Navy LX(R) Amphibious Ship Program: Background and Issues for Congress (open access)

Navy LX(R) Amphibious Ship Program: Background and Issues for Congress

This report provides background information and issues for Congress on the LX(R) amphibious ship program, a Navy program to build a new class of 11 amphibious ships. The Navy wants to procure the first LX(R) in FY2020.
Date: March 25, 2015
Creator: O'Rourke, Ronald
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Calculating 2017 NO(x) Emissions (open access)

Calculating 2017 NO(x) Emissions

This table can be used to calculate the 2017 Base Case emissions and produce a flat file for air quality modeling.
Date: March 25, 2015
Creator: United States. Environmental Protection Agency.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Federal Involvement in Sex Offender Registration and Notification: Overview and Issues for Congress, In Brief (open access)

Federal Involvement in Sex Offender Registration and Notification: Overview and Issues for Congress, In Brief

This report begins with a brief background on sex offender crime and policy in the United States, followed by a description of the role of the federal government in sex offender registration and notification. It concludes with a discussion of select issues on which Congress may exercise additional oversight or address through legislation.
Date: March 25, 2015
Creator: Sacco, Lisa N.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Export-Import Bank: Overview and Reauthorization Issues (open access)

Export-Import Bank: Overview and Reauthorization Issues

This report provides: a general background of Export-Import (Ex-Im) Bank; a discussion of the international context of the Bank; analysis of key issues that Congress may consider in a reauthorization debate; and the congressional outlook on Ex-Im Bank.
Date: March 25, 2015
Creator: Akhtar, Shayerah Ilias
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Speaker of the House: House Officer, Party Leader, and Representative (open access)

The Speaker of the House: House Officer, Party Leader, and Representative

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Date: March 25, 2015
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Navy Force Structure and Shipbuilding Plans: Background and Issues for Congress (open access)

Navy Force Structure and Shipbuilding Plans: Background and Issues for Congress

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Date: March 25, 2015
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Navy TAO(X) Oiler Shipbuilding Program: Background and Issues for Congress (open access)

Navy TAO(X) Oiler Shipbuilding Program: Background and Issues for Congress

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Date: March 25, 2015
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Funding and Financing Highways and Public Transportation (open access)

Funding and Financing Highways and Public Transportation

This report begins with a discussion of the challenges facing the trust fund financing system (which supports both federal highway and public transportation programs) and then explores possible options for financing surface transportation programs) and then explores possible options for financing surface transportation infrastructure.
Date: March 25, 2015
Creator: Kirk, Robert S. & Mallett, William J.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Health Care-Related Expiring Provisions, First Session of the 114th Congress (open access)

Health Care-Related Expiring Provisions, First Session of the 114th Congress

This report provides a list of selected health-related programs and activities under specified titles of the Social Security Act (SSA).
Date: March 25, 2015
Creator: Hahn, Jim
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Congressional Membership and Appointment Authority to Advisory Commissions, Boards, and Groups (open access)

Congressional Membership and Appointment Authority to Advisory Commissions, Boards, and Groups

This report contains a compilation of commissions and boards that demonstrates the range of alternative membership-appointment structures. It includes any statutorily created advisory entity (boards, advisory panels, etc.) whose membership scheme mandates the participation of Members of Congress either as potential members or as participants in the process of appointing the membership.
Date: March 25, 2015
Creator: Glassman, Matthew Eric
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Veterans and Homelessness (open access)

Veterans and Homelessness

The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan brought renewed attention to the needs of veterans, including the needs of homeless veterans. Researchers have found both male and female veterans to be overrepresented in the homeless population, and, as the number of veterans increased due to these conflicts, there was concern that the number of homeless veterans could rise commensurately. This report discusses the various aspects of this issue.
Date: March 25, 2015
Creator: Perl, Libby
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Budget Control Act of 2011: Legislative Changes to the Law and Their Budgetary Effects (open access)

The Budget Control Act of 2011: Legislative Changes to the Law and Their Budgetary Effects

This report provides information about The Budget Control Act of 2011. The BCA provides Legislative Changes to the Law and Their Budgetary Effects.
Date: March 25, 2015
Creator: Levit, Mindy R.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library