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Can the Government Prohibit 18-Year Olds From Purchasing Firearms?
This report discusses whether the federal government can prevent 18 year old individuals from buying firearms. The report examines case law regarding the issue.
Date:
March 13, 2018
Creator:
Garcia, Michael John
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS)
This report provides information about the structure, role, and funding of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS).
Date:
March 13, 2018
Creator:
Jackson, James K.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs Funding for FY2016 and FY2017
This report provides an overview of Congressional funding for medical research programs in FY2016 and FY2017.
Date:
March 13, 2018
Creator:
Peters, Heidi M. & Vassalotti, Michael J.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Navy Columbia (SSBN-826) Class Ballistic Missile Submarine Program: Background and Issues for Congress
This report provides background information and potential oversight issues for Congress on the Columbia-class program, a program to design and build a new class of 12 ballistic missile submarines (SSBNs) to replace the Navy's current force of 14 Ohio-class SSBNs.
Date:
March 13, 2018
Creator:
O'Rourke, Ronald
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The President Acts to Impose Tariffs on Steel and Aluminium Imports
This report discusses President Trump's announcement of new tariffs on steel and aluminium imports in response to a Department of Commerce report which stated that imported steel and aluminium was harming national security.
Date:
March 13, 2018
Creator:
Fefer, Rachel F. & Jones, Vivian C.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Russia's 2018 Presidential Election
This report discusses the 2018 Russian presidential elections and the strict control exercised by the Russian government over the election process and candidates allowed to run. Brief overviews of all the candidates are provided as well as notable absences from the election along with possible plans for the future by President Vladimir Putin.
Date:
March 13, 2018
Creator:
Welt, Cory
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Tax-Preferred College Savings Plan: An Introduction to Coverdells
This report describes the mechanics of Coverdell college savings plans and examines the specific tax advantages of these plans. Specifically, this report reviews the major parameters of Coverdells and then examines the income and gift tax treatment of Coverdells, using a stylized example to illustrate key concepts. The report also examines the tax treatment of rollovers and the interaction of Coverdells with other education tax benefits. Finally, the report looks at how Coverdells affect a student's eligibility for federal need-based student aid.
Date:
March 13, 2018
Creator:
Crandall-Hollick, Margot L.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Diversity Immigrants' Regions and Countries of Origin: Fact Sheet
This report provides data on the regional and national origins of diversity immigrants (DV immigrants) and how they have shifted over time.
Date:
February 13, 2018
Creator:
Wilson, Jill H.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Ecuador: In Brief
This report discusses Ecuador's political and governmental structure (including the 2017 elections), economy, and their relationship with the U.S.
Date:
February 13, 2018
Creator:
Beittel, June S.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Federal Disaster Assistance: The National Flood Insurance Program and Other Federal Disaster Assistance Programs Available to Individuals and Households After a Flood
This report discusses federal disaster relief programs, such as the National Flood Insurance Program, available to people after a flood.
Date:
February 13, 2018
Creator:
Horn, Diane P.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Introduction to the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP)
This report provides a brief overview of the National Flood Insurance Program(NFIP) and its funding and authorization status.
Date:
February 13, 2018
Creator:
Horn, Diane P. & Brown, Jared T.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
National Flood Insurance Program: Selected Issues and Legislation in the 115th Congress
This report discusses legislation and debates regarding the National Flood Insurance Program in the 115th Congress.
Date:
February 13, 2018
Creator:
Horn, Diane P.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Nonstrategic Nuclear Weapons
This report provides basic information about U.S. and Russian nonstrategic nuclear weapons. It begins with a brief discussion of how these weapons have appeared in public debates in the past few decades, then summarizes the differences between strategic and nonstrategic nuclear weapons. It then provides some historical background, describing the numbers and types of nonstrategic nuclear weapons deployed by both nations during the Cold War and in the past decade; the policies that guided the deployment and prospective use of these weapons; measures that the two sides have taken to reduce and contain their forces, and the 2018 NPR's recommendation for the deployment of new U.S. nonstrategic nuclear weapons. The report reviews the issues that have been raised with regard to U.S. and Russian nonstrategic nuclear weapons, and summarizes a number of policy options that might be explored by Congress, the United States, Russia, and other nations to address these issues.
Date:
February 13, 2018
Creator:
Woolf, Amy F.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Veterans Health Administration and Medical Education: In Brief
This report discusses the Veterans Health Administration (VA) program for medical training and its funding.
