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Drug Testing and Crime-Related Restrictions in TANF, SNAP, and Housing Assistance
This report describes and compares the drug- and crime-related policy restrictions contained in selected federal programs that provide assistance to low-income individuals and families: the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) block grant, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly Food Stamps), and the three primary federal housing assistance programs (the public housing program, the Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher program, and the project-based Section 8 rental assistance program).
Date:
July 30, 2013
Creator:
McCarty, Maggie; Aussenberg, Randy Alison; Falk, Gene & Carpenter, David H.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Military Sexual Assault: Chronology of Activity in Congress and Related Resources
Report that focuses on activity in Congress regarding recent high profile incidents of sexual assault in the military. Included are separate sections on the official responses related to these incidents by the Department of Defense (DOD), the Administration, and Congress including legislation in the 113th Congress. The last section is a resource guide for sources in this report and related materials on sexual assault and prevention.
Date:
July 30, 2013
Creator:
Torreon, Barbara Salazar
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Ocean Acidification
Report that discusses the increasing concentrations of carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere, and the extent of related effects on the ocean and marine resources.
Date:
July 30, 2013
Creator:
Upton, Harold F. & Folger, Peter
System:
The UNT Digital Library
U.S.-China Military Contacts: Issues for Congress
This CRS report, updated as warranted, discusses policy issues regarding military-to-military (mil-to-mil) contacts with the People's Republic of China (PRC) and provides a record of major contacts and crises since 1993. The first part of this CRS Report discusses policy issues regarding such military-to-military (mil-to-mil) contacts. The second part provides a record of such contacts since 1993, when the United States resumed exchanges after suspending them in response to the Tiananmen Crackdown in 1989. Congress has exercised important oversight.
Date:
July 30, 2013
Creator:
Kan, Shirley A.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Medicaid Financing and Expenditures
This report provides an overview of Medicaid’s financing structure, including both federal and state financing issues. The Medicaid expenditures section of the report discusses economic factors affecting Medicaid, state variability in spending, and projected program spending. Other issues that are examined include congressional proposals to turn Medicaid into a block grant program, federal deficit reduction proposals affecting Medicaid, and state fiscal conditions affecting Medicaid financing and services.
Date:
July 30, 2012
Creator:
Mitchell, Alison
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Nonmarital Births: An Overview
None
Date:
July 30, 2014
Creator:
unknown
System:
The UNT Digital Library
U.S. Efforts to Address Global Violence Against Women
None
Date:
July 30, 2014
Creator:
unknown
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Iran Hostages: Efforts to Obtain Compensation. July 2015
This report outlines the history of various efforts, including legislative efforts and count cases, and describes one bill currently before Congress, the Justice for Former American Hostages in Iran Act of 2015.
Date:
July 30, 2015
Creator:
Elsea, Jennifer K.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Syria’s Chemical Weapons: Issues for Congress
None
Date:
July 30, 2013
Creator:
unknown
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Hostage-Taking Statute Covers Kidnapping for Ransom Abroad
This report discusses the U.S. Court of Appeals case United States v. Noel, in which Noel challenged his conviction for seizing an American citizen in Haiti to hold for ransom.
Date:
July 30, 2018
Creator:
Doyle, Charles
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Asylum Policies for Unaccompanied Children Compared with Expedited Removal Policies for Unauthorized Adults: In Brief
This report focuses on unaccompanied alien children as asylum seekers. To bring clarity to the unique policies toward unaccompanied children, this report compares their treatment to that of unauthorized adults and families with children in the specific contexts of asylum and expedited removal.
Date:
July 30, 2014
Creator:
Wasem, Ruth Ellen
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Multiyear Procurement (MYP) and Block Buy Contracting in Defense Acquisition: Background and Issues for Congress
This report provides background information and issues for Congress on multiyear procurement (MYP) and block buy contracting (BBC), which are special contracting mechanisms that Congress permits the Department of Defense (DOD) to use for a limited number of defense acquisition programs. Compared to the standard or default approach of annual contracting, MYP and BBC have the potential for reducing weapon procurement costs by several percent.
