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Clean Coal Loan Guarantees and Tax Incentives: Issues in Brief (open access)

Clean Coal Loan Guarantees and Tax Incentives: Issues in Brief

This report discusses certain federal financial incentive mechanisms for "clean coal" commercial projects; namely, loan guarantees and tax incentives. At issue for Congress is the extent to which the private sector has used these financial toolsto develop the technology needed for reducing carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions while continuing to use available domestic coal reserves for electricity generation.
Date: August 19, 2014
Creator: Folger, Peter & Sherlock, Molly F.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Lame Duck Sessions of Congress, 1935-2012 (74th-112th Congresses) (open access)

Lame Duck Sessions of Congress, 1935-2012 (74th-112th Congresses)

This report discusses how lame duck sessions occur, and the background of the lame duck sessions between 1940 and 2012. A "lame duck" session of Congress occurs whenever one Congress meets after its successor is elected, but before the term of the current Congress ends.
Date: September 19, 2014
Creator: Beth, Richard S. & Tollestrup, Jessica
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Medicare: Insolvency Projections (open access)

Medicare: Insolvency Projections

This report focuses on the two separate trust funds that fund Medicare, the Hospital Insurance (HI) trust fund and Supplementary Medical Insurance (SMI) trust fund. Almost from its inception, the HI trust fund has faced a projected shortfall and eventual insolvency. Because of the way it is financed, the SMI trust fund cannot become insolvent; however, the Medicare Trustees continue to express concerns about the rapid growth in SMI costs.
Date: September 19, 2014
Creator: Davis, Patricia A.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Iran Sanctions (open access)

Iran Sanctions

This report discusses the recent development regarding the negotiations with Iran about its nuclear program. It provides background information on Iranian nuclear program and debates the November 24 Joint Plan of Action Elements.
Date: August 19, 2014
Creator: Katzman, Kenneth
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Jewish Herald-Voice (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 107, No. 11, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 19, 2014 (open access)

Jewish Herald-Voice (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 107, No. 11, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 19, 2014

Weekly Jewish newspaper from Houston, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: June 19, 2014
Creator: Samuels, Jeanne F.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Register, Volume 39, Number 51, Pages 9761-10094, December 19, 2014 (open access)

Texas Register, Volume 39, Number 51, Pages 9761-10094, December 19, 2014

A weekly publication, the Texas Register serves as the journal of state agency rulemaking for Texas. Information published in the Texas Register includes proposed, adopted, withdrawn and emergency rule actions, notices of state agency review of agency rules, governor's appointments, attorney general opinions, and miscellaneous documents such as requests for proposals. After adoption, these rulemaking actions are codified into the Texas Administrative Code.
Date: December 19, 2014
Creator: Texas. Secretary of State.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History

Doctoral Recital: 2014-11-19 – Rachel Woolf, flute and piccolo

Recital presented at the UNT College of Music Voertman Hall in partial fulfillment of the Doctor of Musical Arts (DMA) degree.
Date: November 19, 2014
Creator: Woolf, Rachel, 1988-
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library

Ensemble: 2014-11-19 – University of North Texas Concert Band

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Band concert performed at the UNT College of Music Winspear Hall.
Date: November 19, 2014
Creator: University of North Texas. Concert Band.
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library

Master's Recitals: 2014-10-19 - Hsiao-Ying Wang, clarinet

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Recital presented at the UNT College of Music Voertman Hall in partial fulfillment of the Master of Music (MM) degree.
Date: October 19, 2014
Creator: Wang, Hsiao-Ying (Clarinetist)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library

Master's Recital: 2014-11-19 – Nicholas Allington, soprano and alto saxophone

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Recital presented at the UNT College of Music Voertman Hall in partial fulfillment of the Master of Music (MM) degree.
Date: November 19, 2014
Creator: Allington, Nicholas
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Negotiations and Issues for Congress (open access)

The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Negotiations and Issues for Congress

This report examines the issues related to the proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), the state and substance of the negotiations (to the degree that the information is publically available), the specific areas under negotiation, the policy and economic contexts in which the TPP would fit, and the issues for Congress that the TPP presents.
Date: November 19, 2014
Creator: Fergusson, Ian F.; McMinimy, Mark A. & Williams, Brock R.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
U.S. Family-Based Immigration Policy (open access)

U.S. Family-Based Immigration Policy

This report provides an examination of family-based immigration policy. In doing so, it outlines a brief history of U.S. family-based immigration policies, discusses current law governing admissions, and summarizes recommendations made by previous congressionally mandated committees charged with evaluating immigration policy. It then presents descriptive figures on legal immigrants entering the United States during the past decade and discusses the sizable queue of approved immigrant petitioners waiting for an immigrant visa. It closes by discussing selected policy issues.
Date: November 19, 2014
Creator: Kandel, William A.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Natural Gas for Cars and Trucks: Options and Challenges (open access)

