Health Care for Veterans: Traumatic Brain Injury (open access)

Health Care for Veterans: Traumatic Brain Injury

This report focuses on current efforts of the VA's Veterans Health Administration (VHA) to understand, identify, and treat Traumatic brain injury (TBI) among veterans.
Date: March 9, 2015
Creator: Bagalman, Erin
System: The UNT Digital Library
Agriculture Issues in U.S.-EU Trade Negotiations (open access)

Agriculture Issues in U.S.-EU Trade Negotiations

This report briefly discusses the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (T-TIP) between the U.S. and the European Union (EU). The report also briefly notes the use of agricultural biotechnology.
Date: June 12, 2015
Creator: Johnson, Renée
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Federal Excise Tax on Motor Fuels and the Highway Trust Fund: Current Law and Legislative History (open access)

The Federal Excise Tax on Motor Fuels and the Highway Trust Fund: Current Law and Legislative History

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Date: February 23, 2015
Creator: Lowry, Sean
System: The UNT Digital Library
FEMA DRF Major Disaster Assistance: Washington (open access)

FEMA DRF Major Disaster Assistance: Washington

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Date: January 28, 2015
Creator: Richardson, Daniel J.
System: The UNT Digital Library
EPA’s Vessel General Permits: Background and Issues (open access)

EPA’s Vessel General Permits: Background and Issues

This report is an overview of the revised VGP for large vessels and two key issues.
Date: March 2, 2015
Creator: Copeland, Claudia
System: The UNT Digital Library
Employment for Veterans: Trends and Programs (open access)

Employment for Veterans: Trends and Programs

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Date: May 11, 2015
Creator: Collins, Benjamin; Dilger, Robert Jay; Dortch, Cassandria; Grasso, Valerie Bailey; Lowry, Sean & Perl, Libby
System: The UNT Digital Library
“Disadvantaged” Small Businesses: Definitions and Designations for Purposes of Federal and Federally Funded Contracting Programs (open access)
Global Health System Strengthening: Issues for Congress (open access)

Global Health System Strengthening: Issues for Congress

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Date: February 6, 2015
Creator: Salaam-Blyther, Tiaji
System: The UNT Digital Library
Iran Sanctions. May 2015 (open access)

Iran Sanctions. May 2015

This report analyzes U.S. and international sanctions against Iran and, in so doing, provides examples, based on a wide range of open source reporting, of companies and countries that conduct business with Iran.
Date: May 12, 2015
Creator: Katzman, Kenneth
System: The UNT Digital Library
Consumers and Food Price Inflation (open access)

Consumers and Food Price Inflation

This report provides information on the current status and outlook for U.S. food prices, measuring their changes and how such changes relate to U.S. consumers.
Date: May 11, 2015
Creator: Schnepf, Randy
System: The UNT Digital Library
FEMA DRF Major Disaster Assistance: West Virginia (open access)

FEMA DRF Major Disaster Assistance: West Virginia

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Date: January 28, 2015
Creator: Richardson, Daniel J.
System: The UNT Digital Library
FY2016 Extension of the Higher Education Act: An Overview (open access)

FY2016 Extension of the Higher Education Act: An Overview

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Date: October 14, 2015
Creator: Smole, David P. & Hegji, Alexandra
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Indian Health Service (IHS): An Overview (open access)

The Indian Health Service (IHS): An Overview

This report provides an overview of the IHS and the population it serves.
Date: April 21, 2015
Creator: Heisler, Elayne J.
System: The UNT Digital Library
FEMA DRF Major Disaster Assistance: Wyoming (open access)

FEMA DRF Major Disaster Assistance: Wyoming

This In Focus provides an overview of the assistance provided to Wyoming by the FEMA DRF (Disaster Relief Fund) from 2002-2013.
Date: January 28, 2015
Creator: Richardson, Daniel J.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Crime Victims’ Rights Act: A Sketch of 18 U.S.C. §3771 (open access)

Crime Victims’ Rights Act: A Sketch of 18 U.S.C. §3771

This report is an abridged form of a longer report, without quotation marks, footnotes, appendixes, and most of the citations to authority found in the longer version, which is available as CRS Report RL33679, Crime Victim's Rights Act: A summary and Legal Analysis of 18 U.S.C. 3771, by Charles Doyle.
Date: December 9, 2015
Creator: Doyle, Charles
System: The UNT Digital Library
Social Security: The Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) (open access)

Social Security: The Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP)

This report discusses the windfall elimination provision (WEP) reduces the Social Security benefits of workers who also have pension benefits from employment not covered by Social Security. Its purpose is to remove an advantage or “windfall” these workers would otherwise receive as a result of the interaction between the Social Security benefit formula and the workers’ relatively small portion of their careers in Social Security-covered employment.
Date: June 30, 2015
Creator: Sidor, Gary
System: The UNT Digital Library
Commercial Filming and Photography on Federal Lands (open access)

Commercial Filming and Photography on Federal Lands

This report discusses concerns congress attempts to address in regards to commercial filming and photography on federal lands.
Date: March 11, 2015
Creator: Comay, Laura B.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oil Spills: Background and Governance (open access)

Oil Spills: Background and Governance

This report reviews the history and trends of oil spills in the United States, and identifies the legal authorities governing oil spill prevention, response, and cleanup.
Date: June 16, 2015
Creator: Ramseur, Jonathan L.
System: The UNT Digital Library
FEMA DRF Major Disaster Assistance: Illinois (open access)

FEMA DRF Major Disaster Assistance: Illinois

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Date: January 28, 2015
Creator: Richardson, Daniel J.
System: The UNT Digital Library
FEMA DRF Major Disaster Assistance: Nebraska (open access)

FEMA DRF Major Disaster Assistance: Nebraska

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Date: January 28, 2015
Creator: Richardson, Daniel J.
System: The UNT Digital Library
FY2016 Appropriations: District of Columbia (open access)

FY2016 Appropriations: District of Columbia

This report is categorized into two categories: (I) FY2016 Budget Request and (II) General Provisions: Key Policy Issues.
Date: May 14, 2015
Creator: Boyd, Eugene
System: The UNT Digital Library
FEMA DRF Major Disaster Assistance: Maryland (open access)

FEMA DRF Major Disaster Assistance: Maryland

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Date: January 28, 2015
Creator: Richardson, Daniel J.
System: The UNT Digital Library
FEMA DRF Major Disaster Assistance: New Jersey (open access)

FEMA DRF Major Disaster Assistance: New Jersey

This report discusses the Disaster Relief Fund (DRF) that is managed by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and is the primary source of funding used to provide assistance following a major disaster declaration.
Date: January 28, 2015
Creator: McCarthy, Francis X.
System: The UNT Digital Library
China as the World’s “Largest Economy” (open access)

China as the World’s “Largest Economy”

Various media have recently reported that China has overtaken the United States to become the world’s largest economy (a position the United States had held at least since 1913), based on estimates of purchasing power parity (PPP) measurements and projections made by the International Monetary Fund (IMF). This report examines the data and its policy implications.
Date: January 29, 2015
Creator: Morrison, Wayne M.
System: The UNT Digital Library