http://leg2.state.va.us/dls/h&sdocs.nsf/By+Year/RD982011/$file/RD98.pdf
Reports on Virginia’s progress in cleaning up the Chesapeake Bay and waters designated as impaired by the Environmental Protection Agency. Covers nutrient control activities from wastewater treatment plants, TMDL implementation plans, and more. From the Secretary of Natural Resources
http://www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=13128
Argues that health researchers need to recruit more lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people for health studies to better understand health conditions that affect them. The report provides a compilation of what is known about the health of these groups and outlines an agenda for research. From the Institute of Medicine
http://www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=13092
Presents a 20-year roadmap for increasing the ability of the U.S. to resist and recover from damage produced by a major earthquake in a highly populated area. From the National Research Council
http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/natsec/R40156.pdf
Covers the key players and issues in the Afghanistan conflict including the strategic outlooks of the governments of Afghanistan, the U.S. and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. From the Congressional Research Service, posted by the Federation of American Scientists
http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R41717.pdf
This report discusses the Supreme Court’s decision in Snyder vs. Phelps relating to Westboro Church’s constitutional right to protest at military funerals, constitutional issues facing federal laws that create funeral protest buffer zones, and legislative options for amending federal laws restricting funeral protests. From the Congressional Research Service, posted by the Federation of American Scientists
http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/row/R41702.pdf
Describes the damage to Japan’s economy and resources from the 2011 earthquake and tsunami and the implications for world trade. From the Congressional Research Service, posted by the Federation of American Scientists
http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/121xx/doc12128/04-05-Ryan_Letter.pdf
Analysis of a budget proposal by the House Budget Committee Chairman which would change federal payments under the Medicare and Medicaid programs, eliminate the subsidies to be provided through the new insurance exchanges, leave Social Security as it would be under current law, and set paths for federal spending and tax revenues at specified growth rates or percentages of GDP. From the Congressional Budget Office
http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R41729.pdf
Lists and maps U.S. nuclear power plants located near metropolitan populations and also close to areas vulnerable to earthquakes From the Congressional Research Service, posted by the Federation of American Scientists