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The Jackson-Vanik Amendment and Candidate Countries for WTO Accession: Issues for Congress (open access)

The Jackson-Vanik Amendment and Candidate Countries for WTO Accession: Issues for Congress

Russia, Kazakhstan, and a number of other former communist states are still subject to the provisions of Title IV of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended, including section 402 (the Jackson-Vanik amendment). The Jackson-Vanik Amendment denies country eligibility for normal trade relations (NTR) status as long as the country denies its citizens the right of freedom of emigration. The 112th Congress could face the question of whether to enact legislation to repeal the application of Title IV to all of these countries, thereby authorizing permanent normal trade relations (PNTR) status to fulfill the unconditional most-favored-nation (MFN) obligation under the World Trade Organization (WTO), or to exercise other options.
Date: January 5, 2011
Creator: Cooper, William H.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
North Texas Daily (Denton, Tex.), Vol. 97, No. 37, Ed. 1 Tuesday, April 5, 2011 (open access)

North Texas Daily (Denton, Tex.), Vol. 97, No. 37, Ed. 1 Tuesday, April 5, 2011

Daily student newspaper from the University of North Texas in Denton, Texas that includes local, state, and campus news along with advertising.
Date: April 5, 2011
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Register, Volume 36, Number 31, Pages 4863-5046, August 5, 2011 (open access)

Texas Register, Volume 36, Number 31, Pages 4863-5046, August 5, 2011

A weekly publication, the Texas Register serves as the journal of state agency rulemaking for Texas. Information published in the Texas Register includes proposed, adopted, withdrawn and emergency rule actions, notices of state agency review of agency rules, governor's appointments, attorney general opinions, and miscellaneous documents such as requests for proposals. After adoption, these rulemaking actions are codified into the Texas Administrative Code.
Date: August 5, 2011
Creator: Texas. Secretary of State.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Intelligence Issues for Congress (open access)

Intelligence Issues for Congress

To address the challenges facing the U.S. intelligence community in the 21st century, congressional and executive branch initiatives have sought to improve coordination among the different agencies and to encourage better analysis. In December 2004, the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act (P.L. 108-458) was signed, providing for a Director of National Intelligence (DNI) with substantial authorities to manage the national intelligence effort. The legislation also established a separate Director of the Central Intelligence Agency.
Date: May 5, 2011
Creator: Best, Richard A., Jr.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Insourcing Functions Performed by Federal Contractors: An Overview of the Legal Issues (open access)

Insourcing Functions Performed by Federal Contractors: An Overview of the Legal Issues

Recent Congresses and the Obama Administration have taken numerous actions to promote "insourcing," or the use of government personnel to perform functions that contractors previously performed on behalf of federal agencies. Among other things, the 109th through the 111th Congresses enacted several statutes requiring the development of policies and guidelines to ensure that agencies "consider" using government employees to perform functions previously performed by contractors, as well as any new function.
Date: May 5, 2011
Creator: Manuel, Kate M. & Maskell, Jack
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Building the Capacity of Partner States Through Security Force Assistance (open access)

Building the Capacity of Partner States Through Security Force Assistance

This report provides the following elements: An overview of the SFA rationale focused primarily on Department of Defense support for and relations with foreign security forces. Description of the possible employment of U.S. conventional forces and platforms in support of the SFA mission. Exploration of current operations in Afghanistan and Iraq. Resident training capability in U.S. forces as a tool for geographic combatant commanders. Issues Congress may consider. The report summarizes congressional reaction to SFA proposals and provides a detailed account of the issues raised by SFA concepts and programs.
Date: May 5, 2011
Creator: Livingston, Thomas K.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
International Climate Change Financing: Needs, Sources, and Delivery Methods (open access)

International Climate Change Financing: Needs, Sources, and Delivery Methods

This report discusses the domestic and international efforts to increase foreign assistance to address climate change. Proponents maintain that such assistance could help promote low-emissions and high-growth economic development in lower-income countries, while simultaneously protecting the more vulnerable countries from the effects of a changing climate. The fundamental dispute concerning international financing for climate change centers upon who should pay for it and how.
Date: May 5, 2011
Creator: Lattanzio, Richard K. & Leggett, Jane A.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Traumatic Brain Injury Among Veterans (open access)

Traumatic Brain Injury Among Veterans

Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) has been defined as "an alteration in brain function, or other evidence of brain pathology, caused by an external force." In the general population, TBI results mainly from falls, motor vehicle/traffic accidents, assaults, and other instances in which the head is struck by or strikes against an object. In military service members, TBI may also result from improvised explosive devices, mortars, grenades, bullets, or mines.
Date: May 5, 2011
Creator: Bagalman, Erin
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Texas Jewish Post (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 65, No. 18, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 5, 2011 (open access)

Texas Jewish Post (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 65, No. 18, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 5, 2011

Weekly Jewish newspaper from Fort Worth, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: May 5, 2011
Creator: Wisch-Ray, Sharon
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
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
Federal Register, Volume 76, Number 65, April 5, 2011, Pages 18631-18860 (open access)

Federal Register, Volume 76, Number 65, April 5, 2011, Pages 18631-18860

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: April 5, 2011
Creator: United States. Office of the Federal Register.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The UNT Digital Library
Federal Register, Volume 76, Number 87, May 5, 2011, Pages 24515-26176 (open access)

