Comprehensive Energy Planning for Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands (open access)

Comprehensive Energy Planning for Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands

This report discusses the electric power grid of Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands which were mainly destroyed by Hurricanes Irma and Maria with Puerto Rico being the hardest hit power grid. The report mainly concerns previous and current efforts to create long-term comprehensive energy plans for insular areas such as Puerto Rico and some of the challenges encountered in doing so.
Date: November 6, 2017
Creator: Clark, Corrie E.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Resident Commissioner to the United States from Puerto Rico: The Evolution of the Office (open access)

The Resident Commissioner to the United States from Puerto Rico: The Evolution of the Office

This report discusses the history of the position of Resident Commissioner from Puerto Rico and the functions of the position.
Date: May 23, 1972
Creator: Tansill, William R.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Statistical Summary of Daily Values Data and Trend Analysis of Dissolved-Solids Data at National Stream Quality Accounting Network (NASQAN) Stations (open access)

Statistical Summary of Daily Values Data and Trend Analysis of Dissolved-Solids Data at National Stream Quality Accounting Network (NASQAN) Stations

From abstract: A statistical summary of the available continuous and once-daily discharge, specific-conductance, dissolved oxygen, temperature, and pH data collected at NASQAN stations during the 1973-81 water years and documentation of the period of record on which the statistical calculations were based are presented.
Date: 1983
Creator: Wells, Frank C. & Schertz, Terry L.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Iron-Ore Resources of the United States: Including Alaska and Puerto Rico, 1955 (open access)

Iron-Ore Resources of the United States: Including Alaska and Puerto Rico, 1955

From introduction: The purpose of this report is to summarize available information concerning iron-ore resources in the United States in order to provide a general background for understanding and appraising the present status of this basic commodity.
Date: 1959
Creator: Carr, Martha S. & Dutton, Carl E.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
2013 National Ocean Dumping Site Monitoring Assessment Report (open access)

2013 National Ocean Dumping Site Monitoring Assessment Report

This national report presents EPA's ocean dumping monitoring activities in fiscal year 2013. EPA conducted 13 surveys at 20 ocean disposal sites offshore from Puerto Rico, Virginia, South Carolina, Florida, Texas, Hawaii, and Oregon. This report summarizes each survey's objectives(s), activities, conclusions, and recommended environmental management actions.
Date: May 2016
Creator: United States. Environmental Protection Agency. Office of Water.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
CDC-Funded HIV Testing: United States, Puerto Rico & U.S. Virgin Islands, 2012 (open access)

CDC-Funded HIV Testing: United States, Puerto Rico & U.S. Virgin Islands, 2012

This report includes HIV testing data from 61 CDC-funded health department jurisdictions and directly-funded community-based organizations (CBOs).
Date: November 2014
Creator: National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
National Coastal Condition Report IV (open access)

National Coastal Condition Report IV

This report assesses the condition of the nation's estuaries and costal embayments, including the coastal waters of the conterminous United States, Southeastern Alaska, Hawaii, American Samoa, Guam, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
Date: September 2012
Creator: United States. Environmental Protection Agency. Office of Research and Development.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Puerto Rico: A Chronology of Political Status History (open access)

Puerto Rico: A Chronology of Political Status History

This report outlines the chronology of the political status of Puerto Rico. In 1952, Puerto Rico, a U.S. territory since 1898, became a commonwealth. Since then at least three significantly different political status options have been offered by the three major political parties in Puerto Rico. On March 4, 1998, the House passed H.R. 856, a bill to address the political status of Puerto Rico, by a vote of 209-208. On June 23, the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee held an oversight hearing on issues raised by separate sovereignty and independence.
Date: June 24, 1998
Creator: Laney, Garrine P.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Parliamentary Rights of the Delegates and Resident Commissioner from Puerto Rico (open access)

Parliamentary Rights of the Delegates and Resident Commissioner from Puerto Rico

This report examines officers who represent territories and properties possessed or administered by the United States but not admitted to statehood, the five House Delegates and the Resident Commissioner from Puerto Rico are not Members of Congress, and do not enjoy all the same parliamentary rights as Members. They may vote and otherwise act similarly to Members in legislative committee; may not vote in the House, but may participate in debate and make most motions there; and, under a rule adopted in the 110th Congress, may vote in Committee of the Whole subject to an immediate revote in the House if their votes are decisive.
Date: November 26, 2008
Creator: Davis, Christopher M.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Tropical Storm? The Supreme Court Considers Double Jeopardy and the Sovereign Status of Puerto Rico (open access)

