U.S. Agricultural Trade with Cuba: Current Limitations and Future Prospects (open access)

U.S. Agricultural Trade with Cuba: Current Limitations and Future Prospects

This report reviews the current state of agricultural trade between the United States and Cuba, identifies key impediments to expanding bilateral trade in agricultural products and key provisions in the law to which these obstacles are anchored. It also summarizes several of the bills introduced in the 114th Congress that propose to remove specific restrictions that impede trade in agricultural goods or that seek to lift the embargo on Cuba entirely.
Date: October 1, 2015
Creator: McMinimy, Mark A.
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: October 1, 2015
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Disconnected Youth: A Look at 16 to 24 Year Olds Who Are Not Working or In School (open access)

Disconnected Youth: A Look at 16 to 24 Year Olds Who Are Not Working or In School

This report provides information about 16- to 24-Year Olds Who Are Not Working or In School on Disconnected Youth. Policymakers and youth advocates have begun to focus greater attention on young people who are not working or in school.
Date: October 1, 2015
Creator: Fernandes, Adrienne L.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Process for Evaluating Overweight Truck Corridors Serving Coastal Port Regions and Border Ports of Entry (open access)

Process for Evaluating Overweight Truck Corridors Serving Coastal Port Regions and Border Ports of Entry

Report on the process for evaluating overweight truck corridors serving coastal port regions and Texas-Mexico border ports of entry.
Date: October 1, 2015
Creator: Sassine, Chris; Arce, Oscar Galvis; Murphy, Mike; Wu, Hui; Loftus-Otway, Lisa; Zhang, Zhanmin et al.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Debt Limit: History and Recent Increases (open access)

The Debt Limit: History and Recent Increases

This report discusses congressional restrictions on federal debt. The statutory debt limit applies to almost all federal debt. The limit applies to federal debt held by the public (that is, debt held outside the federal government itself) and to federal debt held by the government's own accounts.
Date: October 1, 2015
Creator: Austin, D. A.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Overview of the FY2016 Continuing Resolution (H.R. 719) (open access)

Overview of the FY2016 Continuing Resolution (H.R. 719)

This report provides an analysis of the FY2016 continuing appropriations in H.R. 719. None of the FY2016 regular appropriations bills were enacted by the start of the fiscal year (October 1, 2015). As of September 30, 2015, H.R. 719, a continuing resolution (CR) for FY2016, had passed the House and Senate.
Date: October 1, 2015
Creator: Tollestrup, Jessica
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Presidential Vetoes of Annual Defense Authorization Bills (open access)

Presidential Vetoes of Annual Defense Authorization Bills

This report briefly discusses the historical precedent of Defense Secretary Ashton B. Carter's recommendation that President Obama veto the conference report on H.R. 1735, the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for FY2016. If Obama were to veto the measure, it would mark the fifth time since 1961 that a president has vetoed that measure.
Date: October 1, 2015
Creator: Towell, Pat
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
How Treasury Issues Debt (open access)

How Treasury Issues Debt

This report examines Treasury's debt management practices, focusing on the auction process, how prices and interest rates of securities are determined, and the role of market participants in the process. It also addresses the role of debt plays in influencing present and future budget outcomes.
Date: October 1, 2015
Creator: Driessen, Grant A.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The 2015 National Security Strategy: Authorities, Changes, Issues for Congress (open access)

The 2015 National Security Strategy: Authorities, Changes, Issues for Congress

This report discusses the National Security Strategy (NSS), a document released by the Obama Administration which states that its purpose is to "set out the principles and priorities to guide the use of American power and influence in the world."
Date: October 1, 2015
Creator: Lucas, Nathan J. & McInnis, Kathleen J.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Kuwait: Governance, Security, and U.S. Policy (open access)

Kuwait: Governance, Security, and U.S. Policy

This report looks at Kuwait's relationships with its neighbors in the Persian Gulf, and its own political system which has been in turmoil since 2006. Kuwait remains pivotal to U.S. efforts to secure the Persian Gulf region because of its willingness to cooperate with U.S. strategy and military operations in the region and its proximity to both Iran and Iraq.
Date: October 1, 2015
Creator: Katzman, Kenneth
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
U.S. Agricultural Trade with Cuba: Current Limitations and Future Prospects (open access)

U.S. Agricultural Trade with Cuba: Current Limitations and Future Prospects

This report reviews the current state of agricultural trade between the United States and Cuba, identifies key impediments to expanding bilateral trade in agricultural products and key provisions in the law to which these obstacles are anchored. It also summarizes several of the bills introduced in the 114th Congress that propose to remove specific restrictions that impede trade in agricultural goods or that seek to lift the embargo on Cuba entirely.
Date: October 1, 2015
Creator: McMinimy, Mark A.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Texas Approved Foods Shopping Guide (open access)

Texas Approved Foods Shopping Guide

Pamphlet covering baby formulas and how they relate to breastfeeding. Also in Spanish.
Date: October 1, 2015
Creator: Texas. Bureau of WIC Nutrition.
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Alcoholic Beverage Comission Fourth Quarter Performance Measure (open access)

Texas Alcoholic Beverage Comission Fourth Quarter Performance Measure

Report measuring the performance of the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission, including tables, quarterly efficiency metrics, target data, and more.
Date: October 1, 2015
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History