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States

Intelligence Authorization Legislation: Status and Challenges (open access)

Intelligence Authorization Legislation: Status and Challenges

This report assesses the effects of the absence of intelligence authorization legislation since FY2005. Since FY2005, no annual intelligence authorization bill has been enacted. Although the National Security Act requires intelligence activities to be specifically authorized, this requirement has been satisfied in recent years by one-sentence catch-all provisions in defense appropriations acts authorizing intelligence activities.
Date: August 26, 2009
Creator: Best, Richard A., Jr.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Cuba: U.S. Restrictions on Travel and Remittances (open access)

Cuba: U.S. Restrictions on Travel and Remittances

This report covers the contentious travel restrictions between the U.S. and Cuba from the 1960s to the present time. It includes background on the restrictions, enforcement of restrictions, and arguments for or against maintaining travel restrictions. It also provides background on relevant legislative initiatives during the 106th through the 111th Congresses.
Date: August 1, 2009
Creator: Sullivan, Mark P.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Texas Department of Criminal Justice Operating Budget: 2010 (open access)

Texas Department of Criminal Justice Operating Budget: 2010

Operating budget of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) for fiscal year 2010, including an overall summary and budget information organized by specific programs and methods of finance, with information from the previous year for comparison.
Date: August 2009
Creator: Texas. Department of Criminal Justice.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Department of Criminal Justice Budget and Requests for Appropriations: 2009-2011 (open access)

Texas Department of Criminal Justice Budget and Requests for Appropriations: 2009-2011

Financial reports compiled by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice documenting the agency's operating budget during fiscal year 2009 and funding requests for the 2010-2011 biennium, submitted to the Texas Board of Criminal Justice for consideration.
Date: August 27, 2008
Creator: Texas. Department of Criminal Justice.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
The FDA FY2009 Budget (open access)

The FDA FY2009 Budget

This report discusses the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA's) FY2009 budget request of $2.676 billion that would provide a 17.9% increase ($406 million) over FY2008. It includes an overview and breakdowns for specific programs: Foods Program, Human Drugs Program, Biologics program, Animal Drugs and Feed Program, and the Devices and Radiological Health Program.
Date: August 25, 2008
Creator: Johnson, Judith A.; Lister, Sarah A. & Porter, Donna V.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Mid-Session Review of the President's Budget: Timing Issues (open access)

The Mid-Session Review of the President's Budget: Timing Issues

This report provides information on the timing of submission of the mid-session review for FY1980-FY2009, a 30-year period that covers all or part of the administrations of five Presidents, applying to the last two years of the Carter Administration, and the full terms of the Reagan, George H. W. Bush, Clinton, and George W. Bush Administrations.
Date: August 19, 2008
Creator: Keith, Robert
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Federal Research and Development Funding: FY2009 (open access)

Federal Research and Development Funding: FY2009

This report gives an overview of the U.S. research and development (R&D) enterprise and support for federal R&D activities, broken down by departments.
Date: August 15, 2008
Creator: Sargent, John F., Jr.; Smith, Pamela W. & Morrissey, Wayne A.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Multilateral Development Banks: U.S. Contributions FY1998-2009 (open access)

Multilateral Development Banks: U.S. Contributions FY1998-2009

This report shows in tabular form how much the Administration requested and how much Congress appropriated during the past 11 years for U.S. payments to the multilateral development banks (MDBs). It also provides a brief description of the MDBs and the ways they fund their operations. It will be updated periodically. Three companion reports provide further information on the MDBs. See CRS Report RS20793, Multilateral Development Banks: Basic Background, CRS Report RS20791, Multilateral Development Banks: Procedures for U.S. Participation, and CRS Report RS22134 International Financial Institutions: Funding U.S. Participation.
Date: August 8, 2008
Creator: Sanford, Jonathan E.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Navy DDG-1000 and DDG-51 Destroyer Programs: Background, Oversight Issues, and Options for Congress (open access)

Navy DDG-1000 and DDG-51 Destroyer Programs: Background, Oversight Issues, and Options for Congress

This report provides background information on the DDG-1000 (Zumwalt) program. It discusses the Navy's proposed FY2010 budget requests of $1,084.2 million to complete the cost of a third Zumwalt-class destroyer that was authorized but only partially funded in FY2009.
Date: August 8, 2008
Creator: O'Rourke, Ronald
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Defense: FY2009 Authorization and Appropriations (open access)

Defense: FY2009 Authorization and Appropriations

This report is a guide to one of the regular appropriations bills that Congress considers each year. It is designed to supplement the information provided by the House and Senate Appropriations Subcommittees on Defense. For both defense authorization and appropriations, this report summarizes the status of the bills, their scope, major issues, funding levels, and related congressional activity.
Date: August 1, 2008
Creator: Towell, Pat; Daggett, Stephen & Belasco, Amy
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Department of Justice (DOJ) Appropriations for FY2008 and FY2009 (open access)

Department of Justice (DOJ) Appropriations for FY2008 and FY2009

This report provides coverage of the FY2009 appropriations cycle for the Department of Justice (DOJ), including FY2008 supplemental appropriations.
Date: August 1, 2008
Creator: Krouse, William J.; Franco, Celinda & James, Nathan
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation Requests for Legislative Appropriations: Fiscal Years 2008 and 2009 (open access)

Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation Requests for Legislative Appropriations: Fiscal Years 2008 and 2009

Report submitted by the Department of Licensing and Regulation to the Texas 80th 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 2008 and 2009, and supporting documentation.
Date: August 31, 2006
Creator: Texas. Department of Licensing and Regulation.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Department of Criminal Justice Budget and Requests for Appropriations: 2007-2009 (open access)

Texas Department of Criminal Justice Budget and Requests for Appropriations: 2007-2009

Financial reports compiled by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice documenting the agency's operating budget during fiscal year 2007 and funding requests for the 2008-2009 biennium, submitted to the Texas Board of Criminal Justice for consideration.
Date: August 18, 2006
Creator: Texas. Department of Criminal Justice.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas State Office of Risk Management Requests for Legislative Appropriations: Fiscal Years 2008 and 2009 (open access)

Texas State Office of Risk Management Requests for Legislative Appropriations: Fiscal Years 2008 and 2009

A legislative appropriation request for the biennium 2008-2009, in order to provide more effective claims administration and risk management services and ultimately result in savings to state agencies in the form of reduced workers' compensation claims and costs, reduced insurance purchases and improved insurance coverages, and more effective risk management programs.
Date: August 18, 2006
Creator: Texas. State Office of Risk Management.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History