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Digitization, metadata, and commercial licensing of local Texas television news (open access)

Digitization, metadata, and commercial licensing of local Texas television news

Presentation for the "Digitization, metadata, and commercial licensing of local Texas television news," which was given online for AMIA 2021.
Date: November 3, 2021
Creator: Esparza, Anna
System: The UNT Digital Library
Comparison of the Bills to Extend State Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) Funding (open access)

Comparison of the Bills to Extend State Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) Funding

This report discusses bills and their provisions related to extending funding for the State Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) whose funding expired at the end of the 2017 fiscal year. The House passed the CHAMPIONING HEALTHY KIDS Act on November 3, 2017, by a vote of 242 to 174. This report contains a table that provides an overview of the provisions in the KIDS Act and Division B of the CHAMPIONING HEALTHY KIDS Act as baselined against current law. The section following the table provides more detailed summaries of the provisions in the KIDS Act and Division B of the CHAMPIONING HEALTHY KIDS Act
Date: November 3, 2017
Creator: Mitchell, Allison; Baumrucker, Evelyne P.; Dabrowska, Agata; Davis, Patricia A.; Gopalan, Susannah V. & Sarata, Amanda K.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Consumer and Credit Reporting, Scoring, and Related Policy Issues (open access)

Consumer and Credit Reporting, Scoring, and Related Policy Issues

This report discusses issues regarding consumer data and credit scoring and provides some background information on the consumer data industry as well as a general overview of the current regulatory framework.
Date: November 3, 2017
Creator: Getter, Darryl E.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Memorandum: Legislation Limiting the President's Power to Use Nuclear Weapons: Separation of Powers Implications (open access)

Memorandum: Legislation Limiting the President's Power to Use Nuclear Weapons: Separation of Powers Implications

This report examines the constitutional separation of powers principles implicated by legislative proposals that restrict the President's authority to launch nuclear weapons. recent legislation regarding restricting the President's power to use nuclear weapons and historical and legal analysis of the separation of powers principle and its relation to the matter is discussed.
Date: November 3, 2017
Creator: Mulligan, Stephen P.
System: The UNT Digital Library
El Salvador: Background and U.S. Relations (open access)

El Salvador: Background and U.S. Relations

This report describes El Salvador's political and governmental structure, major security challenges, and economy. U.S. relations with El Salvador, immigration policy, human rights concerns, and U.S. assistance are also discussed.
Date: November 3, 2017
Creator: Seelke, Clare Ribando
System: The UNT Digital Library
Contingent Election of the President and Vice President by Congress: Perspectives and Contemporary Analysis (open access)

Contingent Election of the President and Vice President by Congress: Perspectives and Contemporary Analysis

This report provides an examination of constitutional requirements and historical precedents associated with contingent elections. It also identifies and evaluates contemporary issues that might emerge in the modern context.
Date: November 3, 2016
Creator: Neale, Thomas H.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Final report on Fish Habitat Suitability Criteria Development for the Lower Brazos River (open access)

Final report on Fish Habitat Suitability Criteria Development for the Lower Brazos River

"The primary objectives of this study were to develop [habitat suitability criteria] for guilds of fish in the Brazos River downstream of Waco, Texas" (p. 1).
Date: November 3, 2016
Creator: Texas. Parks and Wildlife Department.
System: The Portal to Texas History
The First Day of a New Congress: A Guide to Proceedings on the House Floor (open access)

The First Day of a New Congress: A Guide to Proceedings on the House Floor

This report focuses on the floor activities of the House of Representatives during its first formal session in a new Congress, and serves as a guide for those participating in or watching these proceedings.
Date: November 3, 2016
Creator: Schneider, Judy & Koempel, Michael L.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Pipeline Security: Domestic Threats (open access)

Pipeline Security: Domestic Threats

This report discusses recent acts of sabotage against U.S. oil pipelines by environmental activists have raised concern about the security of the nation's energy pipelines and the federal program to protect them.
Date: November 3, 2016
Creator: Parfomak, Paul W.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Treasury's Recent Report on Foreign Exchange Rate Policies (open access)

Treasury's Recent Report on Foreign Exchange Rate Policies

This report responds to the new reporting requirements on exchange rates mandated in the Trade Facilitation and Enforcement Act of 2015 (P.L. 114-125), passed by Congress and signed by the President in February 2016.
Date: November 3, 2016
Creator: Nelson, Rebecca M.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Future of Internet Governance: Should the United States Relinquish Its Authority Over ICANN? (open access)

The Future of Internet Governance: Should the United States Relinquish Its Authority Over ICANN?

