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Changes in the Arctic: Background and Issues for Congress
This report provides an overview of Arctic-related issues for Congress, and refers readers to more in-depth CRS reports on specific Arctic-related issues. The diminishment of Arctic sea ice has led to increased human activities in the Arctic, and has heightened interest in, and concerns about, the region's future.
Date:
May 31, 2016
Creator:
O'Rourke, Ronald
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Majority, Concurring, and Dissenting Opinions Authored by Judge Merrick Garland
This report identifies and briefly summarizes each of the more than 350 cases in which Judge Garland has authored a majority, concurring, or dissenting opinion. Arguably, these written opinions provide the greatest insight into Judge Garland's judicial approach, as a judge's vote in a case or decision to join an opinion authored by a colleague may be based upon a number of considerations and may not necessarily represent full agreement with a joined opinion.
Date:
May 2, 2016
Creator:
Mason, R. C.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Active Opioid Legislation in the House: In Brief
This report briefly summarizes opioid-related bills that were considered during "Opioid Week" (the week of May 9, 2016) The summaries in this report may be useful illustrations of the range of approaches Members of Congress have proposed to address the problem of opioid addiction.
Date:
May 13, 2016
Creator:
Bagalman, Erin; Sacco, Lisa N. & Rosen, Liana W.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Navy Ford (CVN-78) Class Aircraft Carrier Program: Background and Issues for Congress
This report provides background information and potential oversight issues for Congress on the Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) class aircraft carrier program. The Navy's proposed FY2017 budget requests a total of $2,662.6 million in procurement and advance procurement (AP) funding for CVN-79 and CVN-80, the second and third ships in the program.
Date:
May 27, 2016
Creator:
O'Rourke, Ronald
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act of 2016 (S. 524): Comparison of Senate- and House-Passed Versions
This report discusses selected differences and similarities between the Senate- and House-passed versions of the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act of 2016 (CARA; S. 524), which aims to address the problem of opioid addiction in the United States. The two versions of the bill differ substantially. The scope of the differences may be illustrated by their structures: The Senate bill has 28 sections organized in 8 titles, whereas the House bill has 69 sections organized in 18 titles.
Date:
May 23, 2016
Creator:
Bagalman, Erin & Sacco, Lisa N.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
EPA Policies Concerning Integrated Planning and Affordability of Water Infrastructure
This report examines two recent initiatives by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in which the agency works with states to develop and implement new approaches for water quality goals that will be more cost-effective and address the most pressing water infrastructure problems first. The examples include an integrated planning policy and a framework policy for assessing a community's financial capability to meet objectives and requirements of the Clean Water Act (CWA).
Date:
May 2, 2016
Creator:
Copeland, Claudia
System:
The UNT Digital Library
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
Overview of Commercial (Depository) Banking and Industry Conditions
This report begins with a general overview of the banking industry. It describes how banks facilitate the financial intermediation process as well as the associated financial risks. It also explains the market structure of the banking industry, referring primarily to the asset distribution. Next, this report summarizes profitability and lending activity levels in the banking industry. Particular attention is paid to metrics related to capitalization levels, asset performance, and earnings of depository banks.
Date:
May 3, 2016
Creator:
Getter, Darryl E.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
China Naval Modernization: Implications for U.S. Navy Capabilities--Background and Issues for Congress
This report provides background information and issues for Congress on China's naval modernization effort and its implications for U.S. Navy capabilities. The issue for Congress is how the U.S. Navy should respond to China's military modernization effort, particularly its naval modernization effort.
Date:
May 31, 2016
Creator:
O'Rourke, Ronald
System:
The UNT Digital Library
U.S.-EU Data Privacy: From Safe Harbor to Privacy Shield
This report provides background on U.S. and European Union (EU) data protection policies and the Safe Harbor Agreement, discusses the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) ruling, and reviews the key elements of the newly-proposed Privacy Shield. It also explores various issues for Congress, including implications for U.S. firms of Safe Harbor's invalidation and the role of the Judicial Redress Act in helping to ameliorate U.S.-EU tensions on data privacy and protection issues.
Date:
May 19, 2016
Creator:
Weiss, Martin A. & Archick, Kristin
System:
The UNT Digital Library
What, If Anything, Has Judge Garland Said About the Second Amendment and Guns?
