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Texas Inmate Monthly Report: [March 2022], Part 4 (open access)

Texas Inmate Monthly Report: [March 2022], Part 4

Monthly report issued by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice providing statistical information about numbers and categories of inmates held in various locations across Texas.
Date: April 4, 2022
Creator: Texas. Department of Criminal Justice.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Inmate Monthly Report: [March 2022], Part 5 (open access)

Texas Inmate Monthly Report: [March 2022], Part 5

Monthly report issued by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice providing statistical information about numbers and categories of inmates held in various locations across Texas.
Date: April 4, 2022
Creator: Texas. Department of Criminal Justice.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Inmate Monthly Report: [March 2022], Part 6 (open access)

Texas Inmate Monthly Report: [March 2022], Part 6

Monthly report issued by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice providing statistical information about numbers and categories of inmates held in various locations across Texas.
Date: April 4, 2022
Creator: Texas. Department of Criminal Justice.
System: The Portal to Texas History
China's Retaliatory Tariffs on Selected U.S. Agricultural Products (open access)

China's Retaliatory Tariffs on Selected U.S. Agricultural Products

This report discusses China's retaliatory tariffs on many U.S. agricultural products in response to the U.S. tariffs on Chinese steel and aluminium imports.
Date: April 4, 2018
Creator: Hopkinson, Jenny
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Corporation for National and Community Service: Overview of Programs and Funding (open access)

The Corporation for National and Community Service: Overview of Programs and Funding

This report provides an overview of the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS) which is an independent federal agency that administers the programs authorized by two statutes: the National and Community Service Act of 1990 (NCSA; P.L. 101-610), as amended, and the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 (DVSA; P.L. 93-113), as amended. NCSA and DVSA programs were most recently reauthorized by the Edward M. Kennedy Serve America Act (P.L. 111-13). The report describes programs authorized by these laws and compares CNCS funding for FY2015, FY2016, FY2017, and FY2018.
Date: April 4, 2018
Creator: Fountain, Joselyn H. & Overbay, Abigail R.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Data, Social Media, and Users: Can We All Get Along? (open access)

Data, Social Media, and Users: Can We All Get Along?

This report examines policy issues surrounding the Cambridge Analytica data breach/misuse of Facebook and provides options for Congress to consider. While this event has started discussions on election security and social media company requirements to report advertising, this report addresses data security concerns without discussing the impacts or consequences of data use.
Date: April 4, 2018
Creator: Jaikaran, Chris
System: The UNT Digital Library
FDIC's Deposit Insurance Assessments and Reserve Ratio (open access)

FDIC's Deposit Insurance Assessments and Reserve Ratio

This report discusses the FDIC's deposit insurance assessments and reserve ratio used to guarantee the repayment of deposits at a bank up to the insured level.
Date: April 4, 2018
Creator: Gnanarajah, Raj
System: The UNT Digital Library
Federal Research and Development (R&D) Funding: Fiscal Year 2019 (open access)

Federal Research and Development (R&D) Funding: Fiscal Year 2019

This report discusses President Trump's budget request for federal research and development funding for FY2019, recent trends in funding levels, and different departments research funding levels.
Date: April 4, 2018
Creator: Sargent, John F., Jr.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The President's Fiscal Year 2019 Military Construction Budget Request (open access)

The President's Fiscal Year 2019 Military Construction Budget Request

This report discusses President Trump's FY2019 budget request for military construction and compares the funding levels with previous years by construction type.
Date: April 4, 2018
Creator: Williams, Lynn M.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Title I of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA): A Summary of the Statute (open access)

Title I of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA): A Summary of the Statute

This report summarizes selected statutory provisions of Title 1 of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) but does not discuss agency regulations and guidance that may provide more detailed direction for conducting risk evaluation and selecting regulatory options to prevent unreasonable risks of specific chemicals.
Date: April 4, 2018
Creator: Yen, Jerry H. & Wyatt, Alexandra M.
System: The UNT Digital Library
U.S. Trade Deficit and the Impact of Changing Oil Prices (open access)

U.S. Trade Deficit and the Impact of Changing Oil Prices

This report provides an estimate of the initial impact of changing oil prices on the United States's merchandise trade balance.
Date: April 4, 2018
Creator: Jackson, James K.
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 on Keystone XL Pipeline legislation identified by CRS using CQ.com's Roll Call Vote Report database as well as the Congress.gov legislative database. Roll call votes listed in the tables are broken down by chamber, Congress, and type of legislation--substantive votes (i.e., votes on amendments or passage of bills) versus procedural votes (e.g., votes to recommit the bill to a committee or to provide for the consideration of a bill). Votes are also listed in chronological order for each Congress. This report is current through the end of the 114th Congress and will be updated as events warrant.
Date: April 4, 2017
Creator: Cunningham, Lynn J.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Department of Transportation (DOT): Fiscal Year 2017 Appropriations (open access)

