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Status of a Senator Who Has Been Indicted for or Convicted of a Felony
This report summarizes the potential consequences, with respect to congressional status, that may result when a sitting Senator is indicted for or is convicted of a felony.
Date:
April 2, 2015
Creator:
Maskell, Jack
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Iraq: Politics, Security, and U.S. Policy
This report discusses the current political and social climate of Iraq, specifically in regards to the influence of the U.S. military presence over recent years. This report addresses planned and possible future efforts under the Obama Administration, including the scheduled gradual troops withdrawal.
Date:
April 16, 2015
Creator:
Katzman, Kenneth
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
FEMA's Public Assistance Grant Program: Background and Considerations for Congress
This report provides background on key elements of the FEMA's Public Assistance Program, such as the eligibility of applicants, the types of assistance available, and the methods FEMA uses for awarding grant assistance. The PA Program provides financial grant assistance to states, tribes, and local communities both in the response to and recovery from significant disasters.
Date:
April 16, 2015
Creator:
Brown, Jared T. & Richardson, Daniel J.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Access to Broadband Networks: The Net Neutrality Debate
This report discusses the current debate over "net neutrality." While there is no single accepted definition of "net neutrality," most agree that any such definition should include the general principles that owners of the networks that compose and provide access to the Internet should not control how consumers lawfully use that network, and they should not be able to discriminate against content provider access to that network.
Date:
April 16, 2015
Creator:
Gilroy, Angele A.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Marijuana: Medical and Retail-- Selected Legal Issues
This report discusses the federal Controlled Substances Act (CSA) as it pertains to marijuana. The CSA outlaws the possession, cultivation, and distribution of marijuana except for authorized research. More than 20 states have regulatory schemes that allow possession, cultivation, and distribution of marijuana for medicinal purposes. The U.S. Constitution's Supremacy Clause preempts any state law that conflicts with federal law.
Date:
April 8, 2015
Creator:
Garvey, Todd; Doyle, Charles & Carpenter, David H.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
El Salvador: Background and U.S. Relations
This report examines current conditions in El Salvador, as well as issues in U.S.-Salvadoran relations.
Date:
April 9, 2015
Creator:
Seelke, Clare Ribando
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Attribution in Cyberspace: Challenges for U.S. Law Enforcement
This report discusses criminal attribution in the cyber security realm.
Date:
April 17, 2015
Creator:
Finklea, Kristin
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Federal Networking and Information Technology Research and Development Program: Background, Funding, and Activities
This report discusses the federal government's role in the country's information technology (IT) research and development (R&D) activities. The government's support of IT R&D began because it had an important interest in creating computers and software that would be capable of addressing the problems and issues the government needed to solve and study.
Date:
April 10, 2015
Creator:
Figliola, Patricia Moloney
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
U.S. Crude Oil and Natural Gas Production in Federal and Non-Federal Areas
This report examines U.S. oil and natural gas production data for federal and non-federal areas with an emphasis on the past five fiscal years of production.
Date:
April 3, 2015
Creator:
Humphries, Marc
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Mental Health Workforce: A Primer
This report begins with a working definition of the mental health workforce and a brief discussion of alternative definitions. It then describes three dimensions of the mental health workforce that may influence quality of care, access to care, and costs of care. The report then briefly discusses how these dimensions of the mental health workforce might inform certain policy discussions.
Date:
April 16, 2015
Creator:
Heisler, Elayne J. & Bagalman, Erin
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Keystone XL Pipeline: Overview and Recent Developments
This report describes the Keystone XL Pipeline Project and the process that the State Department must complete to decide whether it will approve or deny TransCanada's permit application. The report also discusses key energy security, economic, and environmental issues relevant to this determination. Finally, the report discusses the constitutional basis for the State Department's authority to issue a Presidential Permit, and opponents' possible challenges to this authority.
Date:
April 1, 2015
Creator:
Parfomak, Paul W.; Luther, Linda; Lattanzio, Richard K.; Ramseur, Jonathan L.; Vann, Adam; Pirog, Robert et al.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Islamic State Financing and U.S. Policy Approaches
This report discusses the U.S. policy approaches for countering the financial resources of the Islamic State, which has seized significant territory in Iraq and Syria and threatened to conduct attacks against the United States and its citizens.
Date:
April 10, 2015
Creator:
Humud, Carla E.; Pirog, Robert & Rosen, Liana
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Texas Law Review, Volume 93, Number 5, April 2015
Journal containing articles, notes, book reviews, and other analyses of law and legal cases.
Date:
April 2015
Creator:
Texas Law Review Association
Object Type:
Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Texas Parks & Wildlife, Volume 73, Number 3, April 2015
Monthly magazine discussing natural resources, parks, hunting and fishing, and other information related to the outdoors in Texas. This issue has a segment titled Departments that covers events, food, outdoors, and places in Texas. Featured articles offer information on photographer Jim Bones blindness and his work in Big Bend, managing wildlife and habitat in Big Bend, and symphony conductor Bob Linders performance art calling wild turkeys.
Date:
April 2015
Creator:
Texas. Parks and Wildlife Department.
Object Type:
Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Al Shabaab
This report briefly examines Al Shabaab (aka Harakat Shabaab al Mujahidin, or Mujahidin Youth Movement) which is an insurgent and terrorist group that evolved out of a militant wing of Somalia’s Council of Islamic Courts in the mid-2000s.
Date:
April 3, 2015
Creator:
Ploch Blanchard, Lauren
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Food Safety Issues for the 114th Congress
This report discusses food safety legislation passed by Congress in December 2010 (FDA Food Safety Modernization Act [FSMA], P.L. 111-353).
Date:
April 10, 2015
Creator:
Johnson, Renée
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank
This report discusses a new development bank, the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), launched by China that is posing a challenge to U.S. policymakers.
Date:
April 8, 2015
Creator:
Weiss, Martin A.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Votes on Measures to Adjust the Statutory Debt Limit, 1978 to Present
This report provides roll call vote data identified by the Congressional Research Service for measures to adjust the statutory debt limit.
Date:
April 9, 2015
Creator:
Murray, Justin
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Medical Device Excise Tax: Economic Analysis
None
Date:
April 17, 2015
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Family Violence Prevention and Services Act (FVPSA): Background and Funding
This report provides an overview of the federal response to domestic violence-defined broadly to include acts of physical and nonphysical violence against spouses and other intimate partners-through the Family Violence Prevention and Services Act (FVPSA).
Date:
April 14, 2015
Creator:
Fernandes-Alcantara, Adrienne L.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Cybersecurity Issues and Challenges: In Brief
This report provides information about Cybersecurity Issues and Challenges. People who perform cyberattacks generally fall into various categories like criminals, spies, nation-state warriors, terrorists, etc.
Date:
April 29, 2015
Creator:
Fischer, Eric A.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) and International Trade
None
Date:
April 23, 2015
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Veterans and Homelessness
This report includes information and figures regarding federal programs for homeless veterans. Figures include statistics and financial information.
Date:
April 2, 2015
Creator:
Perl, Libby
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
“Amazon Laws” and Taxation of Internet Sales: Constitutional Analysis
The report is a Constitutional Analysis of “Amazon Laws” and Taxation of Internet Sales: Constitutional Analysis.
Date:
April 9, 2015
Creator:
Lunder, Erika K. & Pettit, Carol A.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library