U.S.-China Military Contacts: Issues for Congress (open access)

U.S.-China Military Contacts: Issues for Congress

This CRS report, updated as warranted, discusses policy issues regarding military-to-military (mil-to-mil) contacts with the People's Republic of China (PRC) and provides a record of major contacts and crises since 1993. The first part of this CRS Report discusses policy issues regarding such military-to-military (mil-to-mil) contacts. The second part provides a record of such contacts since 1993, when the United States resumed exchanges after suspending them in response to the Tiananmen Crackdown in 1989. Congress has exercised important oversight.
Date: July 30, 2013
Creator: Kan, Shirley A.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Constitutional right of privacy: Supreme court decisions and Congressional Action in Brief (open access)

The Constitutional right of privacy: Supreme court decisions and Congressional Action in Brief

This is a report on The Constitutional right of privacy: Supreme court decisions and Congressional Action in Brief.
Date: July 30, 1975
Creator: Hutton, E. Jeremy
System: The UNT Digital Library
Higher Education Act Reauthorization in the 110th Congress: A Comparison of Major Proposals (open access)

Higher Education Act Reauthorization in the 110th Congress: A Comparison of Major Proposals

This report provides a side by side comparison of the HEA reauthorization proposals in the Senate-passed version of S. 1642 and the House-passed version of H.R. 4137 to current law
Date: July 30, 2008
Creator: Naughton, Blake Alan; Skinner, Rebecca R.; Smole, David P.; Kuenzi, Jeffrey J. & Lordeman, Ann
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Iran Hostages: Efforts to Obtain Compensation. July 2015 (open access)

The Iran Hostages: Efforts to Obtain Compensation. July 2015

This report outlines the history of various efforts, including legislative efforts and count cases, and describes one bill currently before Congress, the Justice for Former American Hostages in Iran Act of 2015.
Date: July 30, 2015
Creator: Elsea, Jennifer K.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Drug Testing and Crime-Related Restrictions in TANF, SNAP, and Housing Assistance (open access)

Drug Testing and Crime-Related Restrictions in TANF, SNAP, and Housing Assistance

This report describes and compares the drug- and crime-related policy restrictions contained in selected federal programs that provide assistance to low-income individuals and families: the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) block grant, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly Food Stamps), and the three primary federal housing assistance programs (the public housing program, the Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher program, and the project-based Section 8 rental assistance program).
Date: July 30, 2013
Creator: McCarty, Maggie; Aussenberg, Randy Alison; Falk, Gene & Carpenter, David H.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill: Selected Issues for Congress (open access)

Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill: Selected Issues for Congress

This report summarizes provisions of selected legislation - enacted and proposed - that address oil spill policy issues raised after the April 20, 2010, explosion and resulting oil spill at the Deepwater Horizon drilling platform in the Gulf of Mexico. This report focuses primarily on oil spill policy matters that concern prevention, preparedness, response, and the liability and compensation framework.
Date: July 30, 2010
Creator: Hagerty, Curry L. & Ramseur, Jonathan L.
System: The UNT Digital Library
China-U.S. Trade Issues (open access)

China-U.S. Trade Issues

This report provides an overview of U.S.-China commercial ties, identifies major issues of contention, describes the Trump Administration's trade policies toward China, and reviews possible outcomes.
Date: July 30, 2018
Creator: Morrison, Wayne M.
System: The UNT Digital Library