States

Resolutions to Censure the President: Procedure and History (open access)

Resolutions to Censure the President: Procedure and History

This report summarizes the procedures that may be used to consider resolutions of censure and the history of attempts to censure the President (1st-114th Congresses). It also provides citations to additional reading material on the subject.
Date: February 1, 2018
Creator: Hudiburg, Jane A. & Davis, Christopher M.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
CRS Products and Experts on North Korea (open access)

CRS Products and Experts on North Korea

This report provides a listing of CRS reports covering various aspects of North Korean policy and U.S. policy toward North Korea.
Date: May 1, 2018
Creator: Manyin, Mark E.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Fatherhood Initiatives: Connecting Fathers to Their Children (open access)

Fatherhood Initiatives: Connecting Fathers to Their Children

This report provides an overview of the federal government's financial support of fatherhood initiatives, including through the Responsible Fatherhood (RF) grant program. It begins by providing a legislative history of this financial support and a summary of allowable activities under the RF grant program. This is followed by an explanation of some of the research and evaluations that have occurred via demonstration programs. The report concludes by briefly examining the role of governmental child support enforcement (CSE) agencies in fatherhood programs, initiatives to promote and support father-child interaction outside the parents' relationship, and recent developments with regard to work-oriented programs for noncustodial parents.
Date: May 1, 2018
Creator: Tollestrup, Jessica
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Child and Dependent Care Tax Benefits: How They Work and Who Receives Them (open access)

Child and Dependent Care Tax Benefits: How They Work and Who Receives Them

This report discusses the workings of the child and dependent care tax benefits and who is eligible.
Date: March 1, 2018
Creator: Crandall-Hollick, Margot L.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Data on Multiemployer Defined Benefit (DB) Pension Plans (open access)

Data on Multiemployer Defined Benefit (DB) Pension Plans

This report provides data on multiemployer defined benefit (DB) plans categorized in several ways. First, the report categorizes the data based on plans' zone status in 2015. Next, it provides a year-by-year breakdown of the number of plans that are expected to become insolvent and the number of participants in those plans. Finally, the report provides information on the 25 largest multiemployer DB plans in 2015 (each plan has at least 75,000 participants).
Date: May 1, 2018
Creator: Topoleski, John J.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Section 179 and Section 168 (k) Expensing Allowances: Current Law and Economic Effects (open access)

The Section 179 and Section 168 (k) Expensing Allowances: Current Law and Economic Effects

This report examines the current status, legislative history, and main economic effects (including their efficacy as a tool for economic stimulus) of the Section 179 and bonus depreciation allowances.
Date: May 1, 2018
Creator: Guenther, Gary
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Evolving Assessments of Human and Natural Contributions to Climate Change (open access)

Evolving Assessments of Human and Natural Contributions to Climate Change

This report provides context for the Administration's Climate Science Special Report (October 2017) by tracing the evolution of scientific understanding and confidence regarding the drivers of recent global climate change.
Date: February 1, 2018
Creator: Leggett, Jane A.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Sex Offenders and Supervised Release Revocation: Constitutional? (open access)

Sex Offenders and Supervised Release Revocation: Constitutional?

This report discusses a recent Supreme Court ruling regarding the federal supervised release program for sex offenders.
Date: March 1, 2018
Creator: Smith, Alison M.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
So, Now Can Menachem Zivotofsky Get His Passport Reissued to Say "Israel"? (open access)

So, Now Can Menachem Zivotofsky Get His Passport Reissued to Say "Israel"?

This report discusses possible effects of President Trump's announcement of moving the U.S. embassy to Jerusalem for U.S. citizens born in Jerusalem whose passport listed place of birth is simply Jerusalem not Israel.
Date: March 1, 2018
Creator: Elsea, Jennifer K.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Overview of FY2018 Appropriations for Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies (open access)

Overview of FY2018 Appropriations for Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies

This report describes actions taken by the Administration and Congress to provide FY2018 appropriations for the Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies (CJS) accounts. It also provides an overview of FY2017 appropriations for agencies and bureaus funded as part of annual CJS appropriations.
Date: May 1, 2018
Creator: James, Nathan
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
U.S. Security Assistance and Security Cooperation Programs: Overview of Funding Trends (open access)

U.S. Security Assistance and Security Cooperation Programs: Overview of Funding Trends

This report discusses funding for U.S. security assistance and cooperation programs across the world and recent legislative actions.
Date: February 1, 2018
Creator: Epstein, Susan B. & Rosen, Liana W.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
China Naval Modernization: Implications for U.S. Navy Capabilities--Background and Issues for Congress (open access)

China Naval Modernization: Implications for U.S. Navy Capabilities--Background and Issues for Congress

This report provides background information and issues for Congress on China's naval modernization effort and its implications for U.S. Navy capabilities. The question of how the United States should respond to China's military modernization effort, including its naval modernization effort, is a key issue in U.S. defense planning and budgeting. Many U.S. military programs for countering improving Chinese military forces (particularly its naval forces) fall within the U.S. Navy's budget.
Date: August 1, 2018
Creator: O'Rourke, Ronald
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
U.S.-EU Trade and Economic Issues (open access)

U.S.-EU Trade and Economic Issues

This report discusses U.S.-EU trade and economic relations, which currently face heightened tension, particularly due to the Trump Administration's trade policy, which is focusing on unilateral tariff measures under U.S. trade law and taking a critical view of the U.S. role in international economic cooperation. Given U.S.-EU historical joint leadership on global trade and economic issues, these developments could have implications for the rules-based international trading system, a foundation of the global economic order that has contributed to global economic growth and stability in the post-World War II era.
Date: August 1, 2018
Creator: Akhtar, Shayerah Ilias
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Changes in the Arctic: Background and Issues for Congress (open access)

