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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
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Block Grants: Perspectives and Controversies (open access)

Block Grants: Perspectives and Controversies

This report provides an overview of the six grant types with criteria for defining a block grant and a list of current block grants. It also examines competing perspectives concerning the use of block grants versus other grant mechanisms to achieve national goals, provides an historical overview of the role of block grants in American federalism, and discusses recent changes to existing block grants and proposals to create new ones.
Date: July 5, 2014
Creator: Dilger, Robert Jay & Boyd, Eugene
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Greensheet (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 43, No. 272, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 5, 2012 (open access)

The Greensheet (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 43, No. 272, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 5, 2012

Free weekly newspaper that includes business and classified advertising.
Date: July 5, 2012
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Greensheet (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 42, No. 266, Ed. 1 Tuesday, July 5, 2011 (open access)

The Greensheet (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 42, No. 266, Ed. 1 Tuesday, July 5, 2011

Free weekly newspaper that includes business and classified advertising.
Date: July 5, 2011
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Greensheet (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 42, No. 265, Ed. 1 Tuesday, July 5, 2011 (open access)

The Greensheet (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 42, No. 265, Ed. 1 Tuesday, July 5, 2011

Free weekly newspaper that includes business and classified advertising.
Date: July 5, 2011
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Port Aransas South Jetty (Port Aransas, Tex.), Vol. 41, No. 27, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 5, 2012 (open access)

Port Aransas South Jetty (Port Aransas, Tex.), Vol. 41, No. 27, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 5, 2012

Weekly newspaper from Port Aransas, Texas on Mustang Island that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: July 5, 2012
Creator: Judson, Mary Henkel
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Greensheet (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 43, No. 273, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 5, 2012 (open access)

The Greensheet (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 43, No. 273, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 5, 2012

Free weekly newspaper that includes business and classified advertising.
Date: July 5, 2012
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Flying high] (open access)

[Clipping: Flying high]

Sheet from the Local & State ("B") section of the StarNews newspaper from July 2010 including the first and last two pages of the section. It includes the text of an article (starting on 2B) about Helen Wyatt Snapp and her experience as a female pilot during WWII. The article includes photographs of Snapp in her youth after receiving a Congressional Gold Medal. There is a handwritten note beside the article, reading, "Helen, Thank you! Hope you enjoy it. Chris Mudarri." This section includes a number of other articles and advertisements, as well as the weather forecast on the back page.
Date: July 5, 2010
Creator: Mudarri, Chris
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
Section 232 Investigations: Overview and Issues for Congress (open access)

Section 232 Investigations: Overview and Issues for Congress

This report provides an overview of Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962, which provides the President with the ability to impose restrictions on certain imports based on an affirmative determination by the U.S. Department of Commerce that the product under investigation "is being imported into the United States in such quantities or under such circumstances as to threaten to impair the national security." It also analyzes the Trump Administration's Section 232 investigations and actions, and considers potential policy and economic implications and issues for Congress.
Date: July 5, 2018
Creator: Fefer, Rachel F.; Jones, Vivian C.; Hammond, Keigh E.; Murrill, Brandon J.; Platzer, Michaela D. & Williams, Brock R.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Congressional Review Act: Determining Which "Rules" Must Be Submitted to Congress (open access)

The Congressional Review Act: Determining Which "Rules" Must Be Submitted to Congress

This report describes what types of agency actions can be overturned using the Congressional Review Act (CRA) by providing a close examination and discussion of the statutory definition of "rule." It also explains how Members can use the CRA to overturn agency rules that have not been submitted to Congress.
Date: July 5, 2018
Creator: Brannon, Valerie C. & Carey, Maeve P.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies: FY2013 Appropriations (open access)

Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies: FY2013 Appropriations

This report discusses federal government funding for the Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies appropriations bill, which provides funding for the planning, design, construction, alteration, and improvement of facilities used by active and reserve military components worldwide.
Date: July 5, 2012
Creator: Else, Daniel H.; Scott, Christine & Panangala, Sidath Viranga
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
House Offset Amendments to Appropriations Bills: Procedural Considerations (open access)

