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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
Constitutional Authorities Under Which Congress Regulates State Taxation
This report discusses these authorities and several of the possible limitations. It also provides examples of where Congress has appeared to act under each authority.
Date:
January 2, 2015
Creator:
Lunder, Erika K. & Thomas, Kenneth R.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Desalination and Membrane Technologies: Federal Research and Adoption Issues
This report discusses emerging technologies (e.g., forward osmosis, nanocomposite and chlorine resistant membranes) that show promise for reducing desalination costs. It also discusses the research to support development of emerging technologies and to reduce desalination's environmental and social impacts.
Date:
January 2, 2015
Creator:
Carter, Nicole T.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Insurance Regulation: Issues, Background, and Legislation in the 113th Congress
This report discusses the legislation in the 113th Congress regarding insurance regulation. Among the insurance regulatory issues addressed by legislation in the 113th Congress are the application of federal orderly liquidation authority to insurers (addressed in H.R. 605); the supervision of some insurers by the Federal Reserve (addressed in H.R. 2140, H.R. 4510, H.R. 5461, S. 2102, and S. 2270); and the licensing of insurance agents and brokers (addressed in S. 534, S. 1926, S. 2244, H.R. 1155/H.R. 1064, and H.R. 4871).
Date:
January 2, 2015
Creator:
Webel, Baird
System:
The UNT Digital Library
International Trade and Finance: Key Policy Issues for the 114th Congress
This report covers policy issues in areas such as: U.S. trade negotiations; U.S. trade and economic relations with regions and countries; international trade institutions; tariff and nontariff barriers; worker dislocation from trade liberalization; trade remedy laws; import and export policies; international investment; economic sanctions; and trade policy functions of the federal government.
Date:
January 2, 2015
Creator:
Irace, Mary A. & Williams, Brock R.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Mexico: Background and U.S. Relations
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Date:
January 2, 2015
Creator:
unknown
System:
The UNT Digital Library
State Minimum Wages: An Overview
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Date:
January 2, 2015
Creator:
unknown
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Surface Transportation Funding and Infrastructure Challenges
This report discusses funding and infrastructure challenges regarding the the Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (MAP-21), the Federal-Aid Highway Program, and the Federal Public Transportation Program following MAP-21's extension through May 31, 2015.
Date:
January 2, 2015
Creator:
Kirk, Robert S. & Mallett, William J.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Congressional Careers: Service Tenure and Patterns of Member Service, 1789-2015
This report presents data on Member tenure and a historical analysis of tenure trends. During the 19th century, the average service of Representatives and Senators remained roughly constant, with little or no change over time; the average years of service was slightly higher for the first half of the century than during the second. During the late 19th and through the 20th century, the average years of service for Senators and Representatives steadily increased.
Date:
January 3, 2015
Creator:
Glassman, Matthew E. & Wilhelm, Amber H.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Air Traffic Inc.: Considerations Regarding the Corporatization of Air Traffic Control
This report looks at past proposals to corporatize or privatize FAA air traffic functions and examines the way air traffic management is structured in other countries, particularly focusing on those that have opted for corporatization or privatization.
Date:
January 5, 2015
Creator:
Elias, Bart
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Campus-Based Student Financial Aid Programs Under the Higher Education Act
This report mainly discusses about the Campus-Based Student Financial Aid Programs Under the Higher Education Act
Date:
January 5, 2015
Creator:
Hegji, Alexandra & Smole, David P.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
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:
January 5, 2015
Creator:
Kan, Shirley A.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
China’s Economic Rise: History, Trends, Challenges, and Implications for the United States
This report is on China’s Economic Rise: History, Trends, Challenges, and Implications for the United States.
Date:
January 5, 2015
Creator:
Morrison, Wayne M.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Community Services Block Grants (CSBG): Background and Funding
This report provides information on the Community Services Block Grant (CSBG), which is the modern-day program that continues to fund this network of local antipoverty agencies. The report also describes several smaller related programs that are administered by the same federal office that currently oversees the CSBG.
Date:
January 5, 2015
Creator:
Spar, Karen
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) Program
This report is categorized into Three categories: (I) Background, (II) Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) Program and (III) Appropriations for the Byrne Formula Grant, LLEBG, and JAG Programs.
Date:
January 5, 2015
Creator:
James, Nathan
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Emergency Assistance for Agricultural Land Rehabilitation
This report describes emergency agricultural land assistance programs designed to repair agricultural and forest land following a natural disaster and potentially mitigate future risk. It presents background on the programs--purpose, activities, authority, eligibility requirements, and authorized program funding levels, as well as current congressional issues.
Date:
January 5, 2015
Creator:
Stubbs, Megan
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Energy Policy: 114th Congress Issues
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Date:
January 5, 2015
Creator:
Yacobucci, Brent D.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
FY2015 Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies’ Appropriations: Fact Sheet
This report will track and describe actions taken by the Administration and Congress to provide FY2015 appropriations for Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies (CJS) accounts.
Date:
January 5, 2015
Creator:
James, Nathan
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Keystone XL Pipeline: Overview and Recent Developments
This report describes the Keystone XL Pipeline Project and the process that the State Department must complete to decide whether it will approve or deny TransCanada's permit application. The report also discusses key energy security, economic, and environmental issues relevant to the State Department's national interest determination. Some of these issues include perspectives among various stakeholders both in favor of and opposed to the construction of the pipeline. Finally, the report discusses the constitutional basis for the State Department's authority to issue a Presidential Permit, and opponents' possible challenges to this authority.
Date:
January 5, 2015
Creator:
Parfomak, Paul W.; Luther, Linda; Lattanzio, Richard K.; Ramseur, Jonathan L.; Vann, Adam; Pirog, Robert et al.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Medicaid’s Federal Medical Assistance Percentage (FMAP), FY2016
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Date:
January 5, 2015
Creator:
unknown
System:
The UNT Digital Library
An Overview of Unconventional Oil and Natural Gas: Resources and Federal Actions
This report focuses on the growth in U.S. oil and natural gas production driven primarily by tight oil formations and shale gas formations. It also reviews selected federal environmental regulatory and research initiatives related to unconventional oil and gas extraction, including the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) proposed hydraulic fracturing rule and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) actions.
Date:
January 5, 2015
Creator:
Ratner, Michael & Tiemann, Mary
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Ozone Air Quality Standards: EPA's 2015 Revision
This report discusses the standard-setting process, the specifics of the current and most recent reviews, and issues that may be raised as the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) brings the current review of the National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for ground-level ozone to completion.
Date:
January 5, 2015
Creator:
McCarthy, James E.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Proposed Retirement of A-10 Aircraft: Background in Brief
The Administration's fiscal 2015 budget proposed to retire the entire fleet of A-10 Thunderbolt II attack aircraft beginning in FY2016. This report covers the background to that decision and legislative action as of the end of 2014.
Date:
January 5, 2015
Creator:
Gertler, Jeremiah
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Recently Expired Community AssistanceRelated Tax Provisions (“Tax Extenders”): In Brief
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Date:
January 5, 2015
Creator:
unknown
System:
The UNT Digital Library