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Review of Offshore Energy Leasing: President Trump's Executive Order (open access)

Review of Offshore Energy Leasing: President Trump's Executive Order

This report discusses President Trump's executive order (E.O.) on U.S. offshore energy strategy including a brief overview of previous policies and the scope of the E.O.
Date: May 5, 2017
Creator: Comay, Laura B.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Iran's Presidential Elections (open access)

Iran's Presidential Elections

This report analyzes Iran's 2009 presidential election, particularly the campaigns of reformist candidate Mir Hussein Musavi and incumbent President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. It also describes the Obama Administration's reaction to the election results and briefly discusses the current relationship between the U.S. and Iran, as well as U.S. concerns regarding Iran, such as Iran's efforts at building a nuclear weapons program.
Date: May 5, 2017
Creator: Katzman, Kenneth
System: The UNT Digital Library
Reid Vapor Pressure Requirements for Ethanol (open access)

Reid Vapor Pressure Requirements for Ethanol

This report discusses legislation (H.R. 1311, S. 517) regarding providing a waiver for ethanol-fuel blends containing greater than 10% ethanol (E15) from the Clean Air Act's (CAA) strict requirements on volatility of gasoline. This requirement currently prevents E15 gas from being sold during the summer. Major points of the legislation, various types of waivers and current rules under the CAA for gasoline and possible options for Congress are discussed.
Date: May 18, 2017
Creator: Bracmort, Kelsi
System: The UNT Digital Library
Executive Order for Review of National Monuments (open access)

Executive Order for Review of National Monuments

This report discusses President Trump's April 16, 2017 executive order requiring the Department of the Interior to review presidentially established national monuments since 1996 that exceed 100,000 acres or where action was taken "without adequate public outreach and coordination". It includes tables of the national monuments effected and numbers of acres protected as a national monument by each President since 1996.
Date: May 1, 2017
Creator: Vincent, Carol Hardy & Hanson, Laura A.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Trade Implications of the President's Buy American Executive Order (open access)

Trade Implications of the President's Buy American Executive Order

This report discusses President Trump's April 18, 2017 Executive Order on Buy American and Hire American and its implications for U.S. trade agreements and government procurement costs.
Date: May 2, 2017
Creator: Fefer, Rachel F. & Fergusson, Ian F.
System: The UNT Digital Library
NATO Funding and Burdensharing (open access)

NATO Funding and Burdensharing

This report discusses the the relative imbalance in defense spending and military capabilities within the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), which has long fueled concerns about burdensharing and European allies' reliance on U.S. defense guarantees.
Date: May 19, 2017
Creator: Belkin, Paul
System: The UNT Digital Library
North American Free Trade Agreement: Notification for Renegotiation (open access)

North American Free Trade Agreement: Notification for Renegotiation

This report discusses the fate of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) after the Trump Administration sent a 90-day notification to Congress of its intent to begin talks with Canada and Mexico to renegotiate NAFTA.
Date: May 19, 2017
Creator: Villarreal, M. A.
System: The UNT Digital Library
OPEC and Non-OPEC Crude Oil Production Agreement: Compliance Status (open access)

OPEC and Non-OPEC Crude Oil Production Agreement: Compliance Status

This report discusses the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries' (OPEC's) influence on global oil prices through coordinated production decisions that can impact the global oil market supply and demand balance.
Date: May 17, 2017
Creator: Brown, Phillip
System: The UNT Digital Library
President's FY2018 Budget Proposes Cuts in Public Health Service (PHS) Agency Funding (open access)

President's FY2018 Budget Proposes Cuts in Public Health Service (PHS) Agency Funding

This report outlines the significant reductions in funding for the Public Health Service (PHS) proposed by the President's FY2018 budget.
Date: May 24, 2017
Creator: Redhead, C. Stephen
System: The UNT Digital Library
President John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection: Toward Final Disclosure of Withheld Records in October 2017 (open access)

President John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection: Toward Final Disclosure of Withheld Records in October 2017

This report discusses the President John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (JFK Records Act).
Date: May 26, 2017
Creator: Petersen, R. E.
System: The UNT Digital Library
What is the Proposed U.S.-EU Insurance Covered Agreement? (open access)

What is the Proposed U.S.-EU Insurance Covered Agreement?

This report discusses the United States and European Union (EU) negotiations on the first insurance covered agreement.
Date: May 17, 2017
Creator: Webel, Baird & Fefer, Rachel F.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The United States Withdraws from the TPP (open access)

The United States Withdraws from the TPP

This report discusses discusses the withdrawal of the United States as a signatory from the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement as directed by President Trump.
Date: May 23, 2017
Creator: Williams, Brock R. & Fergusson, Ian F.
System: The UNT Digital Library