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The Debt Limit: History and Recent Increases (open access)

The Debt Limit: History and Recent Increases

This report discusses how the total debt of the federal government can increase, an historical overview of debt limits, and how the current economic slowdown has led to higher deficits and thereby a series of debt limit increases, as well as legislation related to these increases.
Date: October 15, 2013
Creator: Austin, D. Andrew & Levit, Mindy R.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Block Grant: An Introduction (open access)

The Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Block Grant: An Introduction

This report discusses the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF)- block grant that provides grants to states, Indian tribes, and territories for a wide range of benefits, services, and activities that address economic and social disadvantage for families with children.
Date: October 23, 2013
Creator: Falk, Gene
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Federal Mandatory Minimum Sentences: The Safety Valve and Substantial Assistance Exceptions (open access)

Federal Mandatory Minimum Sentences: The Safety Valve and Substantial Assistance Exceptions

This report discusses the federal law that requires a sentencing judge to impose a minimum sentence of imprisonment following conviction for any of a number of federal offenses.
Date: October 21, 2013
Creator: Doyle, Charles
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oil and Chemical Spills: Federal Emergency Response Framework (open access)

Oil and Chemical Spills: Federal Emergency Response Framework

This report discusses the statutory authorities of the National Contingency Plan (NCP), and relevant executive orders; outlines the federal emergency response framework of the NCP to coordinate federal, state, and local roles; and identifies the funding mechanisms to carry out a federal response to a discharge of oil or a release of a hazardous substance.
Date: October 10, 2013
Creator: Bearden, David M. & Ramseur, Jonathan L.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The "Pay Ratio Provision" in the Dodd-Frank Act: Legislation to Repeal It in the 113th Congress (open access)

The "Pay Ratio Provision" in the Dodd-Frank Act: Legislation to Repeal It in the 113th Congress

This report provides insight into the debate over the pay provision, the SEC proposal to implement the provision, and legislation to repeal the provision. It does so by (1) examining the debate over whether public company executives are overpaid; (2) describing the pay ratio provision and the SEC proposals to implement it; (3) examining various responses to the pay ratio provision and the proposal to implement them; (4) describing legislation to repeal the provision; and (5) examining the public policy debate over the potential costs and benefits of the pay ratio provision and the implementation proposal.
Date: October 28, 2013
Creator: Shorter, Gary
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Mandatory Minimum Sentencing: Federal Aggravated Identity Theft (open access)

Mandatory Minimum Sentencing: Federal Aggravated Identity Theft

This report discusses the aggravated identity theft, which is punishable by a mandatory minimum sentence of imprisonment for two years or by imprisonment for five years if it relates to a terrorism offense.
Date: October 22, 2013
Creator: Doyle, Charles
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Army Drawdown and Restructuring: Background and Issues for Congress (open access)

Army Drawdown and Restructuring: Background and Issues for Congress

This report discusses the new defense strategy, which was unveiled by senior DOD leadership based on a review of potential future security challenges, current defense strategy, and budgetary constraints. This strategy will rebalance the Army's global posture and presence, emphasizing where potential problems are likely to arise, such as the Asia-Pacific region and the Middle East
Date: October 25, 2013
Creator: Feickert, Andrew
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Federal Mandatory Minimum Sentencing: The 18 U.S.C. 924(c) Tack-On in Cases Involving Drugs or Violence (open access)

Federal Mandatory Minimum Sentencing: The 18 U.S.C. 924(c) Tack-On in Cases Involving Drugs or Violence

This report discusses the federal mandatory minimum sentencing, that is imposed in addition to the sentence imposed for the underlying crime of violence or drug trafficking, vary depending upon the circumstances:
Date: October 21, 2013
Creator: Doyle, Charles
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Carbon Capture: A Technology Assessment (open access)

Carbon Capture: A Technology Assessment

This report assesses prospects for improved, lower-cost technologies for each of the three current approaches to CO2 capture: post-combustion capture; pre-combustion capture; and oxy-combustion capture.
Date: October 21, 2013
Creator: Folger, Peter
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Video Relay Service: Program Funding and Reform (open access)

Video Relay Service: Program Funding and Reform

This report provides an introduction on how video relay service works and the program overview. It discusses the fundamental restructuring of the program to support innovation and competition.
Date: October 22, 2013
Creator: Moloney Figliola, Patricia
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Promoting Global Internet Freedom: Policy and Technology (open access)

Promoting Global Internet Freedom: Policy and Technology

This report provides information about federal and private sector efforts to promote and support global Internet freedom and a description of Internet freedom legislation and hearings from the 113th and 112th Congresses.
Date: October 22, 2013
Creator: Figliola, Patricia Moloney
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Navy Ohio Replacement (SSBN[X]) Ballistic Missile Submarine Program: Background and Issues for Congress (open access)

Navy Ohio Replacement (SSBN[X]) Ballistic Missile Submarine Program: Background and Issues for Congress

This report provides background information and potential oversight issues for Congress on the Ohio replacement program (ORP), a program to design and build a new class of 12 ballistic missile submarines (SSBNs) to replace the Navy's current force of 14 Ohio-class SSBNs. This report focuses on the Ohio replacement program as a Navy shipbuilding program.
Date: October 22, 2013
Creator: O'Rourke, Ronald
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Senate Committee Expenditures Resolutions, 113th Congress, and Funding Authorizations Since 1999 (open access)

