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Crime and Forfeiture (open access)

Crime and Forfeiture

This report provides an overview of federal forfeiture law. It sketches the origins and general attributes of forfeiture, describes the distribution of the hundreds of millions of dollars it generates, and identifies some of the related constitutional issues.
Date: January 22, 2015
Creator: Doyle, Charles
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
In Re Terrorist Attacks on September 11, 2001: Claims Against Saudi Defendants Under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act (FSIA) (open access)

In Re Terrorist Attacks on September 11, 2001: Claims Against Saudi Defendants Under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act (FSIA)

This report summarizes the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act (FSIA) and jurisdiction in cases against foreign defendants and analyzes the court of appeals decision. It also discusses legislative efforts to address these issues(S. 1535 and H.R. 3143).
Date: January 22, 2015
Creator: Elsea, Jennifer K.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Membership of the 114th Congress: A Profile (open access)

Membership of the 114th Congress: A Profile

This report presents a profile of the membership of the 114th Congress (2015-2016). Statistical information is included on selected characteristics of Members, including data on party affiliation, average age, occupation, education, length of congressional service, religious affiliation, gender, ethnicity, foreign births, and military service.
Date: January 22, 2015
Creator: Manning, Jennifer E.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Congressional Roll Call Votes on the Keystone XL Pipeline (open access)

Congressional Roll Call Votes on the Keystone XL Pipeline

This report provides roll call vote data related to the proposed TransCanada Keystone XL Pipeline that would transport oil sands crude from Canada and shale oil produced in North Dakota and Montana to a market hub in Nebraska for further delivery to Gulf Coast refineries. Voting information is listed chronologically and broken down by chamber, Congress, and type of legislation.
Date: January 22, 2015
Creator: Cunningham, Lynn J. & Cook, Beth
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Crime and Forfeiture: In Short (open access)

Crime and Forfeiture: In Short

This report provides a brief background information on property and trigger crimes and discusses civil forfeiture, criminal forfeiture, disposition of forfeited assets and constitutional considerations.
Date: January 22, 2015
Creator: Doyle, Charles
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oil Sands and the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund: The Definition of "Oil" and Related Issues for Congress (open access)

Oil Sands and the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund: The Definition of "Oil" and Related Issues for Congress

This report provides background on oil sands resources, followed by a discussion of the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund (OSLTF), including authorized uses and revenue sources; the scope of oil subject to the per-barrel tax (that funds the OSLTF) versus the scope of oil that triggers activities under the Oil Pollution Act; and relevant legislative activities of the 113th and 114th Congresses. The final section offers concluding observations.
Date: January 22, 2015
Creator: Ramseur, Jonathan L.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
National Security Letters: Proposals in the 113th Congress (open access)

National Security Letters: Proposals in the 113th Congress

This report reprints the text of the five National Security Letter (NSL) statutes as they now appear and as they appeared prior to amendment by the USA PATRIOT Act. A National Security Letter (NSL) is roughly comparable to an administrative subpoena, used by various intelligence agencies to demand certain customer information from communications providers, financial institutions, and consumer credit reporting agencies under the Right to Financial Privacy Act, the Fair Credit Reporting Act, the National Security Act, and the Electronic Communications Privacy Act.
Date: January 22, 2015
Creator: Doyle, Charles
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Aereo and FilmOn X: Internet Television Streaming and Copyright Law (open access)

Aereo and FilmOn X: Internet Television Streaming and Copyright Law

This report begins with a discussion of the technology used by Aereo and FilmOn X that permit subscribers to watch live broadcast television as well as already-aired programming. It then examines the public performance right in the Copyright Act and discusses the interpretation of the transmit clause and public performance right by the courts in the Aereo and FilmOn cases. The report concludes with a brief overview of future litigation by these parties and related legislative proposals in the 113th Congress.
Date: January 22, 2015
Creator: Lanza, Emily M.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library

Ensemble: 2015-04-22 – University of North Texas Concert Orchestra

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Orchestra concert performed at the UNT College of Music Winspear Hall.
Date: April 22, 2015
Creator: UNT Concert Orchestra
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library

Ensemble: 2015-04-22 – University of North Texas Concert Orchestra [Stage Perspective]

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Orchestra concert performed at the UNT College of Music Winspear Hall. This video is shot from the orchestra's perspective, showing the conductor.
Date: April 22, 2015
Creator: UNT Concert Orchestra
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library

Ensemble: 2015-02-22 - Millennium Saxophone Quartet

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Saxophone quartet concert performed at the UNT College of Music Voertman Hall.
Date: February 22, 2015
Creator: Millennium Saxophone Quartet
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library

Graduate Artist Certificate Recital: 2015-01-22 – Paul McCarroll, piano

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Recital presented at the UNT College of Music Voertman Hall in partial fulfillment of the Graduate Artist Certificate.
Date: January 22, 2015
Creator: McCarroll, Paul
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
Franking Privilege: Historical Development and Options for Change (open access)

Franking Privilege: Historical Development and Options for Change

This report provides a history of the Congressional franking privilege and discusses the franking privilege that has carried an element of controversy throughout American history.
Date: April 22, 2015
Creator: Glassman, Matthew E.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Overview of Unconventional Oil and Natural Gas: Resources and Federal Actions (open access)

