House Committees: Assignment Process (open access)

House Committees: Assignment Process

Committee assignments often determine the character of a Member's career. They are also important to the party leaders who organize the chamber and shape the composition of the committees. House rules identify some procedures for making committee assignments; Republican Conference and Democratic Caucus rules supplement these House rules and provide more specific criteria for committee assignments. This report describes these procedures and the basic functions of committee assignment in the House of Representatives.
Date: February 25, 2008
Creator: Schneider, Judy
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
FCC Record, Volume 23, No. 2, Pages 667 to 1621, January 22 - February 1, 2008 (open access)

FCC Record, Volume 23, No. 2, Pages 667 to 1621, January 22 - February 1, 2008

Biweekly, comprehensive compilation of decisions, reports, public notices, and other documents of the U.S. Federal Communications Commission.
Date: February 2008
Creator: United States. Federal Communications Commission.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
FCC Record, Volume 23, No. 3, Pages 1622 to 2581, February 4 - February 15, 2008 (open access)

FCC Record, Volume 23, No. 3, Pages 1622 to 2581, February 4 - February 15, 2008

Biweekly, comprehensive compilation of decisions, reports, public notices, and other documents of the U.S. Federal Communications Commission.
Date: February 2008
Creator: United States. Federal Communications Commission.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
FCC Record, Volume 23, No. 4, Pages 2582 to 3503, February 19 - February 29, 2008 (open access)

FCC Record, Volume 23, No. 4, Pages 2582 to 3503, February 19 - February 29, 2008

Biweekly, comprehensive compilation of decisions, reports, public notices, and other documents of the U.S. Federal Communications Commission.
Date: February 2008
Creator: United States. Federal Communications Commission.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Texas Register, Volume 33, Number 5, Pages 809-1012, February 1, 2008 (open access)

Texas Register, Volume 33, Number 5, Pages 809-1012, February 1, 2008

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 Information published in the Texas Register includes proposed, adopted, withdrawn and emergency rule actions, notices of state agency review of agency rules, governor's appointments, attorney general opinions, and miscellaneous documents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 1, 2008
Creator: Texas. Secretary of State.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Register, Volume 33, Number 6, Pages 1013-1190, February 8, 2008 (open access)

Texas Register, Volume 33, Number 6, Pages 1013-1190, February 8, 2008

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 8, 2008
Creator: Texas. Secretary of State.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Register, Volume 33, Number 7, Pages 1191-1464, February 15, 2008 (open access)

Texas Register, Volume 33, Number 7, Pages 1191-1464, February 15, 2008

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 15, 2008
Creator: Texas. Secretary of State.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Register, Volume 33, Number 8, Pages 1465-1656, February 22, 2008 (open access)

Texas Register, Volume 33, Number 8, Pages 1465-1656, February 22, 2008

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 22, 2008
Creator: Texas. Secretary of State.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Register, Volume 33, Number 9, Pages 1657-1906, February 29, 2008 (open access)

Texas Register, Volume 33, Number 9, Pages 1657-1906, February 29, 2008

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 29, 2008
Creator: Texas. Secretary of State.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Polar Bears: Proposed Listing Under the Endangered Species Act (open access)

Polar Bears: Proposed Listing Under the Endangered Species Act

This report discusses the polar bear status and they are affected by climate change, contaminants, and subsistence and sport hunting.
Date: February 15, 2008
Creator: Buck, Eugene H.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
China's Holdings of U.S. Securities: Implications for the U.S. Economy (open access)

China's Holdings of U.S. Securities: Implications for the U.S. Economy

This report examines the importance to the U.S. economy of China's investment in U.S. securities, as well as U.S. concerns over the possibility that China might unload a large share of those holdings, including the likelihood that this would occur, and the potential implications such action could have for the U.S. economy. The report concludes that a large sell-off of Chinese Treasury securities holdings could negatively affect the U.S. economy, at least in the short-run. As a result, such a move could diminish U.S. demand for Chinese products and thus could lower China's economic growth as well.
Date: February 27, 2008
Creator: Morrison, Wayne M. & Labonte, Marc
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Fluoride in Drinking Water: A Review of Fluoridation and Regulation Issues (open access)

Fluoride in Drinking Water: A Review of Fluoridation and Regulation Issues

This report discusses the potential benefits and adverse effects associated with the fluoridation of drinking water supplies. It also discusses the regulation of fluoride in drinking water to protect against adverse health effects from exposure to higher levels of fluoride, and it reviews the status of federal efforts to update the health risk assessment for fluoride and the drinking water standard for fluoride.
Date: February 4, 2008
Creator: Tiemann, Mary
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Pipeline Safety and Security: Federal Programs (open access)

