Discretionary Budget Authority by Subfunction: An Overview (open access)

Discretionary Budget Authority by Subfunction: An Overview

This report presents figures showing trends in discretionary budget authority as a percentage of gross domestic product (GDP) by subfunction within each of 17 budget function categories, using data from President Obama's FY2016 budget submission. This report provides a graphical overview of historical trends in discretionary budget authority from FY1977 through FY2014, estimates for FY2015 spending, and the levels consistent with the President's proposals for FY2016 through FY2020.
Date: February 5, 2015
Creator: Austin, D. Andrew
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Defense Spending and the Budget Control Act Limits (open access)

Defense Spending and the Budget Control Act Limits

This report discusses the Budget Control Act, which sets limits on defense spending between fiscal years 2012 and 2021 and possible measures to avoid a sequester. 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.
Date: July 22, 2015
Creator: Belasco, Amy
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Economic Development Administration: FY2016 Appropriations (open access)

Economic Development Administration: FY2016 Appropriations

This report discusses funding issues for the Economic Development Administration (EDA), which was created pursuant to the enactment of the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965, with the objective of fostering growth in economically distressed areas characterized by high levels of unemployment and low per-capita income levels.
Date: July 16, 2015
Creator: Boyd, Eugene
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
FY2016 Appropriations: District of Columbia (open access)

FY2016 Appropriations: District of Columbia

This report is categorized into two categories: (I) FY2016 Budget Request and (II) General Provisions: Key Policy Issues.
Date: May 14, 2015
Creator: Boyd, Eugene
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE): Appropriations and the FY2016 Budget Request (open access)

Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE): Appropriations and the FY2016 Budget Request

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Date: November 4, 2015
Creator: Bracmort, Kelsi & Sissine, Fred
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Syrian Refugee Admissions and Resettlement in the United States: In Brief (open access)

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
Syrian Refugee Admissions to the United States (open access)

Syrian Refugee Admissions to the United States

This report discusses the U.S.'s plans to admit Syrian and other refugees in FY2016 and beyond. The Obama Administration initially proposed an overall refugee ceiling of 75,000 for FY2016 and held consultations with Congress on that proposal, as required by law.
Date: September 22, 2015
Creator: Bruno, Andorra
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Syrian Refugee Admissions to the United States (open access)

Syrian Refugee Admissions to the United States

This report briefly discusses issues regarding refugees fleeing from Syria. With some European countries pledging to accept increased numbers of Syrian and other asylum seekers in the face of a refugee crisis, attention is focused on the United States and its plans to admit Syrian and other refugees in FY2016 and beyond.
Date: September 10, 2015
Creator: Bruno, Andorra
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Trinity River Water Conveyance Project Annual Budget: 2016 (open access)

Trinity River Water Conveyance Project Annual Budget: 2016

Proposed budget for the Trinity River Water Conveyance Project outlining projected income and expenditures, with supporting documentation, during fiscal year 2016.
Date: Autumn 2015
Creator: Coastal Water Authority
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bayport Water System Project Annual Budget: 2016 (open access)

Bayport Water System Project Annual Budget: 2016

Annual budget for the Coastal Water Authority Bayport Water System Project including schedules of revenues and expenditures, with supporting documentation for fiscal year 2016. It includes the text of resolutions adopting the budget.
Date: November 15, 2015
Creator: Coastal Water Authority (Tex.)
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Coastal Water Authority: Certificate for Resolution] (open access)

[Coastal Water Authority: Certificate for Resolution]

Formal certificate of resolution entered at Harris County, Texas by the Coastal Water Authority adopting the "Resolution of the Board of Directors of Coastal Water Authority adopting the fiscal year 2016 budget and setting rates for the Red Bluff Water Treatment Plant; and making certain findings in connection therewith." It includes the text of full resolution and the 2016 budget for the Red Bluff Water Treatment Plant.
Date: November 12, 2015
Creator: Coastal Water Authority (Tex.)
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
Intelligence Authorization Legislation for FY2016: Selected Provisions (open access)

Intelligence Authorization Legislation for FY2016: Selected Provisions

This report briefly highlights key provisions of H.R. 2596, the Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 (IAA for FY2016), which provides guidance to, and authorizes appropriations for, components of the U.S. Intelligence Community (IC).
Date: June 15, 2015
Creator: Daugherty Miles, Anne
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Budget Control Act of 2011 as Amended: Budgetary Effects (open access)

