Arkansas Emergency Management and Homeland Security Statutory Authorities Summarized (open access)

Arkansas Emergency Management and Homeland Security Statutory Authorities Summarized

This report is one of a series that profiles the emergency management and homeland security statutory authorities of the 50 states, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and three territories (American Samoa, Guam, and the U.S. Virgin Islands). Each profile identifies the more significant elements of state statutes, generally as codified. This report focuses on the state of Arkansas.
Date: March 17, 2004
Creator: Bea, Keith; Runyon, L. Cheryl & Warnock, Kae M.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
California Emergency Management and Homeland Security Statutory Authorities Summarized (open access)

California Emergency Management and Homeland Security Statutory Authorities Summarized

This report is one of a series that profiles the emergency management and homeland security statutory authorities of the 50 states, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and three territories (American Samoa, Guam, and the U.S. Virgin Islands). Each profile identifies the more significant elements of state statutes, generally as codified. This report focuses on the state of California.
Date: March 17, 2004
Creator: Bea, Keith; Runyon, L. Cheryl & Warnock, Kae M.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Ironing-Table. (open access)

Ironing-Table.

Patent for a new ironing table that folds into a compact form. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: April 17, 1900
Creator: Beacham, John Brandon
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Environmental and Natural Resources Affairs of the 92nd Congress (open access)

Environmental and Natural Resources Affairs of the 92nd Congress

This report provides an overview of Congressional activity in the 92nd Congress related to environmental affairs and natural resources.
Date: January 17, 1972
Creator: Beard, Daniel P.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Exemptions from Environmental Law for the Department of Defense: Background and Issues for Congress (open access)

Exemptions from Environmental Law for the Department of Defense: Background and Issues for Congress

None
Date: August 17, 2007
Creator: Bearden, David M.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Window Sash. (open access)

Window Sash.

Patent for an improvement on window sashes allowing for easily removable window panes. Includes illustrations.
Date: March 17, 1903
Creator: Beazley, John
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Federal Farm Promotion (“Check-Off”) Programs (open access)

Federal Farm Promotion (“Check-Off”) Programs

None
Date: April 17, 2007
Creator: Becker, Geoffrey S.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Livestock Feed Costs: Concerns and Options (open access)

Livestock Feed Costs: Concerns and Options

This report discusses higher livestock feed costs. The authors argue the current public policies, including financial incentives that divert corn from feed uses into ethanol production.
Date: September 17, 2008
Creator: Becker, Geoffrey S.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Biotechnology in Animal Agriculture: Status and Current Issues (open access)

Biotechnology in Animal Agriculture: Status and Current Issues

This report describes several scientifically emerging animal biotechnologies that are raising a variety of questions concerning risks to humans, animals, and the environment, as well as ethical concerns. The report examines applications of the technologies and discusses major issues that may arise.
Date: January 17, 2008
Creator: Becker, Geoffrey S. & Cowan, Tadlock
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Energy Policy: 113th Congress Issues (open access)

Energy Policy: 113th Congress Issues

This report discusses the energy policy in the United States that focuses on three major goals: assuring a secure supply of energy, Keeping energy costs low, and protecting the environment.
Date: July 17, 2013
Creator: Behrens, Carl E.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Landsat and the Data Continuity Mission (open access)

Landsat and the Data Continuity Mission

This report discusses the U.S. Landsat Mission, which has collected remotely sensed imagery of the Earth's surface for more than 35 years. The two satellites currently in orbit are operating beyond their designed life and may fail at any time. Most Landsat data is used by federal agencies. Efforts to commercialize Landsat operations have not been successful. This report discusses issues facing Congress regarding funding for new Landsat satellites.
Date: September 17, 2010
Creator: Behrens, Carl E.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Landsat and the Data Continuity Mission (open access)

Landsat and the Data Continuity Mission

This report discusses the U.S. Landsat Mission, which has collected remotely sensed imagery of the Earth's surface for more than 35 years. The two satellites currently in orbit are operating beyond their designed life and may fail at any time. Most Landsat data is used by federal agencies. Efforts to commercialize Landsat operations have not been successful. This report discusses issues facing Congress regarding funding for new Landsat satellites.
Date: September 17, 2010
Creator: Behrens, Carl E.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Wood Pavement. (open access)

Wood Pavement.

