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Energy Policy: 113th Congress Issues
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Date:
September 18, 2014
Creator:
Yacobucci, Brent D.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Unlawfully Present Aliens, Driver’s Licenses, and Other State-Issued ID: Select Legal Issues
This report provides an overview of key legal issues raised by state laws regarding the denial or issuance of driver's licenses and other forms of ID to unlawfully present aliens. It also addresses the legal issues raised by local governments issuing ID cards to unlawfully present aliens, as well as by state and local approaches to recognizing foreign-issued ID documents.
Date:
September 3, 2014
Creator:
Manuel, Kate M.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Temporary Professional, Managerial, and Skilled Foreign Workers: Policy and Trends
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Date:
September 22, 2014
Creator:
unknown
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Social Security Administration (SSA): Budget Issues
This report provides an overview of the Social Security Administration (SSA) mandatory spending but largely focuses on discretionary appropriations for the agency’s administrative expenses. The size of the annual appropriations for administrative expenses affects the agency’s ability to effectively administer the SSA’s benefit programs as well as conduct program integrity activities designed to ensure that only eligible persons receive federal benefits.
Date:
September 8, 2014
Creator:
Szymendera, Scott D.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Title X Family Planning Program
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Date:
September 30, 2014
Creator:
unknown
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Child Care and Development Block Grant: Background and Funding
This report discusses the Child Care and Development Block Grant (CCDBG), which provides subsidies to assist low-income families in obtaining child care so that parents can work or participate in education or training activities.
Date:
September 17, 2014
Creator:
Lynch, Karen E.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Medicare Primer
This report provides an overview of Medicare, the nation's federal insurance program, which pays for covered health care services of qualified beneficiaries.
Date:
September 10, 2014
Creator:
Davis, Patricia A.; Talaga, Scott R.; Binder, Cliff; Hahn, Jim; Morgan, Paulette C.; Mulvey, Janemarie et al.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Federal Labor Relations Statutes: An Overview
This report provides a brief history, including major amendments, of each of the three statutes. The discussion of each law begins with an overview of the statute and then discusses in more detail the key statutory provisions of the law and how the law is administered and enforced.
Date:
September 5, 2014
Creator:
Mayer, Gerald; Shimabukuro, Jon O. & Collins, Benjamin
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Revision of the Nutrition Facts Label: Proposed Rules
None
Date:
September 23, 2014
Creator:
unknown
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Medicare Financial Status: In Brief
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Date:
September 19, 2014
Creator:
unknown
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Judicial Activity Concerning Enemy Combatant Detainees: Major Court Rulings
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Date:
September 9, 2014
Creator:
unknown
System:
The UNT Digital Library
NATO’s Wales Summit: Outcomes and Key Challenges
None
Date:
September 8, 2014
Creator:
unknown
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Klamath Basin Settlement Agreements
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Date:
September 9, 2014
Creator:
unknown
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Assistance to Firefighters Program: Distribution of Fire Grant Funding
This report discusses the firefighting activities that are traditionally the responsibility of states and local communities. The report also talks about the funding for firefighters, which is provided mostly by state and local governments. However, during the 106th Congress, many in the fire community asserted that local fire departments require and deserve greater support from the federal government.
Date:
September 29, 2014
Creator:
Kruger, Lennard G.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Delayed Federal Grant Closeout: Issues and Impact
This report is designed to assist Congress in its oversight of federal grants-in-aid programs by providing a summary of relevant laws, processes, and authorities. The report analyzes the causes of undisbursed grant funds in expired grant accounts and presents congressional options to reform federal grant administration to increase the timeliness, reliability, and comprehensiveness of grant management-related information.
Date:
September 12, 2014
Creator:
Keegan, Natalie
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Japan-U.S. Relations: Issues for Congress
This report discusses issues regarding U.S.-Japan economic relations, since the economic condition of each nation can affect the world economy and a U.S.-Japan bilateral economic relationship could influence economic conditions in other countries. U.S. and Japanese leaders have several options on how to manage their relationship, including stronger reliance on the World Trade Organization; special bilateral negotiating frameworks and agreements; or a free trade agreement.
Date:
September 24, 2014
Creator:
Chanlett-Avery, Emma; Manyin, Mark E.; Rinehart, Ian E.; Nelson, Rebecca M. & Williams, Brock R.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The United Arab Emirates (UAE): Issues for U.S. Policy
This report discusses the open economy and society of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), provides a general description of the UAE's government and political structure, and outlines the effects of the recent global economic downturn on the UAE in general and on the city of Dubai in particular. It also describes U.S. concern over the proliferation of advanced technology in relation to a recently-signed U.S.-UAE civilian nuclear agreement, due to the UAE economy and the UAE's lax export controls.
Date:
September 25, 2014
Creator:
Katzman, Kenneth
System:
The UNT Digital Library
An Overview of the HOME Investment Partnerships Program
This report provides an introduction to the HOME Investment Partnerships Program, including a brief history, an overview of allowable uses of HOME funds, and a description of certain program requirements. It also provides information on funding for the program and how that funding has been used.
Date:
September 11, 2014
Creator:
Jones, Katie
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Protection of Trade Secrets: Overview of Current Law and Legislation
This report starts out with background information regarding trade secrets and an overview of current legal landscape for trade secret protection.
Date:
September 5, 2014
Creator:
Yeh, Brian T.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The "Islamic State" Crisis and U.S. Policy
This report provides background and current information on the Islamic State, a transnational Sunni Islamist insurgent and terrorist group that has expanded its control over areas of northwestern Iraq and northeastern Syria since 2013. The report also examines possible U.S. policy options in the wake of increasing international outrage at the Islamic States' brutality and apparent disregard for typical human rights conventions.
Date:
September 10, 2014
Creator:
Katzman, Kenneth; Blanchard, Christopher M.; Humud, Carla E.; Weed, Matthew C.; Margesson, Rhoda & Tiersky, Alex
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Israel's Iron Dome Anti-Rocket System: U.S. Assistance and Coproduction
This report provides a background of Israel's Iron Dome anti-rocket system and then briefly touches on other topics including U.S.-Israeli co-production of the system, and proposed future U.S. funding.
Date:
September 30, 2014
Creator:
Sharp, Jeremy M.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Poverty: Major Themes in Past Debates and Current Proposals
This report begins with an overview of trends affecting both the incidence of poverty and characteristics of the population, and highlights changing perceptions of the poor and causes of poverty. The report then provides a short history of key federal policies enacted over the past century to address poverty. To provide a framework for analyzing current and future proposals, the report then presents several overarching themes that have recurred in poverty policy debates over the course of this history.
Date:
September 18, 2014
Creator:
Falk, Gene & Spar, Karen
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Hydraulic Fracturing: Selected Legal Issues
This report focuses on selected legal issues related to the use of hydraulic fracturing. It examines some of the requirements for hydraulic fracturing contained in major federal environmental laws. It also provides an overview of issues involving state preemption of local zoning authority, as well as state tort law.
Date:
September 26, 2014
Creator:
Vann, Adam; Murrill, Brandon J. & Tiemann, Mary
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response: The SAFER Grant Program
This report discusses the Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER) Act, which authorizes grants to career, volunteer, and combination local fire departments for the purpose of increasing the number of firefighters to help communities meet industry-minimum standards and attain 24-hour staffing to provide adequate protection from fire and fire-related hazards.
Date:
September 29, 2014
Creator:
Kruger, Lennard G.
System:
The UNT Digital Library