Congress Faces Calls to Address Expiring ACA Appropriations (open access)

Congress Faces Calls to Address Expiring ACA Appropriations

This report discusses the Affordable Care Act (ACA), enacted in March 2010, which appropriated billions of dollars of mandatory funds to support grant programs and other activities authorized by the law.
Date: November 25, 2014
Creator: Redhead, C. Stephen & Heisler, Elayne J.
System: The UNT Digital Library
U.S. Secret Service Protection Mission Funding and Staffing: Fact Sheet (open access)

U.S. Secret Service Protection Mission Funding and Staffing: Fact Sheet

The U.S. Secret Service (USSS) has two broad missions, criminal investigations and protection. The protection mission, which is the focus of this fact sheet, covers the President, Vice President, their families, and candidates for those offices, along with the White House and Vice President's residence, through the Service's Uniformed Division. Protective duties also extend to foreign missions in the District of Columbia and to designated individuals, such as the DHS Secretary and visiting foreign dignitaries. This fact sheet provides information on USSS funding and staffing because congressional attention has turned to the USSS and its operations due to several recent incidents.
Date: November 25, 2014
Creator: Reese, Shawn; Painter, William L. & Nagel, Jared C.
System: The UNT Digital Library
China and Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction and Missiles: Policy Issues (open access)

China and Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction and Missiles: Policy Issues

This report, updated through the 113th Congress, discusses the security problem of China's role in weapons proliferation and issues related to the U.S. policy response since the mid-1990s.
Date: November 25, 2014
Creator: Kan, Shirley A.
System: The UNT Digital Library