Federal Environmental activities (open access)

Federal Environmental activities

This report presents the Environmental activities of all units of the federal government except the supreme court and the committees of congress.
Date: June 1, 1972
Creator: Abbasi, Susan R.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Electric Utility Restructuring: Maintaining Bulk Power System Reliability (open access)

Electric Utility Restructuring: Maintaining Bulk Power System Reliability

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Date: February 1, 2005
Creator: Abel, Amy; Parker, Larry B. & Stitt, Steven C.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Declarations of War and Authorizations for the Use of Military Force: Historical Background and Legal Implications (open access)

Declarations of War and Authorizations for the Use of Military Force: Historical Background and Legal Implications

This report provides historical background on the enactment of declarations of war and authorizations for the use of force and analyzes their legal effects under international and domestic law. It also sets forth their texts in two appendices. Because the statutes that confer standby authority on the President and the executive branch potentially play such a large role in an armed conflict to which the United States is a party, the report includes an extensive listing and summary of the statutes that are triggered by a declaration of war, a declaration of national emergency, and/or the existence of a state of war. The report concludes with a summary of the Congressional procedures applicable to the enactment of a declaration of war or authorization for the use of force and to measures under the War Powers Resolution.
Date: January 14, 2003
Creator: Ackerman, David M. & Grimmett, Richard F.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Hezbollah: Background and Issues for Congress (open access)

Hezbollah: Background and Issues for Congress

Report that discusses Lebanon's Hezbollah, a Shiite Islamist militia, political party, social welfare organization, and U. S. State Department-designated terrorist organization. The report also discusses recent Hezbollah-related conflicts, Hezbollah's relationship with other Lebanese political parties, and U. S. policy regarding Hezbollah.
Date: January 3, 2011
Creator: Addis, Casey L. & Blanchard, Christopher M.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Hezbollah: Background and Issues for Congress (open access)

Hezbollah: Background and Issues for Congress

This report discusses Lebanon's Hezbollah, a Shiite Islamist militia, political party, social welfare organization, and U.S. State Department-designated terrorist organization. The report discusses recent Hezbollah-related conflicts, Hezbollah's relationship with other Lebanese political parties, and U.S. policy regarding Hezbollah.
Date: October 8, 2010
Creator: Addis, Casey L. & Blanchard, Christopher M.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
European Union–U.S. Trade and Investment Relations: Key Issues (open access)

European Union–U.S. Trade and Investment Relations: Key Issues

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Date: April 8, 2008
Creator: Aheam, Raymond J.; Fischer, John W.; Goldfarb, Charles B.; Hanrahan, Charles E.; Eubanks, Walter W. & Rubin, Janice E.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
European Union–U.S. Trade and Investment Relations: Key Issues (open access)

European Union–U.S. Trade and Investment Relations: Key Issues

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Date: February 14, 2008
Creator: Aheam, Raymond J.; Fischer, John W.; Goldfarb, Charles B.; Hanrahan, Charles E.; Eubanks, Walter W. & Rubin, Janice E.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Export-Import Bank: Frequently Asked Questions (open access)

Export-Import Bank: Frequently Asked Questions

This report addresses frequently-asked questions about the Export-Import (Ex-Im) Bank, grouped in the following categories: congressional interest and the Ex-Im Bank reauthorization debate; market context; international context; organizational structure and management; programs; statutory requirements and policies; risk management; budget and appropriations; implications of a sunset in authority; and historical and current approaches to reauthorization.
Date: April 13, 2016
Creator: Akhtar, Shayerah Ilias; Carpenter, David H.; Driessen, Grant A. & Taylor, Julia
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Secret Sessions of Congress: A Brief Historical Overview (open access)

Secret Sessions of Congress: A Brief Historical Overview

"Secret" or "closed door" sessions of the House of Representatives and Seante are held periodically to discuss business, including impeachment deliberations, deemed to require confidentiality and secrecy. Authority for the two chambers to hold these sessions is implied by Article I, Section 5, of the Constitution. National Security is the principal reason for such sessions in recent years. This report provides a historical background of such sessions, as well as relevant regulations and expectations for Members of Congress during such sessions.
Date: September 27, 2006
Creator: Amer, Mildred
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Secret Sessions of the House and Senate (open access)

Secret Sessions of the House and Senate

This report discusses the “Secret,” or “closed,” sessions of the House and Senate that exclude the press and the public.
Date: May 25, 2007
Creator: Amer, Mildred
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Selected Privileges and Courtesies Extended to Departing and Former Senators (open access)

