Nuclear Fuel Reprocessing: U.S. Policy Development (open access)

Nuclear Fuel Reprocessing: U.S. Policy Development

This report discusses the reprocessing of nuclear fuel that refers to the chemical separation of fissionable uranium and plutonium from irradiated nuclear fuel.
Date: March 27, 2008
Creator: Andrews, Anthony
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Fischer-Tropsch Fuels from Coal, Natural Gas, and Biomass: Background and Policy (open access)

Fischer-Tropsch Fuels from Coal, Natural Gas, and Biomass: Background and Policy

This report provides background information and policy analysis regarding the ways to develop that directly and indirectly convert coal into liquid fuel.
Date: March 27, 2008
Creator: Andrews, Anthony & Logan, Jeffrey
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Roller Baling Press. (open access)

Roller Baling Press.

Patent for improvements to a roller baling-press.
Date: March 27, 1900
Creator: Bates, Edmond Franklin
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Annual Report of the Boy Scouts of America: 1944 (open access)

Annual Report of the Boy Scouts of America: 1944

Annual report submitted by the Boy Scouts of America to Congress describing highlights from 1944 activities, organizational leadership, and other information about scouting programs.
Date: March 27, 1945
Creator: Boy Scouts of America
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Tip Credit Provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA): In Brief (open access)

The Tip Credit Provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA): In Brief

This report discusses the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), enacted in 1938 (P.L. 75-718), which is the federal legislation that establishes the general minimum wage that must be paid to all covered workers.
Date: March 27, 2014
Creator: Bradley, David H.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Cotton-Chopper. (open access)

Cotton-Chopper.

Patent for a new and useful cotton chopper, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: March 27, 1900
Creator: Brooks, John Joseph
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oil Can. (open access)

Oil Can.

Patent for a new and improved oil can. This design "consists in the combination, with an oil-can, of a wire passing loosely through the nozzle and into a tube secured on the bottom of the can within the said can. The outer end of the wire is curved, and part of the wire is finely grooved or roughened" (lines 13-18).
Date: March 27, 1883
Creator: Campbell, James A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Volcker Rule: A Legal Analysis (open access)

The Volcker Rule: A Legal Analysis

This report provides an introduction to the Volcker Rule, which is the regulatory regime imposed upon banking institutions and their affiliates under Section 619 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010 (P.L. 111-203).
Date: March 27, 2014
Creator: Carpenter, David H. & Murphy, M. Maureen
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Sash - Balance. (open access)

Sash - Balance.

Patent for certain new and useful improvements in sash balancing, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: March 27, 1900
Creator: Cayce, Henry P.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wrench. (open access)

Wrench.

Patent for a pipe wrench. "One object of the invention is to provide an exceedingly simple, inexpensive, durable, and efficient" (lines 12-14) pipe wrench. "Another object of the invention is to obviate the use of link connections and yet obtain a positive binding action off the jaws upon the pipe, bolt, or other object to which the device may be applied." (lines 15-19)
Date: March 27, 1906
Creator: Coffman, Seburn E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gun-Stock. (open access)

Gun-Stock.

Patent for an improved wooden stock for firearms which combines maximum lightness and strength, may be produced at reduced cost, and is adapted for convenient and advantageous manipulation for defensive purposes.
Date: March 27, 1906
Creator: Cole, William F.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sprinkling-Stopper. (open access)

Sprinkling-Stopper.

Patent for a new and useful sprinkling stopper, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: March 27, 1900
Creator: Cook, Frederick W., Jr.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
EPA and the Army Corps' Proposed Rule to Define "Waters of the United States" (open access)

EPA and the Army Corps' Proposed Rule to Define "Waters of the United States"

This report describes the March 25 proposed rule to define "waters of the United States," particularly focused on clarifying the regulatory status of waters located in isolated places in a landscape, the types of waters with ambiguous jurisdictional status following the Supreme Court's ruling. It includes a table comparing the proposal to existing regulatory language.
Date: March 27, 2014
Creator: Copeland, Claudia
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Defense Authorization and Appropriations Bills: FY1970-FY2014 (open access)

Defense Authorization and Appropriations Bills: FY1970-FY2014

This report is a research aid, which lists the Department Of Defense authorization bills and appropriations bills for FY1970-FY2011. It includes key definitions and all the pertinent information on the passage of these bills through the legislative process: bill numbers, report numbers, dates reported and passed, recorded vote numbers and vote tallies, dates of passage of the conference reports with their numbers and votes, vetoes, substitutions, dates of final passage, and public law numbers.
Date: March 27, 2014
Creator: DeBruyne, Nese F.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Report on Phase Ii Drilling on the King Tut Mesa Experimental Program (open access)

