Energy and Water Development: FY2014 Appropriations (open access)

Energy and Water Development: FY2014 Appropriations

This report discusses the Energy and Water Development bill, which includes funding for civil works projects of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps), the Department of the Interior's Central Utah Project (CUP) and Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation), the Department of Energy (DOE), and a number of independent agencies, including the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) and the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC).
Date: September 13, 2013
Creator: Behrens, Carl E.
System: The UNT Digital Library
F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) Program (open access)

F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) Program

This report provides background on the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) program and discusses spending during FY2014 and the proposed budget for FY 2015.
Date: April 29, 2014
Creator: Gertler, Jeremiah
System: The UNT Digital Library
Department of Homeland Security: FY2014 Appropriations (open access)

Department of Homeland Security: FY2014 Appropriations

This report provides an overview of appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). The first portion of this report provides an overview and historical context for reviewing DHS appropriations, highlighting various aspects including the comparative size of DHS components, the amount of non-appropriated funding the department receives, and trends in the timing and size of the department's appropriations legislation.
Date: April 18, 2014
Creator: Painter, William L.
System: The UNT Digital Library
U.S. Special Operations Forces (SOF): Background and Issues for Congress (open access)

U.S. Special Operations Forces (SOF): Background and Issues for Congress

This report covers Special Operations Forces (SOF) budgets for FY2014 and expected uses of the bugeted money. SOF actions play a significant role in U.S. military operations, and the Administration has given U.S. SOF greater responsibility for planning and conducting worldwide counterterrorism operations.
Date: May 8, 2014
Creator: Feickert, Andrew
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Global Climate Change Initiative (GCCI): Budget Authority and Request, FY2010-FY2015 (open access)

The Global Climate Change Initiative (GCCI): Budget Authority and Request, FY2010-FY2015

This report discusses financial assistance for global climate change initiatives in developing countries. The Global Climate Change Initiative (GCCI) -- one of the three main pillars to the 2010 directive -- aims to integrate climate change considerations into relevant foreign assistance, from FY2008 enacted funding request for FY2010 through the FY2014.
Date: April 30, 2014
Creator: Lattanzio, Richard K.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Community Services Block Grants (CSBG): Background and Funding (open access)

Community Services Block Grants (CSBG): Background and Funding

This report looks at the purpose and background of Community Services Block Grants (CSBG), which provide federal funds to states, territories, and tribes for distribution to local agencies to support a wide range of community-based activities to reduce poverty. It includes program data, funding activity for fiscal years 2013 and 2014, and proposals for FY2015.
Date: April 1, 2014
Creator: Spar, Karen
System: The UNT Digital Library
CRS Resources on the FY2014 Funding Gap, Shutdown, and Status of Appropriations (open access)

CRS Resources on the FY2014 Funding Gap, Shutdown, and Status of Appropriations

This report provides an annotated list of Congressional Research Service (CRS) resources and analyses relevant to funding gaps, including (1) the funding gap that commenced on October 1, 2013, and terminated on October 17, 2013, with the enactment of P.L. 113-46 -- a continuing appropriations measure providing appropriations through January 15, 2014; (2) historical funding gaps; and (3) continuing appropriations measures.
Date: May 12, 2014
Creator: Murray, Justin
System: The UNT Digital Library
Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies: FY2015 Appropriations (open access)

Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies: FY2015 Appropriations

This report will track and describe actions taken by the Administration and Congress to provide FY2015 appropriations for the Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies (CJS) accounts. It also provides an overview of FY2014 appropriations for agencies and bureaus funded as a part of the annual appropriation for CJS.
Date: April 28, 2014
Creator: James, Nathan; Williams, Jennifer D. & Sargent, John F., Jr.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Provisions in the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2013 as an Alternative to a Traditional Budget Resolution (open access)

Provisions in the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2013 as an Alternative to a Traditional Budget Resolution

This report provides an explanation of such provisions, highlights how those provisions compare with a traditional budget resolution, and places them within the context of the budget process for FY2014 and FY2015.
Date: May 8, 2014
Creator: Lynch, Megan S.
System: The UNT Digital Library
In Brief: CRS Resources on the FY2014 Funding Gap, Shutdown, and Status of Appropriations (open access)

In Brief: CRS Resources on the FY2014 Funding Gap, Shutdown, and Status of Appropriations

This report provides an annotated list of Congressional Research Service (CRS) resources and analyses relevant tothe funding gap that commenced on October 1, 2013, and terminated on October 17, 2013, with the enactment of P.L. 113-46, a continuing appropriations measure providing appropriations through January 15, 2014; historical funding gaps; and continuing appropriations measures.
Date: October 23, 2013
Creator: Murray, Justin
System: The UNT Digital Library
Haiti's Political and Economic Conditions: In Brief (open access)

Haiti's Political and Economic Conditions: In Brief

This report describes Haiti's political structure and government, economy, police and army, and human rights and immigration issues. It also discusses UN missions in Haiti and U.S. relations with Haiti, including a a table outlining foreign aid amounts for Haiti from the U.S. for FY 2010-FY2018.
Date: December 1, 2017
Creator: Taft-Morales, Maureen
System: The UNT Digital Library
U.S. Global Health Assistance: FY2001-FY2019 Request (open access)

