Social Security: The Trust Funds (open access)

Social Security: The Trust Funds

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Date: August 5, 2015
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
State Plans: More State Options, Lower Costs (open access)

State Plans: More State Options, Lower Costs

A chart which shows some of the compliance pathways available to states under the final Clean Power Plan.
Date: August 5, 2015
Creator: United States. Environmental Protection Agency.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Overtime Provisions in the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA): Frequently Asked Questions (open access)

Overtime Provisions in the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA): Frequently Asked Questions

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Date: August 5, 2015
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Cybersecurity and Information Sharing: Comparison of House and Senate Bills in the 114th Congress (open access)

Cybersecurity and Information Sharing: Comparison of House and Senate Bills in the 114th Congress

This report consists of an overview of the three bills (Protecting Cyber Networks Act, National Cybersecurity Protection Advancement Act of 2015, Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2015), other legislative proposals, and an executive order on sharing information sharing, along with selected associated issues. followed by a side-by-side analysis of NCPAA, PCNA, and CISA.
Date: August 5, 2015
Creator: Fischer, Eric A. & Logan, Stephanie M.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Procedures for Congressional Action in Relation to a Nuclear Agreement with Iran: In Brief (open access)

Procedures for Congressional Action in Relation to a Nuclear Agreement with Iran: In Brief

This report provides, in brief, analysis of the congressional procedural provisions laid out in the Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act of 2015 (P.L. 114-17). The act establishes a period for Congress to review any comprehensive agreement, during which certain presidential actions to provide relief from sanctions on Iran are barred.
Date: August 5, 2015
Creator: Heitshusen, Valerie & Beth, Richard S.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Civilian Nuclear Waste Disposal (open access)

Civilian Nuclear Waste Disposal

This report looks at the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 (NWPA), Yucca Mountain, and the Obama Administration's de-funding of Yucca Mountain. Federal policy is based on the premise that nuclear waste can be disposed of safely, but proposed storage and disposal facilities have frequently been challenged on safety, health, and environmental grounds. Most of the current debate surrounding civilian radioactive waste focuses on highly radioactive spent fuel from nuclear power plants.
Date: August 5, 2015
Creator: Holt, Mark
System: The UNT Digital Library
How Measures Are Brought to the Senate Floor: A Brief Introduction (open access)

How Measures Are Brought to the Senate Floor: A Brief Introduction

This report discusses the two basic methods that are used by the Senate to bring legislation to the floor for consideration: The Senate, at the majority leader's request, (1) grants unanimous consent to take up a matter, or (2) agrees to his motion to proceed to consider it. Both methods are derived from the basic premise that the Senate as a body may decide what matters it considers. The Senate may also use the same two methods to bring up executive business (nominations and treaties).
Date: August 5, 2015
Creator: Davis, Christopher M.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Nuclear Cooperation with Other Countries: A Primer (open access)

Nuclear Cooperation with Other Countries: A Primer

This report discusses section 123 of the Atomic Energy Act (AEA), the specific requirements of which must be met in order for the United States to engage in civilian nuclear cooperation with other states. The AEA also provides for exemptions to these requirements, export control licensing procedures, and criteria for terminating cooperation.
Date: August 5, 2015
Creator: Kerr, Paul K. & Nikitin, Mary Beth D.
System: The UNT Digital Library
“Fast Track” Legislative Procedures Governing Congressional Consideration of a Defense Base Closure and Realignment (BRAC) Commission Report (open access)

“Fast Track” Legislative Procedures Governing Congressional Consideration of a Defense Base Closure and Realignment (BRAC) Commission Report

This report describes these expedited parliamentary procedures abd explains how they differ from the regular legislative processes of Congress.
Date: August 5, 2015
Creator: Davis, Christopher M.
System: The UNT Digital Library