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Mineola Monitor (Mineola, Tex.), Vol. 141, No. 14, Ed. 1 Wednesday, April 6, 2016 (open access)

Mineola Monitor (Mineola, Tex.), Vol. 141, No. 14, Ed. 1 Wednesday, April 6, 2016

Weekly newspaper from Mineola, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: April 6, 2016
Creator: Newman, Doris
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
North Texas Daily (Denton, Tex.), Vol. 108, No. 6, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 6, 2016 (open access)

North Texas Daily (Denton, Tex.), Vol. 108, No. 6, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 6, 2016

Weekly student newspaper from the University of North Texas in Denton, Texas that includes local, state, and campus news along with advertising.
Date: October 6, 2016
Creator: LaFerney, Dalton
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Mineola Monitor (Mineola, Tex.), Vol. 141, No. 1, Ed. 1 Wednesday, January 6, 2016 (open access)

Mineola Monitor (Mineola, Tex.), Vol. 141, No. 1, Ed. 1 Wednesday, January 6, 2016

Weekly newspaper from Mineola, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: January 6, 2016
Creator: Newman, Doris
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Mineola Monitor (Mineola, Tex.), Vol. 141, No. 27, Ed. 1 Wednesday, July 6, 2016 (open access)

Mineola Monitor (Mineola, Tex.), Vol. 141, No. 27, Ed. 1 Wednesday, July 6, 2016

Weekly newspaper from Mineola, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: July 6, 2016
Creator: Newman, Doris
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
U.S. Sugar Program Fundamentals (open access)

U.S. Sugar Program Fundamentals

This report discusses the U.S. sugar program, which is singular among major agricultural commodity programs in that it combines a floor price guarantee with a supply management structure that encompasses both domestic production for human use and sugar imports.
Date: April 6, 2016
Creator: McMinimy, Mark A.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Peru: Politics, Economy, and Elections in Brief (open access)

Peru: Politics, Economy, and Elections in Brief

This report provides an overview of Peru's political, economic, and security conditions and of U.S.-Peruvian relations.
Date: April 6, 2016
Creator: Taft-Morales, Maureen
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
U.S. Crude Oil Exports to International Destinations (open access)

U.S. Crude Oil Exports to International Destinations

This report discusses the export of crude oil produced in the United States and policy considerations in the wake of a provision contained in P.L. 114-113 which repealed a 40-year prohibition on the export.
Date: April 6, 2016
Creator: Brown, Phillip
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Cuba: U.S. Restrictions on Travel and Remittances (open access)

Cuba: U.S. Restrictions on Travel and Remittances

This report examines developments in U.S. policy restricting travel and remittances to Cuba, including significant changes that have occurred, current permissible travel and remittances, enforcement of the travel restrictions, and debate on lifting the travel restrictions.
Date: April 6, 2016
Creator: Sullivan, Mark P.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Military Retirement: Background and Recent Developments (open access)

Military Retirement: Background and Recent Developments

This report discusses the military retirement system. The system currently includes monthly compensation for qualified active and reserve retirees, disability benefits for those deemed medically unfit to serve, and a survivor annuity program for the eligible survivors of deceased retirees.
Date: April 6, 2016
Creator: Kamarck, Kristy N.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Afghanistan: Post-Taliban Governance, Security, and U.S. Policy (open access)

Afghanistan: Post-Taliban Governance, Security, and U.S. Policy

This report examines the current political state of Afghanistan at length, discussing the political background, security policy, and regional relations.
Date: June 6, 2016
Creator: Katzman, Kenneth
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
India-U.S. Relations and the Visit of Prime Minister Modi (open access)

India-U.S. Relations and the Visit of Prime Minister Modi

This report briefly discusses Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's "working visit" to Washington D.C. that will include addressing Congress, the first such address by an Indian leader since 2005.
Date: June 6, 2016
Creator: Kronstadt, K. Alan & Akhtar, Shayerah I.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Internships in Congressional Offices: Frequently Asked Questions (open access)

Internships in Congressional Offices: Frequently Asked Questions

This report addresses frequently asked questions (FAQs) about congressional interns and internships. It is intended to provide information to congressional offices about the role of interns and to provide a summary of some of the policies and guidance provided by the House and the Senate related to internships. It addresses the House and Senate rules that apply to congressional internships, factors that may affect an office's selection process and an individual's eligibility to serve in an internship, and some of the congressional resources and training opportunities available for interns.
Date: May 6, 2016
Creator: Eckman, Sarah J.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Delivery Drones: Coming to the Sky Near You? (open access)

Delivery Drones: Coming to the Sky Near You?