Tropical Storm? The Supreme Court Considers Double Jeopardy and the Sovereign Status of Puerto Rico

This legal sidebar discusses the nature of the relationship between the United States government and the territory of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. Based in part on statutory language providing that the relationship between Puerto Rico and the United States is "in the nature of a compact," arguments have been made that any change in Puerto Rico's political status must be consented to by both parties.
Date: November 4, 2015
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Rum Excise Tax Cover-Over: Legislative History and Current Issues (open access)

The Rum Excise Tax Cover-Over: Legislative History and Current Issues

This report provides a history and analysis of the rum cover-over program and current legislative efforts to modify the program. The congressional debate on this legislation could also lead to debate on the broader issue of the cover-over program more generally.
Date: January 20, 2010
Creator: Maguire, Steven & Teefy, Jennifer
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Puerto Rican Statehood: Effects on House Apportionment (open access)

Puerto Rican Statehood: Effects on House Apportionment

This report looks at House of Representative distribution between states if Puerto Rico were to gain statehood.
Date: March 16, 2011
Creator: Crocker, Royce
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Citrus Fruit Growing in the Gulf States (open access)

Citrus Fruit Growing in the Gulf States

Report discussing best practices for cultivating a citrus orchard. Discussion includes possible grove sites, varieties of citrus trees, fertilizers, methods of cold protection, and nursery cultivation.
Date: 1906
Creator: Rolfs, P. H. (Peter Henry), 1865-1944
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The UNT Digital Library
Sites, Soils, and Varieties for Citrus Groves in the Gulf States (open access)

Sites, Soils, and Varieties for Citrus Groves in the Gulf States

"The following pages contain brief and concise directions for the choice of the proper sites, soils, and varieties for citrus orchards in the Gulf States." -- p. 7
Date: 1913
Creator: Rolfs, P. H. (Peter Henry), 1865-1944
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The UNT Digital Library
Propagation of Citrus Trees in the Gulf States (open access)

Propagation of Citrus Trees in the Gulf States

Report giving "a brief description of the methods of propagating citrus trees and of the most important nursery practices. It includes also a discussion of the choice of suitable stocks for different regions." -- p. 3
Date: 1913
Creator: Rolfs, P. H. (Peter Henry), 1865-1944
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The UNT Digital Library
Compilation of War Laws of the Various States and Insular Possessions (open access)

Compilation of War Laws of the Various States and Insular Possessions

Text containing the laws related to World War I that were enacted within the United States and possessions in the Caribbean. Summaries of the laws are organized by topic, which are listed alphabetically in the table of contents (pp. 5-6). Index starts on page 185
Date: 1919
Creator: United States. Army. Office of the Judge Advocate General
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
United States Earthquakes, 1947 (open access)

United States Earthquakes, 1947

Report discussing earthquake activity in the United States during 1947. The report is broken down by regions and has sections for specific earthquakes.
Date: 1947
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
United States Earthquakes, 1948 (open access)

United States Earthquakes, 1948

Report discussing earthquake activity in the United States during 1948. The report is broken down by regions and has sections for specific earthquakes.
Date: 1948
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
United States Earthquakes, 1949 (open access)

United States Earthquakes, 1949

Report discussing earthquake activity in the United States during 1949. The report is broken down by regions and has sections for specific earthquakes.
Date: 1949
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
United States Earthquakes, 1950 (open access)

United States Earthquakes, 1950

Report discussing earthquake activity in the United States during 1950. The report is broken down by regions and has sections for specific earthquakes.
Date: 1950
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
United States Earthquakes, 1951 (open access)

United States Earthquakes, 1951

Report discussing earthquake activity in the United States during 1951. The report is broken down by regions and has sections for specific earthquakes.
Date: 1951
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
United States Earthquakes, 1952 (open access)

United States Earthquakes, 1952

Report discussing earthquake activity in the United States during 1952. The report is broken down by regions and has sections for specific earthquakes.
Date: 1952
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
United States Earthquakes, 1957 (open access)

United States Earthquakes, 1957

Report discussing earthquake activity in the United States during 1957. The report is broken down by regions and has sections for specific earthquakes.
Date: 1957
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
United States Earthquakes, 1958 (open access)

United States Earthquakes, 1958

Report discussing earthquake activity in the United States during 1958. The report is broken down by regions and has sections for specific earthquakes.
Date: 1958
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library