Natural Gas for Cars and Trucks: Options and Challenges

The increase in domestic supplies of natural gas has raised new interest in expanding its use in the transportation sector. This report considers issues related to wider use of natural gas as a fuel in passenger cars and commercial vehicles.
Date: November 19, 2014
Creator: Canis, Bill; Pirog, Robert & Yacobucci, Brent D.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Yemen: Background and U.S. Relations (open access)

Yemen: Background and U.S. Relations

This report provides an overview and analysis of U.S.-Yemeni relations and issues, including evolving political change in Yemeni leadership, ongoing U.S. counterterrorism operations against Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) operatives at large in Yemen's hinterlands, and international efforts to bolster the country's stability despite an array of daunting socio-economic problems.
Date: November 19, 2014
Creator: Sharp, Jeremy M.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Kuwait: Governance, Security, and U.S. Policy (open access)

Kuwait: Governance, Security, and U.S. Policy

This report looks at Kuwait's relationships with its neighbors in the Persian Gulf, and its own political system which has been in turmoil since 2006.
Date: November 19, 2014
Creator: Katzman, Kenneth
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Synopsis: Beatriz Terrazas (open access)

Synopsis: Beatriz Terrazas

This article is a short biography of photojournalist, writer and video producer Beatriz Terrazas, based on an oral history discussing her education and career.
Date: October 19, 2014
Creator: Blanco, Fabianna; Boyett, Pennie; Schrader, Adam & Siegle, Jaimie
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Beatriz Terrazas, October 19, 2014 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Beatriz Terrazas, October 19, 2014

Interview with Beatriz Terrazas, photojournalist, writer, and producer for JMD Multimedia. The interview includes discussion of her childhood, the foundation of her photojournalism and subsequent writing careers, her favorite assignments, challenges faced on the job, and advice on succeeding in the industry.
Date: October 19, 2014
Creator: Blanco, Fabianna; Boyett, Pennie; Schrader, Adam; Siegle, Jaimie & Terrazas, Beatriz
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Premium Tax Credits and Federal Health Insurance Exchanges: Questions and Answers (open access)

Premium Tax Credits and Federal Health Insurance Exchanges: Questions and Answers

Legal challenges that may have a substantial impact on the implementation and operation of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) concern whether premium tax credits are available for millions of individuals participating in federally administered health insurance exchanges. The Supreme Court has decided to weigh in on this issue in King v. Burwell. This report provides background on provisions of ACA relevant to this issue. It then answers questions concerning the legal challenges and potential implications of the Court's decision in King.
Date: December 19, 2014
Creator: Staman, Jennifer A.; Lunder, Erika K. & Shedd, Daniel T.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
A New Authorization for Use of Military Force Against the Islamic State: Comparison of Proposals in Brief (open access)

A New Authorization for Use of Military Force Against the Islamic State: Comparison of Proposals in Brief

This report discusses executive authority to authorize force in the crisis involving the Islamic State (IS, also known as ISIL or ISIS), which raised significant concerns for the United States.
Date: December 19, 2014
Creator: Weed, Matthew C.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Navy Virginia (SSN-774) Class Attack Submarine Procurement: Background and Issues for Congress (open access)

Navy Virginia (SSN-774) Class Attack Submarine Procurement: Background and Issues for Congress

This report provides background information and issues for Congress on the Virginia-class nuclear-powered attack submarine (SSN) program. The Navy's proposed FY2015 budget requests $5,883.6 million in procurement, advance procurement (AP), and Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) funding for the program. Decisions that Congress makes on procurement of Virginia-class boats could substantially affect U.S. Navy capabilities and funding requirements, and the U.S. shipbuilding industrial base.
Date: December 19, 2014
Creator: O'Rourke, Ronald
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Congressional Oversight Manual (open access)

Congressional Oversight Manual

The Congressional Research Service (CRS) developed the Congressional Oversight Manual over 30 years ago. Over the years, CRS has assisted many Members, committees, party leaders, and staff aides in the performance of the oversight function: the review, monitoring, and supervision of the implementation of public policy.
Date: December 19, 2014
Creator: Dolan, Alissa M.; Halchin, Elaine; Garvey, Todd; Oleszek, Walter J. & Ginsberg, Wendy
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Water Code (open access)

Water Code

This code covers public policy as it pertains to water use, conservation, and access.
Date: July 19, 2014
Creator: Texas. Legislature. Legislative Council.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Agriculture Code Revision (open access)

Texas Agriculture Code Revision

Part of the state's continuing statutory revision program, contemplating revision of the the state's Agriculture Code without substantive change.
Date: July 19, 2014
Creator: Texas Legislative Council
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Yorktown News-View (Yorktown, Tex.), Vol. 122, No. 31, Ed. 1 Wednesday, February 19, 2014 (open access)

Yorktown News-View (Yorktown, Tex.), Vol. 122, No. 31, Ed. 1 Wednesday, February 19, 2014

Weekly newspaper from Yorktown, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: February 19, 2014
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History