The Budget Control Act of 2011 as Amended: Budgetary Effects

This report discusses the effects of the Budget Control Act of 2011 (BCA; P.L. 112-25) on spending and the deficit, assuming that the automatic spending reductions proceed as scheduled from FY2016 to FY2021 and the discretionary spending caps remain in place.
Date: December 29, 2015
Creator: Driessen, Grant A. & Labonte, Marc
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
FY2016 Military Construction Appropriations: President's Request and House Markup Compared (open access)

FY2016 Military Construction Appropriations: President's Request and House Markup Compared

This report briefly discusses the financing of military construction. Military construction is normally funded through Title I of the Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies appropriations bill and provides funding for the planning, design, construction, alteration, and improvement of facilities used by active and reserve military components worldwide.
Date: April 24, 2015
Creator: Else, Daniel H.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs: FY2016 Budget and Appropriations (open access)

State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs: FY2016 Budget and Appropriations

This report provides an overview of the FY2016 State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs (SFOPS) request, a discussion of key issues and historic context, and account-by-account funding comparisons with FY2014 actuals, available FY2015 estimates, and FY2016 legislation.
Date: October 13, 2015
Creator: Epstein, Susan B.; Lawson, Marian L. & Tiersky, Alex
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs: FY2016 Budget and Appropriations (open access)

State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs: FY2016 Budget and Appropriations

This report provides an overview of the FY2016 State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs (SFOPS) request, a discussion of key issues and historic context, and account-by-account funding comparisons with FY2014 actuals and FY2015 estimates.
Date: April 9, 2015
Creator: Epstein, Susan B.; Lawson, Marian L. & Tiersky, Alex
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs: FY2016 Budget and Appropriations (open access)

State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs: FY2016 Budget and Appropriations

This report provides an overview of the FY2016 SFOPS request, a discussion of key issues and historic context, and account-by-account funding comparisons with FY2014 actuals and FY2015 estimates.
Date: May 13, 2015
Creator: Epstein, Susan B.; Lawson, Marian L. & Tiersky, Alex
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs: FY2016 Budget Overview (open access)

State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs: FY2016 Budget Overview

This report provides an overview of the FY2016 State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs (SFOPS) request and account-by-account funding comparisons with FY2014 actuals and FY2015 estimates.
Date: February 9, 2015
Creator: Epstein, Susan B.; Lawson, Marian L. & Tiersky, Alex
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA): FY2016 Appropriations (open access)

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA): FY2016 Appropriations

This report presents a discussion of the FY2015 enacted appropriations and requested funding for FY2016 for selected EPA programs and activities highlighted in the congressional debate.
Date: September 29, 2015
Creator: Esworthy, Robert & Bearden, David M.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Judiciary Appropriations FY2016 (open access)

Judiciary Appropriations FY2016

This report provides an overview of the consideration of FY2016 judiciary appropriations, with subsections covering each major action, including the initial submission of the request on February 2, 2015; hearings held by the House and Senate Financial Services Subcommittees; and the House subcommittee markup on June 10, 2015. This overview is followed by a section on prior-year actions and funding and then an overview of judiciary accounts.
Date: June 18, 2015
Creator: Glassman, Matthew E.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The National Science Foundation: FY2016 Budget Request and Funding History (open access)

The National Science Foundation: FY2016 Budget Request and Funding History

This report describes selected items from the Administration's FY2016 budget request for NSF and tracks legislative action on FY2016 appropriations to the National Science foundation. It also details selected NSF appropriations authorizations proposed in the 114th Congress, summarizes budget and appropriations action from FY2015 and FY2014, and presents information on historical funding for the foundation.
Date: August 28, 2015
Creator: Gonzales, Heather B.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
ARPA-E and the FY2016 Budget Request (open access)

ARPA-E and the FY2016 Budget Request

This budget and appropriations tracking report describes selected major items from the Administration's FY2016 budget request for ARPA-E and tracks legislative action on FY2016 appropriations to the agency. It also provides selected historical funding data.
Date: April 16, 2015
Creator: Gonzalez, Heather B.
Object Type: Report
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.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies: FY2016 Appropriations in Brief (open access)

Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies: FY2016 Appropriations in Brief

This report focuses on FY2016 appropriations for Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies. It presents a brief overview of the appropriations requested by the President for FY2016 for agencies in the bill. It also briefly compares the FY2016 requested appropriations with appropriations enacted for FY2015. Finally, it provides the appropriations enacted for the bill for the last nine years (FY2007-FY2015) in current dollars (not adjusted for inflation) and constant dollars (adjusted for inflation).
Date: June 5, 2015
Creator: Hardy Vincent, Carol
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library