WTO Doha Round: Implications for U.S. Agriculture (open access)

WTO Doha Round: Implications for U.S. Agriculture

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Date: April 20, 2015
Creator: Schnepf, Randy
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The National Institutes of Health (NIH): Background and Congressional Issues (open access)

The National Institutes of Health (NIH): Background and Congressional Issues

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Date: April 17, 2015
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Locate an Agency or Program Within Appropriations Bills (open access)

Locate an Agency or Program Within Appropriations Bills

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Date: April 15, 2015
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Vulnerable Youth: Federal Mentoring Programs and Issues (open access)

Vulnerable Youth: Federal Mentoring Programs and Issues

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Date: April 21, 2015
Creator: Fernandes-Alcantara, Adrienne L.
Object Type: Report
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.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Crime Victims Fund: Federal Support for Victims of Crime (open access)

The Crime Victims Fund: Federal Support for Victims of Crime

This report provides background and funding information for the Victims of Crime Act (VOCA) programs and the Crime Victims Fund (CVF).
Date: April 20, 2015
Creator: Sacco, Lisa N.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Bureau of Reclamation: FY2016 Appropriations (open access)

Bureau of Reclamation: FY2016 Appropriations

This report presents the Appropriations for FY2016 for Bureau of Reclamation.
Date: April 7, 2015
Creator: Stern, Charles V.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Invasive Species: Control Options and Issues for Congress (open access)

Invasive Species: Control Options and Issues for Congress

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Date: April 30, 2015
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Military Funeral Honors and Military Cemeteries: Frequently Asked Questions (open access)

Military Funeral Honors and Military Cemeteries: Frequently Asked Questions

This report is written in response to frequently asked questions (FAQs) about military funeral honors and military cemeteries. It provides information to questions in three general areas: implementation of the funeral honors and eligibility criteria; components of the honor detail and the funeral ceremony; and specific questions on burial and honors at Arlington National Cemetery. It also cites legislation requiring the Department of Defense (DOD) to make military funeral honors available to every eligible veteran upon request.
Date: April 10, 2015
Creator: Salazar Torreon, Barbara
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act: Standards of Conduct of Brokers, Dealers, and Investment Advisers (open access)

The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act: Standards of Conduct of Brokers, Dealers, and Investment Advisers

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Date: April 6, 2015
Creator: Seitzinger, Michael V.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Mountaintop Mining: Background on Current Controversies (open access)

Mountaintop Mining: Background on Current Controversies

This report provides background on regulatory requirements, controversies and legal challenges to mountaintop mining, and recent Administration actions. Attention to EPA’s veto of the West Virginia mining permit and other federal agency actions has increased in Congress. Congressional interest in these issues is discussed, including legislation seeking to restrict the practice of mountaintop mining and other legislation intended to block the Obama Administration’s regulatory actions.
Date: April 20, 2015
Creator: Copeland, Claudia
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Senegal (open access)

Senegal

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Date: April 1, 2015
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Voting Rights Act of 1965: Background and Overview (open access)

The Voting Rights Act of 1965: Background and Overview

This report provides background information on the historical circumstances that led to the adoption of the Voting Rights Act (VRA), a summary of its major provisions, and a brief discussion of the U.S. Supreme Court decision and related legislation in the 113th and 114th Congresses.
Date: April 14, 2015
Creator: Coleman, Kevin J.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The HUD Homeless Assistance Grants: Programs Authorized by the HEARTH Act (open access)

The HUD Homeless Assistance Grants: Programs Authorized by the HEARTH Act

This report discusses the Homeless Assistance Grants, administered by the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). The composition of the Homeless Assistance Grants changed when Congress enacted the Homeless Emergency Assistance and Rapid Transition to Housing (HEARTH) Act as part of the Helping Families Save Their Homes Act in the 111th Congress (P.L. 111-22).
Date: April 22, 2015
Creator: Perl, Libby
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Medigap: A Primer (open access)

Medigap: A Primer

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Date: April 24, 2015
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Boko Haram (open access)

Boko Haram

This report details the emergence of Boko Haram as major terrorist organization.
Date: April 3, 2015
Creator: Blanchard, Lauren Ploch
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
State Children’s Health Insurance Program: An Overview (open access)

State Children’s Health Insurance Program: An Overview

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Date: April 23, 2015
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Corporate Tax Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (BEPS): An Examination of the Data (open access)

Corporate Tax Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (BEPS): An Examination of the Data

This report is intended to assist Congress as it considers what, if any, action to take to curb profit shifting. It is one of several CRS products related to the subject of profit sharing.
Date: April 30, 2015
Creator: Keightley, Mark P. & Stupak, Jeffrey M.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill: Recent Activities and Ongoing Developments (open access)

Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill: Recent Activities and Ongoing Developments

In the wake of the explosion of the Deepwater Horizon offshore drilling rig in the Gulf of Mexico on April 20, 2010, federal agencies, state and local government agencies, and responsible parties faced an unprecedented challenge. An oil discharge continued for 87 days, resulting in the largest ever oil spill in U.S. waters.
Date: April 17, 2015
Creator: Ramseur, Johnathan L
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) and Al Murabitoun (open access)

Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) and Al Murabitoun

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Date: April 7, 2015
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Federal Financing for the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) (open access)

Federal Financing for the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP)

This report provides an overview of CHIP financing, beginning with an explanation of the federal matching rate. It describes various aspects of federal CHIP funding, such as the federal appropriation, state allotments, the CHILD Enrollment Contingency Fund etc.
Date: April 23, 2015
Creator: Mitchell, Alison
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Kenya (open access)

Kenya

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Date: April 2, 2015
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Seafood Fraud (open access)

Seafood Fraud

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Date: April 7, 2015
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Water Infrastructure Financing: The Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (WIFIA) Program (open access)

Water Infrastructure Financing: The Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (WIFIA) Program

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Date: April 9, 2015
Creator: Copeland, Claudia
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library