Mineral Resources of the United States Continental Shelf: Some Common Questions (open access)

Mineral Resources of the United States Continental Shelf: Some Common Questions

This report answers some frequently asked questions regarding the mineral resources of the continental shelf of the United States
Date: August 7, 1970
Creator: Siehl, George H.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Power of the President to use troops to deal with Disorders arising within the states.1967 (open access)

Power of the President to use troops to deal with Disorders arising within the states.1967

This report is about the President powers to dispatch troops to meet three different type of problems arising in the wake of civil disturbances which interfere with the enforcement of Federal laws.
Date: August 7, 1967
Creator: Small, Norman J.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Syria's Chemical Weapons: Issues for Congress (open access)

Syria's Chemical Weapons: Issues for Congress

Report that discusses the use or loss of control of chemical weapons stocks in Syria. It provides a brief history of the chemical weapons program in Syria and reports on the current situation of the chemical weapons program.
Date: August 7, 2013
Creator: Nikitin, M. B. D.; Kerr, Paul K. & Feickert, Andrew
System: The UNT Digital Library
Federal Research and Development Funding: FY2014 (open access)

Federal Research and Development Funding: FY2014

Report that provides government-wide, multi-agency, and individual agency analyses of the President's Fiscal Year 2014 request as it relates to R&D and related activities.
Date: August 7, 2013
Creator: Sargent, John F., Jr.
System: The UNT Digital Library
European Union Wind and Solar Electricity Policies: Overview and Considerations (open access)

European Union Wind and Solar Electricity Policies: Overview and Considerations

The subject matter covered within this report is European Union (EU) renewable electricity generation--specifically onshore wind and solar photovoltaic (PV) electricity.
Date: August 7, 2013
Creator: Brown, Phillip
System: The UNT Digital Library
Immigration-Related Worksite Enforcement: Performance Measures (open access)

Immigration-Related Worksite Enforcement: Performance Measures

This report discusses the Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) responsibilities in regard to immigration-related worksite enforcement, or enforcement of the prohibitions on unauthorized employment in Section 274A of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA). The INA §274A provisions, sometimes referred to as employer sanctions, make it unlawful for an employer to knowingly hire, recruit or refer for a fee, or continue to employ an alien who is not authorized to be so employed. This report looks at enforcement measures of this act.
Date: August 7, 2013
Creator: Bruno, Andorra
System: The UNT Digital Library
Navy Force Structure and Shipbuilding Plans: Background and Issues for Congress (open access)

Navy Force Structure and Shipbuilding Plans: Background and Issues for Congress

This report provides background information and presents potential issues for Congress concerning the Navy's ship force-structure goals and shipbuilding plans. The planned size of the Navy, the rate of Navy ship procurement, and the prospective affordability of the Navy's shipbuilding plans have been matters of concern for the congressional defense committees for the past several years. Decisions that Congress makes on Navy shipbuilding programs can substantially affect Navy capabilities and funding requirements, and the U.S. shipbuilding industrial base.
Date: August 7, 2013
Creator: O'Rourke, Ronald
System: The UNT Digital Library
Military Service Records, Awards, and Unit Histories: A Guide to Locating Sources (open access)

Military Service Records, Awards, and Unit Histories: A Guide to Locating Sources

This report provides information on locating military unit histories and individual service records of discharged, retired, and deceased military personnel. It also provides information on locating and replacing military awards and medals as well as contact information for military history centers, websites for additional sources of research, and a bibliography of other publications, including related CRS reports.
Date: August 7, 2018
Creator: DeBruyne, Nese F. & Torreon, Barbara Salazar
System: The UNT Digital Library
Serbia: Background and U.S. Relations (open access)

Serbia: Background and U.S. Relations

This report provides an overview of Serbia and its governmental structure, economy, and foreign relations with the U.S., Kosovo, Turkey, Russia, and the EU.
Date: August 7, 2018
Creator: Morelli, Vincent L.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Nord Stream 2: A Geopolitical Lightning Rod (open access)

