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Sacul water tower

Photograph of the Sacul, TX water tower.
Date: September 1, 2018
Creator: Hicks, William
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

The Blue Building in Sacul Texas

Photograph of the boardwalk/blue building in Sacul, TX. Originally a town center housing a bank, store, and pharmacy, the location serves as a performance space for bluegrass and the 'Sacul Opry.'
Date: September 1, 2018
Creator: Hicks, William
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tensions in the Eastern Mediterranean Focus on the Politics of Energy (open access)

Tensions in the Eastern Mediterranean Focus on the Politics of Energy

This report discusses Greek and Turkish Cyprus's disputes over the natural gas deposits found off of the island and their role in Cypriot reunification negotiations.
Date: March 1, 2018
Creator: Morelli, Vincent L.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Child Tax Credit: Legislative History (open access)

The Child Tax Credit: Legislative History

This report discusses the legislative history of the child tax credit and the most recent changes to it.
Date: March 1, 2018
Creator: Crandall-Hollick, Margot L.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP): Categorical Eligibility (open access)

The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP): Categorical Eligibility

This report discusses eligibility requirements for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and the different ways of of qualifying for the program.
Date: May 1, 2018
Creator: Falk, Gene & Aussenberg, Randy Alison
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Federal Requirements on Private Health Insurance Plans (open access)

Federal Requirements on Private Health Insurance Plans

This report discusses federal requirements for private health insurance (PHI) plans. The first part of this report provides background information about health plans sold in the PHI market and briefly describes state and federal regulation of private plans. The second part summarizes selected federal requirements and indicates each requirement's applicability to one or more of the following types of private health plans: individual, small group, large group, and self-insured.
Date: May 1, 2018
Creator: Mach, Annie L. & Fernandez, Bernadette
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Cybersecurity: Legislation, Hearings, and Executive Branch Documents (open access)

Cybersecurity: Legislation, Hearings, and Executive Branch Documents

This report provides links to cybersecurity legislation in the 112th, 113th, 114th, and 115th Congresses. Congress has held cybersecurity hearings every year since 2001. This report also provides links to cybersecurity-related committee hearings in the 113th, 114th, and 115th Congresses.
Date: February 1, 2018
Creator: Tehan, Rita
Object Type: Report
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

This report 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.
Date: May 1, 2018
Creator: Lindsay, Bruce R. & Nagel, Jared C.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Issues in International Corporate Taxation: The 2017 Revision (P.L. 115-97) (open access)

Issues in International Corporate Taxation: The 2017 Revision (P.L. 115-97)

This report discusses international tax laws and the 2017 tax reform bill. The report begins by explaining prior international tax rules and the revisions made in the new law. The second part of the report discusses the four major issues of concern under prior law-- allocation of investment, profit shifting, repatriation, and inversions--and how the new law addresses these concerns, or raises new ones. That section also discusses issues associated with international agreements. The final section summarizes commentary about problems and issues, including legal challenges and uncertainty, within the new international tax regime and options that have been suggested. That section discusses some of the more detailed rules.
Date: May 1, 2018
Creator: Gravelle, Jane G. & Marples, Donald J.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
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
Qatar: Governance, Security, and U.S. Policy (open access)

Qatar: Governance, Security, and U.S. Policy

This report discusses Qatar's political and governmental structure, economy, regional relations, and security and defense agreements with the United States.
Date: March 1, 2018
Creator: Katzman, Kenneth
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
[Program: 80th Annual State Conference, 2018] (open access)

[Program: 80th Annual State Conference, 2018]

Event program for the Colonial Dames 80th Annual State Conference on March 1 - 3, 2018. Only the cover page and Friday, March 2 agenda are present.
Date: 2018-03-01/2018-03-03
Creator: Texas Society Sons of the American Revolution, Dallas Chapter 2
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Leonard Graphic (Leonard, Tex.), Vol. 128, No. 5, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 1, 2018 (open access)

The Leonard Graphic (Leonard, Tex.), Vol. 128, No. 5, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 1, 2018

Weekly newspaper from Leonard, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: February 1, 2018
Creator: Blevins, Betsy
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History

Panoramic image of Flatonia Rail Park in Flatonia, Texas

Photograph of Flatonia Rail Park in Flatonia, Texas. This photograph is a stitched 360-degree panoramic image.
Date: March 1, 2018
Creator: Phillips, Mark Edward
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History