Softwood Lumber Imports From Canada: Current Issues (open access)

Softwood Lumber Imports From Canada: Current Issues

This report examines the status and current issues surrounding Canadian softwood lumber imports since 2006. After providing background information on what constitutes softwood lumber, the stakeholders in the dispute, and the history of the dispute, the report introduces the 2006 SLA and analyzes its impacts on the U.S. lumber industry as well as on the trade relationship between the United States and Canada. Finally, the report discusses the potential issues Congress may consider when the agreement expires in 2015.
Date: August 27, 2015
Creator: Hoover, Katie & Fergusson, Ian F.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies: FY2015 Appropriations (open access)

Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies: FY2015 Appropriations

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Date: January 27, 2015
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Former Speakers of the House: Office Allowances, Franking Privileges, and Staff Assistance (open access)

Former Speakers of the House: Office Allowances, Franking Privileges, and Staff Assistance

This report is categorized into Four Categories: (I) Introduction, (II) Background, (III) Allowance Currently Available to Former Speakers and (IV) Funding and Restrictions on Use.
Date: May 27, 2015
Creator: Glassman, Matthew E.
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Parliamentary-Style Question Period: Proposals and Issues for Congress (open access)

A Parliamentary-Style Question Period: Proposals and Issues for Congress

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Date: May 27, 2015
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Tracking Federal Funds to States and Congressional Districts using USAspending.gov (open access)

Tracking Federal Funds to States and Congressional Districts using USAspending.gov

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Date: May 27, 2015
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Trade Adjustment Assistance for Workers (TAA) (open access)

Trade Adjustment Assistance for Workers (TAA)

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Date: January 27, 2015
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
H.R. 37 Derivatives Provision May Create Broader Exemption (open access)

H.R. 37 Derivatives Provision May Create Broader Exemption

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Date: March 27, 2015
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Commemorative Commissions: Overview, Structure, and Funding (open access)

Commemorative Commissions: Overview, Structure, and Funding

This report discusses the Commemorative Commissions that typically coordinate celebrations, Scholarly events, public gathering, and other activities , often to coincide with a milestone anniversary.
Date: May 27, 2015
Creator: Glassman, Matthew E. & Straus, Jacob R.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Antitrust Case Complicates Israel’s Energy Future (open access)

Antitrust Case Complicates Israel’s Energy Future

This report describes how Antitrust Case Complicates Israel’s Energy Future.
Date: February 27, 2015
Creator: Ratner, Michael & Zanotti, Jim
System: The UNT Digital Library
Procurement Debarment and Suspension of Government Contractors: Legal Overview (open access)

Procurement Debarment and Suspension of Government Contractors: Legal Overview

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Date: May 27, 2015
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
DOE’s Office of Science and the FY2016 Budget Request (open access)

DOE’s Office of Science and the FY2016 Budget Request

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Date: March 27, 2015
Creator: Gonzalez, Heather B.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Cyberwarfare and Cyberterrorism: In Brief (open access)

Cyberwarfare and Cyberterrorism: In Brief

This report discusses current domestic legal framework surrounding cyber warfare and cyber terrorism. It also points out cyber warfare ecosystem and Use of the Military: Offensive Cyberspace Operations.
Date: March 27, 2015
Creator: Theohary, Catherine A. & Rollins, John W.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Debt Limit: History and Recent Increases (open access)

The Debt Limit: History and Recent Increases

This report gives an overview of the federal debt limit, its history, and recent increases
Date: April 27, 2015
Creator: Austin, D. Andrew
System: The UNT Digital Library
EPA and the Army Corps’ Proposed Rule to Define “Waters of the United States" (open access)

EPA and the Army Corps’ Proposed Rule to Define “Waters of the United States"

This report describes the proposed rule and includes a table comparing the existing regulatory language that defines "waters of the United States" with the proposed revisions.
Date: February 27, 2015
Creator: Copeland, Claudia
System: The UNT Digital Library
E.O. 13690 and the Federal Flood Risk Management Standard (open access)

E.O. 13690 and the Federal Flood Risk Management Standard

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Date: May 27, 2015
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
District of Columbia: A Brief Review of Provisions in District of Columbia Appropriations Acts Restricting the Funding of Abortion Services (open access)

District of Columbia: A Brief Review of Provisions in District of Columbia Appropriations Acts Restricting the Funding of Abortion Services

This report provides a Brief Review of Provisions in District of Columbia Appropriations Acts Restricting the Funding of Abortion Services in the District of Columbia.
Date: August 27, 2015
Creator: Boyd, Eugene
System: The UNT Digital Library
SBA Surety Bond Guarantee Program (open access)

SBA Surety Bond Guarantee Program

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Date: May 27, 2015
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Iran: Interim Nuclear Agreement and Talks on a Comprehensive Accord (open access)

Iran: Interim Nuclear Agreement and Talks on a Comprehensive Accord

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Date: March 27, 2015
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
FY2016 Agriculture and Related Agencies Appropriations: In Brief (open access)

FY2016 Agriculture and Related Agencies Appropriations: In Brief

This report provides a brief of the agriculture and related agencies appropriations of the Fiscal Year 2016.
Date: May 27, 2015
Creator: Monke, Jim
System: The UNT Digital Library
Preschool Development Grants and Race to the Top-Early Learning Challenge Grants: A Primer (open access)

Preschool Development Grants and Race to the Top-Early Learning Challenge Grants: A Primer

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Date: April 27, 2015
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Senate Committee Expenditures Resolutions, 114th Congress, and Funding Authorizations Since 1999 (open access)

Senate Committee Expenditures Resolutions, 114th Congress, and Funding Authorizations Since 1999

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Date: February 27, 2015
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Reaching the Debt Limit: Background and Potential Effects on Government Operations (open access)

Reaching the Debt Limit: Background and Potential Effects on Government Operations

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Date: March 27, 2015
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
U.S. Relations with Burma: Key Issues for 2015 (open access)

U.S. Relations with Burma: Key Issues for 2015

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Date: April 27, 2015
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
House Office of Congressional Ethics: History, Authority, and Procedures (open access)

House Office of Congressional Ethics: History, Authority, and Procedures

This report describes the history and rationale behind the creation of the OCE, its operations, and its relationship with the House Committee on Ethics, and options potentially available for Congress if further amendments to the House ethics process are desired.
Date: January 27, 2015
Creator: Straus, Jacob R.
System: The UNT Digital Library