This legal sidebar briefly examines the prospect of highly-automated fleets of drones being used routinely to deliver packages, which raises a number of legal questions.
Date: May 6, 2016
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Legislative Procedures for Adjusting the Public Debt Limit: A Brief Overview (open access)

Legislative Procedures for Adjusting the Public Debt Limit: A Brief Overview

This report discusses the procedure for adjusting the public debt limit. Nearly all of the outstanding debt of the federal government is subject to a statutory limit, which is set forth as a dollar limitation in 31 U.S.C. 3101(b). From time to time, Congress considers and passes legislation to adjust or suspend this limit.
Date: May 6, 2016
Creator: Heniff, Bill, Jr.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The FDA Medical Device User Fee Program: MDUFA IV Reauthorization (open access)

The FDA Medical Device User Fee Program: MDUFA IV Reauthorization

This report describes current law regarding medical device user fees, the impact of Medical Device User Fee and Modernization Act (MDUFMA) on Federal Drug Administration (FDA) review time of various medical device applications, and the agency's medical device program budget.
Date: June 6, 2016
Creator: Johnson, Judith A.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
What, If Anything, Has Judge Garland Said About the Second Amendment and Guns? (open access)

What, If Anything, Has Judge Garland Said About the Second Amendment and Guns?

This legal sidebar briefly examines D.C. Circuit Judge Merrick Garland's views on the second amendment.
Date: May 6, 2016
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Disaster Unemployment Assistance (DUA) (open access)

Disaster Unemployment Assistance (DUA)

This report contains information on how to ascertain if an individual is eligible for Disaster Unemployment Assistance (DUA) benefits, which are available only to those individuals who have become unemployed as a direct result of a declared major disaster. DUA is funded through the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and is administered by the Department of Labor (DOL) through each state's UC agency.
Date: June 6, 2016
Creator: Whittaker, Julie M.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
FinCEN Seeks Shell-Company Transparency (open access)

FinCEN Seeks Shell-Company Transparency

This legal sidebar discusses the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network's (FinCEN) rules outlining anti-money laundering due diligence requirements. These rules require certain financial institutions to identify and verify beneficial owners of legal entity customers.
Date: June 6, 2016
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Brazil in Crisis (open access)

Brazil in Crisis

Brazil is in the midst of deepening economic and political crises that are closely intertwined and unlikely to be resolved quickly. This report briefly examines the political situation and discusses public opinion regarding the Rousseff Administration.
Date: April 6, 2016
Creator: Meyer, Peter J.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Municipal Broadband: Background and Policy Debate (open access)

Municipal Broadband: Background and Policy Debate

This report discusses the debate surrounding Municipal Broadband, which is controversial because it involves governmental entities entering a commercial telecommunications marketplace that had previously been the exclusive domain of private sector providers.
Date: April 6, 2016
Creator: Kruger, Lennard G. & Gilroy, Angele A.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Revisions to the Endangered Species Act (ESA) Special Rule for the African Elephant (open access)

Revisions to the Endangered Species Act (ESA) Special Rule for the African Elephant

This report answers questions about the revisions to the Endangered Species Act Special Rule for the African elephant. Questions include: why didn't the Service ban all ivory trade, What is the U.S. role in illegal elephant ivory trade, how do the changes to the African elephant rule affect trade in African elephant ivory. Additional questions and answers are included in the report.
Date: July 6, 2016
Creator: United States. Fish and Wildlife Service.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Leadership Succession in Uzbekistan (open access)

Leadership Succession in Uzbekistan

This report discusses the succession of Uzbekistan President, Islam Karimov. The 78-year-old Karimov served as Uzbekistan's only President from the time of its independence from the former Soviet Union in 1991.
Date: September 6, 2016
Creator: Mann, Christopher T.; Nelson, Gabriel M.; Skorupski, Bolko J. & Katzman, Kenneth
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Argentina: Background and U.S. Relations (open access)

Argentina: Background and U.S. Relations

This report provides background on the political and economic situation in Argentina and U.S.-Argentine relations. It also summarizes political and economic conditions in Argentina and issues in Argentine-U.S. relations.
Date: September 6, 2016
Creator: Sullivan, Mark P. & Nelson, Rebecca M.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Brazil in Crisis (open access)

Brazil in Crisis

This report examines the current political and economic climate in Brazil, which is in the midst of severe economic and political crises that are closely intertwined and unlikely to be resolved quickly.
Date: July 6, 2016
Creator: Meyer, Peter J.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library