China's Retaliatory Tariffs on Selected U.S. Agricultural Products (open access)

China's Retaliatory Tariffs on Selected U.S. Agricultural Products

This report discusses China's retaliatory tariffs on many U.S. agricultural products in response to the U.S. tariffs on Chinese steel and aluminium imports.
Date: April 4, 2018
Creator: Hopkinson, Jenny
System: The UNT Digital Library
Title I of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA): A Summary of the Statute (open access)

Title I of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA): A Summary of the Statute

This report summarizes selected statutory provisions of Title 1 of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) but does not discuss agency regulations and guidance that may provide more detailed direction for conducting risk evaluation and selecting regulatory options to prevent unreasonable risks of specific chemicals.
Date: April 4, 2018
Creator: Yen, Jerry H. & Wyatt, Alexandra M.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Federal Research and Development (R&D) Funding: Fiscal Year 2019 (open access)

Federal Research and Development (R&D) Funding: Fiscal Year 2019

This report discusses President Trump's budget request for federal research and development funding for FY2019, recent trends in funding levels, and different departments research funding levels.
Date: April 4, 2018
Creator: Sargent, John F., Jr.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Corporation for National and Community Service: Overview of Programs and Funding (open access)

The Corporation for National and Community Service: Overview of Programs and Funding

This report provides an overview of the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS) which is an independent federal agency that administers the programs authorized by two statutes: the National and Community Service Act of 1990 (NCSA; P.L. 101-610), as amended, and the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 (DVSA; P.L. 93-113), as amended. NCSA and DVSA programs were most recently reauthorized by the Edward M. Kennedy Serve America Act (P.L. 111-13). The report describes programs authorized by these laws and compares CNCS funding for FY2015, FY2016, FY2017, and FY2018.
Date: April 4, 2018
Creator: Fountain, Joselyn H. & Overbay, Abigail R.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Data, Social Media, and Users: Can We All Get Along? (open access)

Data, Social Media, and Users: Can We All Get Along?

This report examines policy issues surrounding the Cambridge Analytica data breach/misuse of Facebook and provides options for Congress to consider. While this event has started discussions on election security and social media company requirements to report advertising, this report addresses data security concerns without discussing the impacts or consequences of data use.
Date: April 4, 2018
Creator: Jaikaran, Chris
System: The UNT Digital Library
U.S. Trade Deficit and the Impact of Changing Oil Prices (open access)

U.S. Trade Deficit and the Impact of Changing Oil Prices

This report provides an estimate of the initial impact of changing oil prices on the United States's merchandise trade balance.
Date: April 4, 2018
Creator: Jackson, James K.
System: The UNT Digital Library
FDIC's Deposit Insurance Assessments and Reserve Ratio (open access)

FDIC's Deposit Insurance Assessments and Reserve Ratio

This report discusses the FDIC's deposit insurance assessments and reserve ratio used to guarantee the repayment of deposits at a bank up to the insured level.
Date: April 4, 2018
Creator: Gnanarajah, Raj
System: The UNT Digital Library
The President's Fiscal Year 2019 Military Construction Budget Request (open access)

The President's Fiscal Year 2019 Military Construction Budget Request

This report discusses President Trump's FY2019 budget request for military construction and compares the funding levels with previous years by construction type.
Date: April 4, 2018
Creator: Williams, Lynn M.
System: The UNT Digital Library