Federal Grants to State and Local Governments: A Brief History (open access)

Federal Grants to State and Local Governments: A Brief History

This report discusses the history of the federal grants-in-aid system, which predates the Constitution. he grants-in-aid system assumed its current form when President Franklin D. Roosevelt initiated his New Deal programs. Since Roosevelt, the grants-in-aid system has expanded, especially in the number and dollar amount of categorical grant programs.
Date: February 19, 2003
Creator: Canada, Ben
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Procedural Distinctions Between the House and the Committee of the Whole (open access)

Procedural Distinctions Between the House and the Committee of the Whole

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Date: February 19, 1998
Creator: Saturno, James V.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Floor Consideration of Conference Reports in the House (open access)

Floor Consideration of Conference Reports in the House

This report explains the steps in the legislative process of the conference reports.
Date: February 19, 1999
Creator: Saturno, James V.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Amendments Between the Houses (open access)

Amendments Between the Houses

This report briefly summarizes the process of amendments between the House of Representatives and the Senate, which occurs if the House and Senate approve differing versions of a measure. An exchange of amendments between the houses resolves these differences.
Date: February 19, 1999
Creator: Saturno, James V.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Appropriations for FY2001: Legislative Branch (open access)

Appropriations for FY2001: Legislative Branch

Appropriations are one part of a complex federal budget process that includes budget resolutions, appropriations (regular, supplemental, and continuing) bills, rescissions, and budget reconciliation bills. This report is a guide to one of the 13 regular appropriations bills that Congress passes each year. It is designed to supplement the information provided by the House and Senate Appropriations Subcommittees on Legislative Branch Appropriations.
Date: February 19, 2001
Creator: Dwyer, Paul E.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Navy CVNX Aircraft Carrier Program: Background and Issues for Congress (open access)

Navy CVNX Aircraft Carrier Program: Background and Issues for Congress

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Date: February 19, 2002
Creator: O'Rourke, Ronald
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Iraq: Weapons Threat, Compliance, Sanctions, and U.S. Policy (open access)

Iraq: Weapons Threat, Compliance, Sanctions, and U.S. Policy

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Date: February 19, 2003
Creator: Katzman, Kenneth
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Africa: U.S. Foreign Assistance Issues (open access)

Africa: U.S. Foreign Assistance Issues

This report discusses the issue of U.S. economic assistance to sub-Saharan Africa, highlighting the importance of continued assistance in light of U.S. national security and also various U.S.-led efforts to promote reform amongst African citizens themselves. U.S. assistance finds its way to Africa through a variety of channels, including the USAID-administered DA program, food aid programs, and indirect aid provided through international financial institutions and the United Nations.
Date: February 19, 2002
Creator: Copson, Raymond W.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Japanese Lobbying and U.S. Automobile Policy (open access)

Japanese Lobbying and U.S. Automobile Policy

This report surveys U.S. automobile policy in the 1980s in order to clarify the effects of foreign lobbying. The conclusion is that the success of Japanese and other foreign lobbying on automobile policy has been mixed. Some decisions have gone their way; others have not. Their success is partly because they have aligned their efforts with those of powerful domestic interests.
Date: February 19, 1993
Creator: Nanto, Dick K.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Iraq: International Support for U.S. Policy (open access)

Iraq: International Support for U.S. Policy

Although there is a worldwide consensus that Iraq must comply with all applicable U.N. resolutions, international attitudes differ sharply on how to compel Iraq to comply with the U.N. program of eliminating Iraq's weapons of mass destruction programs. Some countries support U.S. threats to use force against Iraq as a necessary step to ensure that Iraq does not reconstitute banned weapons programs. Other countries believe that force would kill Iraqi civilians already chafing under seven years of international sanctions and could prompt Iraq to expel U.N. weapons inspectors. Meanwhile, during the week of February 23, the Senate is scheduled to consider S.Con.Res. 71, calling on the President to take all necessary and appropriate actions in response to the threat posed by Iraq's refusal to end its lethal weapons program.
Date: February 19, 1998
Creator: Katzman, Kenneth
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Job Training Partnership Act: Training Programs at a Glance (open access)

The Job Training Partnership Act: Training Programs at a Glance

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Date: February 19, 1998
Creator: Forman, Molly & Lordeman, Ann
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
NASA's Space Shuttle (open access)

NASA's Space Shuttle

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Date: February 19, 2003
Creator: Smith, Marcia S.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Charitable Choice, Faith-Based Initiatives, and TANF (open access)

Charitable Choice, Faith-Based Initiatives, and TANF

This report is one in the series of reports that discusses the Charitable Choice Act of 2001 (Title II of the House bill) and its rules, as well as the charitable choice laws, and other areas of this program.
Date: February 19, 2002
Creator: Burke, Vee
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Islam: A Primer (open access)

Islam: A Primer

This report provides descriptions of the historical background, the tenets of Islam, jihad, the status of women in Islam, as well as other aspects concerning the religion.
Date: February 19, 2003
Creator: Mark, Clyde R.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Budget Reconciliation Process: The Senate's "Byrd" Rule (open access)

