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Health Care for Veterans: Suicide Prevention
This report focuses on suicide prevention activities of the Veterans Health Administration within the Department of Veterans Affairs.
Date:
March 19, 2015
Creator:
Bagalman, Erin
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Defense Spending and the Budget Control Act Limits
This report discusses the Budget Control Act, which sets limits on defense spending between FY2012 and FY2021. The current debate in Congress has centered on whether to adjust the BCA defense caps upward; move base budget spending to accounts designated for Overseas Contingency Operations (OCO) that are not subject to spending limits; reduce the defense spending in the Administration's request to comply with BCA revised caps; or use some combination of these approaches, all in order to avoid a sequester.
Date:
May 19, 2015
Creator:
Belasco, Amy
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Is Biopower Carbon Neutral?
This report discusses some factors taken into account when considering whether biopower is carbon neutral. It does not discuss carbon accounting for other bioenergy pathways.
Date:
February 19, 2015
Creator:
Bracmort, Kelsi
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Federal Aid for Reconstruction of Houses of Worship: A Legal Analysis
This report examines the constitutional rules governing federal funding for religious buildings and analyzes the Court's previous decisions on this issue. It also analyzes more recent lower court and administrative opinions that have distinguished the Court's decisions and allowed public funds to be awarded to houses of worship.
Date:
October 19, 2015
Creator:
Brown, Cynthia
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Legislative Branch Agency Appointments: History, Processes, and Recent Actions
This report contains information on the legislative branch agency heads' appointment processes, length of tenures (if terms are set), reappointment or removal provisions (if any), salaries and benefits, and most recent appointments.
Date:
October 19, 2015
Creator:
Brudnick, Ida A.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Syrian Refugee Admissions and Resettlement in the United States: In Brief
To assist Congress in addressing issues related to Syrian refugees and U.S. refugee policy generally, this report details the U.S. refugee admissions process and the placement and resettlement of arriving refugees in the United States.
Date:
November 19, 2015
Creator:
Bruno, Andorra
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
House of Representatives Staff Levels in Member, Committee, Leadership, and Other Offices, 1977-2014
This report provides staffing levels in House Member, committee, leadership, and other offices since 1977.
Date:
March 19, 2015
Creator:
Chausow, Lara E.; Petersen, R. Eric & Wilhelm, Amber H.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Paris Attacks and "Going Dark": Intelligence-Related Issues to Consider
This report discusses intelligence efforts on tracking numerous individuals involved in the deadly assault in Paris on November 13, 2015.
Date:
November 19, 2015
Creator:
Daugherty Miles, Anne
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Federal Affirmative Action Law: A Brief History
This report provides a brief history of federal affirmative action law, including legal and political developments at the federal, state, and local levels. It describes the origins, affirmative action in public education, minority contracting, and recent developments as of 2015.
Date:
October 19, 2015
Creator:
Feder, Jody
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
U.S. Special Operations Forces (SOF): Background and Issues for Congress
This report discusses Special Operations Forces (SOF), which play a significant role in U.S. military operations and, in recent years, have been given greater responsibility for planning and conducting worldwide counterterrorism operations. A potential issue for Congress is the Administration's decision to send U.S. SOF forces to Syria.
Date:
November 19, 2015
Creator:
Feickert, Andrew
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Timeline Related to Health Insurance and Exchange Rules: Backdrop to King v. Burwell
This report provides a timeline that identifies selected 2015 dates related to exchange establishment and operation, legislative calendars, and regulation of the individual health insurance market, among other issues.
Date:
June 19, 2015
Creator:
Fernandez, Bernadette; Mach, Annie L. & Uberoi, Namrata K.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Candidates, Groups, and the Campaign Finance Environment
This report briefly discusses the current campaign finance environment and the implications of changes to campaign finance policy over the past several decades.