Senate Committee Expenditures Resolutions, 113th Congress, and Funding Authorizations Since 1999

This report provides committee funding requests and authorizations for Senate committees in the 106th through 113th Congresses.
Date: October 17, 2013
Creator: Glassman, Matthew Eric
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Government Shutdown: Operations of the Department of Defense During a Lapse in Appropriations (open access)

Government Shutdown: Operations of the Department of Defense During a Lapse in Appropriations

This report provides an overview of guidelines that have governed planning for Department of Defense (DOD) operations over the last 30 years in the event of a funding lapse. It also discusses the implications of the guidelines for a possible impending shutdown and briefly reviews what is known about current DOD planning for a shutdown.
Date: October 7, 2013
Creator: Towell, Pat & Belasco, Amy
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
FY2014 Appropriations Lapse and the Department of Homeland Security: Impact and Legislation (open access)

FY2014 Appropriations Lapse and the Department of Homeland Security: Impact and Legislation

This report examines the DHS contingency plan and the potential impacts of a lapse in annual appropriations on DHS operations, focusing primarily on the emergency furlough of personnel, and then discusses seven legislative vehicles that have mitigated or have the potential to mitigate those same impacts.
Date: October 11, 2013
Creator: Painter, William L.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Foreign Assistance: Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs) (open access)

Foreign Assistance: Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs)

This report discusses the evolution of private sector involvement in U.S. foreign assistance programs over recent decades, how globalization has driven the modern approach to development partnerships, potential benefits and drawbacks of public-private partnerships (PPPs), and how partnerships are being used by other bilateral donors and multilateral development agencies. The report then discusses partnership-related issues that may be of interest to Congress as part of the foreign assistance authorization and reform process.
Date: October 28, 2013
Creator: Lawson, Marian L.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Budget Reconciliation Process: Timing of Committee Responses to Reconciliation Directives (open access)

Budget Reconciliation Process: Timing of Committee Responses to Reconciliation Directives

This report examines the timing of certain stages of the reconciliation process and the extent to which the submission due date included in a reconciliation instruction is a predictor for the timing of committee response.
Date: October 24, 2013
Creator: Lynch, Megan S.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (open access)

The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development

This report provides a background of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) financial crisis and the issues for Congress.
Date: October 30, 2013
Creator: Jackson, James K.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Cybersecurity: Authoritative Reports and Resources (open access)

Cybersecurity: Authoritative Reports and Resources

This report provides links to cybersecurity hearings and legislation under consideration in the 113th Congress and those considered in the 112th Congress, as well as executive orders and presidential directives, data and statistics, glossaries, and authoritative reports.
Date: October 25, 2013
Creator: Tehan, Rita
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
FY2014 Appropriations: District of Columbia (open access)

FY2014 Appropriations: District of Columbia

This report discusses the FY2014 budget request, general provisions and key policy issues.
Date: October 15, 2013
Creator: Boyd, Eugene
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia: Political Developments and Implications for U.S. Interests (open access)

Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia: Political Developments and Implications for U.S. Interests

This report discusses the history and political background of Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia since their breakaway from the former Soviet Union at the end of 1991. It looks at key issues for the 112th Congress including economies, energy, regional politics, local crime, and terrorism.
Date: October 25, 2013
Creator: Nichol, Jim
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Improper Payments and Recovery Audits: Legislation, Implementation, and Analysis (open access)

Improper Payments and Recovery Audits: Legislation, Implementation, and Analysis

This report discusses the reports on improper payments and recovery audits that were first issued for FY2004 and the efforts to reduce and ultimately eliminate billions of dollars in improper payments made by federal agencies each fiscal year, Congress passed the Improper Payments Information Act (IPIA; P.L. 107-300; 116 Stat. 2350) in 2002.
Date: October 18, 2013
Creator: Hatch, Garrett
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA): Resources for Frequently Asked Questions (open access)

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA): Resources for Frequently Asked Questions

The report provides basic consumer sources, including broad overviews of the ACA law. The next sections focus on health coverage: the individual mandate, private health insurance, and exchanges, as well as public health care programs, such as Medicaid and the State Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP), Medicare, Indian health care, and veterans' and military health care. The report then lists sources on employer-sponsored coverage, including sources on employer penalties, small businesses, federal workers' health plans, and union health plans. The report also provides sources on ACA's provisions on mental health, public health, workforce, quality, and taxes. Finally, the report lists sources on ACA costs and appropriations, and sources for obtaining the law's full-text.
Date: October 31, 2013
Creator: Napili, Angela
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Introducing a Public Advocate into the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act's Courts: Select Legal Issues (open access)

Introducing a Public Advocate into the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act's Courts: Select Legal Issues

This report explores government surveillance act and other difficult constitutional issues prompted by the idea of including a new adversary in established under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (FISA) FISA court proceedings.
Date: October 25, 2013
Creator: Nolan, Andrew; Thompson, Richard M., II & Chu, Vivian S.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library