Regulation of Dietary Supplements (open access)

Regulation of Dietary Supplements

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Date: May 6, 2013
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Budget Control Act: Potential Impact of Sequestration on Health Reform Spending (open access)

Budget Control Act: Potential Impact of Sequestration on Health Reform Spending

This report examines how automatic spending reductions triggered by the Budget Control Act (BCA) might affect health reform appropriations acts.
Date: May 31, 2013
Creator: Redhead, C. Stephen
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Pigford Cases: USDA Settlement of Discrimination Suits by Black Farmers (open access)

The Pigford Cases: USDA Settlement of Discrimination Suits by Black Farmers

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Date: May 29, 2013
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Guatemala: Political, Security, and SocioEconomic Conditions and U.S. Relations (open access)

Guatemala: Political, Security, and SocioEconomic Conditions and U.S. Relations

This report provides an overview of Guatemala’s current political and economic conditions, relations with the United States, and several issues likely to figure in future decisions by Congress and the Administration regarding Guatemala.
Date: May 16, 2013
Creator: Taft-Morales, Maureen
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Proposed Equal Rights Amendment: Contemporary Ratification Issues (open access)

The Proposed Equal Rights Amendment: Contemporary Ratification Issues

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Date: May 21, 2013
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Energy and Water Development: FY2014 Appropriations, Preliminary Tables (open access)

Energy and Water Development: FY2014 Appropriations, Preliminary Tables

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Date: May 9, 2013
Creator: Behrens, Carl E.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Small Business Administration: A Primer on Programs (open access)

Small Business Administration: A Primer on Programs

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Date: May 2, 2013
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Small Business: Access to Capital and Job Creation (open access)

Small Business: Access to Capital and Job Creation

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Date: May 2, 2013
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Airline Passenger Rights: The Federal Role in Aviation Consumer Protection (open access)

Airline Passenger Rights: The Federal Role in Aviation Consumer Protection

This report examines aviation consumer protections following the 1978 elimination of most governmental control regarding airline business practices. It explains the roles of Congress and the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) in protecting airline consumers, and discusses some major passenger rights issues and related laws and regulations.
Date: May 20, 2013
Creator: Tang, Rachel
System: The UNT Digital Library
Latin America and the Caribbean: Fact Sheet on Economic and Social Indicators (open access)

Latin America and the Caribbean: Fact Sheet on Economic and Social Indicators

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Date: May 30, 2013
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Small Business Administration 7(a) Loan Guaranty Program (open access)

Small Business Administration 7(a) Loan Guaranty Program

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Date: May 1, 2013
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Recruiting and Retention: An Overview of FY2011 and FY2012 Results for Active and Reserve Component Enlisted Personnel (open access)
Missing Adults: Background, Federal Programs, and Issues for Congress (open access)

Missing Adults: Background, Federal Programs, and Issues for Congress

The first section of this report discusses demographics and record keeping of missing adults and unidentified remains, as well as some of the factors that may contribute to the disappearance of adults. This section also discusses federally funded databases that are used to track data on missing adults and unidentified individuals. The second section of the report describes the federal programs and initiatives to assist in locating missing adults, including funding data where applicable. Finally, the third section discusses issues about the federal role in missing adult cases.
Date: May 7, 2013
Creator: Fernandes-Alcantara, Adrienne L.
System: The UNT Digital Library
FDA Final Rule Restricting the Sale and Distribution of Cigarettes and Smokeless Tobacco (open access)

FDA Final Rule Restricting the Sale and Distribution of Cigarettes and Smokeless Tobacco

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Date: May 2, 2013
Creator: Redhead, C. Stephen & Smith, Jane M.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The First Responder Network and Next-Generation Communications for Public Safety: Issues for Congress (open access)

The First Responder Network and Next-Generation Communications for Public Safety: Issues for Congress

This report provides information about The Issues for Congress on First Responder Network and Next-Generation Communications for Public Safety. new policy initiatives may be needed to identify critical gaps in communication infrastructure and the means to fund the investments needed to close the gaps.
Date: May 28, 2013
Creator: Lida, Moore K.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Appropriations and Fund Transfers in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) (open access)

Appropriations and Fund Transfers in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA)

This report provides information about the mandatory appropriations and fund transfers in patient protection and ACA.
Date: May 15, 2013
Creator: Redhead, C. Stephen
System: The UNT Digital Library
Congressional Gold Medals, 1776-2012 (open access)

Congressional Gold Medals, 1776-2012

This report responds to congressional inquiries concerning this process, and includes a historical examination and chronological list of these awards. It is intended to assist Members of Congress and staff in their consideration of future Gold Medal proposals, and will be updated as Gold Medals are approved.
Date: May 30, 2013
Creator: Glassman, Matthew E.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Overview of the Federal Tax System (open access)

Overview of the Federal Tax System

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Date: May 16, 2013
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Federal Regulation of Chemicals in Commerce: An Overview of Issues for the 113th Congress (open access)

Federal Regulation of Chemicals in Commerce: An Overview of Issues for the 113th Congress

This report discusses the Concerns about the Complexity, cost, and delays in regulating chemicals under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) that have prompted proposals to amend the 1976 statue.
Date: May 30, 2013
Creator: Schierow, Linda-Jo
System: The UNT Digital Library
Syria’s Chemical Weapons: Issues for Congress (open access)

Syria’s Chemical Weapons: Issues for Congress

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Date: May 31, 2013
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Child Tax Credit: Economic Analysis and Policy Options (open access)

The Child Tax Credit: Economic Analysis and Policy Options

At the beginning of 2013, Congress enacted the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012, which made certain modifications to the child tax credit enacted in 2001 and 2003 permanent, while extending other modifications made in 2009 temporary for five years. This report contains information on current law, who is eligible to claim the child tax credit, economic analysis, policy proposals and options, and figures related to the child tax credit.
Date: May 14, 2013
Creator: Crandall-Hollick, Margot L.
System: The UNT Digital Library
FY2014 Budget Documents: Internet and GPO Availability (open access)

FY2014 Budget Documents: Internet and GPO Availability

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Date: May 20, 2013
Creator: Nagel, Jared Conrad
System: The UNT Digital Library
Agriculture-Based Biofuels: Overview and Emerging Issues (open access)

Agriculture-Based Biofuels: Overview and Emerging Issues

This report reviews the evolution of the U.S. biofuels sector and the role that federal policy has played in shaping its development. In addition, it highlights emerging issues that are critical to the biofuels sector and of relevance to Congress.
Date: May 1, 2013
Creator: Schnepf, Randy
System: The UNT Digital Library
Background and Issues for Congressional Oversight of ARRA Broadband Awards (open access)

Background and Issues for Congressional Oversight of ARRA Broadband Awards

This report discusses the background and issues for congressional oversight of ARRA Broadband Awards
Date: May 17, 2013
Creator: Kruger, Lennard G.
System: The UNT Digital Library