Date:
May 19, 2015
Creator:
Garrett, R. S.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Creating a Federal Advisory Committee in the Executive Branch
This report provides a brief overview on how Congress can establish federal advisory committees, and provides some considerations as to why a federal advisory committee may or may not be an appropriate mechanism for a particular policy or funding question. It presents data on the number of active committees established by Congress with special emphasis on the committees established in FY2014. This report concludes by presenting a list of the federal advisory committees currently proposed for establishment in legislation in the 114th Congress.
Date:
October 19, 2015
Creator:
Ginsberg, Wendy
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza: Ongoing Outbreak
This report gives a brief overview of the pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI), which as of May 15, 2015, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) reported 168 cases.
Date:
May 19, 2015
Creator:
Greene, Joel L.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Senate Banking: Financial Regulatory Improvement Act
This report briefly highlights some of the major policy proposals included in a May 12, 2015 discussion draft released by Senator Richard Shelby that is scheduled for markup by the Senate Banking Committee. The draft encompasses a broad package of reforms to the financial regulatory system, including some changes to the Dodd-Frank Act (P.L. 111-203).
Date:
May 19, 2015
Creator:
Hoskins, Sean M.; Labonte, Marc & Webel, Baird
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
USCIS Funding and Accountability to Congress
This report briefly discusses funding for U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), an agency within the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). USCIS handles many immigration administration functions, the most prominent of which is processing and adjudicating immigrant petitions and applications.
Date:
February 19, 2015
Creator:
Kandel, William A.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Iran's Nuclear Program: Tehran's Compliance with International Obligations
This report provides a brief overview of Iran's nuclear program and describes the legal basis for the actions taken by the IAEA board and the Security Council.
Date:
October 19, 2015
Creator:
Kerr, Paul K.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Iran's Nuclear Program: Tehran's Compliance with International Obligations
This report provides a brief overview of Iran's nuclear program and describes the legal basis for the actions taken by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) board and the Security Council.
Date:
November 19, 2015
Creator:
Kerr, Paul K.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Greenhouse Gas Pledges by Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
This report briefly summarizes the existing commitments and pledges of selected national and regional governments to limit their greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions as contributions to the global effort. The negotiations cover additional topics, including adaptation to the impacts of climate change and financing to assist the efforts of low-income countries.
Date:
October 19, 2015
Creator:
Leggett, Jane A.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Government Collection of Private Information: Background and Issues Related to the USA PATRIOT Act Reauthorization in Brief
This report discusses the legal background associated with the sunset of various provisions of the USA PATRIOT Act and of subsequent related legislation.
Date:
May 19, 2015
Creator:
Liu, Edward C.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Government Collection of Private Information: Background and Issues Related to the USA PATRIOT Act Reauthorization in Brief
This report discusses the legal background associated with the sunset of various provisions of the USA PATRIOT Act and of subsequent related legislation.
Date:
May 19, 2015
Creator:
Liu, Edward C. & Doyle, Charles
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Congressional Primer on Responding to Major Disasters and Emergencies
This report provides information that can aid policy makers as they navigate through the many levels of responsibility of dealing with emergencies, and numerous policy pressure points, by having an understanding of the laws and administrative policies governing the disaster response and recovery process. The report also reviews the legislative framework that exists for providing federal assistance.
Date:
May 19, 2015
Creator:
McCarthy, Francis X. & Brown, Jared T.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Commodity Futures Trading Commission: Proposed Reauthorization in the 114th Congress
The report discusses the Commodity Futures Trading Commissions (CFTC) that regulates futures, most options, and swap markets. It also points out the CFTC Re authorization Process.
Date:
October 19, 2015
Creator:
Miller, Rena S.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
"Holds" in the Senate
This report discusses a wide range of proposals aimed at reforming holds (an informal practice among Senators to communicate policy views and scheduling preferences) to infuse more accountability, uniformity, and transparency in their use and to make it clear that holds are not a veto on the majority leader's prerogative of calling up measures or matters.
Date:
March 19, 2015
Creator:
Oleszek, Mark J.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library