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Coast Guard Cutter Procurement: Background and Issues for Congress (open access)

Coast Guard Cutter Procurement: Background and Issues for Congress

This report discusses The Coast Guard's Program of Record (POR) calls for procuring 8 national security cutters (NSCs), 25 offshore Patrol Cutters (OPCs), and 58 Fast Response Cutters (FRCs) as replacements for 90 aging Coast Guard cutters and Patrol Craft.
Date: March 26, 2015
Creator: O'Rourke, Ronald
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Instructing Senate Conferees (open access)

Instructing Senate Conferees

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Date: June 26, 2015
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Blue-Slipping: Enforcing the Origination Clause in the House of Representatives (open access)

Blue-Slipping: Enforcing the Origination Clause in the House of Representatives

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Date: June 26, 2015
Creator: Saturno, James V.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
DHS Budget v. DHS Appropriations: Fact Sheet (open access)

DHS Budget v. DHS Appropriations: Fact Sheet

This report contains a significant portion of the department of Homeland Security's (DHS's) budget. It also contains the CRS analysis of the FY2016 DHS congressional justification.
Date: May 26, 2015
Creator: Painter, William L.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Finding of No Significant Impact: Adoption of the Clean Water Rule: Definition of Waters of the United States (open access)

Finding of No Significant Impact: Adoption of the Clean Water Rule: Definition of Waters of the United States

Document containing finding of no significant impact and final environmental assessment concerning the adoption of the United States Clean Water Rule and the definition of waters of the United States (104 pages).
Date: May 26, 2015
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
General Appropriations Act for 2016-17 Biennium (open access)

General Appropriations Act for 2016-17 Biennium

Text of the General Appropriations Act for the 2016-2017 biennium with the Conference Committee Report on House Bill No. 1
Date: May 26, 2015
Creator: Texas. Legislature.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
Upper Barker Watershed Flood Protection Planning Study Final Report (open access)

Upper Barker Watershed Flood Protection Planning Study Final Report

Report on a flood protection and management plan for the Upper Barker Watershed.
Date: June 26, 2015
Creator: Halff Associates
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0004 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0004

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: The authority of a county to form and operate transportati~n reinvestment zones, tax increment reinvestment zones, or county energy transportation reinvestment zones in various circumstances (RQ-1215-GA).
Date: February 26, 2015
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wildfire Spending: Background, Issues, and Legislation in the 114th Congress (open access)

Wildfire Spending: Background, Issues, and Legislation in the 114th Congress

This report provides background information and analysis of funding for federal wildfire suppression operations. It concludes by summarizing relevant legislative proposals introduced in the 114th Congress and discussing their possible implications.
Date: June 26, 2015
Creator: Hoover, Katie; Lindsay, Bruce R.; McCarthy, Francis X. & Tollestrup, Jessica
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Multilateral Development Banks: U.S. Contributions FY2000-FY2015 (open access)

Multilateral Development Banks: U.S. Contributions FY2000-FY2015

This report shows in tabular form how much the Administration requested and how much Congress appropriated for U.S. payments to the multilateral development banks (MDBs) since 2000. It also provides a brief description of the MDBs and the ways they fund their operations.
Date: January 26, 2015
Creator: Nelson, Rebecca M.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Border Security: Immigration Inspections at Ports of Entry (open access)

Border Security: Immigration Inspections at Ports of Entry

This report reviews the legislative history of immigration inspections requirements and the entry-exit system. The report then describes the implementation of these provisions, including pre-travel screening, primary and secondary inspections, trusted traveler programs, outbound enforcement, and the entry-exit system. The final section of the report identifies a number of issues for Congress related to immigration admissions and enforcement at ports of entry (POEs).
Date: January 26, 2015
Creator: Seghetti, Lisa
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Freedom of Information Act Legislation in the 114th Congress: Issue Summary and Side-by- Side Analysis (open access)

Freedom of Information Act Legislation in the 114th Congress: Issue Summary and Side-by- Side Analysis

This report provides an overview of two The Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) bills in the 114th Congress, S. 337 and H.R. 653, and provides analysis of certain FOIA-related provisions within each.
Date: February 26, 2015
Creator: Richardson, Daniel J. & Ginsberg, Wendy
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The EMV Chip Card Transition: Background, Status, and Issues for Congress (open access)

