FirstNet's Nationwide Public Safety Broadband Network Moves Forward (open access)

FirstNet's Nationwide Public Safety Broadband Network Moves Forward

This report discusses FirstNet's announcement of a partnership with AT&T to build a dedicated wireless broadband network for use by public safety agencies which will allow first responders during an emergency to share information with other public safety departments and have a dedicated internet connection for emergency communication.
Date: April 4, 2017
Creator: Kruger, Lennard G.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Congressional Roll Call Votes on the Keystone XL Pipeline (open access)

Congressional Roll Call Votes on the Keystone XL Pipeline

This report provides roll call vote data on Keystone XL Pipeline legislation identified by CRS using CQ.com's Roll Call Vote Report database as well as the Congress.gov legislative database. Roll call votes listed in the tables are broken down by chamber, Congress, and type of legislation--substantive votes (i.e., votes on amendments or passage of bills) versus procedural votes (e.g., votes to recommit the bill to a committee or to provide for the consideration of a bill). Votes are also listed in chronological order for each Congress. This report is current through the end of the 114th Congress and will be updated as events warrant.
Date: April 4, 2017
Creator: Cunningham, Lynn J.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Update to "Smith v. Obama": A Servicemember's Legal Challenge to the Campaign Against the Islamic State (open access)

Update to "Smith v. Obama": A Servicemember's Legal Challenge to the Campaign Against the Islamic State

This report discusses a case which was brought by Army Captain Nathan Smith against President Barack Obama in 2016, arguing that President Obama had no authority to be conducting the campaign against the Islamic State because no Congressional approval had been given. The case was dismissed in Nov. 2016 but he has appealed the dismissal of the case to the U.S. Court of Appeals.
Date: April 4, 2017
Creator: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Department of Transportation (DOT): Fiscal Year 2017 Appropriations (open access)

Department of Transportation (DOT): Fiscal Year 2017 Appropriations

This report outlines the Department of Transportation's (DOT) appropriations for fiscal year 2017 and highlights selected areas of funding such as intercity passenger rail, Highway trust funding solvency, TIGER grants, and Essential Air Service (EAS).
Date: April 4, 2017
Creator: Peterman, David Randall
System: The UNT Digital Library
Scientific Basis of Environmental Protection Agency Actions: H.R. 1430 and H.R. 1431 (open access)

Scientific Basis of Environmental Protection Agency Actions: H.R. 1430 and H.R. 1431

This report discusses House bills H.R. 1430 and 1431 which were passed by the House in late March 2017. These bills address regulations regarding the EPA's obligation to share the scientific basis for their actions.
Date: April 4, 2017
Creator: Yen, Jerry H.
System: The UNT Digital Library