The Midwestern Disaster Tax Relief Act of 2008 is intended to assist with the recovery from the severe weather that affected the Midwest during the summer of 2008. The Jobs, Energy, Families, and Disaster Relief Act of 2008 includes some similar provisions, but these are not limited to the Midwest disaster. The disaster relief in the three bills is similar to that provided to assist with the recovery from the 2005 hurricanes and the 2007 Kansas tornadoes. This report broadly discusses the disaster relief provisions in other relevant legislation.

Department of Defense Clearinghouse Response: DoD Clearinghouse response to a letter from the BRAC Commission regarding Detroit Arsenal's military value score.

Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.

Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about National fink day of national fink week in the Grayson county.

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story of president Nixon who met with republican congressional leaders, vice president and republican national chairman.

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about the Texas Rangers who may have paid a sizable bonus to sign David Clyde the high school pitching sensation from Houston, but he has already given them a return on their dollar and he has not thrown a competitive pitch as yet.

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about the San Antonio Golf tournament, the Southwestern swimming and diving tournament, Dallas Chaparrals vs Kentucky Colonels, Baseball spring trainings open, and the Golden Gloves tournament.

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.

Letter from George Leshkevich to H. Kempner Cotton Company introducing himself and requesting for information about trends of exportation of cotton from Galveston.

Handwritten letter from Henry M. Butzel to I. H. Kempner discussing his life's work, job positions, and influences regarding the American Jewish Committee. He discusses the leadership and future of the committee.

Letter from Harold Langrill to his wife describing the daily army training activities and how many of the other trainees have passed out from exhaustion or from all of the vaccines that they have received. He also discusses finances and medication that he received for bed bug bites and a cold. It is written on Camp Wolters stationery that has a large color image of a lake and trees at the top of the first page and small text at the bottom about the Camp.

Letter from William Hagen to the Reverend R. Osthoff, approving his request for a new professor, provided he combine his classes so they are larger in number.

Postcard from Fred to Ms. Eva Safowin telling her about life in Waco. The postcard shows three soldiers beside a tent, an American flag, and three rifles.

Postcard from J. D. Smith to George Pendexter with a message saying that Smith had forgotten Pendexter's number. On the backside of the postcard there is a photo of some of the members of the Central Fire Station in Lansing, Michigan. The twelve men in front of the building are standing next to two of the automobiles used in fighting fires; the car on the left is holding ladders in the back end.