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The $50 Billion Threshold in the Dodd-Frank Act: Key Findings
This report provides an overview key findings from the newly issued CRS Report R45036, Bank Systemic Risk Regulation: The $50 Billion Threshold in the Dodd-Frank Act. It includes some background information and a list of bills that may also affect the legislation.
Date:
December 14, 2017
Creator:
Labonte, Marc & Perkins, David W.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Impact of the Budget Control Act Discretionary Spending Caps on a Continuing Resolution
This report answers common questions regarding the government's discretionary spending limits under the Budget Control Act which if they are exceeded trigger sequestration. The result of continuing budget resolutions and possibilities for fiscal year 2018 are addressed.
Date:
November 14, 2017
Creator:
Lynch, Megan S. & Saturno, James V.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The President's Fiscal Year 2018 Budget Request for the National Science Foundation
This report discuses the Trump Administration's 2018 fiscal year budget request for the National Science Foundation which proposed significant funding cuts across the agency's major research, education, and construction accounts. Overall, the request includes $6.653 billion for NSF, $819 million (11%) below the FY2017 enacted amount of $7.472 billion (P.L. 115-31).
Date:
June 14, 2017
Creator:
Harris, Laurie A.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Resolutions Censuring the President: History and Context, 1st-114th Congresses
This report discusses times when Congress has issued or proposed censures of the President for his actions which though not laws show Congress's displeasure and reflect badly on the President.
Date:
September 14, 2017
Creator:
Hudiberg, Jane A.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Sifting Domestic Terrorism from Hate Crime ad Homegrown Violent Extremism
This report defines the terms domestic terrorism, hate crimes, and homegrown violent extremism as used by the FBI and the Department of Homeland Security and how they can intersect.
Date:
August 14, 2017
Creator:
Bjelopera, Jerome P.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Unauthorized Childhood Arrivals: Legislative Options
This report discusses bills proposed in Congress that either would provide temporary protection from removal or paths to citizenship for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipients in the wake of the announcement of the phasing out of the DACA program.
Date:
September 14, 2017
Creator:
Bruno, Andorra
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Revenue Baseline for Tax Reform
This report provides information on the current revenue baseline as calculated by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO). This report also discusses how the enactment of changes in tax policy can potentially change the baseline, and implications of these changes for subsequent legislation, such as tax reform.
Date:
April 14, 2017
Creator:
Sherlock, Molly F. & Driessen, Grant A.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Congressional Consideration of Resolutions to "Censure" Executive Branch Officials
This report summarizes the parliamentary procedures the House and Senate might use to consider a resolution to censure or condemn an executive branch official and provides links to additional reading material on the subject.
Date:
September 14, 2017
Creator:
Davis, Christopher M.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Federal Budget Deficit and the Business Cycle
This report discusses the annual federal budget deficit, which has fallen significantly over the course of the current economic expansion, from a high of 9.8% of gross domestic product (GDP) in FY2009 to 3.2% of GDP in FY2016.
Date:
February 14, 2017
Creator:
Driessen, Grant A. & Labonte, Marc
System:
The UNT Digital Library
United Kingdom Election Result
This report discusses the United Kingdom's (UK's) election of June 8, 2017, which resulted in a hung parliament, an outcome in which no single party won a majority of seats in the 650-seat House of Commons.
Date:
June 14, 2017
Creator:
Mix, Derek E.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
"Fiscal Space" and the Federal Budget
This report discusses plans for the federal budget and the concept of "fiscal space," or the amount of room available for additional government borrowing.
Date:
February 14, 2017
Creator:
Driessen, Grant A. & Labonte, Marc
System:
The UNT Digital Library