An Overview of Unconventional Oil and Natural Gas: Resources and Federal Actions

This report focuses on the growth in U.S. oil and natural gas production driven primarily by tight oil formations and shale gas formations. It also reviews selected federal environmental regulatory and research initiatives related to unconventional oil and gas extraction, including the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) hydraulic fracturing rule (finalized in March 2015) and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) actions.
Date: April 22, 2015
Creator: Ratner, Michael & Tiemann, Mary
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Maritime Territorial and Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) Disputes Involving China: Issues for Congress (open access)

Maritime Territorial and Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) Disputes Involving China: Issues for Congress

This report considers potential implications for U.S.-China relations. China's actions for asserting and defending its maritime territorial and exclusive economic zone (EEZ) claims in the East China (ECS) and South China Sea (SCS), particularly since late 2013, have heightened concerns among observers that ongoing disputes over these waters and some of the islands within them could lead to a crisis or conflict between China and a neighboring country such as Japan, the Philippines, or Vietnam.
Date: April 22, 2015
Creator: O'Rourke, Ronald
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Analysis of the Regulatory Burden on Small Banks (open access)

An Analysis of the Regulatory Burden on Small Banks

This report explains the concept of regulatory burden and the different ways it can be manifested. It analyzes whether small banks are relatively more burdened by regulation than big banks. To help answer that question, the report looks at the relative treatment of small and large banks in recent major regulatory proposals.
Date: April 22, 2015
Creator: Hoskins, Sean M. & Labonte, Marc
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
2014 Farm Bill Provisions and WTO Compliance (open access)

2014 Farm Bill Provisions and WTO Compliance

This report briefly describes the relevant World Trade Organization (WTO) rules governing domestic support programs under the Agreement on Agriculture (AoA) and the Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures (SCM). The report then reviews the current U.S. farm safety net programs in light of their potential for compliance with the AoA and SCM and their potential to affect the success of the current Doha Round of multilateral trade negotiations.
Date: April 22, 2015
Creator: Schnepf, Randy
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Commemorations in Congress: Options for Honoring Individuals, Groups, and Events (open access)

Commemorations in Congress: Options for Honoring Individuals, Groups, and Events

This report summarizes the evolution of commemorative legislation as well as the laws, rules, and procedures that have been adopted to control the types of commemoratives considered and enacted.
Date: April 22, 2015
Creator: Straus, Jacob R.; Christensen, Michelle D.; Elwell, Craig K.; Glassman, Matthew E.; Hatch, Garrett & Heitshusen, Valerie
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Coast Guard Polar Icebreaker Modernization: Background and Issues for Congress (open access)

Coast Guard Polar Icebreaker Modernization: Background and Issues for Congress

This report provides background information and issues for Congress on the sustainment and modernization of the Coast Guard's polar icebreaker fleet, which performs a variety of missions supporting U.S. interests in polar regions.
Date: April 22, 2015
Creator: O'Rourke, Ronald
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Social Media in the House of Representatives: Frequently Asked Questions (open access)

Social Media in the House of Representatives: Frequently Asked Questions

This report answers several questions about the regulation of social media accounts in the House of Representatives.
Date: April 22, 2015
Creator: Straus, Jacob R. & Glassman, Matthew E.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Texas Register, Volume 40, Number 21, Pages 2713-2858, May 22, 2015 (open access)

Texas Register, Volume 40, Number 21, Pages 2713-2858, May 22, 2015

A weekly publication, the Texas Register serves as the journal of state agency rulemaking for Texas. Information published in the Texas Register includes proposed, adopted, withdrawn and emergency rule actions, notices of state agency review of agency rules, governor's appointments, attorney general opinions, and miscellaneous documents such as requests for proposals. After adoption, these rulemaking actions are codified into the Texas Administrative Code.
Date: May 22, 2015
Creator: Texas. Secretary of State.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Translation of Letter from Concordia College Board of Control to William Hagen, March 5, 1930] (open access)

[Translation of Letter from Concordia College Board of Control to William Hagen, March 5, 1930]

Translation of letter from Concordia College Board of Control to William Hagen regarding appropriations for Lutheran Concordia College of Texas.
Date: June 22, 2015
Creator: Sheldon, Gwendolyn
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Invasive Species: Issues in Brief (open access)

Invasive Species: Issues in Brief

This report discusses issues for congress regarding whether new legislative authorities and funding are needed to address issues related to invasive species and their increasing economic and ecological impacts on such disparate matters as power plant operations, grazing lands, and coral reef fishes.
Date: May 22, 2015
Creator: Corn, M. L. & Johnson, Renée
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Risk and Needs Assessment in the Criminal Justice System (open access)

Risk and Needs Assessment in the Criminal Justice System

This report provides information on the use of risk and needs assessment in the criminal justice system. It starts with an overview of risk and needs assessment and a discussion of some of the critiques of it. The report concludes with a discussion of the issues policymakers might consider if they debate legislation to expand the use of risk and needs assessment in the federal prison system.
Date: June 22, 2015
Creator: James, Nathan
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library