House Offset Amendments to Appropriations Bills: Procedural Considerations (open access)

House Offset Amendments to Appropriations Bills: Procedural Considerations

This report is an introduction to selected House rules and practices governing the consideration of offset amendments to appropriations measures considered in the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union (or Committee of the Whole).
Date: July 5, 2011
Creator: Streeter, Sandy
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Federal Funding for Wildfire Control and Management (open access)

Federal Funding for Wildfire Control and Management

This report looks at four issues dominating wildfire funding debates: the high cost of fire management, funding for fuel reduction, the federal role in protecting nonfederal lands, and post-fire rehabilitation. The Forest Service (FS) and the Department of the Interior (DOI) are responsible for protecting most federal lands from wildfires, however, many in Congress are concerned that wildfire costs are spiraling upward without a reduction in damages.
Date: July 5, 2011
Creator: Gorte, Ross W.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Federal Register, Volume 76, Number 128, July 5, 2011, Pages 38961-39244 (open access)

Federal Register, Volume 76, Number 128, July 5, 2011, Pages 38961-39244

Daily publication of the U.S. Office of the Federal Register contains rules and regulations, proposed legislation and rule changes, and other notices, including "Presidential proclamations and Executive Orders, Federal agency documents having general applicability and legal effect, documents required to be published by act of Congress, and other Federal agency documents of public interest" (p. ii). Table of Contents starts on page iii.
Date: July 5, 2011
Creator: United States. Office of the Federal Register.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The UNT Digital Library
Congressional Nominations to U.S. Service Academies: An Overview and Resources for Outreach and Management (open access)

Congressional Nominations to U.S. Service Academies: An Overview and Resources for Outreach and Management

This report describes statutory requirements for allocating congressional nominations to service academies. It also identifies the qualifications that must be met by potential nominees, as established by statute and each academy. Finally, sample documents that could be used by congressional offices at various stages of the nomination selection process are included.
Date: July 5, 2011
Creator: Petersen, R. Eric
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Closing Yucca Mountain: Litigation Associated with Attempts to Abandon the Planned Nuclear Waste Repository (open access)

Closing Yucca Mountain: Litigation Associated with Attempts to Abandon the Planned Nuclear Waste Repository

This report covers steps taken by the Obama Administration, in conjunction with Department of Energy, to terminate the Yucca Mountain project.
Date: July 5, 2011
Creator: Garvey, Todd
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
City of La Feria Flood Protection Plan (open access)

City of La Feria Flood Protection Plan

The purpose of this report was to develop a comprehensive set of models for the City's main drainage-way system, to be utilized in developing flood protection alternatives, both structural and non-structural.
Date: July 5, 2011
Creator: Espey Consultants, Inc.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History