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Preliminary Bibliography on the 1978-79 Intercollegiate Debate Topic.
This preliminary bibliography has been prepared for the 1978-79 Intercollegiate Debate regarding guaranteed employment.
Date:
August 15, 1978
Creator:
Roth, Dennis & Beske, Kurt
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Temporary Unemployment Insurance Provisions
This report discusses several key provisions related to extended federal unemployment benefits that are temporary and, therefore, scheduled to expire. This report describes the consequences of these expirations for the financing and availability of unemployment benefits in states. It also summarizes the last three laws that have extended these expiring provisions: P.L. 112-240, P.L. 112-96, and P.L. 112-78.
Date:
August 15, 2013
Creator:
Isaacs, K. P.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Sex Trafficking of Children in the United States: Overview and Issues for Congress
Report concerning Congressional attention on the domestic sex trafficking of children.
Date:
August 15, 2012
Creator:
Finklea, Kristin M.; Fernandes-Alcantara, Adrienne L. & Siskin, Alison
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Mexico's Peña Nieto Administration: Priorities and Key Issues in U.S.-Mexican Relations
This report provides an introduction of Mexico during Peña Nieto administration. The report discusses key issues of congressional interest in the bilateral relationship.
Date:
August 15, 2013
Creator:
Ribando Seelke, Clare
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Keystone XL: Assessing the Proposed Pipeline's Impacts on Greenhouse Gas Emissions
This report provides background information regarding the Keystone XL pipeline proposal and the process required for federal approval. The report discusses the state department's GHG emissions assessment and provides concluding observations.
Date:
August 15, 2013
Creator:
Lattanzio, Richard K.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Affordable Care Act and Small Business: Economic Issues
This report explains how employer-sponsored insurance can be used to address concerns about health insurance coverage and cost. Then, it summarizes the three ACA provisions most relevant to small businesses. Also, it analyzes these provisions for their potential effects on small businesses. Last, this report presents several approaches that could address some concerns associated with these provisions (particularly the employer penalty).
Date:
August 15, 2013
Creator:
Lowry, Sean & Gravelle, Jane G.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Financing Natural Catastrophe Exposure: Issues and Options for Improving Risk Transfer Markets
This report opens with an examination of the current role of private insurers in managing disaster risk and their capacity and willingness to deal with the rising cost of financing recovery and reconstruction following natural disasters. The report then examines the current role of federal, state, and local governments in managing disaster risk.
Date:
August 15, 2013
Creator:
King, R. O.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Australia: Background and U.S. Relations
This report gives an overview of the relationship between the Commonwealth of Australia and the United States including the close alliance under the ANZUS treaty. The report includes information about the structure of the Australian government, political and domestic issues, economics, defense policies and security ties, counterterrorism, environmentalism, affairs in Asia and the Pacific Southwest, and an analysis of other specific events.
Date:
August 15, 2013
Creator:
Vaughn, Bruce
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The National Guard State Partnership Program: Background, Issues, and Options for Congress
This report traces the origin and development of the State Partnership Program (SPP), which is a Department of Defense (DOD) security cooperation program run by the National Guard; summarizes its unique aspects; and outlines its statutory basis, funding mechanisms, organization, and activities. It details recent legislative and executive branch actions. It also explores issues that may merit congressional attention and provides options for policymakers who may be interested in modifying the program.
Date:
August 15, 2011
Creator:
Kapp, Lawrence & Serafino, Nina M.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Brief Summaries of Federal Animal Protection Statutes
This report contains brief summaries of federal animal protection statutes, listed alphabetically. It includes statutes that allow the disabled to use service animals, statutes aimed at acts of animal rights advocates (the Animal Enterprise Protection Act of 1992, and the Recreational Hunting Safety and Preservation Act of 1994), as well as other statutes concerning animal protection and conservation.
Date:
August 15, 2008
Creator:
Cohen, Henry
System:
The UNT Digital Library
U.S.-Mexican Security Cooperation: The Mérida Initiative and Beyond
Increasing violence perpetrated by drug trafficking organizations and other criminal groups is threatening citizen security and governance in Mexico. Escalating violence has increased U.S. concerns about stability in Mexico, a key political and economic ally, and about the possibility of violence spilling over into the United States. In recent years, U.S.-Mexican security cooperation has increased significantly, largely as a result of the development and implementation of the Mérida Initiative, a counterdrug and anticrime assistance package for Mexico and Central America that was first proposed in October 2007. This report looks at the funding and Congressional oversight for this Initiative.
