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Afghanistan: Politics, Elections, and Government Performance
This report discusses the current political state of Afghanistan and the Afghan government. It also discusses Afghanistan's relationship with the United States, particularly U.S. efforts to urge President Hamid Karzai to address corruption within the Afghan government.
Date:
January 12, 2015
Creator:
Katzman, Kenneth
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Biomass Crop Assistance Program (BCAP): Status and Issues
This report provides a description of BCAP's main components along with a discussion of program funding and implementation results.
Date:
January 12, 2015
Creator:
McMinimy, Mark A.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Medicaid Financial Eligibility for Long-Term Services and Supports
None
Date:
January 12, 2015
Creator:
unknown
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Offender Reentry: Correctional Statistics, Reintegration into the Community, and Recidivism
None
Date:
January 12, 2015
Creator:
unknown
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Temporary Protected Status: Current Immigration Policy and Issues
This report is a brief overview of current policies regarding temporary protected status (TPS), which is relief from removal under the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA). It includes information about humanitarian migrants, temporary protected status, other blanket forms of relief, nationalities receiving protections, and issues with TPS, as well as recent legislation.
Date:
January 12, 2015
Creator:
Seghetti, Lisa; Ester, Karma & Wasem, Ruth Ellen
System:
The UNT Digital Library
USDA’s “GIPSA Rule” on Livestock and Poultry Marketing Practices
None
Date:
January 12, 2015
Creator:
unknown
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Wilderness: Legislation and Issues in the 114th Congress
This report presents background information on wilderness protection and a discussion of issues in the wilderness debate--the pros and cons of wilderness designation generally; possible considerations for specific legislation; and a discussion of possible wilderness study area designation and protection. This report will also track the status of legislation introduced in the 114th Congress to designated new wilderness or release or release wilderness study areas.
Date:
January 12, 2015
Creator:
Hoover, Katie; Alexander, Kristina & Johnson, Sandra L.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Wilderness: Overview and Statistics
In 1964, the Wilderness Act established a national system of congressionally designated areas to be preserved in a wilderness condition: “where the earth and its community of life are untrammeled by man, where man himself is a visitor who does not remain.” This report provides a brief history of wilderness, describes what wilderness is, identifies permitted and prohibited uses in wilderness areas, and provides data on the 109.8 million acres of designated wilderness areas as of January 1, 2015.
Date:
January 12, 2015
Creator:
Hoover, Katie
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The World Trade Organization at 20
None
Date:
January 12, 2015
Creator:
Fergusson, Ian F.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Child Welfare: An Overview of Federal Programs and Their Current Funding
This report provides information about An Overview of Federal Programs and Their Current Funding on Child Welfare.
Date:
February 12, 2015
Creator:
Stoltzfus, Emilie
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Community Health Center Fund: In Brief
This report provides information on the Community Health Center Fund (CHCF) that may be useful for discussions about the fund's future. Specifically, it includes information on: the types of grants awarded, total funds disbursed, and the amount of CHCF funds that facilities in each state and territory received.
Date:
February 12, 2015
Creator:
Heisler, Elayne J.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The President’s FY2016 Military Construction Budget Request
None
Date:
February 12, 2015
Creator:
unknown
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Small Business Administration 7(a) Loan Guaranty Program
None
Date:
February 12, 2015
Creator:
unknown
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Traditional and Roth Individual Retirement Accounts (IRAs): A Primer
This report describes the primary features of two common retirement savings accounts that are available to individuals. Although the accounts have many features in common, they differ in some very important aspects. Both traditional and Roth IRAs offer tax incentives to encourage individuals to save for retirement.
Date:
February 12, 2015
Creator:
Topoleski, John J.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
U.S. Secret Service Protection
None
Date:
February 12, 2015
Creator:
unknown
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Ukraine: Current Issues and U.S. Policy
This report offers background information on Ukraine's current political and economic situation. It also discusses U.S. policy, U.S. aid to Ukraine, the congressional response, and related legislation.
Date:
February 12, 2015
Creator:
Woehrel, Steven
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Chicken Imports from China
This report covers a couple of key factors regarding poultry trade from China to the United States. It reviews guidelines set in motion by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (U.S.D.A.) Food and Safety Inspection Service (F.S.I.S.).
Date:
March 12, 2015
Creator:
Greene, Joel L.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The FCC's Rules and Policies Regarding Media Ownership, Attribution, and Ownership Diversity
This report discusses the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) broadcast media ownership rules, which restrict the number of media outlets that a single entity may own or control. Its attribution rules define which relationships the FCC counts as ownership. In 2004 and again in 2011, the U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit, directed the FCC to review its broadcast ownership diversity policies in conjunction with the media ownership rules.
Date:
March 12, 2015
Creator:
Scherer, Dana A.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
FY2016 Budget Documents: Internet and GPO Availability
None
Date:
March 12, 2015
Creator:
Nagel, Jared Conrad
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The "Islamic State" Crisis and U.S. Policy
This report discusses the current crisis involving the Islamic State, which is a transnational Sunni Islamist insurgent and terrorist group that has expanded its control over areas of parts of Iraq and Syria since 2013.
Date:
March 12, 2015
Creator:
Blanchard, Christopher M.; Humud, Carla E.; Katzman, Kenneth & Weed, Matthew C.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oman: Reform, Security, and U.S. Policy
None
Date:
March 12, 2015
Creator:
unknown
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Senate Committee Hearings: Arranging Witnesses
None
Date:
March 12, 2015
Creator:
unknown
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Senate Committee Hearings: Scheduling and Notification
None
Date:
March 12, 2015
Creator:
unknown
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The America COMPETES Acts: An Overview
This report discusses the COMPETES acts, policy debate and implementation status, enactment and re authorization and concluding observation.
Date:
May 12, 2015
Creator:
Gonzalez, Heather B.
System:
The UNT Digital Library