Nord Stream 2: A Geopolitical Lightning Rod

This report discusses the natural gas pipeline project, Nord Stream 2, that would allow Germany to increase the amount of natural gas it imports directly from Russia via the Baltic Sea, which has been criticized by President Trump.
Date: August 7, 2018
Creator: Belkin, Paul; Ratner, Michael & Welt, Cory
System: The UNT Digital Library
Fiscal Year 2019 National Defense Authorization Act: An Overview of H.R. 5515 (open access)

Fiscal Year 2019 National Defense Authorization Act: An Overview of H.R. 5515

This report discusses the fiscal year 2019 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) which would authorize $708.1 billion in discretionary appropriations for national defense-related activities of the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) and other agencies. The bill (H.R. 5515) would authorize $16 billion (2.3%) more than the amount authorized by the FY2018 NDAA (P.L. 115-91) and match the amount requested by the Administration.
Date: August 7, 2018
Creator: McGarry, Brendan W. & Towell, Pat
System: The UNT Digital Library
Secretary of the Senate: Fact Sheet on Legislative and Administrative Duties (open access)

Secretary of the Senate: Fact Sheet on Legislative and Administrative Duties

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Date: August 7, 2003
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Post Office and Retail Postal Facility Closures: Overview and Issues for Congress (open access)

Post Office and Retail Postal Facility Closures: Overview and Issues for Congress

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Date: August 7, 2009
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Medicaid: A Primer (open access)

Medicaid: A Primer

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Date: August 7, 2012
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Economic Stimulus: Issues and Policies (open access)

Economic Stimulus: Issues and Policies

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Date: August 7, 2009
Creator: Gravelle, Jane G.; Hungerford, Thomas L. & Labonte, Marc
System: The UNT Digital Library
TANF: A Guide to the New Definitions of What Counts as Work Participation (open access)

TANF: A Guide to the New Definitions of What Counts as Work Participation

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Date: August 7, 2006
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
FY2016 Appropriations for the Census Bureau and Bureau of Economic Analysis (open access)

FY2016 Appropriations for the Census Bureau and Bureau of Economic Analysis

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Date: August 7, 2015
Creator: Williams, Jennifer D.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Quarantine and Isolation: Selected Legal Issues Relating to Employment (open access)

Quarantine and Isolation: Selected Legal Issues Relating to Employment

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Date: August 7, 2006
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Digital Television: An Overview (open access)

Digital Television: An Overview

This report details the information related to Digital Television service, policy issues, and activities in the 108th, activities, and issues in 109th Congress, and, issues in the 110th congress
Date: August 7, 2007
Creator: Kruger, Lennard G.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Family Caregiving to the Older Population: Background, Federal Programs, and Issues for Congress (open access)

Family Caregiving to the Older Population: Background, Federal Programs, and Issues for Congress

This report provides an overview of the background, federal programs, and issues for Congress on family caregiving to the older population.
Date: August 7, 2007
Creator: Colello, Kirsten J.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Medicare: FY2008 Budget Issues (open access)

Medicare: FY2008 Budget Issues

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Date: August 7, 2007
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Ozone Air Quality Standards: EPA's 2007 Proposed Changes (open access)

Ozone Air Quality Standards: EPA's 2007 Proposed Changes

This report provides background on the National Ambient Air Quality Standard (NAAQS), the process used to establish them, the existing ozone standard, and EPA's proposal, as well as information regarding the potential effects of any revision to the standard.
Date: August 7, 2007
Creator: McCarthy, James E.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Energy Tax Policy: History and Current Issues (open access)

Energy Tax Policy: History and Current Issues

This report provides historical context regarding energy tax policy and discusses what may lie ahead.
Date: August 7, 2007
Creator: Lazzari, Salvatore
System: The UNT Digital Library
U.S. National Science Foundation: Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR) (open access)

U.S. National Science Foundation: Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR)

This report discusses current policy involving The Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR), as well as budget requests.
Date: August 7, 2008
Creator: Matthews, Christine M.
System: The UNT Digital Library