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U.S.-Mexico Security Cooperation Following "El Chapo" Guzmán's Escape
This report discusses the escape of Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán on July 11, 2015, from a maximum security federal prison near Mexico City.
Date:
July 21, 2015
Creator:
Beittel, June S.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: Issues in the U.S. Ratification Debate
This report discusses the United Nations Convention on the rights of persons with disabilities; its purpose is to promote, protect, and ensure the full and equal enjoyment of all human rights and fundamental freedoms by persons with disabilities.
Date:
January 21, 2015
Creator:
Blanchfield, Luisa & Brown, Cynthia
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS): Waiver Authority and Modification of Volumes
This report discusses the process and criteria for the Environmental Protection Agency to waive various portions of the renewable fuel standard (RFS), and the modification of applicable volumes.
Date:
May 21, 2015
Creator:
Bracmort, Kelsi
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
U.S. Postal Service Workforce Size and Employment Categories, FY1995-FY2014
This report provides data from the past 20 years on the size and composition of the U.S. Postal Service's (USPS's) workforce. Reforms to the size and composition of the workforce have been an integral part of USPS's strategy to reduce costs and regain financial solvency, particularly between FY2007 and FY2014.
Date:
October 21, 2015
Creator:
Francis, Kathryn A.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Congressional Official Mail Costs
The report is categorized into two categories: (I) Introduction, (II) Official Mail Costs, FY2005 to FY2014, (III) Official Mail Costs, FY1954-FY2014. It also points out Official Mail Costs and Election Year vs. Non-election Year.
Date:
April 21, 2015
Creator:
Glassman, Matthew E.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
House Committee Funding Requests and Authorizations, 104th-114th Congresses
This report provides committee funding requests and authorizations as adopted pursuant to primary expense authorizations for House committees in the 104th through 114th Congresses.
Date:
April 21, 2015
Creator:
Glassman, Matthew E.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Dynamic Scoring
This report explains dynamic scoring, including the types of effects incorporated and the types of models used, as well as what groups conduct or have conducted macroeconomic analysis of tax changes.
Date:
January 21, 2015
Creator:
Gravelle, Jane G.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Deferred Maintenance of Federal Land Management Agencies: FY2005-FY2014 Estimates
This report discusses the questions related to why deferred maintenance estimates have fluctuated over time. It also points out the agency shares of deferred maintenance in current and constant dollars.
Date:
April 21, 2015
Creator:
Hardy Vincent, Carol
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Federal Health Centers: An Overview
None
Date:
April 21, 2015
Creator:
Heisler, Elayne J.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Indian Health Service (IHS): An Overview
This report provides an overview of the IHS and the population it serves.
Date:
April 21, 2015
Creator:
Heisler, Elayne J.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Reauthorizing the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000
This report discusses the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000 (SRS; P.L. 106-393) enacted by Congress as a temporary, optional program of payments based on historic rather than current revenues.
Date:
January 21, 2015
Creator:
Hoover, Katie
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
U.S. Trade with Free Trade Agreement (FTA) Partners
This report presents data on U.S. merchandise (goods) trade with its Free Trade Agreement (FTA) partner countries. The data are presented to show bilateral trade balances for individual FTA partners and groups of countries representing such major agreements as the North America Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and the Central American Free Trade Agreement and Dominican Republic (CAFTA-DR) relative to total U.S. trade balances.
Date:
May 21, 2015
Creator:
Jackson, James K.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program: Overview and Impact of the Affordable Care Act
This report discusses the impact of the Affordable Care Act on the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program, which makes federal funds available to metropolitan areas and states to that provide a number of health care services for HIV/AIDS patients.
Date:
December 21, 2015
Creator:
Johnson, Judith A. & Heisler, Elayne J.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Generalized System of Preferences: Background and Renewal Debate
None
Date:
April 21, 2015
Creator:
Jones, Vivian C.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Overview of Constitutional Challenges to NSA Collection Activities
This report focuses on two main National Security Agency (NSA) collection activities approved by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC) established under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) of 1978. The first is the bulk collection of telephony metadata for domestic and international telephone calls. The second involves the interception of Internet-based communications.
