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Amtrak: Overview (open access)

Amtrak: Overview

This report provides an overview of the Amtrak rail service, Topics discussed are funding sources and shortfalls, current and proposed infrastructure, current ridership, on-time arrival improvements needed, service areas, and private passenger rail initiatives in Texas, Florida, and California.
Date: September 28, 2017
Creator: Peterman, David Randall
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Navy Frigate (FFG[X]) Program: Background and Issues for Congress (open access)

Navy Frigate (FFG[X]) Program: Background and Issues for Congress

This report provides background information and discusses potential issues for Congress regarding the Navy's FFG(X) program, a program to procure a new class of guided-missile frigates. The FFG(X) program was initiated as part of the Navy's FY2018 budget submission. The Navy wants to procure the first FFG(X) in FY2020. The Navy's proposed FY2018 budget requests $143.5 million in research and development funding for the program. The FFG(X) program presents several potential oversight issues for Congress. Congress's decisions on the program could affect Navy capabilities and funding requirements and the shipbuilding industrial base.
Date: September 28, 2017
Creator: O'Rourke, Ronald
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Business Tax Provisions That Expired in 2016 ("Tax Extenders") (open access)

Business Tax Provisions That Expired in 2016 ("Tax Extenders")

This report briefly summarizes and discusses the economic impact of selected business-related tax provisions that expired at the end of 2016. Types of business provisions covered are special business investment (cost recovery), economic development, and other miscellaneous business-related matters.
Date: August 28, 2017
Creator: Sherlock, Molly F.; Marples, Donald J.; Lowry, Sean & Gravelle, Jane G.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Maternal and Child Health Services Block Grant: Background and Funding (open access)

Maternal and Child Health Services Block Grant: Background and Funding

This report provides background and funding information on the Maternal and Child Health (MCH)Services Block Grant. It also includes select program and health expenditure data to provide context on issues that Congress and HRSA have sought to address through this block grant program.
Date: August 28, 2017
Creator: Elliott, Victoria L.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Ongoing Section 232 Steel and Aluminium Investigations (open access)

Ongoing Section 232 Steel and Aluminium Investigations

This report discuses two investigations by the Department of Commerce related to Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 which allows the President to impose tariffs or quotas on imported goods if it is in the interest of national security. These investigations are being conducted on the steel and aluminium industries to determine whether the President can and whether he should impose import restrictions. Mixed reactions to the investigations and proposals are also discussed.
Date: July 28, 2017
Creator: Fefer, Rachel F.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Small Business Size Standards: A Historical Analysis of Contemporary Issues (open access)

Small Business Size Standards: A Historical Analysis of Contemporary Issues

This report provides a historical examination of the SBA's size standards and assesses competing views concerning how to define a small business. It also discusses P.L. 112-239, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013, which requires the SBA to make available a justification when establishing or approving a size standard that the size standard is appropriate for each individual industry classification. It addresses the SBA's recent practice of combining size standards within industrial groups as a means to reduce the complexity of its size standards and to provide greater consistency for industrial classifications that have similar economic characteristics; P.L. 114-328, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017, which authorizes the SBA to establish different size standards for agricultural enterprises using existing methods and appeal processes.
Date: September 28, 2017
Creator: Dilger, Robert Jay
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

This report provides resources to help congressional staff respond to constituents' frequently asked questions (FAQs) about the law. The report lists selected resources regarding consumers, employers, and other stakeholders, with a focus on federal sources. It also lists Congressional Research Service (CRS) reports that summarize the ACA's provisions.
Date: September 28, 2017
Creator: Napili, Angela
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Softwood Lumber Dispute Lumbers On: Preliminary Countervailing Duties on Canadian Softwood Lumber Announced, Parts 1 & 2 (open access)

Softwood Lumber Dispute Lumbers On: Preliminary Countervailing Duties on Canadian Softwood Lumber Announced, Parts 1 & 2

This report discusses countervaling duties which are charged on items entering the U.S. whose makers are supported by government subsidies in their country. Part 1 provides a general background on countervailing duties and the procedures that result in the imposition of these types of duties. Part II explores the Canadian softwood lumber dispute in more detail, providing a history of this thirty-year dispute and details about the status of the current countervailing duty investigation.
Date: April 28, 2017
Creator: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Department of Defense Contractor and Troop Levels in Iraq and Afghanistan: 2007-2017 (open access)

Department of Defense Contractor and Troop Levels in Iraq and Afghanistan: 2007-2017

This report provides background information for Congress on the levels of Department of Defense (DOD) troop and contractor personnel deployed in support of prior and ongoing military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Date: April 28, 2017
Creator: Peters, Heidi M.; Schwartz, Moshe & Kapp, Lawrence
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 97, No. 43, Ed. 1 Tuesday, February 28, 2017 (open access)

The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 97, No. 43, Ed. 1 Tuesday, February 28, 2017

Daily newspaper from Baytown, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: February 28, 2017
Creator: Bloom, David
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 97, No. 128, Ed. 1 Wednesday, June 28, 2017 (open access)

The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 97, No. 128, Ed. 1 Wednesday, June 28, 2017

Daily newspaper from Baytown, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: June 28, 2017
Creator: Bloom, David
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 97, No. 258, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 28, 2017 (open access)

