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House Committee on Standards of Official Conduct: A Brief History of Its Evolution and Jurisdiction
This report provides a history of the creation and evolution of the House Committee on Standards of Official Conduct. Also known as the House Ethics Committee and the Committee on Standards, it was first established as a select committee in 1966. It became a standing committee in 1967. Since that time, it has undergone two major reorganizations, first in 1989, and again in 1997.
Date:
July 14, 2004
Creator:
Amer, Mildred
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program: Legislative and Funding History
None
Date:
November 24, 2008
Creator:
James, Nathan
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Affordable Care Act’s Contraceptive Coverage Requirement: History of Regulations for Religious Objections
This report summarizes the issues involved with the Affordable Care Act's (ACA) requirement in group health plans for contraceptive coverage. Moreover, the report covers the history of how religious objections to this provision of the ACA have been handled. Specifically, the report discuses this topic in relation to employers providing health insurance for employees.
Date:
April 2, 2015
Creator:
Brown, Cynthia
System:
The UNT Digital Library
House Committee on Standards of Official Conduct: A Brief History of Its Evolution and Jurisdiction
This report provides a history of the creation and evolution of the House Committee on Standards of Official Conduct.
Date:
June 8, 2006
Creator:
Amer, Mildred
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Federal Protective Service and Contract Security Guards: A Statutory History and Current Status
None
Date:
July 24, 2009
Creator:
Reese, Shawn
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Federal Protective Service and Contract Security Guards: A Statutory History and Current Status
None
Date:
March 19, 2008
Creator:
Reese, Shawn
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The History of the Blue Slip in the Senate Committee on the Judiciary, 1917-Present. October 2003
This report provides a history of the Judiciary Committee blue-slip custom, a practice which emanated from the chambers tradition of senatorial courtesy.
Date:
October 22, 2003
Creator:
Sollenberger, Mitchel A.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Federal Excise Taxes on Alcoholic Beverages: A Summary of Present Law and a Brief History
This report summarizes present law governing federal taxation of alcoholic beverages and provides a brief history of its development from 1791 to the present.
Date:
June 15, 1999
Creator:
Ripy, Thomas B.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Public Participation and Technology Assessment: A Survey of the Legislative History of the Office of Technology Assessment
This report provides an overview of the history and functions of the Office of Technology Assessment and discusses the concept of public participation in technology assessment.
Date:
September 18, 1974
Creator:
Chalk, Rosemary A.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
History, Evolution, and Practices of the President's State of the Union Address: Frequently Asked Questions
This report takes the format of answers to frequently asked questions about the State of the Union address -- a communication from the President to Congress in which the chief executive reports on the current conditions of the United States and provides policy proposals for the upcoming legislative year.
Date:
February 27, 2017
Creator:
Kreiser, Maria A.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Federal Aid to Roads and Highways Since the 18th Century: A Legislative History
The federal government has provided aid for roads and highways since the establishment of the United States in 1789. This report comprises a brief history of such aid, detailing some precedent setters and more recent funding through the Highway Trust Fund, which was created in 1956.
Date:
January 6, 2012
Creator:
Williamson, John
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Federal Protective Service and Contract Security Guards: A Statutory History and Current Status
This report discusses the history of the Federal Protective Service, which is responsible for protecting federal government property, personnel, visitors, and customers, including property leased by the General Services Administration (GSA). FPS currently employs over 15,000 contract security guards to protect federal property.
Date:
January 23, 2009
Creator:
Reese, Shawn
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Congress's Contempt Power and the Enforcement of Congressional Subpoenas: Law, History, Practice, and Procedure
This report examines the source of the contempt power, reviews the historical development of the early case law, outlines the statutory and common law basis for Congress's contempt power, and analyzes the procedures associated with inherent contempt, criminal contempt, and the civil enforcement of subpoenas. In addition, the report discusses both non-constitutional and constitutionally based limitations on the power. Finally, the report includes a discussion of the significance of the House Judiciary Committee dispute with the White House over the dismissal of several U.S. Attorneys that resulted in votes for criminal contempt of Congress and the United States District Court opinion in Committee on the Judiciary v. Miers.
Date:
May 8, 2012
Creator:
Garvey, Todd & Dolan, Alissa M.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Congress's Contempt Power and the Enforcement of Congressional Subpoenas: Law, History, Practice, and Procedure
This report examines the source of the contempt power, reviews the historical development of the early case law, outlines the statutory and common law basis for Congress's contempt power, and analyzes the procedures associated with inherent contempt, criminal contempt, and the civil enforcement of subpoenas. The report also includes a detailed discussion of two recent information-access disputes that led to the approval of contempt citations in the House against then-White House Chief of Staff Joshua Bolten and former White House Counsel Harriet Miers, as well as Attorney General Eric Holder. Finally, the report discusses both non-constitutional and constitutionally-based limitations on the contempt power.