U.S. Global Health Assistance: FY2001-FY2019 Request

This report outlines U.S. funding for global health by agency and program. Congress may debate several pressing global health issues, including strengthening health systems, bolstering pandemic preparedness, considering the FY2019 budget request, protecting life in global health assistance, and authorizing the extension of PEPFAR (President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief).
Date: June 22, 2018
Creator: Salaam-Blyther, Tiaji
System: The UNT Digital Library
NIH Funding: FY1994-FY2019 (open access)

NIH Funding: FY1994-FY2019

This report discusses funding for the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) from 1994 to 2019. The NIH is the primary federal agency charged with conducting and supporting biomedical and behavioral research. It is the largest of the eight health-related agencies that make up the Public Health Service (PHS) within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).
Date: October 15, 2018
Creator: Johnson, Judith A. & Sekar, Kavya
System: The UNT Digital Library
Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education: FY2014 Appropriations (open access)

Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education: FY2014 Appropriations

This report provides an overview of actions taken by Congress to provide FY2014 appropriations for the accounts funded by the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies appropriations bill.
Date: October 15, 2014
Creator: Lynch, Karen E.; Cornell, Ada S.; Szymendera, Scott D; McCallion, Gail & Bradley, David H.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education (L-HHS-ED): FY2014 Appropriations (open access)

Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education (L-HHS-ED): FY2014 Appropriations

This report provides an overview of actions taken by Congress to provide FY2014 appropriations for the accounts funded by the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies appropriations bill.
Date: September 20, 2013
Creator: Lynch, Karen E.; Corby-Edwards, Amalia K.; Szymendera, Scott D; McCallion, Gail; Bradley, David H. & Smith, Pamela W.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Energy and Water Development: FY2014 Appropriations, Preliminary Tables (open access)

Energy and Water Development: FY2014 Appropriations, Preliminary Tables

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Date: May 9, 2013
Creator: Behrens, Carl E.
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Resurgence of Unaccompanied Alien Children? (open access)

A Resurgence of Unaccompanied Alien Children?

This report briefly examines the recently-high number of unaccompanied alien children (UAC). In the first seven months of FY2016, apprehensions at the U.S.-Mexico border have approached levels close to what they were in FY2014 when such migration flows reached what were characterized as "crisis" proportions.
Date: May 27, 2016
Creator: Kandel, William A.
System: The UNT Digital Library
U.S. Crude Oil and Natural Gas Production in Federal and Nonfederal Areas (open access)

U.S. Crude Oil and Natural Gas Production in Federal and Nonfederal Areas

This report examines U.S. oil and natural gas production data for federal and non-federal areas with an emphasis on the past five fiscal years of production.
Date: June 22, 2016
Creator: Humphries, Marc
System: The UNT Digital Library
Federal Benefits and Services for People with Low Income: Overview of Spending Trends, FY2008-FY2015 (open access)

Federal Benefits and Services for People with Low Income: Overview of Spending Trends, FY2008-FY2015

This report is the most recent in a series that attempts to identify and discuss programs that provide federal benefits and services targeted toward low-income populations, focusing on aggregate spending trends. The report looks at federal low-income spending from FY2008 (at the onset of the 2007-2009 recession) through FY2015 (after implementation of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, or ACA).
Date: July 29, 2016
Creator: Spar, Karen & Falk, Gene
System: The UNT Digital Library
Use of the Annual Appropriations Process to Block Implementation of the Affordable Care Act (FY2011-FY2017) (open access)

Use of the Annual Appropriations Process to Block Implementation of the Affordable Care Act (FY2011-FY2017)

This report summarizes the ACA-related language added to annual appropriations legislation by congressional appropriators since the ACA was signed into law. The information is presented in Table 1. While a detailed examination of the ACA itself is beyond the scope of this report, a brief overview of the ACA's core provisions and its impact on federal spending is provided as context for the material in the table.
Date: August 4, 2016
Creator: Redhead, C. Stephen & Cornell, Ada S.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Financial Services and General Government (FSGG): FY2014 Appropriations (open access)

Financial Services and General Government (FSGG): FY2014 Appropriations

This report discusses the Financial Services and General Government (FSGG) appropriations bill that provides funding for the Department of the Treasury, the Executive Office of the President (EOP), the judiciary, the District of Columbia, and more than two dozen independent agencies.
Date: January 7, 2014
Creator: Webel, Baird
System: The UNT Digital Library
Trends in the Timing and Size of DHS Appropriations: In Brief (open access)

Trends in the Timing and Size of DHS Appropriations: In Brief

This report examines trends in the timing and size of homeland security appropriations measures between FY2004 and FY2015. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) was officially established on January 24, 2003.
Date: August 6, 2015
Creator: Painter, William L.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Energy and Water Development: FY2014 Appropriations (open access)

Energy and Water Development: FY2014 Appropriations

This report discusses the Energy and Water Development appropriations bill that provides funding for civil works projects of the Army Corps of Engineers (Corps), for the Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation), the Department of Energy (DOE), and several independent agencies.
Date: February 25, 2014
Creator: Behrens, Carl E.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Multilateral Development Banks: U.S. Contributions FY2000-FY2015 (open access)

Multilateral Development Banks: U.S. Contributions FY2000-FY2015

This report shows in tabular form how much the Administration requested and how much Congress appropriated for U.S. payments to the multilateral development banks (MDBs) since 2000. It also provides a brief description of the MDBs and the ways they fund their operations.
Date: January 26, 2015
Creator: Nelson, Rebecca M.
System: The UNT Digital Library