Changes in the Arctic: Background and Issues for Congress

This report provides an overview of Arctic-related issues for Congress such as: Arctic sovereignty claims; commercial shipping through the Arctic; Arctic oil, gas, and mineral exploration; endangered Arctic species; and increased military operations in the Arctic that could cause the region in coming years to become an arena of international cooperation or competition.
Date: August 1, 2018
Creator: O'Rourke, Ronald
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Navy Irregular Warfare and Counterterrorism Operations: Background and Issues for Congress (open access)

Navy Irregular Warfare and Counterterrorism Operations: Background and Issues for Congress

This report provides background information and potential issues for Congress on the Navy's irregular warfare (IW) and counterterrorism (CT) operations. The Navy's IW and CT activities pose a number of potential oversight issues for Congress, including how much emphasis to place on IW and CT activities in Navy budgets, particularly in a context of constraints on Navy budgets and Navy desires to devote resources to developing "high end" combat capabilities for countering improved conventional military capabilities of countries such as China and Russia. Congress's decisions regarding Navy IW and CT operations can affect Navy operations and funding requirements, and the implementation of the nation's overall IW and CT strategies.
Date: August 1, 2018
Creator: O'Rourke, Ronald
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Navy John Lewis (TAO-205) Class Oiler Shipbuilding Program: Background and Issues for Congress (open access)

Navy John Lewis (TAO-205) Class Oiler Shipbuilding Program: Background and Issues for Congress

This report provides background information and issues for Congress on the John Lewis (TAO205) class oiler shipbuilding program, a program to build a new class of 20 fleet oilers for the Navy. The TAO-205 program was previously known as the TAO(X) program. The Navy's proposed FY2019 budget requests the procurement of the third and fourth ships in the program.
Date: August 1, 2018
Creator: O'Rourke, Ronald
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Defense Primer: Military Pay Raise (open access)

Defense Primer: Military Pay Raise

This report discusses military pay raises and the annual statutory basic pay raise based on changes in the Employment Cost Index. It includes descriptions of information related to the topic along with a table of historical increases in basic pay.
Date: August 1, 2018
Creator: Kapp, Lawrence
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Mexico's Immigration Control Efforts (open access)

Mexico's Immigration Control Efforts

This report discusses the surge in unauthorized migration from Central America into Mexico and the U.S that began in 2014. Topics covered include Mexico's southern border plan, human rights concerns, and U.S. policy and developments under the Trump Administration.
Date: August 1, 2018
Creator: Seelke, Clare Ribando
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
VA Maintaining Internal Systems and Strengthening Integrated Outside Networks Act of 2018 (VA MISSION Act; P.L.115-182) (open access)

VA Maintaining Internal Systems and Strengthening Integrated Outside Networks Act of 2018 (VA MISSION Act; P.L.115-182)

This report summarizes the major provisions of the John S. McCain III, Daniel K. Akaka, and Samuel R. Johnson VA Maintaining Internal Systems and Strengthening Integrated Outside Networks Act of 2018 (VA MISSION Act; P.L. 115-182, H.Rept. 115-671), including amendments made by the Department of Veterans Affairs Expiring Authorities Act of 2018 (S. 3479; P.L. 115-251).
Date: November 1, 2018
Creator: Panangala, Sidath Viranga; Colello, Kirsten J.; Elliott, Victoria L.; Hatch, Garrett & Heisler, Elayne J.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Texas Inmate Monthly Report: February 2018, Part 4 (open access)

Texas Inmate Monthly Report: February 2018, Part 4

Monthly report issued by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice providing statistical information about numbers and categories of inmates held in various locations across Texas.
Date: March 1, 2018
Creator: Texas. Department of Criminal Justice.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Register, Volume 43, Number 22, Pages 3529-3666, June 1, 2018 (open access)

Texas Register, Volume 43, Number 22, Pages 3529-3666, June 1, 2018

A weekly publication, the Texas Register serves as the journal of state agency rulemaking for Texas. Information published in the Texas Register includes proposed, adopted, withdrawn and emergency rule actions, notices of state agency review of agency rules, governor's appointments, attorney general opinions, and miscellaneous documents such as requests for proposals. After adoption, these rulemaking actions are codified into the Texas Administrative Code.
Date: June 1, 2018
Creator: Texas. Secretary of State.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Biennial Report on the Use of the State Water Implementation Fund for Texas: 2018 (open access)

Biennial Report on the Use of the State Water Implementation Fund for Texas: 2018

Report providing an update on how the Texas Water Development Board is using SWIFT program funds to support development of new water supplies by implementing projects in the state water plan, including how the funding program is supporting rural and agricultural projects, water conservation, and reuse of wastewater.
Date: December 1, 2018
Creator: Texas Water Development Board
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
The ECHO, Vol. 90, No. 1, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 1, 2018 (open access)

The ECHO, Vol. 90, No. 1, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 1, 2018

Monthly newspaper produced for inmates in the Texas criminal justice system containing news stories, policy updates, opinion pieces, creative works, and other information.
Date: February 1, 2018
Creator: Texas. Department of Criminal Justice.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The ECHO, Vol. 90, No. 3, Ed. 1 Sunday, April 1, 2018 (open access)

The ECHO, Vol. 90, No. 3, Ed. 1 Sunday, April 1, 2018

Monthly newspaper produced for inmates in the Texas criminal justice system containing news stories, policy updates, opinion pieces, creative works, and other information.
Date: April 1, 2018
Creator: Texas. Department of Criminal Justice.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History