Major Provisions of the Older Americans Comprehensive Services Amendments of 1973 (open access)

Major Provisions of the Older Americans Comprehensive Services Amendments of 1973

This report is an outline of the Older Americans Comprehensive Services Amendments of 1973.
Date: May 10, 1973
Creator: Jennette, Jo Ellen
System: The UNT Digital Library
Iran: U.S. Economic Sanctions and the Authority to Lift Restrictions (open access)

Iran: U.S. Economic Sanctions and the Authority to Lift Restrictions

This report identifies the legislative bases for sanctions imposed on Iran, and the nature of the authority to waive or lift those restrictions. It includes two tables that present legislation and executive orders that are specific to Iran and its objectionable activities in the areas of terrorism, human rights, and weapons proliferation.
Date: May 10, 2018
Creator: Rennack, Dianne E.
System: The UNT Digital Library
H-2A and H-2B Temporary Worker Visas: Policy and Related Issues (open access)

H-2A and H-2B Temporary Worker Visas: Policy and Related Issues

This report covers the H-2A agricultural guest worker program and the H-2B nonagricultural guest worker program. It explores the statutory and regulatory provisions that govern each program, focusing in particular on the much-debated labor certification process. It discusses past and present legislative efforts to reform the H-2A and H-2B programs and to create new guest worker visas, and identifies and analyzes key policy considerations to help inform future congressional action.
Date: May 10, 2017
Creator: Bruno, Andorra
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Removal of FBI Director James Comey: Presidential Authority and the Senate's Role in the Appointment of the FBI Director (open access)

The Removal of FBI Director James Comey: Presidential Authority and the Senate's Role in the Appointment of the FBI Director

This report discusses President Trump's removal of James Comey as FBI Director and the Presidents legal power to do such a removal.
Date: May 10, 2017
Creator: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.
System: The UNT Digital Library
FBI Director: Appointment and Tenure (open access)

FBI Director: Appointment and Tenure

This report provides an overview of the development of the process for appointing the FBI Director, briefly discusses the history of nominations to this position, and identifies related congressional hearing records and reports.
Date: May 10, 2017
Creator: Hogue, Henry B.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Energy and Water Development: FY2017 Appropriations for Nuclear Weapons Activities (open access)

Energy and Water Development: FY2017 Appropriations for Nuclear Weapons Activities

This report discusses the annual Energy and Water Development appropriations bill that funds civil works projects of the Army Corps of Engineers, the Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation, the Department of Energy (DOE), and several independent agencies.
Date: May 10, 2017
Creator: Woolf, Amy F.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The United States Congress: Selected References, 1965 to April 1971 (open access)

The United States Congress: Selected References, 1965 to April 1971

This report provides a bibliography of resources related to the United States Congress which were published between 1965 and April 1971.
Date: May 10, 1971
Creator: Loo, Shirley & Sittig, William J.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Impoundment by the executive Department Of Funds which Congress Has Organized. (open access)

Impoundment by the executive Department Of Funds which Congress Has Organized.

This report is about the Impoundment by the executive Department Of Funds which Congress Has Organized.
Date: May 10, 1968
Creator: Mary Louise Ramsy.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Information Warfare: DOD's Response to the Islamic State Hacking Activities (open access)

Information Warfare: DOD's Response to the Islamic State Hacking Activities

This report briefly examines the Islamic State's (IS) strategy of accessing U.S. government computer systems for a variety of purposes, and the Department of Defense's (DOD) response.
Date: May 10, 2016
Creator: Theohary, Catherine A.; McInnis, Kathleen J. & Rollins, John W.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Military Officer Personnel Management: Key Concepts and Statutory Provisions (open access)

Military Officer Personnel Management: Key Concepts and Statutory Provisions

This report provides an overview of selected concepts and statutory provisions that shape and define military officer appointments, assignments, grade structure, promotions, and separations. It also provides a set of questions that policymakers may wish to consider when discussing proposed changes to current law.
Date: May 10, 2016
Creator: Kapp, Lawrence
System: The UNT Digital Library
U.S.-Nordic Relations (open access)

