trade Promotion Agreement
- RL32110 - Agriculture in the U.S.-Dominican Republic-Central American Free Trade Agreement (DR-CAFTA)
- RL30935 - Agricultural Trade in the Free Trade Area of the Americas
- 98-840 - U.S.-Latin American Trade: Recent Trends
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India
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Iran
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Former Soviet Union (FSU) and Central Asia
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Islam
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Middle East
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Iraq
- RL31339 - Iraq: Post-Saddam Governance and Security
- RS21578 - Iraq: Summary of U.S. Casualties
- RL33376 - Iraq’s Debt Relief: Procedure and Potential Implications for International Debt Relief
- RL34254 - Executive Order 13,438: Blocking Property of Certain Persons Who Threaten Stabilization Efforts in Iraq
- RL33834 - Defense Contracting in Iraq: Issues and Options for Congress
- RL33936 - Iraqi Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons: A Deepening Humanitarian Crisis?
- RS22626 - Iraq: Tribal Structure, Social, and Political Activities
- RL32217 - Al Qaeda in Iraq: Assessment and Outside Links
- RL33837 - Congressional Authority to Limit U.S. Military Operations in Iraq
- RL34064 - Iraq: Oil and Gas Legislation, Revenue Sharing, and U.S. Policy
- RL32419 - Private Security Contractors in Iraq: Background, Legal Status, and Other Issues
- RS22598 - Iraq: Milestones Since the Ouster of Saddam Hussein
- RL33793 - Iraq: Regional Perspectives and U.S. Policy
- RS22537 - Iraqi Civilian Deaths Estimates
- RS22532 - Iraqi Police and Security Forces Casualty Estimates
- RS22441 - Iraqi Civilian, Police, and Security Forces Casualty Estimates
- RL33331 - U.S. Occupation Assistance: Iraq, Germany and Japan Compared
- RL32376 - Women in Iraq: Background and Issues for U.S. Policy
- RL33227 - U.S. Assistance to Women in Afghanistan and Iraq: Challenges and Issues for Congress
- RS22330 - Improvised Explosive Devices in Iraq and Afghanistan: Effects and Countermeasures
- RS22323 - Iran’s Influence in Iraq
- RS22126 - U.S. Military and Iraqi Casualty Statistics: Additional Numbers and Explanations
- RS21867 - U.S. Embassy in Iraq
- Memo - Military Construction in Support of Afghanistan and Iraq
- RL32229 - Iraq: Frequently Asked Questions About Contracting
- RL32105 - Post-War Iraq: A Table and Chronology of Foreign Contributions
- RL31763 - Iraq: Summary of U.S. Forces
- RS22079 - The Kurds in Post-Saddam Iraq
- RS21968 - Iraq: Post-Saddam National Elections
- RL32370 - The Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA): Origin, Characteristics, and Institutional Authorities
- RL32395 - U.S. Treatment of Prisoners in Iraq: Selected Legal Issues
- RS22093 - The Iraqi Security Forces: The Challenge of Sectarian and Ethnic Influences
- RS21529 - Al Qaeda after the Iraq Conflict
- 98-114 - Iraq: International Support For U.S. Policy, Feb 1998
- 98-120 - Iraq Crisis: U.S. and Allied Forces, Sep 1998
- 98-129 - Iraqi Chemical & Biological Weapons (CBW) Capabilities, Feb 1998
- 98-179 - Iraq’s Opposition Movements
- 98-393F - Iraq: U.S. Policy Options, Dec 1998
- IB92117 - Iraq: Weapons Programs, U.N. Requirements, and U.S. Policy
- IB94049 - Iraq: Former and Recent Military Confrontations With the United States
- RL30472 - Iraq: Oil-For-Food Program, International Sanctions, and Illicit Trade
- RL30472 - Iraq: Oil-For-Food Program, International Sanctions, and Illicit Trade, 2000 version
- RL31607 - Iraq: Differing Views in the Domestic Policy Debate
- RL31641 - Iraqi Challenges and U.S. Responses: March 1991 through October 2002
- RL31671 - Iraq: U.N. Inspections for Weapons of Mass Destruction
- RL31701 - Iraq: U.S. Military Operations
- RL31715 - Iraq War: Background and Issues Overview
- RL31766 - Iraq: United Nations and Humanitarian Aid Organizations
- RL31833 - Iraq: Recent Developments in Reconstruction Assistance
- RL31946 - Iraq War: Defense Program Implications for Congress
- RS21323 - The United Nations Security Council - Its Role in the Iraq Crisis: A Brief Overview
- RS21324 - Iraq: A Compilation of Legislation Enacted and Resolutions Adopted by Congress, 1990-2003
- RS21325 - Iraq: Divergent Views on Military Action
- RS21336 - Iraq: The Turkish Factor
- RS21376 - Iraq: Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) Capable Missiles and Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs)
- RS21546 - Iraq Reconstruction Resources: Fact Sheet
- RS22452 - United States Military Casualty Statistics: Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom
- RS21626 - Iraq Oil: Reserves, Production, and Potential Revenues
- RL31944 - Iraq's Economy: Past, Present, Future
- RS21396 - Iraq: Map Sources
- RS21654 - Islamic Religious Schools, Madrasas: Background
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Africa
- RL31697 - South Africa: Current Issues and U.S. Relations
- RS22798 - Instability in Chad
- RS22690 - The African Development Bank Group
- RS22751 - The Central African Republic
- RL34003 - Africa Command: U.S. Strategic Interests and the Role of the U.S. Military in Africa
- RL33591 - Africa: U.S. Foreign Assistance Issues
- RL31772 - U.S. Trade and Investment Relationship with Sub-Saharan Africa: The African Growth and Opportunity Act and Beyond
- RL32723 - Zimbabwe: Current Issues and U.S. Policy
- RL33584 - AIDS in Africa
- IB10050 - AIDS in Africa
- RL32796 - Africa, the G8, and the Blair Initiative
- RL30751 - Diamonds and Conflict: Background, Policy, and Legislation
- RS20800 - Diamond-Related African Conflicts: A Fact Sheet
- IB95052 - Africa: U.S. Foreign Assistance Issues
- RL30029 - Africa Backgrounder: History, U.S. Policy, Principal Congressional Actions
- RL31247 - Africa and the War on Terrorism
- RS21772 - AGOA III: Amendment to the African Growth and Opportunity Act
- 98-733 - Terrorism: U. S. Response to Bombings in Kenya and Tanzania: A New Policy Direction?, Sep 1998
- RL33574 - Sudan: Humanitarian Crisis, Peace Talks, Terrorism, and U.S. Policy
- RL32606 - Sudan: Economic Sanctions
- RL32643 - Sudan: The Darfur Crisis and the Status of the North-South Negotiations
- RS21862 - Sudan: the Crisis in Darfur
- IB98043 - Sudan: Humanitarian Crisis, Peace Talks, Terrorism, and U.S. Policy
- RS21464 - Morocco-U.S. Free Trade Agreement
- RL33185 - Liberia’s Post-War Recovery: Key Issues and Developments
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- RL33142 - Libya: Background and U.S. Relations
- RS21823 - Disarming Libya: Weapons of Mass Destruction
- RL33964 - Nigeria: Current Issues
- RL33594 - Nigeria in Political Transition
- IB98046 - Nigeria in Political Transition
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Latin America
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Caribbean
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