Report on Phase Ii Drilling on the King Tut Mesa Experimental Program

Summarizing and presenting the interpretations and conclusions based on the drilling through Phase II of the program.
Date: March 27, 1952
Creator: Dodd, Philip H.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Congressional Authority to Enact Criminal Law: An Examination of Selected Recent Cases (open access)

Congressional Authority to Enact Criminal Law: An Examination of Selected Recent Cases

The report discusses the Necessary and Proper Clause, Commerce Clause, Article I, Section 8, Clause 10, spending Clause and Military Clause.
Date: March 27, 2013
Creator: Doyle, Charles
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Plow. (open access)

Plow.

Patent for an inexpensive and simple plow that has an improved braces placement which makes the plow very rigid. The blade angle is also adjustable and the plow can be a single or double plow.
Date: March 27, 1894
Creator: Edge, John S.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Photographers' Bath-Warmers (open access)

Improvement in Photographers' Bath-Warmers

Patent for keeping photographers' chemicals and bath water the same temperature throughout the liquids. The patent contains instructions and illustrations for the creation and use of the invention.
Date: March 27, 1877
Creator: Fellrath, Charles J.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Federal Networking and Information Technology Research and Development Program: Background, Funding, and Activities (open access)

The Federal Networking and Information Technology Research and Development Program: Background, Funding, and Activities

In the early 1990s, Congress recognized that several federal agencies had ongoing high performance computing programs, but no central coordinating body existed to ensure long-term coordination and planning. To provide such a framework, Congress passed the High-Performance Computing and Communications Program Act of 1991 to enhance the effectiveness of the various programs. In conjunction with the passage of the act, the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy released Grand Challenges: High-Performance Computing and Communications. Current concerns are the role of the federal government in supporting IT R&D and the level of funding to allot to it. This report also looks at federal budgets for the Networking and Information Technology Research and Development Program.
Date: March 27, 2012
Creator: Figliola, Patricia Moloney
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Newsletter of Texas State Representative James Frank: March 27, 2015 (open access)

Newsletter of Texas State Representative James Frank: March 27, 2015

Newsletter of James Frank for his constituents discussing news, activities, and various updates related to work in the Texas legislature. It focuses on the proposition of the House budget and the passing of House Bill 80 making texting and driving illegal while the vehicle is in motion.
Date: March 27, 2015
Creator: Frank, James Boisfeuillet
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Grain Adjuster. (open access)

Grain Adjuster.

Patent for a new and improved grain adjuster. This design "consists in the combination, with the platform-frame, of a wire or rod, which is preferably corrugated or bent, and which is fastened to the outer end of the frame and extends inward over the carrier in the rear of the cutter . . . The object of [the] invention is to apply to the frame of binding-machines a corrugated rod or wire, upon which the heads of the grain will catch, and thus prevent the heads of the cut grain from being moved toward the elevator faster than their butts, whereby the grain is presented evenly and regularly" (lines 14-27).
Date: March 27, 1888
Creator: French, Horatio Benjamin
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Recess Appointment Power After Noel Canning v. NLRB: Constitutional Implications (open access)

The Recess Appointment Power After Noel Canning v. NLRB: Constitutional Implications

This report begins with a general legal overview of the Recess Appointments Clause and a discussion of applicable case law that existed prior to the D.C. Circuit's decision in Noel Canning. The report then analyzes the Noel Canning opinion and evaluates the impact the case could have on the roles of the President and Congress in the appointments context.
Date: March 27, 2013
Creator: Garvey, Todd & Carpenter, David H.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC): Efforts to Support Financial and Housing Markets (open access)

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC): Efforts to Support Financial and Housing Markets

This report discusses recent actions taken by the FDIC in support of financial and housing markets, which include restoration of the Deposit Insurance Fund, the development of the Temporary Liquidity Guarantee Program, efforts to reduce foreclosures, and establishment of the proposed Public-Private Investment Fund. Legislation such as H.R. 786 (introduced by Representative Barney Frank); H.R. 1106, Helping Families Save Their Homes Act of 2009 (introduced by Representative John Conyers, Jr., with 24 co-sponsors); and S. 541, The Depositor Protection Act of 2009 (introduced by Senator Christopher Dodd with 12 co-sponsors) have also been introduced to increase the effectiveness of the FDIC’s efforts to respond to recent market weaknesses.
Date: March 27, 2009
Creator: Getter, Darryl E. & Gonzales, Oscar R.
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