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Agriculture Issues in U.S.-EU Trade Negotiations (open access)

Agriculture Issues in U.S.-EU Trade Negotiations

This report briefly discusses the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (T-TIP) between the U.S. and the European Union (EU). The report also briefly notes the use of agricultural biotechnology.
Date: June 12, 2015
Creator: Johnson, Renée
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
USDA’s “GIPSA Rule” on Livestock and Poultry Marketing Practices (open access)

USDA’s “GIPSA Rule” on Livestock and Poultry Marketing Practices

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Date: January 12, 2015
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Wilderness: Legislation and Issues in the 114th Congress (open access)

Wilderness: Legislation and Issues in the 114th Congress

This report presents background information on wilderness protection and a discussion of issues in the wilderness debate--the pros and cons of wilderness designation generally; possible considerations for specific legislation; and a discussion of possible wilderness study area designation and protection. This report will also track the status of legislation introduced in the 114th Congress to designated new wilderness or release or release wilderness study areas.
Date: January 12, 2015
Creator: Hoover, Katie; Alexander, Kristina & Johnson, Sandra L.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Iran Sanctions. May 2015 (open access)

Iran Sanctions. May 2015

This report analyzes U.S. and international sanctions against Iran and, in so doing, provides examples, based on a wide range of open source reporting, of companies and countries that conduct business with Iran.
Date: May 12, 2015
Creator: Katzman, Kenneth
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Wilderness: Overview and Statistics (open access)

Wilderness: Overview and Statistics

In 1964, the Wilderness Act established a national system of congressionally designated areas to be preserved in a wilderness condition: “where the earth and its community of life are untrammeled by man, where man himself is a visitor who does not remain.” This report provides a brief history of wilderness, describes what wilderness is, identifies permitted and prohibited uses in wilderness areas, and provides data on the 109.8 million acres of designated wilderness areas as of January 1, 2015.
Date: January 12, 2015
Creator: Hoover, Katie
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
U.S. Secret Service Protection (open access)

U.S. Secret Service Protection

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Date: February 12, 2015
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The America COMPETES Acts: An Overview (open access)

The America COMPETES Acts: An Overview

This report discusses the COMPETES acts, policy debate and implementation status, enactment and re authorization and concluding observation.
Date: May 12, 2015
Creator: Gonzalez, Heather B.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Senate Committee Hearings: Scheduling and Notification (open access)

Senate Committee Hearings: Scheduling and Notification

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Date: March 12, 2015
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
South Korea: Background and U.S. Relations (open access)

South Korea: Background and U.S. Relations

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Date: June 12, 2015
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Medicaid Financial Eligibility for Long-Term Services and Supports (open access)

Medicaid Financial Eligibility for Long-Term Services and Supports

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Date: January 12, 2015
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Use of Group Care for Children in Foster Care (open access)

Use of Group Care for Children in Foster Care

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Date: May 12, 2015
Creator: Congressional Research Service
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Final Report on the Costs and Benefits of Paid Family and Medical Leave in the District of Columbia (open access)

Final Report on the Costs and Benefits of Paid Family and Medical Leave in the District of Columbia

Report provides cost estimates for policy scenarios for private employers and other employers of District of Columbia residents based on existing policy ideas, eligibility criteria and benefit levels.
Date: November 12, 2015
Creator: Hayes, Jeffrey
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library

Treatment of PM2.5 and Ozone in PSD Compliance Demonstrations

Slides from a presentation related to air quality and specifically impacts of PM2.5 and ozone levels.
Date: August 12, 2015
Creator: United States. Environmental Protection Agency.
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0021 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0021

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Ken Paxton, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Authority of the University of Texas System Board of Regents to prohibit a regent from accessing records in the possession of the University (RQ-0020-KP).
Date: May 12, 2015
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Temporary Protected Status: Current Immigration Policy and Issues (open access)

Temporary Protected Status: Current Immigration Policy and Issues

This report is a brief overview of current policies regarding temporary protected status (TPS), which is relief from removal under the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA). It includes information about humanitarian migrants, temporary protected status, other blanket forms of relief, nationalities receiving protections, and issues with TPS, as well as recent legislation.
Date: January 12, 2015
Creator: Seghetti, Lisa; Ester, Karma & Wasem, Ruth Ellen
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Community Health Center Fund: In Brief (open access)

The Community Health Center Fund: In Brief

This report provides information on the Community Health Center Fund (CHCF) that may be useful for discussions about the fund's future. Specifically, it includes information on: the types of grants awarded, total funds disbursed, and the amount of CHCF funds that facilities in each state and territory received.
Date: February 12, 2015
Creator: Heisler, Elayne J.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The FCC's Rules and Policies Regarding Media Ownership, Attribution, and Ownership Diversity (open access)

The FCC's Rules and Policies Regarding Media Ownership, Attribution, and Ownership Diversity

This report discusses the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) broadcast media ownership rules, which restrict the number of media outlets that a single entity may own or control. Its attribution rules define which relationships the FCC counts as ownership. In 2004 and again in 2011, the U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit, directed the FCC to review its broadcast ownership diversity policies in conjunction with the media ownership rules.
Date: March 12, 2015
Creator: Scherer, Dana A.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The "Islamic State" Crisis and U.S. Policy (open access)

The "Islamic State" Crisis and U.S. Policy

This report discusses the current crisis involving the Islamic State, which is a transnational Sunni Islamist insurgent and terrorist group that has expanded its control over areas of parts of Iraq and Syria since 2013.
Date: March 12, 2015
Creator: Blanchard, Christopher M.; Humud, Carla E.; Katzman, Kenneth & Weed, Matthew C.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Afghanistan: Politics, Elections, and Government Performance (open access)

Afghanistan: Politics, Elections, and Government Performance

This report discusses the current political state of Afghanistan and the Afghan government. It also discusses Afghanistan's relationship with the United States, particularly U.S. efforts to urge President Hamid Karzai to address corruption within the Afghan government.
Date: January 12, 2015
Creator: Katzman, Kenneth
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Traditional and Roth Individual Retirement Accounts (IRAs): A Primer (open access)

Traditional and Roth Individual Retirement Accounts (IRAs): A Primer

This report describes the primary features of two common retirement savings accounts that are available to individuals. Although the accounts have many features in common, they differ in some very important aspects. Both traditional and Roth IRAs offer tax incentives to encourage individuals to save for retirement.
Date: February 12, 2015
Creator: Topoleski, John J.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Ukraine: Current Issues and U.S. Policy (open access)

Ukraine: Current Issues and U.S. Policy

This report offers background information on Ukraine's current political and economic situation. It also discusses U.S. policy, U.S. aid to Ukraine, the congressional response, and related legislation.
Date: February 12, 2015
Creator: Woehrel, Steven
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
FY2016 Budget Documents: Internet and GPO Availability (open access)

FY2016 Budget Documents: Internet and GPO Availability

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Date: March 12, 2015
Creator: Nagel, Jared Conrad
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Biomass Crop Assistance Program (BCAP): Status and Issues (open access)

Biomass Crop Assistance Program (BCAP): Status and Issues

This report provides a description of BCAP's main components along with a discussion of program funding and implementation results.
Date: January 12, 2015
Creator: McMinimy, Mark A.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The World Trade Organization at 20 (open access)

The World Trade Organization at 20

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Date: January 12, 2015
Creator: Fergusson, Ian F.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library