Alert Systems for Missing Adults in Eleven States: Background and Issues for Congress (open access)

Alert Systems for Missing Adults in Eleven States: Background and Issues for Congress

This report discusses the emerging development of nationwide alert systems to recover missing adults, such as those with mental impairment (such as Alzheimer's disease), developmental disabilities, or suicidal tendencies. This report provides an overview of such alert systems in 11 states: Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Rhode Island, Texas, and Virginia. This report also provides a discussion of issues for Congress to consider with respect to the federal role, if any, in developing state alert programs for missing adults.
Date: May 7, 2009
Creator: Fernandes, Adrienne L. & Colello, Kirsten J.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Cape Kennedy or Cape Canaveral? A brief History, A Background, and An Analysis of S. J. Res. 193 (open access)

Cape Kennedy or Cape Canaveral? A brief History, A Background, and An Analysis of S. J. Res. 193

Report discussing the name of Cape Canaveral consisting of a brief history of the name, discussion of the change from Cape Kennedy to Cape Canaveral, and an analysis of S.J. Res. 193.
Date: September 15, 1972
Creator: Devoe, Barbara M.
System: The UNT Digital Library
A CRS Review of 10 States: Home and Community-Based ServicesStates Seek to Change the Face of Long-Term Care: Florida (open access)

A CRS Review of 10 States: Home and Community-Based ServicesStates Seek to Change the Face of Long-Term Care: Florida

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Date: August 21, 2003
Creator: Panangala, Sidath Viranga; O'Shaughnessy, Carol; Weissert, Rob; Stone, Julie & Walters, Meridith
System: The UNT Digital Library
Everglades Restoration and the River of Grass Land Acquisition (open access)

Everglades Restoration and the River of Grass Land Acquisition

This report provides an overview of the everglades restoration and the river of grass land acquisition.
Date: August 25, 2010
Creator: Stern, Charles V.; Sheikh, Pervaze A. & Jurenas, Remy
System: The UNT Digital Library
Everglades Restoration: The Central Everglades Planning Project (CEPP) (open access)

Everglades Restoration: The Central Everglades Planning Project (CEPP)

This report presents an overview, developments and congressional interest on the Central Everglades Planning Project (CEPP) related to Everglades Restoration.
Date: January 29, 2015
Creator: Stern, Charles V.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Everglades Restoration: The Federal Role in Funding (open access)

Everglades Restoration: The Federal Role in Funding

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Date: March 11, 2010
Creator: Stern, Charles V.; Sheikh, Pervaze A. & Carter, Nicole T.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Everglades Restoration: The Federal Role in Funding (open access)

Everglades Restoration: The Federal Role in Funding

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Date: January 27, 2006
Creator: Sheikh, Pervaze A. & Carter, Nicole T.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Everglades Restoration: The Federal Role in Funding (open access)

Everglades Restoration: The Federal Role in Funding

In 2000, Congress approved a 30-year, $7.8 billion restoration plan, termed the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan (CERP), for the Everglades ecosystem in southern Florida, and authorized an initial set of projects at a cost of $1.4 billion. This report provides information on federal appropriations for Everglades restoration, and discusses some issues related to the authorization and appropriations for restoration projects.
Date: August 23, 2005
Creator: Sheikh, Pervaze A. & Carter, Nicole T.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Everglades Restoration: The Federal Role in Funding (open access)

Everglades Restoration: The Federal Role in Funding

In 2000, Congress approved a 30-year, $7.8 billion restoration plan, termed the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan (CERP), for the Everglades ecosystem in southern Florida, and authorized an initial set of projects at a cost of $1.4 billion. This report provides information on federal appropriations for Everglades restoration, and discusses some issues related to the authorization and appropriations for restoration projects.
Date: October 24, 2005
Creator: Sheikh, Pervaze A. & Carter, Nicole T.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Federal Disaster Assistance after Hurricanes Katrina, Rita, Wilma, Gustav, and Ike (open access)

Federal Disaster Assistance after Hurricanes Katrina, Rita, Wilma, Gustav, and Ike

