East Asia’s Foreign Exchange Rate Policies (open access)

East Asia’s Foreign Exchange Rate Policies

This report examines the de facto foreign exchange rate policies adopted by the monetary authorities of East Asian governments.
Date: March 31, 2015
Creator: Martin, Miachael F.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Energy and Water Development: FY2016 Appropriations (open access)

Energy and Water Development: FY2016 Appropriations

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Date: March 31, 2015
Creator: Holt, Mark
System: The UNT Digital Library
Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education: FY2015 Appropriations (open access)

Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education: FY2015 Appropriations

This report provides an overview of actions taken by Congress and the President to provide FY2015 appropriations for the accounts funded by the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies appropriations bill.
Date: March 31, 2015
Creator: Lynch, Karen E.; McCallion, Gail; Cornell, Ada S.; Szymendera, Scott D & Bradley, David H.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Membership of the 114th Congress: A Profile (open access)

Membership of the 114th Congress: A Profile

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Date: March 31, 2015
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Peace Talks in Colombia (open access)

Peace Talks in Colombia

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Date: March 31, 2015
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Reauthorizing the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000 (open access)

Reauthorizing the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000

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Date: March 31, 2015
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Concurrent Receipt of Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) and Unemployment Insurance (UI): Background and Legislative Proposals (open access)

Concurrent Receipt of Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) and Unemployment Insurance (UI): Background and Legislative Proposals

This report provides an overview of the SSDI and UI programs and explores the issue of overlapping payments.
Date: July 31, 2015
Creator: Morton, William R.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Fetal Tissue Research: Frequently Asked Questions (open access)

Fetal Tissue Research: Frequently Asked Questions

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Date: July 31, 2015
Creator: Finklea, Kristin M.; Jansen, Don J.; Johnson, Judith A.; Panangala, Sidath Viranga; Redhead, C. Stephen; Reyes-Akinbileje, Bernice et al.
System: The UNT Digital Library
National Security Letters in Foreign Intelligence Investigations: A Glimpse at the Legal Background (open access)

National Security Letters in Foreign Intelligence Investigations: A Glimpse at the Legal Background

This report discusses the USA PATRIOT Act (107-56) and its expanded authority to issue national security letters (NSLs). A report by the Department of Justice's Inspector General (IG) found that in its pre-amendment use of expanded USA PATRIOT Act authority the FBI had "used NSLs in violation of applicable NSL statutes, Attorney General Guidelines, and internal FBI policies," but that no criminal laws had been broken.
Date: July 31, 2015
Creator: Doyle, Charles
System: The UNT Digital Library
Retirement Benefits for Members of Congress (open access)

Retirement Benefits for Members of Congress

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Date: July 31, 2015
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Title X (Public Health Service Act) Family Planning Program (open access)

Title X (Public Health Service Act) Family Planning Program

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Date: July 31, 2015
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Expedited or “Fast-Track” Legislative Procedures (open access)

Expedited or “Fast-Track” Legislative Procedures

This report discusses the Expedited or "fast-tract" legislative procedures that are special procedures that congress adopts to promote timely committee and floor action on a specifically defined type of bill or resolution.
Date: August 31, 2015
Creator: Davis, Christopher M.
System: The UNT Digital Library
House Rules Governing Committee Markup Procedures (open access)

House Rules Governing Committee Markup Procedures

This report provides an overview of the markup procedures on the house rules governing committee. The rules of the house provides general guidance to committees for conducting meetings to markup legislation.
Date: August 31, 2015
Creator: Schneider, Judy
System: The UNT Digital Library
Procedural Analysis of Private Laws Enacted: 1986-2015 (open access)

Procedural Analysis of Private Laws Enacted: 1986-2015

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Date: August 31, 2015
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Proxy Voting and Polling in Senate Committee (open access)

Proxy Voting and Polling in Senate Committee

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Date: August 31, 2015
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Purple Heart: Background and Issues for Congress (open access)

The Purple Heart: Background and Issues for Congress

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Date: August 31, 2015
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Senate Committee Hearings: The “Minority Witness Rule” (open access)

Senate Committee Hearings: The “Minority Witness Rule”

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Date: August 31, 2015
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Membership of the 114th Congress: A Profile (open access)

Membership of the 114th Congress: A Profile

This report presents a profile of the membership of the 114th Congress (2015-2016). Statistical information is included on selected characteristics of Members, including data on party affiliation, average age, occupation, education, length of congressional service, religious affiliation, gender, ethnicity, foreign births, and military service.
Date: October 31, 2015
Creator: Manning, Jennifer E.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Iraq: Politics and Governance (open access)

Iraq: Politics and Governance

This report provides background and analysis on the politics of Iraq, including its communities, its governing personalities and factions, security forces and militias, and the government's human rights record. The report does not provide a detailed analysis of the U.S.-led campaign to defeat Islamic State forces in Iraq.
Date: December 31, 2015
Creator: Katzman, Kenneth & Humud, Carla E.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Purple Heart: Background and Issues for Congress (open access)

The Purple Heart: Background and Issues for Congress

This report explores the history of the Purple Heart and changes in eligibility over time as well as several current issues facing Congress.
Date: December 31, 2015
Creator: Burrelli, David F.
System: The UNT Digital Library