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The Opioid Epidemic and the Food and Drug Administration: Legal Authorities and Recent Agency Action (open access)

The Opioid Epidemic and the Food and Drug Administration: Legal Authorities and Recent Agency Action

This report focuses on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) as a key player in federal efforts to curb the opioid epidemic. It provides an overview of FDA's role in approving new prescription drugs, including challenges of approval and regulation of opioid products; addresses FDA's multifaceted approach in responding, including recent agency action; and concludes with a discussion of selected opioid-related legislation in the 115th Congress.
Date: June 5, 2018
Creator: Staman, Jennifer A.
System: The UNT Digital Library
International Trade and Finance: Overview and Issues for the 115th Congress (open access)

International Trade and Finance: Overview and Issues for the 115th Congress

This report discusses major topics of interest and debate in the 115th Congress related to trade and finance.
Date: March 5, 2018
Creator: Irace, Mary A. & Nelson, Rebecca M.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Wildfire Suppression Spending: Background, Issues, and Legislation in the 115th Congress (open access)

Wildfire Suppression Spending: Background, Issues, and Legislation in the 115th Congress

This report provides background information and analysis of federal funding for wildfire suppression operations on federal lands or for fires that began on federal land. The report provides a discussion of the issues facing Congress and concludes by summarizing several legislative proposals under consideration by the 115th Congress.
Date: October 5, 2017
Creator: Hoover, Katie & Lindsay, Bruce R.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Presidential Disability Under the Twenty-fifth Amendment: Constitutional Provisions and Perspectives for Congress (open access)

Presidential Disability Under the Twenty-fifth Amendment: Constitutional Provisions and Perspectives for Congress

This report provides a description and analysis of Sections 3 and 4 of the Twenty-Fifth Amendment, which deal with presidential disability or inability. It also reviews the history of presidential disability and earlier proposals to provide for such contingencies, provides a legislative history of the Twenty-Fifth Amendment and examines relevant legislative proposals pending in the 115th Congress.
Date: November 5, 2018
Creator: Neale, Thomas H.
System: The UNT Digital Library