Can the President Withdraw from the Paris Agreement? (open access)

Can the President Withdraw from the Paris Agreement?

This report discusses legal rules governing the ability of the President to withdraw from the Paris Climate Agreement and other similar agreements.
Date: December 5, 2016
Creator: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Colombia Adopts Revised Peace Accord: What Next? (open access)

Colombia Adopts Revised Peace Accord: What Next?

This report discusses the Colombian government's revised peace accord, signed in November 2016 by President Juan Manuel Santos and the FARC's leader (known as Timochenko).
Date: December 5, 2016
Creator: Beittel, June S.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Interim Report to the 85th Texas Legislature: House Committee on Business and Industry (open access)

Interim Report to the 85th Texas Legislature: House Committee on Business and Industry

Report from the Texas House Committee on Business and Industry describing the group's goals, activities, accomplishments, and other information, for review by the 85th Texas Legislature.
Date: December 5, 2016
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives. Committee on Business and Industry.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Interim Report to the 85th Texas Legislature: House Committee on Natural Resources (open access)

Interim Report to the 85th Texas Legislature: House Committee on Natural Resources

Report from the Texas House Committee on Natural Resources describing the group's goals, activities, accomplishments, and other information, for review by the 85th Texas Legislature.
Date: December 5, 2016
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives. Natural Resources Committee.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Interim Report to the 85th Texas Legislature: House Committee on Pensions (open access)

Interim Report to the 85th Texas Legislature: House Committee on Pensions

Report from the Texas House Committee on Pensions describing the group's goals, activities, accomplishments, and other information, for review by the 85th Texas Legislature.
Date: December 5, 2016
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives. Committee on Pensions.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Interim Report to the 85th Texas Legislature: House Committee on Special Purpose Districts (open access)

Interim Report to the 85th Texas Legislature: House Committee on Special Purpose Districts

Report from the Texas House Committee on Special Purpose Districts describing the group's goals, activities, accomplishments, and other information, for review by the 85th Texas Legislature.
Date: December 5, 2016
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives. Committee on Special Purpose Districts.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
International Insurance Issues and H.R. 5143 (open access)

International Insurance Issues and H.R. 5143

This report discusses the international response to the financial crisis, which included the creation of a Financial Stability Board (FSB) largely made up of various national financial regulators and the increased focus by the International Association of Insurance Supervisors (IAIS).
Date: December 5, 2016
Creator: Webel, Baird
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Introduction to Judicial Review of Federal Agency Action (open access)

An Introduction to Judicial Review of Federal Agency Action

This report provides a broad overview of the issues that may be relevant to any number of present and future challenges to agency action in federal court.
Date: December 5, 2016
Creator: Cole, Jared P.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Iran Nuclear Agreement (open access)

Iran Nuclear Agreement

This report provides background on the agreement negotiated by Iran and six other countries (the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Russia, China, and Germany--collectively known as the P5+1) regarding Iran's nuclear program, and discusses the implications for U.S.-Iran relations.
Date: December 5, 2016
Creator: Katzman, Kenneth & Kerr, Paul K.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Membership of the 114th Congress: A Profile (open access)

Membership of the 114th Congress: A Profile

This report presents a profile of the membership of the 114th Congress (2015-2016). Statistical information is included on selected characteristics of Members, including data on party affiliation, average age, occupation, education, length of congressional service, religious affiliation, gender, ethnicity, foreign births, and military service.
Date: December 5, 2016
Creator: Manning, Jennifer E.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Social Security Primer (open access)

Social Security Primer

This report provides an overview of Social Security financing and benefits under current law. Specifically, the report covers the origins and a brief history of the program; Social Security financing and the status of the trust funds; how Social Security benefits are computed; the types of Social Security benefits available to workers and their family members; the basic eligibility requirements for each type of benefit; the scheduled increase in the Social Security retirement age; and the federal income taxation of Social Security benefits.
Date: December 5, 2016
Creator: Nuschler, Dawn
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Amarillo College Requests for Legislative Appropriations: 2018 and 2019 (open access)

Amarillo College Requests for Legislative Appropriations: 2018 and 2019

Report submitted by Amarillo College to the Texas 85th regular legislature requesting appropriations to fund programming and activities. It includes an overview of the institution's goals, summaries of appropriations requests for fiscal years 2018 and 2019, and supporting documentation.
Date: August 5, 2016
Creator: Amarillo College
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Angelo State University Requests for Legislative Appropriations: 2018 and 2019 (open access)

Angelo State University Requests for Legislative Appropriations: 2018 and 2019

Report submitted by Angelo State University to the Texas 85th regular legislature requesting appropriations to fund programming and activities. It includes an overview of the institution's goals, summaries of appropriations requests for fiscal years 2018 and 2019, and supporting documentation.
Date: August 5, 2016
Creator: Angelo State University
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
How Much Slack Remains in the Labor Market? (open access)

How Much Slack Remains in the Labor Market?