Date:
August 15, 2011
Creator:
Ribando Seelke, Clare & Finklea, Kristin M.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Proposed U.S.-Panama Free Trade Agreement
This report discusses the free trade agreement (FTA) that the United States and Panama signed on June 28, 2007. While Panama's government ratified the FTA in July 2007, Congress has not yet implemented ratification legislation.
Date:
August 15, 2007
Creator:
Hornbeck, J. F.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Liquid Fuels from Coal, Natural Gas, and Biomass: Background and Policy
None
Date:
August 15, 2007
Creator:
unknown
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Social Security Disability Insurance: The FiveMonth Waiting Period for SSDI Benefits
None
Date:
August 15, 2005
Creator:
unknown
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Methane: An Introduction to Emission Sources and Reduction Strategies
This report discusses the "Climate Action Plan" (CAP) announced by President Obama to reduce emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) and other greenhouse gases (GHGs), as well as to encourage adaptation to expected climate change.
Date:
August 15, 2016
Creator:
Lattanzio, Richard K.; Bracmort, Kelsi; McCarthy, James E. & Cunningham, Lynn J.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Coast Guard Polar Icebreaker Modernization: Background and Issues for Congress
This report provides background information and issues for Congress on the sustainment and modernization of the Coast Guard's polar icebreaker fleet. The Coast Guard's proposed FY2017 budget requests $150 million in acquisition funding for a new polar icebreaker that the Coast Guard wants to begin building in FY2020. The issue for Congress is whether to approve, reject, or modify the Administration's FY2017 acquisition funding request for a new polar icebreaker, and, more generally, whether to approve, reject, or modify the Coast Guard's overall plan for sustaining and modernizing the polar icebreaking fleet.
Date:
August 15, 2017
Creator:
O'Rourke, Ronald
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Department of Defense Contractor and Troop Levels in Iraq and Afghanistan: 2007-2016
This report provides background information for Congress on the levels of Department of Defense (DOD) troop and contractor personnel deployed in support of prior and ongoing military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Date:
August 15, 2016
Creator:
Peters, Heidi M.; Schwartz, Moshe & Kapp, Lawrence
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Coordinated Party Expenditures in Federal Elections: An Overview
This report examines campaign finance law in the context of political party committee expenditures. It discusses relevant Supreme Court precedent and recent legislative activity.
Date:
August 15, 2016
Creator:
Garrett, R. Sam & Whitaker, L. Paige
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Navy Ship Names: Background for Congress
This report discusses the process of naming Navy ships, which have traditionally been chosen and announced by the Secretary of the Navy. Rules for giving certain types of names to certain types of Navy ships have evolved over time.
Date:
August 15, 2017
Creator:
O'Rourke, Ronald
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Natural Gas Discoveries in the Eastern Mediterranean
This report discusses a series of large natural gas discoveries in the Levant Basin, the Eastern Mediterranean region. New gas reserves could change how energy is used in the region.
Date:
August 15, 2016
Creator:
Ratner, Michael
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Al Qaeda in Iraq: Assessment and Outside Links
This report provides background information on Saddam-Al Qaeda links and the Iraq insurgency. U.S. officials assess AQ-I to be weakened almost to the point of outright defeat in Iraq, although they say it remains lethal and has the potential to revive in Iraq.
Date:
August 15, 2008
Creator:
Katzman, Kenneth
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Federal Research and Development Funding: FY2009
This report gives an overview of the U.S. research and development (R&D) enterprise and support for federal R&D activities, broken down by departments.
Date:
August 15, 2008
Creator:
Sargent, John F., Jr.; Smith, Pamela W. & Morrissey, Wayne A.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Defense Contracting in Iraq: Issues and Options for Congress
This report examines logistical support contracts for troop support services in Iraq primarily administered through the U.S. Army's Logistics Civil Augmentation Program (LOGCAP).
Date:
August 15, 2008
Creator:
Bailey Grasso, Valerie
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA): Appropriations for FY2014 in P.L. 113-76
This report presents a discussion of the FY2014 enacted appropriations for selected EPA programs and activities highlighted in the congressional debate.
Date:
August 15, 2014
Creator:
Esworthy, Robert & Bearden, David M.
System:
The UNT Digital Library