Date:
February 13, 2018
Creator:
Heisler, Elayne J. & Panangala, Sidath Viranga
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Afghanistan: Post-Taliban Governance, Security, and U.S. Policy
This report discusses Afghanistan's history of conflict, governmental structure, human rights issues, and security policies and initiatives. A special focus is put on the U.S. involvement in Afghan security and ongoing fights against the Taliban and other terrorist groups and U.S. aid to Afghanistan both economically and militarily. It includes fiscal year 2018 aid requests for both military assistance and economic and humanitarian aid.
Date:
December 13, 2017
Creator:
Katzman, Kenneth & Thomas, Clayton
System:
The UNT Digital Library
China-U.S. Naval Modernization: Implications for U.S. Navy Capabilities-Background and Issues for Congress
This report provides background information and issues for Congress on China's naval modernization effort and its implications for U.S. Navy capabilities. For an overview of the strategic and budgetary context in which China's naval modernization effort and its implications for U.S. Navy capabilities may be considered, see Appendix A.
Date:
December 13, 2017
Creator:
O'Rourke, Ronald
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Cluster Munitions: Background and Issues for Congress
This report discusses cluster munitions and their use and dangers. U.S. policy regarding them is discussed including the November 2017 rule issued by the DOD which relaxed standards for cluster munitions to allow the use of munitions that did not gave a 1% or less unexploded submunitions rate in extreme war situations reversing a 2008 rule.
Date:
December 13, 2017
Creator:
Feickert, Andrew & Kerr, Paul K.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Introduction to U.S. Economy: The Business Cycle and Growth
This report describes the concept of business cycles and their effect on the economy.
Date:
December 13, 2017
Creator:
Stupak, Jeffrey M.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Navy Ship Names: Background for Congress
This report describes the naming process for U.S. naval ships and various regulations regarding the process. Recent legislation related to ship names is also included.
Date:
December 13, 2017
Creator:
O'Rourke, Ronald
System:
The UNT Digital Library
21st Century Flood Reform Act (H.R. 2874): Reforming the National Flood Insurance Program
This report discusses the National Flood Insurance Act and the proposed 21st Century Flood Reform Act in the House. House leaders submitted an Amendment in the Nature of a Substitute (H.R. 2874ANS) on November 6, 2017, that would modify H.R. 2874, the 21st Century Flood Reform Act, to add provisions from the six other bills approved by the House Financial Services Committee. H.R. 2874 would authorize the NFIP until September 30, 2022. This report summarizes selected provisions of the bill, concentrating on changes related to premiums and surcharges, affordability, increasing participation, the role of private insurance, treatment of multiple loss properties, and some provisions related to floodplain mapping and mitigation.
Date:
November 13, 2017
Creator:
Horne, Diane P.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
EPA Proposes to Repeal the Clean Power Plan
This report discuses the EPA proposal in October 2017 to repeal the "Clean Power Plan" due to their determination after review of the rule that it exceeded their statutory authority to implement it. Steps in the process of repealing the rule, the outcome of the current court case regarding the rule, and possible replacement rules regarding Carbon dioxide emissions and power plants.
Date:
November 13, 2017
Creator:
Tsang, Linda
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Flood-Risk Reduction and Resilience: Federal Assistance and Programs
This report provides an overview of flood assistance programs and the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) related mitigation incentives; it also raises flood-related policy considerations associated with federal programs and practices.
Date:
November 13, 2017
Creator:
Carter, Nicole T.; Horne, Diane P.; Brown, Jared T.; Boyd, Eugene; Stubbs, Megan; Ramseur, Jonathan L. et al.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Potential Effects of a U.S. NAFTA Withdrawal: Agricultural Markets
This report examines some of the potential consequences to U.S. agricultural markets of a U.S. withdrawal from NAFTA, focusing on the possibility that higher tariffs could be imposed on U.S. imports and exports. In particular, under a NAFTA withdrawal, it is likely that most-favored nation (MFN) tariffs would be imposed on agricultural products traded among the NAFTA countries instead of the current zero tariff (i.e., duty-free trade) for most agricultural products. In general, MFN tariffs on U.S. agricultural imports would likely raise prices both to U.S. consumers and other end users, such as manufacturers of value-added food products.
Date:
November 13, 2017
Creator:
Johnson, Renée
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Tax Reform: The Child Credit and the Child Care Credit
This report discusses the child credit and the child care credit and what changes are being made to them in the new tax reform plan currently being debated. This report provides background to help assess who would be assisted by potential changes to either credit. It shows what types of families with children receive both credits and how the credits are distributed across the income distribution.
Date:
November 13, 2017
Creator:
Crandall-Hollick, Margot L. & Falk, Gene
System:
The UNT Digital Library