Department of Transportation (DOT): Fiscal Year 2017 Appropriations

This report outlines the Department of Transportation's (DOT) appropriations for fiscal year 2017 and highlights selected areas of funding such as intercity passenger rail, Highway trust funding solvency, TIGER grants, and Essential Air Service (EAS).
Date: April 4, 2017
Creator: Peterman, David Randall
System: The UNT Digital Library
FirstNet's Nationwide Public Safety Broadband Network Moves Forward (open access)

FirstNet's Nationwide Public Safety Broadband Network Moves Forward

This report discusses FirstNet's announcement of a partnership with AT&T to build a dedicated wireless broadband network for use by public safety agencies which will allow first responders during an emergency to share information with other public safety departments and have a dedicated internet connection for emergency communication.
Date: April 4, 2017
Creator: Kruger, Lennard G.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Scientific Basis of Environmental Protection Agency Actions: H.R. 1430 and H.R. 1431 (open access)

Scientific Basis of Environmental Protection Agency Actions: H.R. 1430 and H.R. 1431

This report discusses House bills H.R. 1430 and 1431 which were passed by the House in late March 2017. These bills address regulations regarding the EPA's obligation to share the scientific basis for their actions.
Date: April 4, 2017
Creator: Yen, Jerry H.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Update to "Smith v. Obama": A Servicemember's Legal Challenge to the Campaign Against the Islamic State (open access)

Update to "Smith v. Obama": A Servicemember's Legal Challenge to the Campaign Against the Islamic State

This report discusses a case which was brought by Army Captain Nathan Smith against President Barack Obama in 2016, arguing that President Obama had no authority to be conducting the campaign against the Islamic State because no Congressional approval had been given. The case was dismissed in Nov. 2016 but he has appealed the dismissal of the case to the U.S. Court of Appeals.
Date: April 4, 2017
Creator: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Coast Guard Cutter Procurement: Background and Issues for Congress (open access)

Coast Guard Cutter Procurement: Background and Issues for Congress

This report provides background information and potential oversight issues for Congress on the Coast Guard's programs for procuring 8 National Security Cutters (NSCs), 25 Offshore Patrol Cutters (OPCs), and 58 Fast Response Cutters (FRCs). Congress's decisions on these three programs could substantially affect Coast Guard capabilities and funding requirements, and the U.S. shipbuilding industrial base.
Date: April 4, 2016
Creator: O'Rourke, Ronald
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. Congress's decisions on this issue could affect Coast Guard funding requirements, the Coast Guard's ability to perform its polar missions, and the U.S. shipbuilding industrial base.
Date: April 4, 2016
Creator: O'Rourke, Ronald
System: The UNT Digital Library
High Frequency Trading: Overview of Recent Developments (open access)

High Frequency Trading: Overview of Recent Developments

This report provides background on various High-frequency trading (HFT) strategies and some associated policy issues, recent regulatory developments and selected enforcement actions by the SEC and Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), on HFT, and congressional action such as proposed legislation and hearings related to HFT.
Date: April 4, 2016
Creator: Miller, Rena S. & Shorter, Gary
System: The UNT Digital Library
Security Assistance and Cooperation: Shared Responsibility of the Departments of State and Defense (open access)

Security Assistance and Cooperation: Shared Responsibility of the Departments of State and Defense

This report provides an overview of U.S. assistance to and engagement with foreign military and other security forces, focusing on Department of State and DOD roles. It lays out the historical evolution and current framework of the Department of State-DOD shared responsibility. It concludes with a brief overview of salient issues.
Date: April 4, 2016
Creator: Serafino, Nina M.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Coastal Water Authority Financial Statements: 2013 (open access)

Coastal Water Authority Financial Statements: 2013

Financial statements for the Coastal Water Authority in Texas including an independent auditor's report, basic statements with explanations, and supplemental notes.
Date: April 4, 2014
Creator: Coastal Water Authority
System: The Portal to Texas History
Global Security Contingency Fund: Summary and Issue Overview (open access)

Global Security Contingency Fund: Summary and Issue Overview

This report provides basic information on the Global Security Contingency Fund (GSCF) legislation. It starts with a brief discussion of the conceptual origins of the legislation and then summarizes the legislation's provisions. It concludes with a short analysis of salient issues.
Date: April 4, 2014
Creator: Serafino, Nina M.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Intellectual Property Rights and International Trade (open access)

Intellectual Property Rights and International Trade

This report provides background on intellectual property rights (IPR) and discusses the role of U.S. international trade policy in enhancing IPR protection and enforcement abroad.
Date: April 4, 2014
Creator: Ilias, Shayerah & Fergusson, Ian F.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Security Assistance Reform: "Section 1206" Background and Issues for Congress (open access)

Security Assistance Reform: "Section 1206" Background and Issues for Congress

This report provides background on the pre-Section 1206 status of security assistance authorities and the factors contributing to the enactment of Section 1206. It then sets out the purposes of the legislation and scope of its activities, restrictions on its use, the Department of Defense (DOD0-State Department planning process, and funding. It concludes with a discussion of issues for Congress.
Date: April 4, 2014
Creator: Serafino, Nina M.
System: The UNT Digital Library