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Legal Services Corporation: Background and Funding
This report discusses the responsibilities of Legal Services Corporation (LSC), which is a private, nonprofit, federally funded corporation that helps provide legal assistance to low-income people in civil (i.e., noncriminal) matters.
Date:
May 21, 2015
Creator:
Solomon-Fears, Carmen
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Transportation Conformity Under the Clean Air Act
This report explains the Clean Air Act requirement that federal departments and agencies demonstrate that their activities--including projects that they fund--"conform" to state plans for achieving air quality standards. The report explains the statutory requirements, reviews the recent history of their implementation, and examines how conformity requirements might affect areas designated "nonattainment" for a revised ozone air quality standard.
Date:
May 21, 2015
Creator:
McCarthy, James E.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Overview of Constitutional Challenges to NSA Collection Activities
This report focuses on two main National Security Agency (NSA) collection activities approved by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC) established under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) of 1978. The first is the bulk collection of telephony metadata for domestic and international telephone calls. The second involves the interception of Internet-based communications.
Date:
May 21, 2015
Creator:
Liu, Edward C. & Nolan, Andrew
System:
The UNT Digital Library
U.S. Trade with Free Trade Agreement (FTA) Partners
This report presents data on U.S. merchandise (goods) trade with its Free Trade Agreement (FTA) partner countries. The data are presented to show bilateral trade balances for individual FTA partners and groups of countries representing such major agreements as the North America Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and the Central American Free Trade Agreement and Dominican Republic (CAFTA-DR) relative to total U.S. trade balances.
Date:
May 21, 2015
Creator:
Jackson, James K.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Earmark Disclosure Rules in the House: Member and Committee Requirements
This report outlines the major administrative responsibilities of Members and committees of the House of Representatives associated with the chamber's earmark disclosure rules. Earmark disclosure rules in both the House and Senate were implemented with the stated intention of bringing more transparency to congressionally directed spending. The administrative responsibilities associated with these rules vary by chamber.
Date:
May 21, 2015
Creator:
Lynch, Megan S.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Maps of 2015 Individual Exchange Enrollment by Zip Code
This report presents a tool to examine exchange enrollment information by zip code with additional geographic boundaries.
Date:
May 21, 2015
Creator:
Uberoi, Namrata K. & Uzel, James C.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS): Waiver Authority and Modification of Volumes
This report discusses the process and criteria for the Environmental Protection Agency to waive various portions of the renewable fuel standard (RFS), and the modification of applicable volumes.
Date:
May 21, 2015
Creator:
Bracmort, Kelsi
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Earmark Disclosure Rules in the Senate: Member and Committee Requirements
This report is categorized into five categories: (I) Introduction, (II) Senate Earmark Disclosure Rule, (III) Legislation Subject to the Rule, (IV) Requirement for Senators Submitting Earmark Requests and (V) Requirements for Committees.
Date:
May 21, 2015
Creator:
Lynch, Megan S.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Changes in the Arctic: Background and Issues for Congress
This report discusses the issues related to changes in the Arctic sea. It's background and issues for Congress.
Date:
May 21, 2015
Creator:
O'Rourke, Ronald
System:
The UNT Digital Library