Clean Air Act: A Summary of the Act and Its Major Requirements (open access)

Clean Air Act: A Summary of the Act and Its Major Requirements

This report describes the Act's major provisions and provides tables listing all major amendments, with the year of enactment and Public Law number, and cross-referencing sections of the Act with the major U.S. code sections of the codified statute.
Date: November 26, 2008
Creator: McCarthy, James E.; Copeland, Claudia; Parker, Larry & Schierow, Linda-Jo
System: The UNT Digital Library
Introducing a House Bill or Resolution (open access)

Introducing a House Bill or Resolution

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Date: November 25, 2008
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
United Nations System Funding: Congressional Issues (open access)

United Nations System Funding: Congressional Issues

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Date: November 13, 2008
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Federal Pollution Control Laws: How Are They Enforced? (open access)

Federal Pollution Control Laws: How Are They Enforced?

This report provides an overview of the statutory framework, key players, infrastructure, resources, tools, and operations associated with enforcement and compliance of the major pollution control laws and regulations administered by EPA.
Date: November 26, 2008
Creator: Esworthy, Robert
System: The UNT Digital Library
Allocation of Wastewater Treatment Assistance: Formula and Other Changes (open access)

Allocation of Wastewater Treatment Assistance: Formula and Other Changes

This report consists of Allocation of Wastewater treatment assistance: Formula and Other Changes.
Date: November 17, 2008
Creator: Copeland, Claudia
System: The UNT Digital Library
Financial Services and General Government (FSGG): FY2009 Appropriations (open access)

Financial Services and General Government (FSGG): FY2009 Appropriations

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Date: November 19, 2008
Creator: Hatch, Garrett L.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Title X (Public Health Service Act) Family Planning Program (open access)

Title X (Public Health Service Act) Family Planning Program

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Date: November 21, 2008
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
House Committee on Standards of Official Conduct: A Brief History of Its Evolution and Jurisdiction. November 2008 (open access)

House Committee on Standards of Official Conduct: A Brief History of Its Evolution and Jurisdiction. November 2008

This report provides a history of the creation and evolution of the House Committee on Standards of Official Conduct.
Date: November 25, 2008
Creator: Amer, Mildred
System: The UNT Digital Library
United Nations Reform: U.S. Policy and International Perspectives (open access)

United Nations Reform: U.S. Policy and International Perspectives

This report focuses on current U.N. reform efforts and priorities from the perspective of several key actors, including the U.S. government, the U.N. Secretary-General, selected groups of member states, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), and a cross-section of groups tasked with addressing U.N. reform. It also examines congressional actions related to U.N. reform, as well as future policy considerations.
Date: November 24, 2008
Creator: Blanchfield, Luisa
System: The UNT Digital Library
Speaking on the House Floor: Gaining Time and Parliamentary Phraseology (open access)

Speaking on the House Floor: Gaining Time and Parliamentary Phraseology

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Date: November 26, 2008
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Developments in Oil Shale (open access)

Developments in Oil Shale

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Date: November 17, 2008
Creator: Andrews, Anthony
System: The UNT Digital Library
Federal Budget Process Reform in the 110th Congress: A Brief Overview (open access)

Federal Budget Process Reform in the 110th Congress: A Brief Overview

This report briefly discusses the context in which federal budget process changes are made and identifies selected reform proposals by major category.
Date: November 20, 2008
Creator: Keith, Robert
System: The UNT Digital Library
Legislative Procedures for Adjusting the Public Debt Limit: A Brief Overview (open access)

Legislative Procedures for Adjusting the Public Debt Limit: A Brief Overview

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Date: November 24, 2008
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Presidential Directives: Background and Overview (open access)

Presidential Directives: Background and Overview

This report provides an overview of the different kinds of directives that have been utilized primarily by twentieth century Presidents. It presents background on their historical development, accounting, use, and effect.
Date: November 26, 2008
Creator: Relyea, Harold C.
System: The UNT Digital Library
When Financial Businesses Fail: Protection for Account Holders (open access)

When Financial Businesses Fail: Protection for Account Holders

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Date: November 20, 2008
Creator: Eubanks, Walter W.
System: The UNT Digital Library
U.S.-South Korea Beef Dispute: Negotiations and Status (open access)

U.S.-South Korea Beef Dispute: Negotiations and Status

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Date: November 25, 2008
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Executive Office of the President: An Historical Overview (open access)

The Executive Office of the President: An Historical Overview

This report provides an An Historical Overview about The Executive Office of the President. It consists of a group of federal agencies immediately serving the President.
Date: November 26, 2008
Creator: Relyea, Harold C.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Worker Safety in the Construction Industry: The Crane and Derrick Standard (open access)

Worker Safety in the Construction Industry: The Crane and Derrick Standard

This report first examines the incidence of fatal and nonfatal on-the-job injuries in the private sector. It next analyzes the causes of fatalities in the construction industry and the involvement of cranes in those deaths. The report then addresses the status of a proposed rule to update the Occupational Safety and Health Administration's (OSHA) crane and derrick standard. It closes with an overview of jurisdictions having safety regulations for cranes more stringent, in whole or part, than the existing federal standard.
Date: November 21, 2008
Creator: Levine, Linda
System: The UNT Digital Library
Climate Change Legislation in the 110th Congress (open access)

Climate Change Legislation in the 110th Congress

This report briefly discusses the basic concepts on which climate change bills are based, and compares major provisions of the bills in each of the following categories: climate change research; emissions reduction technologies; U.S. actions pursuant to international emission reduction agreements; adaptation to the effects of climate change; GHG reporting and registration; and GHG emissions reduction programs.
Date: November 7, 2008
Creator: Ramseur, Jonathan L. & Yacobucci, Brent D.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Broadband Loan and Grant Programs in the USDA’s Rural Utilities Service (open access)

Broadband Loan and Grant Programs in the USDA’s Rural Utilities Service

The Rural Utilities Service (RUS) within the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) houses the only two federal assistance programs exclusively dedicated to financing deployment of broadband Internet access in rural America. This report provides detailed background information on the RUS broadband loan and grant programs, outlines criticisms of how the RUS broadband program has been implemented thus far, and discusses issues that Congress considered during the reauthorization process.
Date: November 17, 2008
Creator: Kruger, Lennard G.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Public Transportation Providers’ Obligations Under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) (open access)

Public Transportation Providers’ Obligations Under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)

This report discusses the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), 42 U.S.C. §§ 12101 et seq., which is a broad nondiscrimination statute that includes a prohibition of discrimination in public transportation.
Date: November 7, 2008
Creator: Toland, Carol
System: The UNT Digital Library
Congressional Budget Office: Appointment and Tenure of the Director and Deputy Director (open access)

Congressional Budget Office: Appointment and Tenure of the Director and Deputy Director

This report provides a brief background of the Congressional Budget Office (CBO), as well as the appointment process of director and deputy director.
Date: November 26, 2008
Creator: Keith, Robert & Bley, Mary Frances
System: The UNT Digital Library
Wave, Tidal, and In-Stream Energy Projects: Which Federal Agency Has the Lead? (open access)

Wave, Tidal, and In-Stream Energy Projects: Which Federal Agency Has the Lead?

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Date: November 26, 2008
Creator: Lane, Nic
System: The UNT Digital Library
Introducing a Senate Bill or Resolution (open access)

Introducing a Senate Bill or Resolution

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Date: November 25, 2008
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library