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Navy John Lewis (TAO-205) Class Oiler Shipbuilding Program: Background and Issues for Congress (open access)

Navy John Lewis (TAO-205) Class Oiler Shipbuilding Program: Background and Issues for Congress

This report provides background information and issues for Congress on the John Lewis (TAO205) class oiler shipbuilding program, previously known as the TAO(X) program, a program to build a new class of 20 fleet oilers for the Navy. The report also discusses budget requests for FY2018 and FY2019.
Date: November 30, 2017
Creator: O'Rourke, Ronald
System: The UNT Digital Library
Department of Veterans Affairs Fiscal Year 2018 Appropriations (open access)

Department of Veterans Affairs Fiscal Year 2018 Appropriations

This report focuses on FY2018 appropriations and FY2019 advance appropriations for the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). It includes an overview of the VA, a description of the appropriations, other funding developments through the Veterans Choice Program (VCP), presidential budget requests, and congressional actions.
Date: December 20, 2017
Creator: Panangala, Sidath Viranga
System: The UNT Digital Library
Navy DDG-51 and DDG-1000 Destroyer Programs: Background and Issues for Congress (open access)

Navy DDG-51 and DDG-1000 Destroyer Programs: Background and Issues for Congress

This report presents background information and potential oversight issues for Congress on the Navy's Arleigh Burke (DDG-51) and Zumwalt (DDG-1000) class destroyer programs. The Navy's proposed FY2018 budget requests funding for the procurement of two DDG-51s, and authority for a new multiyear procurement (MYP) contract covering DDG-51s to be procured in FY2018-FY2022.
Date: November 30, 2017
Creator: O'Rourke, Ronald
System: The UNT Digital Library
U.S. Global Health Assistance: FY2001-FY2019 Request (open access)

U.S. Global Health Assistance: FY2001-FY2019 Request

This report outlines U.S. funding for global health by agency and program. Congress may debate several pressing global health issues, including strengthening health systems, bolstering pandemic preparedness, considering the FY2019 budget request, protecting life in global health assistance, and authorizing the extension of PEPFAR (President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief).
Date: June 22, 2018
Creator: Salaam-Blyther, Tiaji
System: The UNT Digital Library
Department of State, Foreign Operations and Related Programs: FY2019 Budget and Appropriations (open access)

Department of State, Foreign Operations and Related Programs: FY2019 Budget and Appropriations

This report provides describes funding for Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs (SFOPS) during fiscal year 2019, in comparison to fiscal year 2018 funding. It provides an overview, description of congressional action, and discussion of key issues for Congress, including agency funding as well as foreign assistance. It also includes several appendices with supplementary information and account-by-account comparisons.
Date: October 1, 2018
Creator: Epstein, Susan B.; Gill, Cory R. & Lawson, Marian L.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Navy Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) Program: Background and Issues for Congress (open access)

Navy Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) Program: Background and Issues for Congress

This report provides background information and issues for Congress on the Navy's Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) program. A total of 32 LCSs have been procured through FY2018. For FY2019, the Navy is requesting the procurement of the 33rd LCS. The LCS program presents several oversight issues for Congress.
Date: October 22, 2018
Creator: O'Rourke, Ronald
System: The UNT Digital Library
NIH Funding: FY1994-FY2019 (open access)

NIH Funding: FY1994-FY2019

This report discusses funding for the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) from 1994 to 2019. The NIH is the primary federal agency charged with conducting and supporting biomedical and behavioral research. It is the largest of the eight health-related agencies that make up the Public Health Service (PHS) within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).
Date: October 15, 2018
Creator: Johnson, Judith A. & Sekar, Kavya
System: The UNT Digital Library
Navy LPD-17 Flight II (LX[R]) Amphibious Ship Program: Background and Issues for Congress (open access)

Navy LPD-17 Flight II (LX[R]) Amphibious Ship Program: Background and Issues for Congress

This report provides background information and issues for Congress on the LPD-17 Flight II amphibious ship program, previously known as the LX(R) program. The Navy had planned to procure the first LPD-17 Flight II ship in FY2020. Congress, as part of its action on the Navy's proposed FY2018 budget, accelerated the procurement of the first LPD17 Flight II ship to FY2018. The Navy's FY2019 budget submission programs the procurement of the second LPD17 Flight II ship for FY2020.
Date: October 22, 2018
Creator: O'Rourke, Ronald
System: The UNT Digital Library
Collin County Comprehensive Annual Financial Report: 2019 (open access)

Collin County Comprehensive Annual Financial Report: 2019

Annual financial report of the Collin County College District documenting income, expenditures, and other relevant financial information for fiscal year ended August 21, 2019 and 2018.
Date: December 10, 2019
Creator: Collin County Community College District
System: The Portal to Texas History
F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) Program (open access)

