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Amendments Between the Houses: Procedural Options and Effects (open access)

Amendments Between the Houses: Procedural Options and Effects

This report explains the procedural options for resolving differences through amendments between the houses, and to discuss the procedural effects of resolving differences through this process as an alternative to conference committee.
Date: March 23, 2015
Creator: Rybicki, Elizabeth
System: The UNT Digital Library
Amendments in the House: Types and Forms (open access)

Amendments in the House: Types and Forms

This report addresses Types and Forms of Amendments in the House.
Date: August 21, 2015
Creator: Davis, Christopher M.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Amendments in the Senate: Types and Forms (open access)

Amendments in the Senate: Types and Forms

This report briefly describes the various types of amendments that take place in the Senate. It has sections describing distinctions among amendments, degrees of amendments, forms of amendments, and the scope of amendments.
Date: August 25, 2015
Creator: Davis, Christopher M.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Amendments on the House Floor: Summary of Major Restrictions (open access)

Amendments on the House Floor: Summary of Major Restrictions

This report consists of amendments on the house floor: Summary of Major Restrictions.
Date: August 25, 2015
Creator: Schneider, Judy
System: The UNT Digital Library
The America COMPETES Acts: An Overview (open access)

The America COMPETES Acts: An Overview

This report discusses the COMPETES acts, policy debate and implementation status, enactment and re authorization and concluding observation.
Date: May 12, 2015
Creator: Gonzalez, Heather B.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The America COMPETES Acts: An Overview (open access)

The America COMPETES Acts: An Overview

This report provides an overview of the COMPETES Acts for readers seeking background and legislative context. It includes a description and legislative history of the acts, a summary of the broad policy debate, and an examination of the implementation status of selected COMPETES-related programs and policies. This report also highlights major bills to reauthorize the COMPETES Acts from the 113th Congress.
Date: January 27, 2015
Creator: Gonzalez, Heather B.
System: The UNT Digital Library
American War and Military Operations Casualties: Lists and Statistics (open access)

American War and Military Operations Casualties: Lists and Statistics

This report provides U.S. war casualty statistics. It includes data tables containing the number of casualties among American military personnel who served in principal wars and combat actions from 1775 to the present. It also includes data on those wounded in action and information such as race and ethnicity, gender, branch of service, and cause of death. The tables are compiled from various Department of Defense (DOD) sources.
Date: January 2, 2015
Creator: DeBruyne, Nese F. & Leland, Anne
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Analysis of Efforts to Double Federal Funding for Physical Sciences and Engineering Research (open access)

An Analysis of Efforts to Double Federal Funding for Physical Sciences and Engineering Research

This report provides information and analysis on the origins of the doubling effort; selected acts of Congress, other events, and reports; authorizations and appropriations; the effects of the doubling effort on the funding level and character of federal research funding for the physical sciences and engineering disciplines; and related policy issues.
Date: September 8, 2015
Creator: Sargent, John F., Jr.
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Analysis of the Regulatory Burden on Small Banks (open access)

An Analysis of the Regulatory Burden on Small Banks

This report explains the concept of regulatory burden and the different ways it can be manifested. It analyzes whether small banks are relatively more burdened by regulation than big banks. To help answer that question, the report looks at the relative treatment of small and large banks in recent major regulatory proposals.
Date: April 22, 2015
Creator: Hoskins, Sean M. & Labonte, Marc
System: The UNT Digital Library
Analysis of the Tax Exclusion for Canceled Mortgage Debt Income (open access)

Analysis of the Tax Exclusion for Canceled Mortgage Debt Income

Mortgage debt cancellation can occur when lenders restructure loans, reducing principal balances, or sell properties, either in advance, or as a result, of foreclosure proceedings. Exceptions have been available for taxpayers who are insolvent or in bankruptcy, among others- these taxpayers may exclude canceled mortgage debt income under existing law.
Date: September 3, 2015
Creator: Keightley, Mark P. & Lunder, Erika
System: The UNT Digital Library
Analysis of the Tax Exclusion for Canceled Mortgage Debt Income (open access)

Analysis of the Tax Exclusion for Canceled Mortgage Debt Income

This report begins with an overview and analysis of the historical tax treatment of canceled debt income. Next, the changes enacted by recent legislation are reviewed. A discussion of policy options concludes.
Date: December 30, 2015
Creator: Keightley, Mark P. & Lunder, Erika
System: The UNT Digital Library
Analytical notes on Lamkang words and sentences (open access)

Analytical notes on Lamkang words and sentences

Handwritten notes on Lamkang language and historical comparisons.
Date: 2015
Creator: Utt, Tyler P.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Angelina & Neches River Authority Annual Financial Report: 2014 and 2015 (open access)

