Oman: Reform, Security, and U.S. Policy (open access)

Oman: Reform, Security, and U.S. Policy

This report discusses Oman's political and governmental structure, economy, foreign policy, and human rights concerns as well as U.S. security assistance and cooperation.
Date: November 9, 2018
Creator: Katzman, Kenneth
System: The UNT Digital Library
The European Union: Ongoing Challenges and Future Prospects (open access)

The European Union: Ongoing Challenges and Future Prospects

This report provides a brief history of the European Union (EU) and the major challenges confronting the bloc. It also discusses the potential implications for the EU and for U.S.-EU relations.
Date: December 3, 2018
Creator: Archick, Kristin
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Posse Comitatus Act and Related Matters: A Sketch (open access)

The Posse Comitatus Act and Related Matters: A Sketch

This report examines instances, as approved by Congress, where circumstances warrant a departure from the general rule of the Posse Comitatus Act, wherein the military is typically prevented from direct involvement in civilian affairs.
Date: November 6, 2018
Creator: Elsea, Jennifer K.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The United Arab Emirates (UAE): Issues for U.S. Policy (open access)

The United Arab Emirates (UAE): Issues for U.S. Policy

This report discusses the current political and economic landscape of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and its relationship with the U.S. The UAE has been a significant U.S. partner in Gulf security for more than two decades, and the alliance has deepened further in recent years in order to address multiple regional threats.
Date: October 25, 2018
Creator: Katzman, Kenneth
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Posse Comitatus Act and Related Matters: The Use of the Military to Execute Civilian Law (open access)

The Posse Comitatus Act and Related Matters: The Use of the Military to Execute Civilian Law

This report provides an historical analysis of the use of the Armed Forces to execute domestic law and of the Posse Comitatus Act, including their apparent theoretical and constitutional underpinnings. The report then outlines the current application of the act as well as its statutory exceptions, and reviews the consequences of its violation.
Date: November 6, 2018
Creator: Elsea, Jennifer K.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Iran's Foreign and Defense Policies (open access)

Iran's Foreign and Defense Policies

This report discusses Iran's foreign and defense policy and the reasoning behind it, as well as U.S. concerns regarding their power and nuclear weapon capability.
Date: October 9, 2018
Creator: Katzman, Kenneth
System: The UNT Digital Library
Reserve Component Personnel Issues: Questions and Answers (open access)

Reserve Component Personnel Issues: Questions and Answers

This report is designed to provide an overview of key reserve component personnel issues. The term "Reserve Component" refers collectively to the seven individual reserve components of the Armed Forces: the Army National Guard of the United States, the Army Reserve, the Navy Reserve, the Marine Corps Reserve, the Air National Guard of the United States, the Air Force Reserve, and the Coast Guard Reserve.
Date: October 4, 2018
Creator: Kapp, Lawrence & Torreon, Barbara Salazar
System: The UNT Digital Library
Spain and Its Relations with the United States: In Brief (open access)

Spain and Its Relations with the United States: In Brief

This report discusses relations between the U.S. and Spain and includes information on partnerships in counter-terrorism and military matters, economic ties, and political issues in Spain. It also provides an overview of the Catalan independence crisis and U.S. and EU views on the matter.
Date: October 5, 2018
Creator: Mix, Derek E.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Expedited Removal of Aliens: Legal Framework (open access)

Expedited Removal of Aliens: Legal Framework

This report provides an overview of the statutory and regulatory framework that governs expedited removal of aliens under INA Section 235(b)(1) and exceptions to expedited removal -- including provisions to seek review of an asylum claim. Finally, the report addresses the scope of judicial review, some of the legal challenges that have been raised to the expedited removal process, and potential legal issues that may arise if expedited removal were expanded to cover additional categories of aliens present in the United States.
Date: September 19, 2018
Creator: Smith, Hillel R.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Conflict in Mali (open access)

Conflict in Mali

This report outlines the security and governance challenges that Mali has faced since the 2011-2013 crisis that devastated the military, central government institutions, and northern populations and the peace accord that followed in 2015.
Date: September 19, 2018
Creator: Arieff, Alexis
System: The UNT Digital Library
Iran's Foreign and Defense Policies (open access)

Iran's Foreign and Defense Policies

This report discusses Iran's foreign and defense policy and the reasoning behind it, as well as U.S. concerns regarding their power and nuclear weapon capability.
Date: September 25, 2018
Creator: Katzman, Kenneth
System: The UNT Digital Library
Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh: His Jurisprudence and Potential Impact on the Supreme Court (open access)

Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh: His Jurisprudence and Potential Impact on the Supreme Court

This report provides an overview of Judge Kavanaugh's jurisprudence and discusses his potential impact on the Court if he were to be confirmed to succeed Justice Kennedy. It focuses upon those areas of law where Justice Kennedy can be seen to have influenced the High Court's approach to certain issues or served as a fifth and deciding vote on the Court, with a view toward how Judge Kavanaugh might approach these same issues.
Date: August 21, 2018
Creator: Nolan, Andrew & Lewis, Caitlain Devereaux
System: The UNT Digital Library
Military Service Records, Awards, and Unit Histories: A Guide to Locating Sources (open access)

Military Service Records, Awards, and Unit Histories: A Guide to Locating Sources

This report provides information on locating military unit histories and individual service records of discharged, retired, and deceased military personnel. It also provides information on locating and replacing military awards and medals as well as contact information for military history centers, websites for additional sources of research, and a bibliography of other publications, including related CRS reports.
Date: August 7, 2018
Creator: DeBruyne, Nese F. & Torreon, Barbara Salazar
System: The UNT Digital Library
Congress's Power over Courts: Jurisdiction Stripping and the Rule of Klein (open access)

Congress's Power over Courts: Jurisdiction Stripping and the Rule of Klein

This report highlights a series of Supreme Court rulings that have examined separation-of-powers-based limitations on the Exceptions Clause, congressional jurisdiction stripping, and the ability of Congress to amend laws with the purpose of directly impacting litigation. The Court's jurisprudence largely begins with the Reconstruction-era case, United States v. Klein, and leads to Patchak v. Zinke, from the October 2017 term.
Date: August 9, 2018
Creator: Peck, Sarah Herman
System: The UNT Digital Library
Iran's Foreign and Defense Policies (open access)

Iran's Foreign and Defense Policies

This report discusses Iran's foreign and defense policy and the reasoning behind it, as well as U.S. concerns regarding their power and nuclear weapon capability.
Date: July 18, 2018
Creator: Katzman, Kenneth
System: The UNT Digital Library
West European Communist Parties in 1977, An Analysis and Chronology of Developments. (open access)

West European Communist Parties in 1977, An Analysis and Chronology of Developments.

This report is an An Analysis and Chronology of Developments of West European Communist Parties in 1977.
Date: January 25, 1978
Creator: Sloan, Stanley R.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Vice Presidents of the United states 1789-1971 (open access)

Vice Presidents of the United states 1789-1971

This report provides information about the Vice Presidents of the United States from 1789 to 1971.
Date: November 9, 1971
Creator: Christopher Dell
System: The UNT Digital Library
West European Communist Parties in 1977, An Analysis and Chronology of Developments (open access)

West European Communist Parties in 1977, An Analysis and Chronology of Developments

This report is an Analysis and Chronology of Developments of West European Communist Parties in 1977.
Date: January 25, 1978
Creator: Sloan, Stanley R.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Veterans Pension Program: Past, Present, Future (open access)

The Veterans Pension Program: Past, Present, Future

This report examines major military pension enactments, to determine conditions under which they were enacted, what the provisions were, and what the results and outcomes of some of the legislation were.
Date: November 25, 1977
Creator: Rashkow, Ilona N.
System: The UNT Digital Library
U.S. Policy Toward Asia and the Pacific (open access)

U.S. Policy Toward Asia and the Pacific

This report is a chronology of significant events
Date: November 2, 1970
Creator: Marjorie Ann Brownie
System: The UNT Digital Library
Vietnam (open access)

Vietnam

This report is a Bibliography
Date: October 1, 1970
Creator: Niksch, Larry A.
System: The UNT Digital Library
History of the United States Postal Service (open access)

History of the United States Postal Service

This report's content provides an overview of the history of the Postal Office Services. Including its origin and how it emerged into a national service.
Date: October 11, 1963
Creator: Deudgeon, Esther J.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Legislative History of Tax Return Confidentiality: Section 6103 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 and Its Predecessors (open access)

Legislative History of Tax Return Confidentiality: Section 6103 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 and Its Predecessors

This report acts as an aid in the subject area of tax confidentiality, and also provides a legislative history of tax confidentiality.
Date: December 4, 1974
Creator: Zaritsky, Howard M.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Capital Punishment in the United States (open access)

Capital Punishment in the United States

This report is a selected bibliography of works that pertain to the use of capital punishment in the United States.
Date: May 4, 1971
Creator: Vialet, Joyce
System: The UNT Digital Library