The EMV Chip Card Transition: Background, Status, and Issues for Congress

This report describes the financial harm caused by data breaches and explains how those breaches are carried out. It provides information about the effect of the transition in selected foreign countries. The report also discusses resolved and remaining impediments to completing the EMV ( Europay, MasterCard Visa) transition in the United States and identifies areas of potential congressional interest.
Date: February 26, 2015
Creator: Moloney Figliola, Patricia
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Unemployment Insurance: Programs and Benefits (open access)

Unemployment Insurance: Programs and Benefits

This report describes three kinds of unemployment benefit programs: regular Unemployment Compensation (UC), Extended Benefits (EB), and Emergency Unemployment Compensation (EUC08). The report explains their basic eligibility requirements, benefits, and financing structure.
Date: January 26, 2015
Creator: Whittaker, Julie M. & Isaacs, Katelin P.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Iran: U.S. Concerns and Policy Responses (open access)

Iran: U.S. Concerns and Policy Responses

This report discusses the reasons that Iran is considered a threat to U.S. security, including Iran's nuclear program, involvement with terrorist organizations, and involvement with neighboring countries' local governments. It also discusses ways in which the U.S. hopes to modify Iran's behavior with sanctions, and the effectiveness of these sanctions.
Date: January 26, 2015
Creator: Katzman, Kenneth
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Government Assistance for GMAC/Ally Financial: Unwinding the Government Stake (open access)

Government Assistance for GMAC/Ally Financial: Unwinding the Government Stake

This report discusses government support given to Ally Financial, formerly known as General Motors Acceptance Corporation (GMAC), which provides auto financing, insurance, online banking, and mortgage and commercial financing. This report looks at how -- or even if -- GMAC will be able to pay back the government for Trouble Asset Relief Program (TARP) funding.
Date: January 26, 2015
Creator: Webel, Baird & Canis, Bill
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Iran: U.S. Economic Sanctions and the Authority to Lift Restrictions (open access)

Iran: U.S. Economic Sanctions and the Authority to Lift Restrictions

This report identifies the legislative bases for sanctions imposed on Iran, and the nature of the authority to waive or lift those restrictions. It comprises two tables that present legislation and executive orders that are specific to Iran and its objectionable activities in the areas of terrorism, human rights, and weapons proliferation.
Date: February 26, 2015
Creator: Rennack, Dianne E.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Access to Broadband Networks: The Net Neutrality Debate (open access)

Access to Broadband Networks: The Net Neutrality Debate

This report discusses the continued debate amongst congressional policymakers regarding telecommunications reform. A major point of the ongoing discussion is whether action is needed to ensure unfettered access to the Internet.
Date: February 26, 2015
Creator: Gilroy, Angele A.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Iran: U.S. Economic Sanctions and the Authority to Lift Restrictions (open access)

Iran: U.S. Economic Sanctions and the Authority to Lift Restrictions

This report identifies the legislative bases for sanctions imposed on Iran, and the nature of the authority to waive or lift those restrictions. It comprises two tables that present legislation and executive orders that are specific to Iran and its objectionable activities in the areas of terrorism, human rights, and weapons proliferation.
Date: February 26, 2015
Creator: Rennack, Dianne E.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Indonesia: Background and U.S. Relations (open access)

Indonesia: Background and U.S. Relations

This report provides background information on social and political situation in Indonesia and its relations with United States.
Date: June 26, 2015
Creator: Dolven, Ben & Mackey, Wil
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
FHA Single-Family Mortgage Insurance: Financial Status of the Mutual Mortgage Insurance Fund (MMI Fund) (open access)

FHA Single-Family Mortgage Insurance: Financial Status of the Mutual Mortgage Insurance Fund (MMI Fund)

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Date: January 26, 2015
Creator: Jones, Katie
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) FY2016 Budget Request and Funding History: Fact Sheet (open access)

Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) FY2016 Budget Request and Funding History: Fact Sheet

This report focuses on the agency's funding.
Date: May 26, 2015
Creator: Heisler, Elayne J.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Trends in the Timing and Size of DHS Appropriations: In Brief (open access)

Trends in the Timing and Size of DHS Appropriations: In Brief

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Date: May 26, 2015
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Sudan (open access)

Sudan

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Date: May 26, 2015
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library