Selected Privileges and Courtesies Extended to Departing and Former Senators

This report provides information on selected privileges and courtesies (with the exception of federal health insurance, life insurance, and retirement benefits) extended to departing and former Senators. Some are derived from law and Senate Rules, but most are courtesies that have been extended as a matter of custom.
Date: September 14, 2004
Creator: Amer, Mildred
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Secret Sessions of Congress: A Brief Historical Overview (open access)

Secret Sessions of Congress: A Brief Historical Overview

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Date: October 21, 2004
Creator: Amer, Mildred L.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Secret Sessions of Congress: A Brief Historical Overview (open access)

Secret Sessions of Congress: A Brief Historical Overview

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Date: August 5, 2003
Creator: Amer, Mildred L.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Secret Sessions of Congress: A Brief Historical Overview (open access)

Secret Sessions of Congress: A Brief Historical Overview

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Date: November 3, 2005
Creator: Amer, Mildred L.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Secret Sessions of Congress: A Brief Historical Overview (open access)

Secret Sessions of Congress: A Brief Historical Overview

“Secret” or “closed door” sessions of the House of Representatives and Senate are held periodically to discuss business, including impeachment deliberations, deemed to require confidentiality and secrecy. Authority for the two chambers to hold these sessions is implied by Article I, section 5, of the Constitution. Both the House and the Senate have supplemented this clause through rules and precedents.
Date: April 6, 1999
Creator: Amer, Mildred L.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Secret Sessions of Congress: A Brief Historical Overview (open access)

Secret Sessions of Congress: A Brief Historical Overview

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Date: September 27, 2006
Creator: Amer, Mildred L.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Secret Sessions of the House and Senate (open access)

Secret Sessions of the House and Senate

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Date: July 17, 2003
Creator: Amer, Mildred L.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Secret Sessions of the House and Senate (open access)

Secret Sessions of the House and Senate

This report is on Secret Sessions of the House and Senate.
Date: November 3, 2005
Creator: Amer, Mildred L.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Selected Privileges and Courtesies Extended to Former Senators (open access)

Selected Privileges and Courtesies Extended to Former Senators

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Date: October 30, 2002
Creator: Amer, Mildred L.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Department of Defense Facilities Energy Conservation Policies and Spending (open access)

Department of Defense Facilities Energy Conservation Policies and Spending

This report reviews energy conservation legislation and Executive Orders that apply to the Department of Defense, directives and instructions to the military departments and agencies on implementing the legislation and orders, Defense spending on facility energy over the last decade, annual Defense appropriations that fund energy-conservation improvements, and Defense energy conservation investments.
Date: February 19, 2009
Creator: Andrews, Anthony
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Department of Defense Facilities Energy Conservation Policies and Spending (open access)

Department of Defense Facilities Energy Conservation Policies and Spending

This report reviews energy conservation legislation and Executive Ordrs that apply to the Department of Defense, directives and instructions to the military departments and agencies on implementing the legislation and orders, Defense spending on facility energy over the last decade, annual Defense appropriations that fund energy-conservation improvements, and Defense energy conservation investments.
Date: December 31, 2008
Creator: Andrews, Anthony
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Department of Defense Facilities Energy Conservation Policies and Spending (open access)

Department of Defense Facilities Energy Conservation Policies and Spending

This report reviews energy conservation legislation and Executive Orders that apply to the Department of Defense, directives and instructions to the military departments and agencies on implementing the legislation and orders, Defense spending on facility energy over the last decade, annual Defense appropriations that fund energy-conservation improvements, and Defense energy conservation investments.
Date: February 19, 2009
Creator: Andrews, Anthony
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Navy Biofuel Initiative Under the Defense Production Act (open access)

The Navy Biofuel Initiative Under the Defense Production Act

This report looks at the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) entered into by the secretaries of Energy, Agriculture, and the Navy in order to “assist the development and support of a sustainable commercial biofuels industry.” The report specifically discusses how and why this understanding should be funded and why it is important for the U.S.
Date: June 13, 2012
Creator: Andrews, Anthony; Bracmort, Kelsi; Brown, Jared T. & Else, Daniel H.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Navy Biofuel Initiative Under the Defense Production Act (open access)

The Navy Biofuel Initiative Under the Defense Production Act

This report looks at the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to “assist the development and support of a sustainable commercial biofuels industry" which was entered into by the Secretaries of Energy, Agriculture, and the Navy. It raises issues and concerns for Congress to consider when deciding how to fund MOU.
Date: June 22, 2012
Creator: Andrews, Anthony; Bracmort, Kelsi; Brown, Jared T. & Else, Daniel H.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library