Date:
July 30, 2014
Creator:
O'Rourke, Ronald & Schwartz, Moshe
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Securing U.S. Diplomatic Facilities and Personnel Abroad: Background and Policy Issues
This report provides background information on the organization, practice, and funding of U.S. diplomatic security efforts. It also provides summary information on the September 11, 2012, attack on U.S. facilities in Benghazi, Libya, as well as on the subsequent Accountability Review Board.
Date:
July 30, 2014
Creator:
Tiersky, Alex & Epstein, Susan B.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Army's Armored Multi-Purpose Vehicle (AMPV): Background and Issues for Congress
This report provides background information on the Armored Multi-Purpose Vehicle (AMPV) and it discusses the Army's proposed replacement to the Vietnam-era M-113 personnel carriers, which are still in service in a variety of support capacities in Armored Brigade Combat Teams (ABCTs).
Date:
July 30, 2014
Creator:
Feickert, Andrew
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Securing U.S. Diplomatic Facilities and Personnel Abroad: Legislative and Executive Branch Initiatives
This report briefly summarizes and tracks congressional and State Department actions in response to the attack on U. S. facilities in Benghazi, Libya, and will be updated as necessary to reflect further developments and actions on ongoing policy proposals.
Date:
July 30, 2014
Creator:
Tiersky, Alex
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Summary Report: FY2014 Supplemental Appropriations
Report concerning appropriations requested to address the issues of children illegally crossing the southwest border and a shortfall of funds needed to pay for wildfires.
Date:
July 30, 2014
Creator:
Painter, William L.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Nominations to Cabinet Positions During Inter-Term Transitions Since 1984
This report discusses nominations to Cabinet positions during inter-term presidential transitions. It begins with a discussion of the positions that make up the Cabinet and the process by which nominations to such positions are considered in the Senate. Following this discussion, the report provides data on, and analysis of, the pace of Senate consideration of inter-term transition nominations to Cabinet positions since 1984.
Date:
July 30, 2014
Creator:
Carey, Maeve P.; Greene, Michael & Hogue, Henry B.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Marine Corps Amphibious Combat Vehicle (ACV) and Marine Personnel Carrier (MPC): Background and Issues for Congress
This report discusses issues surrounding the funding for development of Marine Corps Amphibious Combat Vehicle (ACV) and Marine Personnel Carrier (MPC).
Date:
July 30, 2014
Creator:
Feickert, Andrew
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Legal Issues Relating to the Disposal of Dispensed Controlled Substances
This report describes the provisions of the Controlled Substances Act and its implementing regulations that relate to patient disposal of unwanted prescription medication, as well as provides an analysis of the pending legislation.
Date:
July 30, 2010
Creator:
Yeh, Brian T.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
China-U.S. Trade Issues
This report provides an overview of U.S.-China commercial ties, identifies major issues of contention, describes the Trump Administration's trade policies toward China, and reviews possible outcomes.
Date:
July 30, 2018
Creator:
Morrison, Wayne M.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
U.S. Efforts to Address Global Violence Against Women
This report briefly examines legislative issues regarding Violence against women, which includes random acts of violence as well as sustained abuse over time, can be physical, psychological, or sexual in nature.
Date:
July 30, 2015
Creator:
Blanchfield, Luisa
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Stormwater Permits: Status of EPA’s Regulatory Program
None
Date:
July 30, 2012
Creator:
unknown
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Medicaid: The Federal Medical Assistance Percentage (FMAP)
None
Date:
July 30, 2010
Creator:
unknown
System:
The UNT Digital Library
An Overview and Comparison of Proposals to Extend the “Bush Tax Cuts”: S. 3412, S. 3413, H.R. 8
None
Date:
July 30, 2012
Creator:
unknown
System:
The UNT Digital Library