The amount of "slack" in the labor market--jobless or underemployed workers--has consequences for the appropriate stance of monetary policy, the future path of the budget deficit, and counter-cyclical spending on programs such as unemployment insurance. This report briefly examines this concept in the context of the current economy.
Date: August 5, 2016
Creator: Labonte, Marc & Stupak, Jeffrey M.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Al Qaeda's Syria Affiliate Declares Independence (open access)

Al Qaeda's Syria Affiliate Declares Independence

This report briefly discusses the implications of a recent announcement from Al Qaeda's affiliate in Syria, Jabhat al Nusra, stating that it was reconstituting itself as an independent group.
Date: August 5, 2016
Creator: Humud, Carla E. & Blanchard, Christopher M.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
South Texas College Requests for Legislative Appropriations: 2018 and 2019 (open access)

South Texas College Requests for Legislative Appropriations: 2018 and 2019

Report submitted by South Texas College to the Texas 85th regular legislature requesting appropriations to fund programming and activities. It includes an overview of the institution's goals, summaries of appropriations requests for fiscal years 2018 and 2019, and supporting documentation.
Date: August 5, 2016
Creator: South Texas College
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Executive Council of Physical Therapy and Occupational Therapy Examiners Requests for Legislative Appropriations: 2018 and 2019 (open access)

Texas Executive Council of Physical Therapy and Occupational Therapy Examiners Requests for Legislative Appropriations: 2018 and 2019

Report submitted by the Executive Council of Physical Therapy and Occupational Therapy Examiners to the Texas 85th regular legislature requesting appropriations to fund programming and activities. It includes an overview of the institution's goals, summaries of appropriations requests for fiscal years 2018 and 2019, and supporting documentation.
Date: August 5, 2016
Creator: Texas. Executive Council of Physical Therapy and Occupational Therapy Examiners.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Office of Capital and Forensic Writs Requests for Legislative Appropriations: 2018 and 2019 (open access)

Texas Office of Capital and Forensic Writs Requests for Legislative Appropriations: 2018 and 2019

Report submitted by the Office of Capital and Forensic Writs to the Texas 85th regular legislature requesting appropriations to fund programming and activities. It includes an overview of the institution's goals, summaries of appropriations requests for fiscal years 2018 and 2019, and supporting documentation.
Date: August 5, 2016
Creator: Texas. Office of Capital and Forensic Writs.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Register, Volume 41, Number 32, Pages 5631-5826, August 5, 2016 (open access)

Texas Register, Volume 41, Number 32, Pages 5631-5826, August 5, 2016

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: August 5, 2016
Creator: Texas. Secretary of State.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas State Library & Archives Commission Requests for Legislative Appropriations: 2018 and 2019 (open access)

Texas State Library & Archives Commission Requests for Legislative Appropriations: 2018 and 2019

Report submitted by Texas State Library & Archives Commission to the Texas 85th regular legislature requesting appropriations to fund programming and activities. It includes an overview of the institution's goals, summaries of appropriations requests for fiscal years 2018 and 2019, and supporting documentation.
Date: August 5, 2016
Creator: Texas State Library and Archives Commission
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas State Prosecuting Attorney Requests for Legislative Appropriations: 2018 and 2019 (open access)

Texas State Prosecuting Attorney Requests for Legislative Appropriations: 2018 and 2019

Report submitted by the Office of the State Prosecuting Attorney to the Texas 85th regular legislature requesting appropriations to fund programming and activities. It includes an overview of the institution's goals, summaries of appropriations requests for fiscal years 2018 and 2019, and supporting documentation.
Date: August 5, 2016
Creator: Texas. State Prosecuting Attorney's Office.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Trafficking in Persons and U.S. Foreign Policy Responses in the 114th Congress (open access)

Trafficking in Persons and U.S. Foreign Policy Responses in the 114th Congress

This report provides an overview of recent global trends and U.S. foreign policy responses to address human trafficking. The report focuses in particular on efforts conducted by the State Department's Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons (J/TIP) and the President's Interagency Task Force (PITF) on human trafficking, as well as discussion of the 2016 TIP Report.
Date: August 5, 2016
Creator: Rosen, Liana W.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Economic Effects of Trade: Overview and Policy Challenges (open access)

The Economic Effects of Trade: Overview and Policy Challenges

This report focuses on some of the major issues associated with trade and trade agreements and the impact of trade on the U.S. economy. Discussions of trade and trade agreements often focus on a number of issues, including the role that trade plays in the U.S. economy, the impact of trade agreements on employment gains and losses, and the size of the U.S. trade deficit.
Date: July 5, 2016
Creator: Jackson, James K.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
North American Leaders' Summit (open access)

North American Leaders' Summit

This report discusses the 10th annual North American Leaders' Summit (NALS), in which Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau hosted President Barack Obama and Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
Date: July 5, 2016
Creator: Villarreal, M. A.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library