Patent for a new and improved wood pavement. This design "is to furnish an improved pavement which shall be strong, durable, and cheap, not being liable to decay nor become uneven, with perfectly water-tight concrete joints laid on a perfectly solid and compact foundation of gravel, which can be easily cut through and readily reunited should it become necessary to cut through it to lay sewer or gas pipes or water-mains, or make connections with same" (lines 10-19).
Date: July 17, 1883
Creator: Bell, Bushrod W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Molding Pipe (open access)

Apparatus for Molding Pipe

Patent for device that allows multiple sized pipes or pipe sections to be milded.
Date: March 17, 1903
Creator: Bergstrom, Otto
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Intelligence Issues for Congress (open access)

Intelligence Issues for Congress

To address the challenges facing the U.S. intelligence community in the 21st century, congressional and executive branch initiatives have sought to improve coordination among the different agencies and to encourage better analysis. In December 2004, the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act (P.L. 108-458) was signed, providing for a Director of National Intelligence (DNI) with substantial authorities to manage the national intelligence effort. The legislation also established a separate Director of the Central Intelligence Agency.
Date: May 17, 2011
Creator: Best, Richard A., Jr.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Intelligence Issues for Congress (open access)

Intelligence Issues for Congress

This report discusses legislative initiatives to address the challenges facing the U.S. Intelligence Community in the 21st century. Growing concerns about transnational threats, especially terrorism, are leading to increasingly close cooperation between intelligence and law enforcement agencies.
Date: February 17, 2005
Creator: Best, Richard A., Jr.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Intelligence Issues for Congress (open access)

Intelligence Issues for Congress

This report discusses legislative initiatives to address the challenges facing the U.S. Intelligence Community in the 21st century.
Date: February 17, 2006
Creator: Best, Richard A., Jr.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Discharge Rule in the House: Recent Use in Historical Context (open access)

The Discharge Rule in the House: Recent Use in Historical Context

This report discusses the "discharge rule" of the House of Representatives, which provides a means by which a majority of Members may bring to the floor for consideration a measure that has not been reported from committee.
Date: April 17, 2003
Creator: Beth, Richard S.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Chrysler Corporation Loan Guarantee Act of 1979: Background, Provisions, and Cost (open access)

Chrysler Corporation Loan Guarantee Act of 1979: Background, Provisions, and Cost

A look at how the Chrysler Loan Guarantee Act of 1979 affected TARP funding for the Detroit Big Three.
Date: December 17, 2008
Creator: Bickley, James M.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Electrical Testing Device. (open access)

Electrical Testing Device.

Patent for new and useful improvements in electrical testing devices. The invention provides references to innovative changes that allow for improved high-tension coil and armature testing.
Date: August 17, 1920
Creator: Bierbower, Richard C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Electrical Testing Device (open access)

Electrical Testing Device

Patent for a device to test electrical circuits for faults which is cheaper to manufacture, easier to use, smaller and more durable.
Date: August 17, 1920
Creator: Bierbower, Richard C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Dehydrator. (open access)

Dehydrator.

Patent for a continuous dehydrator that has specific use for gold and silver ores, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: April 17, 1917
Creator: Biesel, Charles
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Draft Equalizer. (open access)

Draft Equalizer.

Patent for improvement to draft-equalizers.
Date: April 17, 1900
Creator: Billington, Wesley E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA, P.L. 111-5): Title V, Medicaid Provisions (open access)

American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA, P.L. 111-5): Title V, Medicaid Provisions

In addition to reducing some taxes and funding infrastructure projects, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) provisions were designed to provide: temporary support to families and individuals by increasing unemployment compensation benefits; financial assistance for individuals to maintain their health coverage under provisions in the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 (COBRA); temporary increases in Medicaid matching rates; and increases in disproportionate share hospital allotments. This report is a summary of ARRA's Medicaid provisions.
Date: March 17, 2009
Creator: Binder, Cliff; Baumrucker, Evelyne P.; Grady, April & Herz, Elicia J.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library