Ex-Im Bank: No Quorum, No Problem? (open access)

Ex-Im Bank: No Quorum, No Problem?

This report discusses the operation on a limited basis of the Export-Import Bank (Ex-Im Bank) despite a renewal of its general statutory charter through FY2019 (P.L. 114-94,
Date: September 15, 2016
Creator: Akhtar, Shayerah Ilias
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Export-Import Bank: Frequently Asked Questions (open access)

Export-Import Bank: Frequently Asked Questions

This report addresses frequently-asked questions about the Export-Import (Ex-Im) Bank, grouped in the following categories: congressional interest and the Ex-Im Bank reauthorization debate; market context; international context; organizational structure and management; programs; statutory requirements and policies; risk management; budget and appropriations; implications of a sunset in authority; and historical and current approaches to reauthorization.
Date: April 13, 2016
Creator: Akhtar, Shayerah Ilias; Carpenter, David H.; Driessen, Grant A. & Taylor, Julia
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Amarillo College Requests for Legislative Appropriations: 2018 and 2019 (open access)

Amarillo College Requests for Legislative Appropriations: 2018 and 2019

Report submitted by Amarillo College to the Texas 85th regular legislature requesting appropriations to fund programming and activities. It includes an overview of the institution's goals, summaries of appropriations requests for fiscal years 2018 and 2019, and supporting documentation.
Date: August 5, 2016
Creator: Amarillo College
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Clean Air Status and Trends Network Annual Report: 2014 (open access)

Clean Air Status and Trends Network Annual Report: 2014

Annual report of the Clean Air Status and Trends Network (CASTNET) describing the program and data collection. It also presents information on air quality and recorded concentrations of pollutants such as ozone, sulfur, gases, and other elements of concern.
Date: December 2016
Creator: Amec Foster Wheeler Environment & Infrastructure, Inc.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
American Journal of Criminal Law, Volume 44, Number 1, Fall 2016 (open access)

American Journal of Criminal Law, Volume 44, Number 1, Fall 2016

Journal containing articles, notes, book reviews, and other analyses of law and legal cases.
Date: Autumn 2016
Creator: American Journal of Criminal Law
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Angelina & Neches River Authority Communication to the Board: 2016 (open access)

Angelina & Neches River Authority Communication to the Board: 2016

Annual financial report of the Angelina & Neches River Authority containing independently-audited financial information for fiscal year 2016, including statements of assets, expenses, revenues, and cash flows, with supplementary notes and information.
Date: August 31, 2016
Creator: Angelina & Neches River Authority (Tex.)
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Angelina & Neches River Authority Financial Statements: 2015 and 2016 (open access)

Angelina & Neches River Authority Financial Statements: 2015 and 2016

Annual financial report of the Angelina & Neches River Authority containing independently-audited financial information for fiscal years 2015 and 2016, including statements of assets, expenses, revenues, and cash flows, with supplementary notes and information.
Date: August 31, 2016
Creator: Angelina & Neches River Authority (Tex.)
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Angelo State University Requests for Legislative Appropriations: 2018 and 2019 (open access)

Angelo State University Requests for Legislative Appropriations: 2018 and 2019

Report submitted by Angelo State University to the Texas 85th regular legislature requesting appropriations to fund programming and activities. It includes an overview of the institution's goals, summaries of appropriations requests for fiscal years 2018 and 2019, and supporting documentation.
Date: August 5, 2016
Creator: Angelo State University
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Recommendations for New Stream and Rain Gages in Texas (open access)

Recommendations for New Stream and Rain Gages in Texas

Report recommending 42 new full range real-time stream gages across the state of Texas.
Date: December 31, 2016
Creator: Aqua Strategies
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
The European Union: Current Challenges and Future Prospects (open access)

The European Union: Current Challenges and Future Prospects

This report provides a brief history of the European Union (EU) and the major challenges currently confronting the EU as an institution. It also discusses the potential implications both for the EU itself and for U.S.-EU relations.
Date: February 15, 2016
Creator: Archick, Kristin
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The European Union: Questions and Answers (open access)

The European Union: Questions and Answers

This report serves as a primer on the European Union and provides a brief description of U.S.-EU relations that may be of interest in the 114th Congress.
Date: January 19, 2016
Creator: Archick, Kristin
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
U.S.-Nordic Relations (open access)

U.S.-Nordic Relations

This report briefly discusses U.S. relations with the Nordic countries--Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden.
Date: May 10, 2016
Creator: Archick, Kristin
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
European Security and Islamist Terrorism (open access)

European Security and Islamist Terrorism

This report discusses the current security climate in Europe following recent incidences of terrorism. The report also addresses potential policy responses and challenges.
Date: April 18, 2016
Creator: Archick, Kristin & Belkin, Paul
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Border Security: Immigration Enforcement Between Ports of Entry (open access)

