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Letter to Cromwell Anson Jones, 23 December 1877 (open access)

Letter to Cromwell Anson Jones, 23 December 1877

Letter from Mary Jones, wife of the last president of the Republic of Texas.
Date: December 23, 1877
Creator: Jones, Mary Smith McCrory
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Higher Education Act: Reauthorization Status and Issues (open access)

The Higher Education Act: Reauthorization Status and Issues

This report provides the following: an overview of postsecondary education (institutions and students), an overview of the Higher Education Act (HEA) with a focus on its most significant programs and provisions, and a discussion of major issues likely to be of interest to the Congress during the HEA reauthorization process.
Date: December 23, 2002
Creator: Stedman, James B.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Appropriations for FY2000: District of Columbia (open access)

Appropriations for FY2000: District of Columbia

Appropriations are one part of a complex federal budget process that includes budget resolutions, appropriations (regular, supplemental, and continuing) bills, rescissions, and budget reconciliation bills. This report is a guide to one of the 13 regular appropriations bills that Congress passes each year. It is designed to supplement the information provided by the House and Senate Appropriations Subcommittees on the District of Columbia.
Date: December 23, 1999
Creator: Boyd, Eugene
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Intelligence to Counter Terrorism: Issues for Congress (open access)

Intelligence to Counter Terrorism: Issues for Congress

This report discusses the need for cooperation between law enforcement and intelligence agencies and for human intelligence (humint), the use of agents to gather information, to counter terrorism and the risks associated with humint. Updated December 23, 2002.
Date: December 23, 2002
Creator: Best, Richard A., Jr.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Automobile and Light Truck Fuel Economy: The CAFE Standards (open access)

Automobile and Light Truck Fuel Economy: The CAFE Standards

One of the least controversial provisions of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act of 1975 (P.L. 94-163) established corporate average fuel economy (CAFE) standards for new passenger cars. This report presents a brief background and analysis regarding the price of crude oil that brought into sharp focus the fuel inefficiency of U.S. automobiles. The report also discusses the previous issues and the most recent developments regarding CAFE.
Date: December 23, 2002
Creator: Bamberger, Robert L.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Homeland Security: Intelligence Support (open access)

Homeland Security: Intelligence Support

This report examines the information analysis function and the sharing information among federal agencies but does not address provisions in the proposed legislation governing the sharing of intelligence with state and local officials; it will be updated as circumstances warrant.
Date: December 23, 2002
Creator: Best, Richard A., Jr.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Dispute Settlement Under the WTO and Trade Problems with Japan (open access)

Dispute Settlement Under the WTO and Trade Problems with Japan

Under the World Trade Organization (WTO), the United States may use the dispute settlement mechanism to resolve certain trade problems with Japan. As compared with the mechanism under the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), the WTO offers expanded coverage and nearly automatic approval for panel requests and reports.
Date: December 23, 1994
Creator: Nanto, Dick K.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Solid Waste Issues in the 105th Congress (open access)

Solid Waste Issues in the 105th Congress

The 105th Congress adjourned without passing any legislation affecting solid waste management. Changes to the Leaking Underground Storage Tank (LUST) cleanup program and bills to exempt from hazardous waste management requirements certain wastes generated by remediation of old waste sites had been considered possible until late in the second session. The House passed changes to the LUST program (H.R. 688) on April 23, 1997. A comparable Senate bill (S. 555) was ordered reported, amended, September 23, 1998; but it never came to the floor.
Date: December 23, 1998
Creator: McCarthy, James E.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Telecommunications Services Trade and the WTO Agreement (open access)

Telecommunications Services Trade and the WTO Agreement

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Date: December 23, 2002
Creator: Villarreal, M. Angeles
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Social Security: "Transition Costs" (open access)

Social Security: "Transition Costs"

The Social Security Administration’s chief actuary forecasts that under current law, the Social Security Trust Funds will be depleted in 2042. Many Members of Congress have expressed concern that restoring the program to long-term fiscal balance will impose burdens on future generations by requiring them to pay higher taxes, accept benefit cuts, or undertake substantial government borrowing to pay the full benefits promised under current law.
Date: December 23, 2004
Creator: Haltzel, Laura
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Iraq: Summary of U.S. Casualties (open access)

Iraq: Summary of U.S. Casualties

This report provides statistics on fatalities during Operation Iraqi Freedom, which began on March 19, 2003, as well as on the number of fatalities since May 1, 2003, plus statistics on those wounded, but not killed, since March 19, 2003.
Date: December 23, 2004
Creator: Fischer, Hannah
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
U.S.-European Union Trade Relations: Issues and Policy Challenges (open access)

U.S.-European Union Trade Relations: Issues and Policy Challenges

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Date: December 23, 2004
Creator: Ahearn, Raymond J.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Agriculture and FY2006 Budget Reconciliation (open access)