Pipeline Safety and Security: Federal Programs

This report discusses the United States pipeline networks and their security. The 109th Congress passed the Pipeline Safety Improvement Act of 2006 (P.L. 109-468) to improve pipeline safety and security practices, and to reauthorize the federal Office of Pipeline Safety.
Date: February 29, 2008
Creator: Parfomak, Paul W.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
National Park Management (open access)

National Park Management

This report discusses issues in National Park management. These issues include: the centennial initiative, maintenance backlog, wild and scenic rivers, and security.
Date: February 21, 2008
Creator: Vincent, Carol Hardy; Gorte, Ross W. & Johnson, Sandra L.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Specialty Crops: 2007 Farm Bill Issues (open access)

Specialty Crops: 2007 Farm Bill Issues

The report discusses the farm bill policies governing U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) programs on marketing, which include crop insurance and disaster assistance, protection against pests and diseases, export promotion, and domestic food assistance.
Date: February 1, 2008
Creator: Rawson, Jean M.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Recreation on Federal Lands (open access)

Recreation on Federal Lands

This report discusses recreation in federal lands that covers approximately 653 million acres of federally-owned land in the United States. This preservation/use dichotomy, while varying among agencies, is a focal point for debate over recreation on federal lands.
Date: February 12, 2008
Creator: Calvert, Kori; Johnson, Sandra L.; Vincent, Carol Hardy; Gorte, Ross W. & Carter, Nicole T.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Alternative Fuels and Advanced Technology Vehicles: Issues in Congress (open access)

Alternative Fuels and Advanced Technology Vehicles: Issues in Congress

This report provides an overview of current issues surrounding alternative fuels and advanced technology vehicles.
Date: February 1, 2008
Creator: Yacobucci, Brent D.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
AIDS in Africa (open access)

AIDS in Africa

This report discusses the AIDS issues in Africa and the Bush administration call to double U.S. international funding for AIDS.
Date: February 2, 2008
Creator: Cook, Nicolas
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oil Spills in U.S. Coastal Waters: Background, Governance, and Issues for Congress (open access)

Oil Spills in U.S. Coastal Waters: Background, Governance, and Issues for Congress

This report focuses on oil spills in U.S. coastal waters. The first section highlights background issues, including oil spill statistics and potential environmental impacts. The second section discusses the legal framework that governs oil spill prevention and response. The third section examines the threat of future oil spills in coastal waters and whether response personnel are prepared to respond to a major spill. The final section highlights recent legislative activity.
Date: February 5, 2008
Creator: Ramseur, Jonathan L.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Imports of Canadian Waste (open access)

Imports of Canadian Waste

This report provides background information on the history of Canadian waste imports, reviews congressional developments, and discusses issues raised by the voluntary agreement and legislation.
Date: February 4, 2008
Creator: McCarthy, James E.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Carbon Capture and Sequestration (CCS) (open access)

Carbon Capture and Sequestration (CCS)

This report discusses carbon capture and sequestration (CSS), but not other types of carbon sequestration activities whereby CO2 is removed from the atmosphere and stored in vegetation, soils, or oceans.
Date: February 7, 2008
Creator: Folger, Peter
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Greenhouse Gas Emission Drivers: Population, Economic Development and Growth, and Energy Use (open access)

Greenhouse Gas Emission Drivers: Population, Economic Development and Growth, and Energy Use

This report examines the interrelationships of the variables regarding the debate on climate change to explore their implications for policies that address the problem. The three variables underpinning the debates and justified response to the issue are: the magnitude and rates of change of (1) population growth, (2) incomes, and (3) intensity of greenhouse gas emissions relative to economic activities.
Date: February 13, 2008
Creator: Blodgett, John & Parker, Larry
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Global Climate Change: Three Policy Perspectives (open access)

Global Climate Change: Three Policy Perspectives

This paper discusses the three different perspectives used to consider issues related to the 1992 U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change and the 1997 Kyoto Agreement. The perspectives are: the technological lens (that environmental problems are the result of misused or inappropriate technologies that can be improved); the economic lens (that environmental problems are the result of inappropriate pricing that can be fixed by representing environmental measures in market costs); and the ecological lens (that environmental problems are the result of disregard for the ecosystem and can be improved with education and "green" initiatives). The report discusses each approach and how it relates to policy creation.
Date: February 7, 2008
Creator: Parker, Larry & Blodgett, John
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The National Environmental Policy Act: Background and Implementation (open access)

The National Environmental Policy Act: Background and Implementation

This report discusses the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA) including its history, its provisions, and the evolution of its implementation; it also provides an overview of how agencies implement NEPA's requirements.
Date: February 29, 2008
Creator: Luther, Linda
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library