Border Security: Immigration Enforcement Between Ports of Entry

This report reviews efforts to combat unauthorized migration across the Southwest border in the nearly three decades since the Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA) initiated the modern era in migration control. In reviewing such efforts, the report takes stock of the current state of border security and considers lessons that may be learned about enhanced enforcement at U.S. borders.
Date: April 19, 2016
Creator: Argueta, Carla N.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Border Security Metrics Between Ports of Entry (open access)

Border Security Metrics Between Ports of Entry

This report provides background and information about performance and operational metrics related to U.S. border security as well as issues for Congressional consideration.
Date: February 16, 2016
Creator: Argueta, Carla N.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Numerical Limits on Permanent Employment-Based Immigration: Analysis of the Per-country Ceilings (open access)

Numerical Limits on Permanent Employment-Based Immigration: Analysis of the Per-country Ceilings

The report opens with brief explanations of the employment-based preference categories and the per-country ceilings governing annual admissions of lawful permanent residents (LPRs). It continues with a statistical analysis of the pending caseload of approved employment-based LPR petitions and concludes with a set of legislative options to revise per-country ceilings that are meant to serve as springboards for further discussions.
Date: July 28, 2016
Creator: Argueta, Carla N.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
EB-5 Immigrant Investor Visa (open access)

EB-5 Immigrant Investor Visa

This report includes a discussion of the EB-5 visa's requirements and an overview of the Regional Center Program, information on the EB-5 application (petition) process, admissions, and the economic impacts of the visa, a review of policy issues surrounding the visa and the Regional Center Program, and a summary of current legislation on the EB-5 visa and the Regional Center Program in the 114th Congress.
Date: April 22, 2016
Creator: Argueta, Carla N. & Siskin, Alison
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Temporary Protected Status: Current Immigration Policy and Issues (open access)

Temporary Protected Status: Current Immigration Policy and Issues

This report is a brief overview of current policies regarding temporary protected status (TPS), which is relief from removal under the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA). It includes information about humanitarian migrants, temporary protected status, other blanket forms of relief, nationalities receiving protections, and issues with TPS, as well as recent legislation.
Date: February 18, 2016
Creator: Argueta, Carla N. & Wasem, Ruth Ellen
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Crash Test and Evaluation of Temporary Wood Sign Support System for Large Guide signs (open access)

Crash Test and Evaluation of Temporary Wood Sign Support System for Large Guide signs

"The objective of this research task was to evaluate the impact performance of a temporary wood sign support system for large guide signs."
Date: July 2016
Creator: Arrington, Dusty R.; Bligh, Roger P.; Menges, Wanda L. & Kuhn, Darrell L.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Transportation Planning for Future Renewable Energy Products: Final Report (open access)

Texas Transportation Planning for Future Renewable Energy Products: Final Report

Report on Texas transportation planning for future renewable energy products.
Date: August 2016
Creator: Astroza, Sebastian; Patil, Priyadarshan N.; Smith, Katherine I.; Kumar, Vivek; Bhat, Chandra R. & Zhang, Zhanmin
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Has the U.S. Government Ever "Defaulted"? (open access)

Has the U.S. Government Ever "Defaulted"?

This report discusses the concept of default in the context of the federal government's financial obligations and provides examples of past cases in which the federal government failed to make certain payments on time.
Date: December 8, 2016
Creator: Austin, D. Andrew
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Health Care for Veterans: Suicide Prevention (open access)

Health Care for Veterans: Suicide Prevention

This report focuses on suicide prevention activities of the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) within the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). The VHA's approach to suicide prevention is based on a public health framework, which has three major components: (1) surveillance, (2) risk and protective factors, and (3) interventions.
Date: February 23, 2016
Creator: Bagalman, Erin
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act of 2016 (S. 524): Comparison of Senate- and House-Passed Versions (open access)

The Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act of 2016 (S. 524): Comparison of Senate- and House-Passed Versions

This report discusses selected differences and similarities between the Senate- and House-passed versions of the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act of 2016 (CARA; S. 524), which aims to address the problem of opioid addiction in the United States. The two versions of the bill differ substantially. The scope of the differences may be illustrated by their structures: The Senate bill has 28 sections organized in 8 titles, whereas the House bill has 69 sections organized in 18 titles.
Date: May 23, 2016
Creator: Bagalman, Erin & Sacco, Lisa N.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Active Opioid Legislation in the House: In Brief (open access)

Active Opioid Legislation in the House: In Brief

This report briefly summarizes opioid-related bills that were considered during "Opioid Week" (the week of May 9, 2016) The summaries in this report may be useful illustrations of the range of approaches Members of Congress have proposed to address the problem of opioid addiction.
Date: May 13, 2016
Creator: Bagalman, Erin; Sacco, Lisa N. & Rosen, Liana W.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library