Report that provides information on federal financial assistance provided to the Gulf States after major disasters were declared in Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas in response to the widespread destruction that resulted from Hurricanes Katrina, Rita, and Wilma in 2005 and Hurricanes Gustav and Ike in 2008. This includes a brief summary of each hurricane and a discussion concerning federal to state cost-shares.
Date: July 5, 2013
Creator: Lindsay, Bruce R. & Nagel, Jared Conrad
System: The UNT Digital Library
FEMA DRF Major Disaster Assistance: Florida (open access)

FEMA DRF Major Disaster Assistance: Florida

The Disaster Relief Fund is managed by the Federal Emergency Management Agency and is the primary source of funding used to provide assistance following a major disaster declaration. This report contains information on funding provided as a result of a major disaster declaration in Florida from fiscal years 2000 to 2013.
Date: January 28, 2015
Creator: Richardson, Daniel
System: The UNT Digital Library
Florida Emergency Management and Homeland Security Statutory Authorities Summarized (open access)

Florida Emergency Management and Homeland Security Statutory Authorities Summarized

This report is one of a series that profiles the emergency management and homeland security statutory authorities of the 50 states, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and three territories (American Samoa, Guam, and the U.S. Virgin Islands). Each profile identifies the more significant elements of state statutes, generally as codified. This report focuses on the state of Florida.
Date: March 26, 2004
Creator: Bea, Keith; Runyon, L. Cheryl & Warnock, Kae M.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Navy Nuclear Aircraft Carrier (CVN) Homeporting at Mayport: Background and Issues for Congress (open access)

Navy Nuclear Aircraft Carrier (CVN) Homeporting at Mayport: Background and Issues for Congress

On January 14, 2009, the Navy announced that it wants to transfer one of its nuclear-powered aircraft carriers (CVNs) to the Navy home port at Mayport, FL, known formally as Naval Station (NAVSTA) Mayport. The Navy's proposed FY2010 budget requests $46.3 million in Military Construction (MilCon) funding for channel dredging at Mayport. The Navy states that a key reason it wants to transfer a CVN to Mayport is to hedge against the risk of a catastrophic event that could damage the Navy's CVN homeporting facilities at Norfolk, VA, and nearby Newport News, VA. This report discusses potential questions for Congress to consider related to budget appropriations for such a transfer, the potential negative economic effects that a CVN transfer would have on the local homeport, and the other general questions regarding the Navy.
Date: June 19, 2009
Creator: O'Rourke, Ronald
System: The UNT Digital Library
Navy Nuclear Aircraft Carrier (CVN) Homeporting at Mayport: Background and Issues for Congress (open access)

Navy Nuclear Aircraft Carrier (CVN) Homeporting at Mayport: Background and Issues for Congress

This report provides background information and issues for Congress on the Navy's proposal to homeport a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier (CVN) at Mayport, FL. Transferring a CVN from Norfolk, VA, to Mayport would shift from Norfolk to Mayport the local economic activity associated with homeporting a CVN, which some sources estimate as being worth hundreds of millions of dollars per year.
Date: May 12, 2011
Creator: O'Rourke, Ronald
System: The UNT Digital Library
Navy Nuclear Aircraft Carrier (CVN) Homeporting at Mayport: Background and Issues for Congress (open access)

Navy Nuclear Aircraft Carrier (CVN) Homeporting at Mayport: Background and Issues for Congress

This report provides background information and issues for Congress on the Navy's desire to homeport a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier (CVN) at Mayport, FL. Prior to the submission of the FY2013 budget, Navy plans called for having Mayport ready to homeport a CVN in 2019.
Date: April 26, 2013
Creator: O'Rourke, Ronald
System: The UNT Digital Library
Phosphorus Mitigation in the Everglades (open access)

Phosphorus Mitigation in the Everglades

This report discusses the FY2004 appropriations provisions that condition federal funding for Everglades restoration on compliance with water quality standards, provides a side-by-side analysis of pending appropriations legislation, and provides background and a timeline of efforts to address Everglades phosphorus pollution (from Summary).
Date: January 13, 2004
Creator: Sheikh, Pervaze A. & Johnson, Barbara
System: The UNT Digital Library
South Florida Ecosystem Restoration and the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan (open access)

South Florida Ecosystem Restoration and the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan

This report summarizes the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan (CERP) and its implementation.
Date: January 3, 2008
Creator: Sheikh, Pervaze A. & Carter, Nicole T.
System: The UNT Digital Library