Agriculture and FY2006 Budget Reconciliation

During the week of December 18, 2005, both the House and Senate approved the conference agreement on the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 (H.Rept. 109-362, S. 1932), which includes net reductions of $2.7 billion over five years for USDA mandatory programs. Included in the agreement is a $1.7 billion reduction in farm commodity support programs, a $934 million reduction in conservation spending, a $620 million reduction in a mandatory research program, and $419 million cut in rural development programs, as scored by CBO over a five-year period (FY2006-2010). The measure also includes a two-year extension of a dairy income support program, at an estimated cost of $998 million. No reductions to food stamp spending were included in the conference agreement.
Date: December 23, 2005
Creator: Chite, Ralph M.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Electric Reliability: Options for Electric Transmission Infrastructure Improvements (open access)

Electric Reliability: Options for Electric Transmission Infrastructure Improvements

The electric utility industry is inherently capital intensive. At the same time, the industry must operate under a changing and sometimes unpredictable regulatory system at both the federal and state level. The Energy Policy Act of 2005 has set in place government activities intended to relieve congestion on the transmission system. Several factors have contributed to the lack of new transmission capacity; these are outlined within this report. This report also discusses earlier pieces of energy legislation.
Date: December 23, 2004
Creator: Abel, Amy
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Santa and Child]

Embossed color postcard depicting Santa Claus and a small child. He holds a sack in his hands and the child holds fruit and gifts in its hands. Correspondence on the back reads, "Dear Baby, A Merry X'mas & Happy New Year to Your Mud, Daddy & yourself. From Big Erloo, Erloo, and Baby Dorothy." It is addressed to Miss Rosa Louise Dill, 528 Mill St. Paris, Texas. It is postmarked Oklahoma, Okla. on Dec 23, 1908.
Date: December 23, 1908
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Hood County Tax Receipt for Milton Parks, December 23 1890] (open access)

[Hood County Tax Receipt for Milton Parks, December 23 1890]

Hood County Tax Receipt for Milton Parks in the amount of sixteen dollars and ten cents for the year 1890. R.W. Boyce (240 acres) and Isaac Morris (91 acres) were the original grantees. This document is signed by collector B.W. Morris.
Date: December 23, 1890
Creator: Morris, B.W.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Electric Reliability: Options for Electric Transmission Infrastructure Improvements (open access)

Electric Reliability: Options for Electric Transmission Infrastructure Improvements

The electric utility industry is inherently capital intensive. At the same time, the industry must operate under a changing and sometimes unpredictable regulatory system at both the federal and state level. The Energy Policy Act of 2005 has set in place government activities intended to relieve congestion on the transmission system. Several factors have contributed to the lack of new transmission capacity; these are outlined within this report. This report also discusses earlier pieces of energy legislation.
Date: December 23, 2004
Creator: Abel, Amy
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Community Bulletin (Abilene, Texas), No. 19, Saturday, December 23, 1967 (open access)

The Community Bulletin (Abilene, Texas), No. 19, Saturday, December 23, 1967

Weekly newspaper reports on church and community events, civil rights, political races, educational changes, and the job market. Regular feature highlights famous African Americans in history. Includes editorial.
Date: December 23, 1967
Creator: Caver, Howard & Caver, Clara
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Tulia Herald (Tulia, Tex), Vol. 28, No. 51, Ed. 1, Thursday, December 23, 1937 (open access)

The Tulia Herald (Tulia, Tex), Vol. 28, No. 51, Ed. 1, Thursday, December 23, 1937

Weekly newspaper from Tulia, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: December 23, 1937
Creator: Engleman & Engleman
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Tulia Herald (Tulia, Tex), Vol. 34, No. 51, Ed. 2, Thursday, December 23, 1943 (open access)

The Tulia Herald (Tulia, Tex), Vol. 34, No. 51, Ed. 2, Thursday, December 23, 1943

Weekly newspaper from Tulia, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: December 23, 1943
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Tulia Herald (Tulia, Tex), Vol. 34, No. 51, Ed. 1, Thursday, December 23, 1943 (open access)

The Tulia Herald (Tulia, Tex), Vol. 34, No. 51, Ed. 1, Thursday, December 23, 1943

Weekly newspaper from Tulia, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: December 23, 1943
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Tulia Herald (Tulia, Tex), Vol. 17, No. 52, Ed. 1, Thursday, December 23, 1926 (open access)

The Tulia Herald (Tulia, Tex), Vol. 17, No. 52, Ed. 1, Thursday, December 23, 1926

Weekly newspaper from Tulia, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: December 23, 1926
Creator: Engleman & Engleman
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Tulia Herald (Tulia, Tex), Vol. 47, No. 51, Ed. 1, Thursday, December 23, 1954 (open access)

The Tulia Herald (Tulia, Tex), Vol. 47, No. 51, Ed. 1, Thursday, December 23, 1954

Weekly newspaper from Tulia, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: December 23, 1954
Creator: Baggarly, Herbert Milton
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Hemphill County News (Canadian, Tex), Vol. 5, No. 15, Ed. 1, Wednesday, December 23, 1942 (open access)

The Hemphill County News (Canadian, Tex), Vol. 5, No. 15, Ed. 1, Wednesday, December 23, 1942

Weekly newspaper from Canadian, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: December 23, 1942
Creator: Miller, Othello Ontje
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History