The Budget Reconciliation Process: The Senate's "Byrd" Rule

Reconciliation is a procedure under the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 by which Congress implements budget resolution policies affecting mainly permanent spending and revenue programs. The principal focus in the reconciliation process has been deficit reduction, but in recent years reconciliation has encompassed revenue reduction generally and spending increases in selected program areas. The Byrd rule provides six definitions of what constitutes extraneous matter for purposes of the rule (and several exceptions thereto), but the term is generally described as covering provisions unrelated to achieving the goals of the reconciliation instructions.
Date: February 19, 2004
Creator: Keith, Robert
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library

Newsmap. For the Armed Forces. 284th week of the war, 166th week of U.S. participation

Front: Text describes action on various war fronts: Allies press western front Offensive; Manila battle continues - B-29's active; Soviets make new crossings Maps: Western Front, Soviet Salient, U.S. troops continue to clear Manila. Back: Text and illustration and photographs highlight the role of Military Police.
Date: February 19, 1945
Creator: [United States.] Army Service Forces. Army Information Branch.
Object Type: Poster
System: The UNT Digital Library
Homeland Security: Coast Guard Operations - Background and Issues for Congress (open access)

Homeland Security: Coast Guard Operations - Background and Issues for Congress

This report discusses the Coast Guard's new homeland-security operations in the wake of the 9/11 attacks, which raise potential issues for Congress regarding the adequacy of Coast Guard assets and funding, the Coast Guard’s legal authorities, the Coast Guard’s location within the executive branch, and coordination between the Coast Guard and other agencies.
Date: February 19, 2002
Creator: O'Rourke, Ronald
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Homeland Security: Coast Guard Operations - Background and Issues for Congress (open access)

Homeland Security: Coast Guard Operations - Background and Issues for Congress

This report discusses the Coast Guard's new homeland-security operations in the wake of the 9/11 attacks, which raise potential issues for Congress regarding the adequacy of Coast Guard assets and funding, the Coast Guard’s legal authorities, the Coast Guard’s location within the executive branch, and coordination between the Coast Guard and other agencies.
Date: February 19, 2002
Creator: O'Rourke, Ronald
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Homeland Security: Coast Guard Operations - Background and Issues for Congress (open access)

Homeland Security: Coast Guard Operations - Background and Issues for Congress

This report discusses the Coast Guard's new homeland-security operations in the wake of the 9/11 attacks, which raise potential issues for Congress regarding the adequacy of Coast Guard assets and funding, the Coast Guard’s legal authorities, the Coast Guard’s location within the executive branch, and coordination between the Coast Guard and other agencies.
Date: February 19, 2002
Creator: O'Rourke, Ronald
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Homeland Security: Coast Guard Operations--Background and Issues for Congress (open access)

Homeland Security: Coast Guard Operations--Background and Issues for Congress

In response to the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, the Coast Guard significantly increased homeland-security operations to protect U.S. ports and waterways from potential maritime terrorist threats. The Coast Guard accomplished this in part by diverting resources from other missions. Increased requirements for homeland-security operations after September 11 appear to have added to a pre-existing tension between Coast Guard mission responsibilities and available resources. The Coast Guard's new homeland-security operations raise potential issues for Congress regarding the adequacy of Coast Guard assets and funding, the Coast Guard's legal authorities, the Coast Guard's location within the executive branch, and coordination between the Coast Guard and other agencies.
Date: February 19, 2002
Creator: O'Rourke, Ronald
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Texas Register, Volume 35, Number 8, Pages 1385-1522, February 19, 2010 (open access)

Texas Register, Volume 35, Number 8, Pages 1385-1522, February 19, 2010

A weekly publication, the Texas Register serves as the journal of state agency rulemaking for Texas. Information published in the Texas Register includes proposed, adopted, withdrawn and emergency rule actions, notices of state agency review of agency rules, governor's appointments, attorney general opinions, and miscellaneous documents such as requests for proposals. After adoption, these rulemaking actions are codified into the Texas Administrative Code.
Date: February 19, 2010
Creator: Texas. Secretary of State.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Register, Volume 24, Number 8, Pages 1095-1286, February 19, 1999 (open access)

Texas Register, Volume 24, Number 8, Pages 1095-1286, February 19, 1999

A weekly publication, the Texas Register serves as the journal of state agency rulemaking for Texas. Information published in the Texas Register includes proposed, adopted, withdrawn and emergency rule actions, notices of state agency review of agency rules, governor's appointments, attorney general opinions, and miscellaneous documents such as requests for proposals. After adoption, these rulemaking actions are codified into the Texas Administrative Code.
Date: February 19, 1999
Creator: Texas. Secretary of State.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
80th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Concurrent Resolution 33 (open access)

80th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Concurrent Resolution 33

Concurrent resolution introduced by the Texas House of Representatives and Senate relating to honoring the city of Spur for being named a Texas Main Street City.
Date: February 19, 2007
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
80th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Concurrent Resolution 55 (open access)

80th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Concurrent Resolution 55

Concurrent resolution introduced by the Texas House of Representatives and Senate relating to designating February 7, 2007, as Rusk County Day at the State Capitol.
Date: February 19, 2007
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History