This report discusses legislation relevant to the future of Internet governance that has been introduced in the 113th and 114th Congresses which would prevent, delay, or impose conditions or additional scrutiny on the transition of NTIA's stewardship role and procedural authority over key Internet domain name functions to the global Internet multi-stakeholder community.
Date: November 3, 2015
Creator: Kruger, Lennard G.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Iran Sanctions (open access)

Iran Sanctions

This report analyzes U.S. and international sanctions against Iran and provides some examples, based on open sources, of companies and countries that conduct business with Iran.
Date: November 3, 2015
Creator: Katzman, Kenneth
System: The UNT Digital Library
Multilateral Development Banks: U.S. Contributions FY2000-FY2015 (open access)

Multilateral Development Banks: U.S. Contributions FY2000-FY2015

This report shows in tabular form how much the Administration requested and how much Congress appropriated for U.S. payments to the multilateral development banks (MDBs) since 2000. It also provides a brief description of the MDBs and the ways they fund their operations.
Date: November 3, 2015
Creator: Nelson, Rebecca M.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The New START Treaty: Central Limits and Key Provisions (open access)

The New START Treaty: Central Limits and Key Provisions

This report provides an overview of the New Strategic Arms Reductions Treaty (START). The Obama Administration and outside analysts argue that New START strengthens strategic stability and enhances U.S. national security. Critics, however, question whether the treaty serves U.S. national security interests.
Date: November 3, 2015
Creator: Woolf, Amy F.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Social Security and Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) Provisions in the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 (open access)

Social Security and Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) Provisions in the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015

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Date: November 3, 2015
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Speakers of the House: Elections, 1913-2015 (open access)

Speakers of the House: Elections, 1913-2015

This report provides data on elections of the Speaker in each Congress since 1913, when the House first reached its present size of 435 Members. During that period (63rd through 114th Congresses), a Speaker was elected five times with the votes of less than a majority of the full membership.
Date: November 3, 2015
Creator: Beth, Richard S.
System: The UNT Digital Library
U.S. Strategic Nuclear Forces: Background, Developments, and Issues (open access)

U.S. Strategic Nuclear Forces: Background, Developments, and Issues

This report reviews the ongoing programs that will affect the expected size and shape of the U.S. strategic nuclear force structure. It includes an overview of this force structure during the Cold War, details about each category of delivery vehicle, and a discussion of issues related to decisions about the future size and shape of the U.S. strategic nuclear force.
Date: November 3, 2015
Creator: Woolf, Amy F.
System: The UNT Digital Library
U.S. Trade in Services: Trends and Policy Issues (open access)

U.S. Trade in Services: Trends and Policy Issues

This report provides background information and analysis on U.S. international trade in services, as well as policy issues before the United States. The report also examines emerging issues and current negotiations, including the Trade in Services Agreement (TiSA), the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), and the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (T-TIP).
Date: November 3, 2015
Creator: Fefer, Rachel F.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Animal Waste and Water Quality: EPA’s Response to the Waterkeeper Alliance Court Decision on Regulation of CAFOs (open access)

Animal Waste and Water Quality: EPA’s Response to the Waterkeeper Alliance Court Decision on Regulation of CAFOs

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Date: November 3, 2014
Creator: Copeland, Claudia
System: The UNT Digital Library
Bee Health: Background and Issues for Congress (open access)

Bee Health: Background and Issues for Congress

Bees, both commercially managed honey bees and wild bees, play an important role in global food production. In the United States alone, the value of insect pollination to U.S. agricultural production is estimated at $16 billion annually, of which about three-fourths is attributable to honey bees. Worldwide, the contribution of bees and other insects to global crop production for human food is valued at about $190 billion. Given the importance of honey needs and other bee species to food production, many have expressed concern about whether a "pollinator crisis" has been occurring in recent decades. This report details selected bee species, the importance of bee pollination, changes in bee populations, managed honey bees, wild bee species, factors affecting bee health, identified future needs, issues for Congress, and related figures/
Date: November 3, 2014
Creator: Johnson, Renée & Corn, M. Lynne
System: The UNT Digital Library
Corporate Expatriation, Inversions, and Mergers: Tax Issues (open access)

Corporate Expatriation, Inversions, and Mergers: Tax Issues

This report discusses tax issues related to corporate expatriation, inversions, and mergers.
Date: November 3, 2014
Creator: Marples, Donald J. & Gravelle, Jane G.
System: The UNT Digital Library
EPA's Clean Power Plan Proposal: Are the Emission Rate Targets Front-Loaded? (open access)

EPA's Clean Power Plan Proposal: Are the Emission Rate Targets Front-Loaded?

On June 18, 2014, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed regulations (the "Clean Power Plan") addressing carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from existing fossil fuel-fired electric generating units. This report briefly discusses this proposal.
Date: November 3, 2014
Creator: Ramseur, Jonathan L.
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: November 3, 2014
Creator: Gravelle, Jane G. & Lowry, Sean
System: The UNT Digital Library
Staff Pay Levels for Selected Positions in House Member Offices, 2009-2013 (open access)

Staff Pay Levels for Selected Positions in House Member Offices, 2009-2013

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Date: November 3, 2014
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library