Rural Water Supply and Sewer Systems: Background Information (open access)

Rural Water Supply and Sewer Systems: Background Information

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Date: November 5, 2014
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
U.S. Geological Survey: Background, Appropriations, and Issues for Congress (open access)

U.S. Geological Survey: Background, Appropriations, and Issues for Congress

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Date: November 5, 2014
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Block Grant: An Overview (open access)

The Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Block Grant: An Overview

This report provides a nontechnical introduction to the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) block grant. The report briefly describes the history of cash assistance and how the "welfare reform" debates led to the creation of TANF; TANF financing; the TANF cash welfare programs and; other TANF benefits, services, and activities.
Date: November 5, 2014
Creator: Falk, Gene
System: The UNT Digital Library
Cost-of-Living Adjustments for Federal Civil Service Annuities (open access)

Cost-of-Living Adjustments for Federal Civil Service Annuities

This report is a Congressional Research Service (CRS) report regarding the cost-of-living adjustments for federal civil service annuities.
Date: November 5, 2014
Creator: Isaacs, Katelin P.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Nigeria: Current Issues and U.S. Policy (open access)

Nigeria: Current Issues and U.S. Policy

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Date: November 5, 2014
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Tibetan Policy Act of 2002: Background and Implementation (open access)

The Tibetan Policy Act of 2002: Background and Implementation

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Date: November 5, 2014
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
GI Bills Enacted Prior to 2008 and Related Veterans’ Educational Assistance Programs: A Primer (open access)

GI Bills Enacted Prior to 2008 and Related Veterans’ Educational Assistance Programs: A Primer

This report describes the GI bills enacted prior to 2008 and related Veterans’ Educational assistance programs.
Date: November 5, 2014
Creator: Dortch, Cassandria
System: The UNT Digital Library
Congressional Action on FY2015 Appropriations Measures (open access)

Congressional Action on FY2015 Appropriations Measures

The congressional appropriations process, which provides discretionary spending for federal government agencies, assumes the annual enactment of 12 regular appropriations bills prior to the beginning of the fiscal year (October 1). One or more continuing resolutions (CRs) may be enacted if all regular appropriations bills are not completed by that time. This report provides information on the budget enforcement framework for the consideration of FY2015 appropriations measures, the status of the FY2015 regular appropriations bills as of the beginning of the fiscal year, and the enactment of FY2015 continuing appropriations.
Date: November 5, 2014
Creator: Tollestrup, Jessica
System: The UNT Digital Library
The G-20 Summit: Brisbane, November 15-16, 2014 (open access)

The G-20 Summit: Brisbane, November 15-16, 2014

This report discusses the G-20 Summit held in Brisbane, Australia. In February 2014, the G-20 finance ministers and central bank governors pledged to develop policies that would boost the G-20's collective GDP by more than two percentage points over the coming five years.
Date: November 5, 2014
Creator: Nelson, Rebecca M.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The G-20 and International Economic Cooperation: Background and Implications for Congress (open access)

The G-20 and International Economic Cooperation: Background and Implications for Congress

This report discusses the G-20, an international forum for discussing and coordinating economic policies among major advanced and emerging economies. Previous summits have, for example, focused on financial regulatory reform, global imbalances, funding for the International Monetary Fund (IMF), voting power of emerging economies in international financial institutions, and fossil fuel subsidies.
Date: November 5, 2014
Creator: Nelson, Rebecca M.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Unemployment Insurance: Legislative Issues in the 113th Congress (open access)

Unemployment Insurance: Legislative Issues in the 113th Congress

This report provides a brief overview of the three unemployment insurance programs--UC, EUC08 (expired), and EB--that may provide benefits to eligible unemployed workers. It contains a brief explanation of how the EUC08 program, as well as some other UC-related payments, began to experience reductions in benefits as a result of the sequester order contained within the Budget Control Act of 2011 (P.L. 112-25).
Date: November 5, 2014
Creator: Whittaker, Julie M. & Isaacs, Katelin P.
System: The UNT Digital Library