House Offset Amendments to Appropriations Bills: Procedural Considerations

This report is an introduction to selected House rules and practices governing the consideration of offset amendments to appropriations measures considered in the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union (or Committee of the Whole).
Date: July 5, 2011
Creator: Streeter, Sandy
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Federal Funding for Wildfire Control and Management (open access)

Federal Funding for Wildfire Control and Management

This report looks at four issues dominating wildfire funding debates: the high cost of fire management, funding for fuel reduction, the federal role in protecting nonfederal lands, and post-fire rehabilitation. The Forest Service (FS) and the Department of the Interior (DOI) are responsible for protecting most federal lands from wildfires, however, many in Congress are concerned that wildfire costs are spiraling upward without a reduction in damages.
Date: July 5, 2011
Creator: Gorte, Ross W.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Definition of “Supervisor” Under the National Labor Relations Act (open access)

The Definition of “Supervisor” Under the National Labor Relations Act

This report discusses the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) and their attempts to define the term "supervisor" in the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) so that such employees can join or form a labor union as regular employees.
Date: July 5, 2012
Creator: Mayer, Gerald & Shimabukuro, Jon O.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Naples Monitor (Naples, Tex.), Vol. 126, No. 21, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 5, 2012 (open access)

The Naples Monitor (Naples, Tex.), Vol. 126, No. 21, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 5, 2012

Weekly newspaper from Naples, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: July 5, 2012
Creator: Craig, Morris
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Greensheet (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 36, No. 96, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 5, 2012 (open access)

The Greensheet (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 36, No. 96, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 5, 2012

Free weekly newspaper that includes business and classified advertising.
Date: July 5, 2012
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Greensheet (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 35, No. 22, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 5, 2012 (open access)

The Greensheet (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 35, No. 22, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 5, 2012

Free weekly newspaper that includes business and classified advertising.
Date: July 5, 2012
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Greensheet (Arlington-Grand Prairie, Tex.), Vol. 36, No. 94, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 5, 2012 (open access)

The Greensheet (Arlington-Grand Prairie, Tex.), Vol. 36, No. 94, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 5, 2012

Free weekly newspaper that includes business and classified advertising.
Date: July 5, 2012
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Greensheet (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 36, No. 95, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 5, 2012 (open access)

The Greensheet (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 36, No. 95, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 5, 2012

Free weekly newspaper that includes business and classified advertising.
Date: July 5, 2012
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Economic Effects of Trade: Overview and Policy Challenges (open access)

The Economic Effects of Trade: Overview and Policy Challenges

This report focuses on some of the major issues associated with trade and trade agreements and the impact of trade on the U.S. economy. Discussions of trade and trade agreements often focus on a number of issues, including the role that trade plays in the U.S. economy, the impact of trade agreements on employment gains and losses, and the size of the U.S. trade deficit.
Date: July 5, 2016
Creator: Jackson, James K.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
North American Leaders' Summit (open access)

North American Leaders' Summit

This report discusses the 10th annual North American Leaders' Summit (NALS), in which Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau hosted President Barack Obama and Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
Date: July 5, 2016
Creator: Villarreal, M. A.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Gilmer Mirror (Gilmer, Tex.), Vol. 137, No. 54, Ed. 1 Saturday, July 5, 2014 (open access)

The Gilmer Mirror (Gilmer, Tex.), Vol. 137, No. 54, Ed. 1 Saturday, July 5, 2014

Semi-weekly newspaper from Gilmer, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: July 5, 2014
Creator: Overton, Mac
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Observer III (Lexington, Okla.), Vol. 6, No. 7, Ed. 1 Tuesday, July 5, 2016 (open access)

The Observer III (Lexington, Okla.), Vol. 6, No. 7, Ed. 1 Tuesday, July 5, 2016

Monthly newspaper from Lexington, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: July 5, 2016
Creator: Murphy, Lou Ann
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
De Leon Free Press (De Leon, Tex.), Vol. 123, No. 2, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 5, 2012 (open access)

De Leon Free Press (De Leon, Tex.), Vol. 123, No. 2, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 5, 2012

Weekly newspaper from De Leon, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: July 5, 2012
Creator: Kestner, Laura
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History