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U.S.-EU Cooperation Against Terrorism
This report examines the evolution of counterterrorism cooperation between the United States and the European Union (EU), particularly since the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. It includes a discussion of U.S.-EU cooperation progress and ongoing challenges, as well as perspectives and issues for Congress.
Date:
July 18, 2011
Creator:
Archick, Kristin
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Suicide, PTSD, and Substance Use Among OEF/OIF Veterans Using VA Health Care: Facts and Figures
This brief report addresses three relevant topics that affect veterans: suicide, posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and substance use disorders.
Date:
July 18, 2011
Creator:
Bagalman, Erin
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Defense Surplus Equipment Disposal: Background Information
This report discusses the Department of Defense (DOD) policy via the Defense Utilization and Marketing Service (DRMS) for disposing of government equipment and supplies considered surplus or deemed unnecessary to the agency's currently designated mission. The report focuses on DRMS background, as well as the most recent DRMS policy modifications.
Date:
July 18, 2012
Creator:
Bailey Grasso, Valerie
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
BSE (“Mad Cow Disease”): A Brief Overview
The appearance of BSE (bovine spongiform encephalopathy or “mad cow disease”) in North America in 2003 raised meat safety concerns and disrupted trade for cattle and beef producers. A major issue for Congress has been how to rebuild foreign confidence in the safety of U.S. beef and regain lost markets like Japan and Korea. Among other issues are whether additional measures are needed to further protect the public and cattle herd, and concerns over the relative costs and benefits of such measures for consumers, taxpayers and industry.
Date:
July 18, 2006
Creator:
Becker, Geoffrey S.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Tax Gap: Should the 3% Withholding Requirement on Payments to Contractors by Government Be Repealed?
This report covers the background and current status of three bills introduced to the 112th Congress to repeal Section 511 withholding provisions. The bills are S. 89, S. 164, and H.R. 674, as well as S.Amdt. 405 to S.782, the Economic Development Revitalization Act of 2011.
Date:
July 18, 2011
Creator:
Bickley, James M.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Insect Destroyer.
Patent for a new and improved insect trap. This design "relates to certain new and useful improvements in devices for distributing liquid poison on cotton and other plants to destroy insect life thereon; and it consists in the [novel] construction and arrangement of parts" (lines 14-18).
Date:
July 18, 1882
Creator:
Binkley, James E.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The United Nations Human Rights Council: Issues for Congress
This report provides historical background of the Council, including the role of the previous Commission. It discusses the Council's current mandate and structures, as well as U.S. policy and congressional actions. Finally, it highlights possible policy issues for the 112th Congress, including the overall effectiveness of the Council in addressing human rights, implications for U.S. membership, and U.S. financial contributions to the Council.
Date:
July 18, 2011
Creator:
Blanchfield, Luisa
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Water-Cooling Device.
Patent for a water cooling device in refrigerators and iceboxes that provides drinking water from the ice compartment.
Date:
July 18, 1911
Creator:
Boyer, Robert Y. & Caldwell, James P.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Poison-Distributer.
Patent for a certain new and useful class of machines used for distributing poisons for the purpose of killing insects, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
July 18, 1899
Creator:
Braun, Emil.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Department of Defense Reorganization Act of 1986: Proposals for Reforming the Joint Officer Personnel Management Program
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Date:
July 18, 2000
Creator:
Brown, Katherine Lemay
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Homosexuals and the U.S. Military: Current Issues
This report examines "don't ask, don't tell," policy in the U.S. military. "Don't ask, don't tell," holds that the presence in the armed forces of persons who demonstrate a propensity or intent to engage in homosexual acts would create an unacceptable risk to the high standards of morale, good order and discipline, and unit cohesion which are the essence of military capability. Service members are not to be asked about nor allowed to discuss their homosexuality.
Date:
July 18, 2008
Creator:
Burrelli, David F. & Feder, Jody
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Midnight Rulemaking
This report provides an overview of midnight rulemaking (regulations issued at the end of a presidential administration) and discusses actions that recent outgoing and incoming administrations have taken pertaining to midnight rules. It explains how an incoming President could change or eliminate midnight rules, and provides options for congressional oversight of midnight rules.
Date:
July 18, 2012
Creator:
Carey, Maeve P.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Projecting Apparatus.
Patent for developing projecting apparatuses. This projecting apparatuses invented has continuous operation and manual operation is removed.
Date:
July 18, 1916
Creator:
Chapman, Charles E.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Churn.
Patent for certain new and useful improvements in churns, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
July 18, 1899
Creator:
Christie, James B.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Ghana: Current Issues and U.S. Relations in Brief
This report discusses the politics, governance, and economy of Ghana, as well as Ghana's relations with the United States.
Date:
July 18, 2018
Creator:
Cook, Nicolas
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Air Quality Issues and Animal Agriculture: EPA’s Air Compliance Agreement
This report discusses a plan announced by EPA in January 2005, called the Air Compliance Agreement, that would produce air quality monitoring data on animal agriculture emissions from a small number of farms, while at the same time protecting all participants (including farms where no monitoring takes place) through a “safe harbor” from liability under certain provisions of federal environmental laws.
Date:
July 18, 2007
Creator:
Copeland, Claudia
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Potential Federal Tax Implications of United States v. Windsor (Striking Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA)): Selected Issues
This report will provide an overview of the potential federal tax implications for same-sex married couples of the U.S. Supreme Court (SCOTUS) ruling in United States v. Windsor, with a focus on the federal income tax. Estate tax issues are also discussed. Importantly, this report focuses on changes in the interpretation and administration of federal tax law that may result from the SCOTUS decision.
Date:
July 18, 2013
Creator:
Crandall-Hollick, Margot L.; Sherlock, Molly F. & Pettit, Carol A.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Animal-Trap.
Patent for an improved animal trap that can catch a large variety of animals, including fish, and does not injure the animals. Bait is placed in the trap, and the door on one end is spring-activated. A hinged door on the top is where the operator can take out the animal.
Date:
July 18, 1893
Creator:
Crockett, William E. & McAdams, Richard E.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Saw-Hammering Machine.
Patent for a simple hammering machine for circular saws that "carries the saw in such a way that it may be held at any necessary or desired angle to suit the operator, which has a sliding anvil adapted to be adjusted so as to come opposite the various parts of the saw, which is provided with an adjustable hammer adapted to be brought opposite the anvil, which is constructed so as to cause a blow to expand both sides of the saw equally, and which in general is intended to facilitate the quick and efficient hammering of a saw" (lines 12-23).
Date:
July 18, 1893
Creator:
Dillon, Thomas H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automobile Torpedo
Patent for a submarine torpedo which explodes in the hull of a vessels it hits.
Date:
July 18, 1911
Creator:
Douglas, William M.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in apparatus for packing and bale cotton.
Patent for improved process and apparatus for baling cotton. Improvement relates to a mechanical device by means of which raw cotton is thoroughly compressed into bales suitable for handling.
Date:
July 18, 1876
Creator:
Drake, James A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in the Methods of Baling and Packing Cotton
Patent for improvement in the methods of baling and packing cotton specifically optimizations in the packing and baling of cotton by avoiding all the mechanical appliances used in forming and securing bales of cotton, such as the press, canvas bagging, band, buckles, and bale-ties.
Date:
July 18, 1876
Creator:
Drake, James A. & Singer, Edgar C.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Design for a Badge.
Patent for design for a badge.
Date:
July 18, 1893
Creator:
Edwards, Charles L.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Nutcracking-Machine.
Patent for a nut-cracking machine that can crack hard shelled nuts.
Date:
July 18, 1911
Creator:
Elder, Benjamin W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History