Date:
May 21, 2015
Creator:
Liu, Edward C. & Nolan, Andrew
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Earmark Disclosure Rules in the House: Member and Committee Requirements
This report outlines the major administrative responsibilities of Members and committees of the House of Representatives associated with the chamber's earmark disclosure rules. Earmark disclosure rules in both the House and Senate were implemented with the stated intention of bringing more transparency to congressionally directed spending. The administrative responsibilities associated with these rules vary by chamber.
Date:
May 21, 2015
Creator:
Lynch, Megan S.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Earmark Disclosure Rules in the Senate: Member and Committee Requirements
This report is categorized into five categories: (I) Introduction, (II) Senate Earmark Disclosure Rule, (III) Legislation Subject to the Rule, (IV) Requirement for Senators Submitting Earmark Requests and (V) Requirements for Committees.
Date:
May 21, 2015
Creator:
Lynch, Megan S.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Potential Policy Implications of the House Reconciliation Bill (H.R. 3762)
This report provides background on the reconciliation process and summarizes the provisions in the Restoring Americans' Healthcare Freedom Reconciliation Act of 2015 (H.R. 3762), including their projected budgetary impact. It then briefly examines some of the bill's policy implications.
Date:
October 21, 2015
Creator:
Mach, Annie L.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
North Korea: Back on the State Sponsors of Terrorism Lists?
This report discusses questions about North Korea's relationship with terrorists, state sponsors of terrorism, and terrorist attacks as well as the possible implications on re-designating North Korea in the list of sponsors of terrorism.
Date:
January 21, 2015
Creator:
Manyin, Mark E.; Chanlett-Avery, Emma; Rennack, Dianne E.; Rinehart, Ian E. & Rollins, John W.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Transportation Conformity Under the Clean Air Act
This report explains the Clean Air Act requirement that federal departments and agencies demonstrate that their activities--including projects that they fund--"conform" to state plans for achieving air quality standards. The report explains the statutory requirements, reviews the recent history of their implementation, and examines how conformity requirements might affect areas designated "nonattainment" for a revised ozone air quality standard.
Date:
May 21, 2015
Creator:
McCarthy, James E.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Agriculture and Related Agencies: FY2016 Appropriations
This report discusses the Agriculture appropriations bill for FY 2016, which funds the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) -- except for the Forest Service -- as well as the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and, in even-numbered fiscal years, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC).
Date:
October 21, 2015
Creator:
Monke, Jim
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA): An Overview of Programs and Funding
This report provides an overview of funding and programs of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) bureau.
Date:
January 21, 2015
Creator:
Moore, Linda K.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
China's Recent Stock Market Volatility: What Are the Implications?
China's two main stock markets, the Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE) and the Shenzhen Stock Exchange (SZSE), experienced rapid price increases from about mid-2014 to mid-2015. However, from June 12 to July 7, 2015, the Shanghai and Shenzhen Composite Indices fell by 32% and 40%, respectively. This report briefly examines this volatility and the Chinese government's response.
Date:
October 21, 2015
Creator:
Morrison, Wayne M. & Nelson, Gabriel M.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Expedited Removal Authority for VA Senior Executives (38 U.S.C. § 713): Selected Legal Issues
This report discusses selected legal issues relating to the authority for summary removal of individuals in senior executive positions at the Department of Veterans Affairs. Section 707 of the Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act, P.L. 113-146, enacted on August 7, 2014, created this authority by adding Section 713 to Title 38 of the United States Code. It authorizes the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to remove an individual in a senior executive position from federal service or transfer him or her to a position in the General Schedule if the Secretary determines that the individual's performance or misconduct warrants removal.
Date:
August 21, 2015
Creator:
Nicola, Thomas J.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library