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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
Insurance Agent Licensing: Overview and Background on Federal NARAB Legislation (open access)

Insurance Agent Licensing: Overview and Background on Federal NARAB Legislation

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Date: January 20, 2015
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Recently Expired Community AssistanceRelated Tax Provisions (“Tax Extenders”): In Brief (open access)

Recently Expired Community AssistanceRelated Tax Provisions (“Tax Extenders”): In Brief

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Date: January 5, 2015
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
FEMA DRF Major Disaster Assistance: Washington (open access)

FEMA DRF Major Disaster Assistance: Washington

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Date: January 28, 2015
Creator: Richardson, Daniel J.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Social Security’s Effect on Child Poverty (open access)

Social Security’s Effect on Child Poverty

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Date: January 23, 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
Lower Oil Prices 2015 (open access)

Lower Oil Prices 2015

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Date: January 6, 2015
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
FEMA DRF Major Disaster Assistance: West Virginia (open access)

FEMA DRF Major Disaster Assistance: West Virginia

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Date: January 28, 2015
Creator: Richardson, Daniel J.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Social Security Reform: Legal Analysis of Social Security Benefit Entitlement Issues (open access)

Social Security Reform: Legal Analysis of Social Security Benefit Entitlement Issues

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Date: January 15, 2015
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
FEMA DRF Major Disaster Assistance: Wyoming (open access)

FEMA DRF Major Disaster Assistance: Wyoming

This In Focus provides an overview of the assistance provided to Wyoming by the FEMA DRF (Disaster Relief Fund) from 2002-2013.
Date: January 28, 2015
Creator: Richardson, Daniel J.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
P.L. 111-3: The Children’s Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009 (open access)

P.L. 111-3: The Children’s Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009

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Date: January 21, 2015
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
FEMA DRF Major Disaster Assistance: Illinois (open access)

FEMA DRF Major Disaster Assistance: Illinois

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Date: January 28, 2015
Creator: Richardson, Daniel J.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
FEMA DRF Major Disaster Assistance: Nebraska (open access)

FEMA DRF Major Disaster Assistance: Nebraska

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Date: January 28, 2015
Creator: Richardson, Daniel J.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
FEMA DRF Major Disaster Assistance: Maryland (open access)

FEMA DRF Major Disaster Assistance: Maryland

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Date: January 28, 2015
Creator: Richardson, Daniel J.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
FEMA DRF Major Disaster Assistance: New Jersey (open access)

FEMA DRF Major Disaster Assistance: New Jersey

This report discusses the Disaster Relief Fund (DRF) that is managed by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and is the primary source of funding used to provide assistance following a major disaster declaration.
Date: January 28, 2015
Creator: McCarthy, Francis X.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
China as the World’s “Largest Economy” (open access)

China as the World’s “Largest Economy”

Various media have recently reported that China has overtaken the United States to become the world’s largest economy (a position the United States had held at least since 1913), based on estimates of purchasing power parity (PPP) measurements and projections made by the International Monetary Fund (IMF). This report examines the data and its policy implications.
Date: January 29, 2015
Creator: Morrison, Wayne M.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Medical Device Excise Tax: Economic Analysis (open access)

The Medical Device Excise Tax: Economic Analysis

This report reviews the issues surrounding the medical devices tax within the framework of basic principles surrounding the choice of commodities to tax under excise taxes. The next section describes the tax and its legislative origins. After that, the report analyzes the arguments for retaining and repealing the tax.
Date: January 9, 2015
Creator: Gravelle, Jane G. & Lowry, Sean
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Small Business Administration and Job Creation (open access)

Small Business Administration and Job Creation

The Small Business Administration (SBA) administers several programs to support small businesses, including loan guaranty programs, disaster loan programs, management and technical assistance training programs, and federal contracting programs. Congressional interest in these programs has increased in recent years, primarily because they are viewed as a means to stimulate economic activity, create jobs, and assist in the national economic recovery. This report examines the economic research on net job creation to identify the types of businesses that appear to create the most jobs.
Date: January 29, 2015
Creator: Dilger, Robert J.
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
Methane: An Introduction to Emission Sources and Reduction Strategies (open access)

Methane: An Introduction to Emission Sources and Reduction Strategies

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Date: January 14, 2015
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Train and Equip Authorities for Syria: In Brief (open access)

Train and Equip Authorities for Syria: In Brief

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Date: January 9, 2015
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
FEMA DRF Major Disaster Assistance: Kentucky (open access)

FEMA DRF Major Disaster Assistance: Kentucky

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Date: January 28, 2015
Creator: Richardson, Daniel J.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
FEMA DRF Major Disaster Assistance: Vermont (open access)

FEMA DRF Major Disaster Assistance: Vermont

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Date: January 28, 2015
Creator: Richardson, Daniel J.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies: FY2015 Appropriations (open access)

Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies: FY2015 Appropriations

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Date: January 27, 2015
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library