Date:
August 17, 2012
Creator:
Garvey, Todd
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Emergency Funding for Agriculture: A Brief History of Congressional Action, 1988-June 1999
Between 1988 and June 1999, thirteen emergency supplemental or farm disaster acts provided a total of $17 billion in emergency funding for U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) programs. The vast majority of this amount has gone directly to farmers, primarily in the form of disaster payments ($12.2 billion) to any farmer suffering a significant crop loss caused by a natural disaster, and "market loss" payments ($3.1 billion) to help grain, cotton, and dairy farmers recover from low farm commodity prices. The remaining $1.7 billion has gone to a wide array of other USDA programs, including those for other forms of farm disaster assistance, farm loans, and overseas food aid. Congress is expected to consider a multi-billion financial assistance package for farmers sometime this year.
Date:
July 19, 1999
Creator:
Chite, Ralph M.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Federal Protective Service and Contract Security Guards: A Statutory History and Current Status
This report discusses the Federal Protective Service (FPS) - within U.S. Immigration Customs Enforcement (ICE) in the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) - is responsible for protecting federal government property, personnel, visitors, and customers, including property leased by the General Services Administration (GSA). This report describes the FPS in brief as well as legislative actions currently being discussed in the 111th Congress that could affect FPS in the future.
Date:
August 20, 2009
Creator:
Reese, Shawn
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Federal Protective Service and Contract Security Guards: A Statutory History and Current Status
The Federal Protective Service (FPS) -- within U.S. Immigration Customs Enforcement (ICE) in the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) -- is responsible for protecting federal government property, personnel, visitors, and customers, including property leased by the General Services Administration (GSA). FPS currently employs over 15,000 contract security guards to protect federal property. DHS intends, according to its FY2009 budget justification, to continue the use of contract security guards to focus FPS activities on maintaining security policy and standards, conducting building security assessments, and monitoring federal agency compliance with security standards.
Date:
June 30, 2008
Creator:
Reese, Shawn
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Federal Protective Service and Contract Security Guards: A Statutory History and Current Status
The Federal Protective Service (FPS) -- within U.S. Immigration Customs Enforcement (ICE) in the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) -- is responsible for protecting federal government property, personnel, visitors, and customers, including property leased by the General Services Administration (GSA). FPS currently employs over 15,000 contract security guards to protect federal property. DHS intends, according to its FY2009 budget justification, to continue the use of contract security guards to focus FPS activities on maintaining security policy and standards, conducting building security assessments, and monitoring federal agency compliance with security standards.
Date:
May 29, 2008
Creator:
Reese, Shawn
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Federal Protective Service and Contract Security Guards: A Statutory History and Current Status
The Federal Protective Service (FPS) -- within U.S. Immigration Customs Enforcement (ICE) in the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) -- is responsible for protecting federal government property, personnel, visitors, and customers, including property leased by the General Services Administration (GSA). FPS currently employs over 15,000 contract security guards to protect federal property. DHS intends, according to its FY2009 budget justification, to continue the use of contract security guards to focus FPS activities on maintaining security policy and standards, conducting building security assessments, and monitoring federal agency compliance with security standards.
Date:
October 14, 2008
Creator:
Reese, Shawn
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010: Summary and Legislative History
None
Date:
April 2, 2010
Creator:
Keith, Robert
System:
The UNT Digital Library
History of the Immigration Policy of the United States Prior to the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952
This report discusses the immigration policy of the united states before the immigration and national act of 1952.
Date:
January 13, 1960
Creator:
unknown
System:
The UNT Digital Library
History of Use of U.S. Military Bases to House Immigrants and Refugees
This report discusses the use of Goodfellow Air Force Base and Fort Bliss, both in Texas, to house migrant families trying to cross the border, as well as the historical use of military bases to house immigrants and refugees.
Date:
July 26, 2018
Creator:
Kapp, Lawrence & Torreon, Barbara Salazar
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Treaty-Making Power in the Constitution: A Summary of the History Relating to the Non-Inclusion of the House of Representatives
This report contains a summary of U.S. history relating to the non-inclusion of the House of Representatives in treaty-making. Contents span from the Constitutional Convention.
Date:
June 12, 1967
Creator:
Collier, Ellen C.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Emergency Funding for Agriculture: A Brief History of Supplemental Appropriations, FY1989-FY2007
None
Date:
June 27, 2007
Creator:
Chite, Ralph M.
System:
The UNT Digital Library