F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) Program

This report provides an overview of the DOD's F-35 development and procurement program and funding levels for FY2018 and requested funding levels for FY2019.
Date: April 13, 2018
Creator: Gertler, Jeremiah
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 and an FY2019 Budget Resolution (open access)

The Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 and an FY2019 Budget Resolution

This report discusses the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 (BBA 2018, P.L. 115-123) and the inclusion in it of an FY2019 budget resolution. The report then discusses the differences between a traditional budge resolution and a substitute budget resolution like the one found in the BBA.
Date: April 10, 2018
Creator: Lynch, Megan S.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Millennium Challenge Corporation (open access)

Millennium Challenge Corporation

This report provides an overview of the Millennium Challenge Corporation's (MCC) functions, funding, and success rate. The MCC provides economic assistance through a competitive selection process to developing nations that demonstrate positive performance in three areas: ruling justly, investing in people, and fostering economic freedom.
Date: April 12, 2018
Creator: Tarnoff, Curt
System: The UNT Digital Library
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
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting: Federal Funding and Issues (open access)

The Corporation for Public Broadcasting: Federal Funding and Issues

This report discuses the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) and its federal funding which it then distributes parts of to PBS and NPR. Past, current, and proposed funding levels are outlined and arguments for and against federal support for public broadcasting are also discussed.
Date: May 3, 2017
Creator: McLoughlin, Glenn J. & Gomez, Lena A.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Federal Public Transportation Program: In Brief (open access)

Federal Public Transportation Program: In Brief

This report provides an introduction to the public transportation program administered by the Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration (FTA). This program was authorized in FY2016 through FY2020 by the Fixing America's Surface Transportation (FAST) Act (P.L. 114-94). The focus of the federal program is still on the capital side, but the program has evolved to support operational expenses in some circumstances, as well as safety oversight, planning, and research.
Date: December 28, 2015
Creator: Mallett, William J.
System: The UNT Digital Library
FY2018 and FY2019 Agriculture Appropriations: Federal Food Safety Activities (open access)

FY2018 and FY2019 Agriculture Appropriations: Federal Food Safety Activities

This report provides a brief overview of the FY2018 and FY2019 appropriations that address food safety activities at the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS).
Date: November 27, 2018
Creator: Johnson, Renée & Angadjivand, Sahar
System: The UNT Digital Library
Defense Authorization and Appropriations Bills: FY1961-FY2019 (open access)

Defense Authorization and Appropriations Bills: FY1961-FY2019

This report is a research aid that lists the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) authorization and appropriations bills for FY1961-FY2019 including: 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. Significant definitions are also included.
Date: November 27, 2018
Creator: DeBruyne, Nese F. & Torreon, Barbara Salazar
System: The UNT Digital Library
Sabine River Authority of Texas Comprehensive Annual Financial Report: 2019 and 2018 (open access)

Sabine River Authority of Texas Comprehensive Annual Financial Report: 2019 and 2018

Annual financial report of the Sabine River Authority documenting income, expenditures, and other relevant financial information for fiscal years 2019 and 2018.
Date: 2019~
Creator: Sabine River Authority of Texas
System: The Portal to Texas History
Potential Policy Implications of the House Reconciliation Bill (H.R. 3762) (open access)

Potential Policy Implications of the House Reconciliation Bill (H.R. 3762)

This report provides background on the reconciliation process of the FY2016 budget resolution (S.Con.Res. 11) and summarizes the provisions in H.R. 37622, a reconciliation bill containing provisions submitted by three committees pursuant to the reconciliation instructions included in the FY2016 budget resolution. It then briefly examines some of the bill's policy implications.
Date: November 2, 2015
Creator: Mach, Annie L.
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
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
System: The UNT Digital Library
El Paso County Community College District Annual Financial Report: 2018 and 2019 (open access)

El Paso County Community College District Annual Financial Report: 2018 and 2019

Annual financial report of the El Paso County Community College District documenting income, expenditures, and other relevant financial information for fiscal years 2018 and 2019.
Date: 2020-02-28~
Creator: El Paso County Community College District. Budget and Financial Services.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Office of Public Utility Counsel Strategic Plan: Fiscal Years 2015-2019 (open access)

Texas Office of Public Utility Counsel Strategic Plan: Fiscal Years 2015-2019

Agency strategic plan by the Office of Public Utility Counsel of Texas for FY 2015-2019.
Date: June 23, 2014
Creator: Texas. Office of Public Utility Counsel.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Public Finance Authority Strategic Plan: Fiscal Years 2015-2019 (open access)

Texas Public Finance Authority Strategic Plan: Fiscal Years 2015-2019

Strategic plan containing information about the mission and purpose of the Texas Public Finance Authority, as well as data about the agency's strategic goals and objectives for the fiscal years 2015-2019. It includes a copy of the agency's report on customer service for 2014.
Date: Summer 2014
Creator: Texas Public Finance Authority
System: The Portal to Texas History