U.S.-Nordic Relations

This report briefly discusses U.S. relations with the Nordic countries--Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden.
Date: May 10, 2016
Creator: Archick, Kristin
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Origination Clause of the U.S. Constitution: Interpretation and Enforcement (open access)

The Origination Clause of the U.S. Constitution: Interpretation and Enforcement

This report analyzes congressional and court precedents regarding bills under Article I, Section 7, clause 1 of the U.S. Constitution (known as the Origination Clause). It also describes the various ways in which the Origination Clause has been enforced and looks at the application of the Clause to other types of legislation.
Date: May 10, 2002
Creator: Saturno, James V.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Taiwan’s December 2001 Elections (open access)

Taiwan’s December 2001 Elections

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Date: May 10, 2002
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Summit of the Americas III, Quebec City, Canada, April 20-22, 2001: Background, Objectives, and Results (open access)

Summit of the Americas III, Quebec City, Canada, April 20-22, 2001: Background, Objectives, and Results

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Date: May 10, 2001
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Northern Ireland: The Peace Process (open access)

Northern Ireland: The Peace Process

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Date: May 10, 2007
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
AIDS: The Ryan White CARE Act (open access)

AIDS: The Ryan White CARE Act

This report discusses the Ryan White Comprehensive AIDS Resources Emergency (CARE) Act, which makes federal funds available to metropolitan areas and states to assist in health care costs and support services for individuals and families affected by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) or acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS). This report discusses related legislation and appropriations.
Date: May 10, 2006
Creator: Johnson, Judith A. & Morgan, Paulette C.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Tsunamis: Monitoring, Detection, and Early Warning Systems (open access)

Tsunamis: Monitoring, Detection, and Early Warning Systems

This report discusses proposals for international tsunami early warning systems and examines U.S. policy regarding tsunamis.
Date: May 10, 2007
Creator: Morrissey, Wayne A.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Recruiting and Retention: An Overview of FY2011 and FY2012 Results for Active and Reserve Component Enlisted Personnel (open access)
Public Printing Reform: Issues and Actions (open access)

Public Printing Reform: Issues and Actions

The Government Printing Office (GPO) is designated the principal agent for almost all federal government printing. This report reviews recent legal, management, policy, and technological challenges to the GPO printing system and public printing reform efforts of the 105th, 106th, and current Congresses, and tracks current efforts to address existing problems in this area.
Date: May 10, 2002
Creator: Relyea, Harold C.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Extending the 2001, 2003, and 2004 Tax Cuts (open access)

Extending the 2001, 2003, and 2004 Tax Cuts

The Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001 reduced marginal tax rates, provided marriage tax penalty relief, provided temporary relief from the alternative minimum tax, and increased the child tax credit. Congress approved similar tax measures in 2003 and 2004, but all are set to expire after 2010.
Date: May 10, 2006
Creator: Esewein, Gregg A.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Iraq: Post-Saddam Governance and Security (open access)

Iraq: Post-Saddam Governance and Security

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Date: May 10, 2007
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Technical Education Act of 1998: Background and Implementation (open access)

The Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Technical Education Act of 1998: Background and Implementation

This report provides the background and Implementation of the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Technical Education Act of 1998.
Date: May 10, 2005
Creator: Skinner, Rebecca R. & Apling, Richard N.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Safe Drinking Water Act: State Revolving Fund Program (open access)

Safe Drinking Water Act: State Revolving Fund Program

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Date: May 10, 2004
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Federal Laws Relating to Cybersecurity: Discussion of Proposed Revisions (open access)

Federal Laws Relating to Cybersecurity: Discussion of Proposed Revisions

This report discusses that framework and proposals to amend more than 30 acts of Congress that are part of or relevant to it.
Date: May 10, 2012
Creator: Fischer, Eric A.
System: The UNT Digital Library