Federal Register, Volume 76, Number 87, May 5, 2011, Pages 24515-26176

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: May 5, 2011
Creator: United States. Office of the Federal Register.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The UNT Digital Library
Federal Register, Volume 76, Number 3, January 5, 2011, [Pages 419-696] (open access)

Federal Register, Volume 76, Number 3, January 5, 2011, [Pages 419-696]

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: January 5, 2011
Creator: United States. Office of the Federal Register.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The UNT Digital Library
Federal Register, Volume 76, Number 151, August 5, 2011, Pages 47423-47984 (open access)

Federal Register, Volume 76, Number 151, August 5, 2011, Pages 47423-47984

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: August 5, 2011
Creator: United States. Office of the Federal Register.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The UNT Digital Library
Cherokeean Herald (Rusk, Tex.), Vol. 162, No. 32, Ed. 1 Wednesday, October 5, 2011 (open access)

Cherokeean Herald (Rusk, Tex.), Vol. 162, No. 32, Ed. 1 Wednesday, October 5, 2011

Weekly newspaper from Rusk, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: October 5, 2011
Creator: Whitehead, Marie
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cherokeean Herald (Rusk, Tex.), Vol. 161, No. 46, Ed. 1 Wednesday, January 5, 2011 (open access)

Cherokeean Herald (Rusk, Tex.), Vol. 161, No. 46, Ed. 1 Wednesday, January 5, 2011

Weekly newspaper from Rusk, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: January 5, 2011
Creator: Whitehead, Marie
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Rambler (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 94, No. 18, Ed. 1 Wednesday, October 5, 2011 (open access)

The Rambler (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 94, No. 18, Ed. 1 Wednesday, October 5, 2011

Weekly student newspaper from Texas Wesleyan University in Fort Worth, Texas that includes campus and local news along with advertising.
Date: October 5, 2011
Creator: Banks, Shauna
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
North Texas Daily (Denton, Tex.), Vol. 98, No. 24, Ed. 1 Wednesday, October 5, 2011 (open access)

North Texas Daily (Denton, Tex.), Vol. 98, No. 24, Ed. 1 Wednesday, October 5, 2011

Daily student newspaper from the University of North Texas in Denton, Texas that includes local, state, and campus news along with advertising.
Date: October 5, 2011
Creator: Pherigo, Josh
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Navy Nuclear Aircraft Carrier (CVN) Homeporting at Mayport: Background and Issues for Congress (open access)

Navy Nuclear Aircraft Carrier (CVN) Homeporting at Mayport: Background and Issues for Congress

This report provides background information and issues for Congress on the Navy's proposal to homeport a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier (CVN) at Mayport, FL. Transferring a CVN from Norfolk, VA, to Mayport would shift from Norfolk to Mayport the local economic activity associated with homeporting a CVN, which some sources estimate as being worth hundreds of millions of dollars per year.
Date: December 5, 2011
Creator: O'Rourke, Ronald
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Coast Guard Polar Icebreaker Modernization: Background, Issues, and Options for Congress (open access)

Coast Guard Polar Icebreaker Modernization: Background, Issues, and Options for Congress

This report provides background information and issues for Congress on the modernization of the Coast Guard's polar icebreaker fleet, which performs a variety of missions supporting U.S. interests in polar regions.
Date: December 5, 2011
Creator: O'Rourke, Ronald
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Federal Employees' Retirement System: Benefits and Financing (open access)

Federal Employees' Retirement System: Benefits and Financing

Most civilian federal employees who were hired before 1984 are covered by the Civil Service Retirement System, and contribute 7.0% of their pay to a retirement fund. Federal employees hired in 1984 or later are covered by the Federal Employees' Retirement System and contribute 0.8% of their pay to a retirement fund. Both require participants to contribute toward the cost of their pensions through a payroll tax. The taxable wage base is $106,800 in 2011. This report discusses both retirement funds.
Date: January 5, 2011
Creator: Isaacs, Katelin P.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Funeral Program for Willie Lee Clay, January 5, 2011] (open access)

[Funeral Program for Willie Lee Clay, January 5, 2011]

Funeral program for Willie Lee Clay, born November 25, 1949 and died December 29, 2010. The funeral was held January 5, 2011 at Second Baptist Church, officiated by Rev. Dr. Robert L. Jemerson. The funeral arrangements were made through Lewis Funeral Home and he was buried in Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery near San Antonio, Texas.
Date: January 5, 2011
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
U.S.-Japan Economic Relations: Significance, Prospects, and Policy Options (open access)

U.S.-Japan Economic Relations: Significance, Prospects, and Policy Options

This report discusses issues regarding U.S.-Japan economic relations, since the economic condition of each nation can affect the world economy and a U.S.-Japan bilateral economic relationship could influence economic conditions in other countries. U.S. and Japanese leaders have several options on how to manage their relationship, including stronger reliance on the World Trade Organization; special bilateral negotiating frameworks and agreements; or a free trade agreement.
Date: December 5, 2011
Creator: Cooper, William H.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Sweetwater Reporter (Sweetwater, Tex.), Vol. 113, No. 122, Ed. 1 Tuesday, April 5, 2011 (open access)

Sweetwater Reporter (Sweetwater, Tex.), Vol. 113, No. 122, Ed. 1 Tuesday, April 5, 2011

Daily newspaper from Sweetwater, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: April 5, 2011
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History