Angelina & Neches River Authority Annual Financial Report: 2014 and 2015

Financial statements from the Angelina and Neches River Authority documenting expenses and revenues and an independent auditor's report of the agency for fiscal years 2014 and 2015.
Date: Autumn 2015
Creator: Angelina & Neches River Authority (Tex.)
System: The Portal to Texas History
Angelo State University Annual Financial Report: 2015 (open access)

Angelo State University Annual Financial Report: 2015

Annual financial report of Angelo State University documenting income, expenditures, and other relevant financial information for fiscal year 2015.
Date: Autumn 2015
Creator: Angelo State University
System: The Portal to Texas History
Angler Catch, Harvest, and Characteristics at Neighborhood Fishin' Program Lakes (open access)

Angler Catch, Harvest, and Characteristics at Neighborhood Fishin' Program Lakes

Report on the Fishin" Program that promotes fishing in urban areas describing amounts of catches and releases, participants, and satisfaction levels.
Date: 2015
Creator: Texas. Inland Fisheries Division.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Annual Energy Outlook 2015: with Projections to 2040 (open access)

Annual Energy Outlook 2015: with Projections to 2040

The Annual Energy Outlook 2015 (AEO2015), prepared by the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), presents long-term annual projections of energy supply, demand, and prices through 2040.
Date: April 2015
Creator: United States. Energy Information Administration.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Annual Report to Congress: Military and Security Developments Involving the People's Republic of China 2015 (open access)

Annual Report to Congress: Military and Security Developments Involving the People's Republic of China 2015

This report to Congress is pursuant to the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2000 containing in both classified and unclassified form, information on the military and security developments involving the People's Republic of China. The report addresses the current and probable future course of military-technological development of the People's Liberation Army and the tenants and probable development of Chinese security strategy and military strategy, and of the military organizations and operational concepts supporting such developments.
Date: April 7, 2015
Creator: United States. Office of the Secretary of Defense
System: The UNT Digital Library
Anthem Data Breach: How Safe Is Health Information Under HIPAA? (open access)

Anthem Data Breach: How Safe Is Health Information Under HIPAA?

This report discusses the implications of the recent data breach at Anthem Inc., which raised new concerns about the vulnerability of electronic health information. Security experts question whether the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) privacy and security standards are sufficiently protective of sensitive patient information.
Date: February 24, 2015
Creator: Redhead, C. S.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Antitrust Case Complicates Israel’s Energy Future (open access)

Antitrust Case Complicates Israel’s Energy Future

This report describes how Antitrust Case Complicates Israel’s Energy Future.
Date: February 27, 2015
Creator: Ratner, Michael & Zanotti, Jim
System: The UNT Digital Library
Appointment and Confirmation of Executive Branch Leadership: An Overview (open access)

Appointment and Confirmation of Executive Branch Leadership: An Overview

This report begins by explaining the three distinct stages that comprise the advice and consent process, which is the means through which most of these positions are filled. The report then provides an overview of recess appointments and briefly discusses other options that are available to Presidents for temporarily filling vacant advice and consent positions. Finally, it discusses certain types of statutory provisions that Congress has applied selectively to specific advice and consent positions in the executive branch.
Date: June 22, 2015
Creator: Hogue, Henry B. & Carey, Maeve P.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Apportioning Seats in the U.S. House of Representatives Using the 2013 Estimated Citizen Population (open access)

Apportioning Seats in the U.S. House of Representatives Using the 2013 Estimated Citizen Population

This report examines the impact on the apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives if such a change were to occur, using an estimate of the 2013 citizen population in place of the 2010 apportionment population to determine the potential distribution of seats in the House of Representatives for the 114th Congress.
Date: October 30, 2015
Creator: Crocker, Royce
System: The UNT Digital Library
Apprenticeship in the United States: Frequently Asked Questions (open access)

Apprenticeship in the United States: Frequently Asked Questions

This Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) report focuses on the Registered Apprenticeship system, through which the U.S. Department of Labor (or a recognized state apprenticeship agency) certifies a program as meeting certain federal requirements related to duration, intensity, and benefit to the apprentice. The report also discusses federal programs for which supporting apprenticeship activities is an allowable, but not required, use of funds.
Date: August 25, 2015
Creator: Collins, Benjamin
System: The UNT Digital Library
Appropriations and Fund Transfers in the Affordable Care Act (ACA) (open access)

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

This report summarizes all the mandatory appropriations and Medicare trust fund transfers in the ACA and provides details on the status of obligation of these funds. The information is presented in two tables. The report also includes a brief discussion of the impact that sequestration is having on ACA mandatory spending. This report is periodically revised and updated to reflect important legislative and other developments.
Date: March 6, 2015
Creator: Redhead, C. Stephen
System: The UNT Digital Library
Appropriations and Fund Transfers in the Affordable Care Act (ACA) (open access)

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

This report is about ACA appropriations and find transfers.
Date: May 8, 2015
Creator: Redhead, C. Stephen
System: The UNT Digital Library