The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 97, No. 258, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 28, 2017

Daily newspaper from Baytown, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: December 28, 2017
Creator: Bloom, David
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 97, No. 86, Ed. 1 Friday, April 28, 2017 (open access)

The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 97, No. 86, Ed. 1 Friday, April 28, 2017

Daily newspaper from Baytown, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: April 28, 2017
Creator: Bloom, David
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 97, No. 63, Ed. 1 Tuesday, March 28, 2017 (open access)

The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 97, No. 63, Ed. 1 Tuesday, March 28, 2017

Daily newspaper from Baytown, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: March 28, 2017
Creator: Bloom, David
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Leonard Graphic (Leonard, Tex.), Vol. 127, No. 38, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 28, 2017 (open access)

The Leonard Graphic (Leonard, Tex.), Vol. 127, No. 38, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 28, 2017

Weekly newspaper from Leonard, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: September 28, 2017
Creator: Blevins, Betsy
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Mathis News (Mathis, Tex.), Vol. 91, No. 39, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 28, 2017 (open access)

Mathis News (Mathis, Tex.), Vol. 91, No. 39, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 28, 2017

Weekly newspaper from Mathis, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: September 28, 2017
Creator: Gonzales, Paul
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Mathis News (Mathis, Tex.), Vol. 91, No. 52, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 28, 2017 (open access)

Mathis News (Mathis, Tex.), Vol. 91, No. 52, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 28, 2017

Weekly newspaper from Mathis, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: December 28, 2017
Creator: Gonzales, Paul
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with BJ Austin, October 28, 2017 (open access)

Oral History Interview with BJ Austin, October 28, 2017

Interview with BJ Austin, a former KERA radio reporter in which she discusses her 40-year broadcast journalism career. She particularly comments on the treatment of women in the newsroom and her personal experiences.
Date: October 28, 2017
Creator: Austin, B. J.; Byers, Jade & Roe, Angela
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Modelling HIV Intervention among Most-at-Risk/Key Population: Case Study of FWSS in Nigeria (open access)

Modelling HIV Intervention among Most-at-Risk/Key Population: Case Study of FWSS in Nigeria

This article discusses a novel risk equation for estimating new infections among Females who Sell Sex (FWSS), their clients, and communities.
Date: September 28, 2017
Creator: Akwafuo, Sampson; Shattock, Andrew & Mikler, Armin R.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Colony Courier-Leader (The Colony, Tex.), Vol. 37, No. 17, Ed. 1 Sunday, May 28, 2017 (open access)

The Colony Courier-Leader (The Colony, Tex.), Vol. 37, No. 17, Ed. 1 Sunday, May 28, 2017

Weekly newspaper from The Colony, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: May 28, 2017
Creator: McGathey, Liz & Roark, Chris
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Whitcomb Jones, July 28, 2017 transcript

Oral History Interview with Whitcomb Jones, July 28, 2017

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Whitcomb Jones. Jones volunteered for the Army Air Forces in June 1943, and went to flight training in Texas. He finished flight school and went to B-17 crew training in Nebraska. Just prior to deploying overseas, Jones was ordered to B-29 training. Upon completion of training in a B-29, Jones was sent to Saipan and assigned to the 499th Bob Group. He flew a few sorties before the war ended. He extended his service time in order to keep flying. Jones opted to join the Reserves and went to college. He was flying P-51s when the Korean War started.
Date: July 28, 2017
Creator: Jones, Whitcomb
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Walter Karnes, July 28, 2017 transcript

Oral History Interview with Walter Karnes, July 28, 2017

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Walter Karnes. Karnes was drafted into the Army in January 1945. He was aboard a troop ship in the Pacific headed for the Philippines when the war with Japan ended. He spent some time guarding Japanese prinsoners of war on Leyte before deciding to extend his enlistment. He was back in the US in December and was assigned to Germany in Janaury 1946. He shares a few anecdotes about his time in Occupied Germany. His enlistment expired in October 1946 and Karnes opted for discharge in January 1947.
Date: July 28, 2017
Creator: Karnes, Walter
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Charles Kollman, July 28, 2017 transcript

Oral History Interview with Charles Kollman, July 28, 2017

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Charles Kollman. Kollman joined the Marine Corps in January 1944 and had basic training at San Diego. After training, he went to Hawaii and was at Maui when the war ended. He returned to the US and was discharged in December 1945.
Date: July 28, 2017
Creator: Kollman, Charles
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with William Jackson, July 28, 2017 transcript

Oral History Interview with William Jackson, July 28, 2017

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with William Jackson. Jacklson was drafted into the Army Air Forces in June 1943 after he had finished high school. He trained in aerial gunnery and served as a nose gunner on a B-24. He flew 32 missions over Italy, Romania, Czeckoslovakia, Germany, etc. before being shot down over Poland, captured and made a prisoner of war in October 1944. He shares anecdotes about bailing out, being captured and interrogated, and arrving at Stalag Luft IV. Jackson recognized a high school friend in the POW camp. Jackson describes being liberated and eventually making his way back into the Allied fold.
Date: July 28, 2017
Creator: Jackson, William
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History