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Business Investment Spending Slowdown
This report discusses the slowdown in business investment spending over the last decade and various reasons why the slowdown may have occurred.
Date:
April 9, 2018
Creator:
Labonte, Marc
System:
The UNT Digital Library
FDIC's Deposit Insurance Assessments and Reserve Ratio
This report discusses the FDIC's deposit insurance assessments and reserve ratio used to guarantee the repayment of deposits at a bank up to the insured level.
Date:
April 4, 2018
Creator:
Gnanarajah, Raj
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Election in Italy
This report discusses the results of the Italian Parliamentary election on March 4, 2018 which ended with no party gaining a majority making a coalition necessary. Populist parties gained a significant number of seats and implications of their rise to power for Italy, the EU, NATO, and the U.S. are discussed.
Date:
March 8, 2018
Creator:
Belkin, Paul
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Fiscal Year 2019 Budget: Government Reorganization and Federal Workforce Reform
This report discusses the proposed FY2019 general U.S. budget and its plans for government reorganization and federal workforce reform.
Date:
February 22, 2018
Creator:
Schwemle, Barbara L. & Hogue, Henry B.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Commerce Determines Steel and Aluminium Imports Threaten to Impair National Security
This report discusses the Commerce Department's recommendations regarding actions to take to protect American industries from foreign competition in the steel and aluminium industries. Commerce recommendations on tariffs and quotas for steel and aluminium imports are included.
Date:
March 2, 2018
Creator:
Fefer, Rachel F. & Jones, Vivian C.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Has the Economy Reached Full Employment? If So, Will It Stay There?
This report considers the question of whether the U.S. has reached full employment (defined as the lowest level of unemployment that is sustainable for the economy without over-inflating wages) and provides statistical charts of the unemployment rate and labor force participation rates along with analysis of the data.
Date:
February 15, 2018
Creator:
Labonte, Marc
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Administration's Syria Policy Envisions Continued U.S. Presence
This report discusses the President's plan for U.S. involvement in Syria in the future and the five main goals the U.S. hopes to accomplish there.
Date:
January 26, 2018
Creator:
Humud, Carla E.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
What Happens if the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) Lapses?
This report provides a short overview of what would happen if the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) were not to be reauthorized by July 31, 2018, and allowed to lapse.
Date:
April 16, 2018
Creator:
Horn, Diane P.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
TPP Countries Sign New CPTPP Agreement without U.S. Participation
This report discusses the completion of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) free trade agreement between 11 countries after the U.S. withdrew from negotiations and its potential effects on U.S. trade in the region.
Date:
March 9, 2018
Creator:
Fergusson, Ian F. & Williams, Brock R.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
U.S. Postal Service Governors: And Then There Were None
This report discusses the U.S. Postal Service's Board of Governors and the current state of the board having no governors on it. The workings of the board and the implications of the board's lack of members is also discussed.
Date:
January 12, 2018
Creator:
Christenson, Michelle D. & Stuessy, Meghan M.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP), Reinsurance, and Catastrophe Bonds
This report discusses the use of reinsurance to transfer some of the risk of an insurance policy from the primary insurer to a secondary insurer and the National Flood Insurance Program's (NFIP) decision to use reinsurance through the issuance of catastrophe bonds (which pay out when a particular type of disaster set out in the bond agreement occurs) by the secondary private insurers.
Date:
April 17, 2018
Creator:
Horn, Diane P. & Webel, Baird
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Joint-Resolution Seeks to End U.S. Support for Saudi-led Coalition Military Operations in Yemen
This report discusses Senate Joint Resolution 54 which directs the President to remove U.S. forces from "hostilities in or affecting" Yemen (except for those U.S. forces engaged in counterterrorism operations directed at al Qaeda or associated forces). It provides a brief overview of U.S. involvement in Yemen both militarily and diplomatically through advisement of Saudi Arabia on reducing civilian casulaties and refueling of Saudi planes used in airstrikes.
Date:
March 5, 2018
Creator:
Blanchard, Christopher M.; Sharp, Jeremy M. & Weed, Matthew C.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
TPP Countries Conclude Agreement Without U.S. Participation
This report discusses the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade agreement and the successful conclusion of negotiations between the party countries after the U.S. withdrawal from negotiations.
Date:
January 29, 2018
Creator:
Fergusson, Ian F. & Williams, Brock R.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Australia, China, and the Indo-Pacific
This report discusses Australia's relations with China and the changing power dynamics in the Pacific region.
Date:
April 23, 2018
Creator:
Vaughn, Bruce
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The President Acts to Impose Tariffs on Steel and Aluminium Imports
This report discusses President Trump's announcement of new tariffs on steel and aluminium imports in response to a Department of Commerce report which stated that imported steel and aluminium was harming national security.
Date:
March 13, 2018
Creator:
Fefer, Rachel F. & Jones, Vivian C.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act (S. 2155) and House Legislation: Common Issue Areas
This report discusses the Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act (S. 2155) and compares its provisions with sections of bills passed in the House that proposed similar or identical changes to the law.
Date:
March 26, 2018
Creator:
Perkins, David W.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Northern Ireland, Brexit, and the Irish Border
This report discusses the issue of Northern Ireland's border with the Republic of Ireland following Brexit and the ongoing negotiations regarding the issue.
Date:
March 12, 2018
Creator:
Archick, Kristin & Mix, Derek E.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Election Security: Issues in the 2018 Midterm Elections
This report discusses concerns over possible election interference that could take place during the 2018 midterm elections.
Date:
August 16, 2018
Creator:
Theohary, Catherine A. & Fischer, Eric A.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Private Flood Insurance and the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP)
This report discusses the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) and the requirements that private insurers must meet to satisfy the federal flood insurance requirements. It also discusses legislation in the 115th Congress related to flood insurance.
Date:
July 31, 2018
Creator:
Webel, Baird & Horn, Diane P.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
National Flood Insurance Program Borrowing Authority
This report evaluates the National Flood Insurance Program's (NFIP) borrowing authority to receive loans from the U.S. Department of the Treasury, particularly in the context of major floods, and discusses the current financial situation of the NFIP.
Date:
July 31, 2018
Creator:
Horn, Diane P.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
NATO's 2018 Brussels Summit
This report discusses the meeting of leaders from the North Atlantic Treaty Organization's (NATO's) 29 member states, scheduled to take place on hold a summit at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, on July 11-12, 2018. Despite the heightened U.S.-European tensions, NATO officials say they expect the allies to announce new NATO initiatives in six main areas at the summit: enhancing collective defense and deterrence, defense spending and burdensharing, countering terrorism, enhancing NATO cooperation with the European Union, and NATO enlargement.
Date:
July 5, 2018
Creator:
Belkin, Paul
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Australia and New Zealand React to China's Growing Influence in the South Pacific
This report discusses rising concern over China's influence in the South Pacific and the response from Australia and New Zealand.
Date:
July 26, 2018
Creator:
Vaughn, Bruce
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Broadband Data and Mapping
This report discusses the issue of broadband deployment data. Congress recognizes that more accurate broadband availability maps could help ensure that federal broadband programs target unserved areas of the country that are most in need of assistance.
Date:
July 3, 2018
Creator:
Kruger, Lennard G.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Pipeline Safety: Overdue Statutory Mandates
This report discusses the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration's (PHMSA) failure to fulfill key mandates of the Pipeline Safety, Regulatory Certainty, and Job Creation Act of 2011 (P.L. 112-90) and the PIPES Act of 2016 (P.L. 114-183).
Date:
July 27, 2018
Creator:
Parfomak, Paul W.
System:
The UNT Digital Library