This legal sidebar briefly examines D.C. Circuit Judge Merrick Garland's views on the second amendment.
Date:
May 6, 2016
Creator:
unknown
System:
The UNT Digital Library
National Security Space Launch at a Crossroads
This report examines the history and current status of the EELV (Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle) program. The United States is in the midst of making significant changes in how best to pursue an acquisition strategy that would ensure continued access to space for national security missions. The current strategy for the EELV program dates from the 1990s and has since been revised a few times.
Date:
May 13, 2016
Creator:
Hildreth, Steven A.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
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 FY2017 budget requests funding for the procurement of two DDG-51s.
Date:
May 27, 2016
Creator:
O'Rourke, Ronald
System:
The UNT Digital Library
FY2016 State Grants Under Title I-A of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA)
This report provides estimated FY2016 state grant amounts under each of the four formulas used to determine Title I-A grants. The program, part of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), is designed to provide supplementary educational and related services to low-achieving and other students attending pre-kindergarten through grade 12 schools with relatively high concentrations of students from low-income families.
Date:
May 3, 2016
Creator:
Skinner, Rebecca R.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
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
Pay Equity: Legislative and Legal Developments
This report begins by presenting data on earnings for male and female workers and by discussing explanations that have been offered for the differences in earnings. It next discusses the major laws directed at eliminating sex-based wage discrimination as well as relevant federal court cases. The report closes with a description of pay equity legislation that has been considered or enacted by Congress in recent years.
Date:
May 20, 2016
Creator:
Feder, Jody & Collins, Benjamin
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The United Kingdom and the European Union: Stay or Go?
This report briefly examines the debate surrounding whether or not the United Kingdom should leave the European Union.
Date:
May 4, 2016
Creator:
Mix, Derek E.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Wildfire Smoke: A Guide for Public Health Officials
This report is designed to help local public health officials prepare for smoke events, to take measures to protect the public when smoke is present, and communicate with the public about wildfire smoke and health.
Date:
May 2016
Creator:
United States. Environmental Protection Agency.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
2013 National Ocean Dumping Site Monitoring Assessment Report
This national report presents EPA's ocean dumping monitoring activities in fiscal year 2013. EPA conducted 13 surveys at 20 ocean disposal sites offshore from Puerto Rico, Virginia, South Carolina, Florida, Texas, Hawaii, and Oregon. This report summarizes each survey's objectives(s), activities, conclusions, and recommended environmental management actions.
Date:
May 2016
Creator:
United States. Environmental Protection Agency. Office of Water.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Offsets, Supplemental Appropriations, and the Disaster Relief Fund: FY1990-FY2013
This report discusses the history of the use of offsetting rescissions to pay for supplemental appropriations to the Federal Emergency Management Agency's Disaster Relief Fund (DRF) from FY1990 through FY2013.
Date:
May 31, 2016
Creator:
Painter, William L.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Regulatory Impact Analysis of the Final Oil and Natural Gas Sector: Emission Standards for New, Reconstructed, and Modified Sources
A report which analyzes an action which amends the new source performance standards (NSPS) for the oil and natural gas source category by setting standards for both methane and volatile organic compounds (VOC) for certain equipment, processes and activities across this source category.
Date:
May 2016
Creator:
United States. Environmental Protection Agency. Office of Air and Radiation.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Legislative Budget Board Summary of Fiscal Size-up for the 2016-17 Biennium
Report giving a summary of the state budget fiscal size-up for the 2016-17 biennium.
Date:
May 2016
Creator:
Texas. Legislative Budget Board.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Legislative Budget Board Fiscal Size-Up 2016-17 Biennium
Report outlining information on the state budget and legislation from the 84th Texas Legislature that affected each department in the state budget for the 2016-17 biennium.
Date:
May 2016
Creator:
Texas. Legislative Budget Board.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Communications and Radar-Supported Transportation Operations and Planning: Final Report
"This project designs a conceptual framework to harness and mature wireless technology to improve transportation safety, with a focus on frontal collision warning/collision avoidance (CW/CA) systems."
Date:
May 2016
Creator:
Motro, Michael; Kim, Taewan; Kalantari, Rahi; Ghosh, Joydeep; Choi, Junil; Ali, Anum et al.
System:
The Portal to Texas History