Treatment of Noncitizens Under the Affordable Care Act (open access)

Treatment of Noncitizens Under the Affordable Care Act

This report provides information regarding the treatment of noncitizens under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) including definitions of "lawfully present," the health insurance mandate, exchanges, and ACA changes to Medicaid. It also discusses the verification of alien status under the ACA and related legislation in the 113th Congress.
Date: May 21, 2014
Creator: Siskin, Alison & Lunder, Erika K.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Mandatory Vaccinations: Precedent and Current Laws (open access)

Mandatory Vaccinations: Precedent and Current Laws

This report provides an overview of the legal precedent for mandatory vaccination laws, and of state laws that require certain individuals or populations, including school-aged children and health care workers, to be vaccinated against various communicable diseases. Also discussed are state laws providing for mandatory vaccinations during a public health emergency or outbreak of a communicable disease.
Date: May 21, 2014
Creator: Cole, Jared P. & Swendiman, Kathleen S.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Navy LX(R) Amphibious Ship Program: Background and Issues for Congress (open access)

Navy LX(R) Amphibious Ship Program: Background and Issues for Congress

This report provides background information and issues for Congress on the LX(R) amphibious ship program, a Navy program to build a new class of 11 amphibious ships.
Date: May 21, 2014
Creator: O'Rourke, Ronald
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Senate Rules Restricting the Content of Conference Reports (open access)

Senate Rules Restricting the Content of Conference Reports

This report discusses two Senate rules that affect the authority of conferees to include in their report matter that was not passed by the House or Senate before the conference committee was appointed.
Date: May 21, 2014
Creator: Rybicki, Elizabeth
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The LIHEAP Formula (open access)

The LIHEAP Formula

This report discusses two types of formulas used to allocate funding to the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) through regular and contingency funding.
Date: May 21, 2014
Creator: Perl, Libby
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Navy TAO(X) Oiler Shipbuilding Program: Background and Issues for Congress (open access)

Navy TAO(X) Oiler Shipbuilding Program: Background and Issues for Congress

This report provides background information and issues for Congress on the TAO(X) oiler shipbuilding program, a program to build a new class of fleet oilers for the Navy.
Date: May 21, 2014
Creator: O'Rourke, Ronald
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Congressional Membership and Appointment Authority to Advisory Commissions, Boards, and Groups (open access)

Congressional Membership and Appointment Authority to Advisory Commissions, Boards, and Groups

This report contains a compilation of commissions and boards that demonstrate the range of alternative membership-appointment structures. It includes any statutorily-created advisory entity (boards, advisory panels, etc.) whose membership scheme mandates the participation of members of Congress either as potential members or as participants in the process of appointing the membership. For each entity, information on the purpose, duration, appointment structure, and term of appointment is provided. Finally, information on the involvement of members of Congress in the appointment process is presented in a series of tables.
Date: May 21, 2014
Creator: Glassman, Matthew E.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Credit Union Department Newsletter, Number 05-14, May 2014 (open access)

Credit Union Department Newsletter, Number 05-14, May 2014

Newsletter of the Texas Credit Union Department containing departmental news and announcements, deadlines, and other information of importance to credit unions. Information provided covers CDFI guarantee bond program, FFIEC announces cyber security assessments, and policies and procedures
Date: May 21, 2014
Creator: Texas. Credit Union Department.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Prescription Drug Abuse (open access)

Prescription Drug Abuse

This report examines prescription drug abuse in the United States. An estimated 6.8 million individuals currently abuse prescription drugs in the United States. Unlike policy on street drugs, federal policy on prescription drug abuse is complicated by the need to maintain access to prescription controlled substances (PCS) for legitimate medical use. The federal government has several roles in reducing prescription drug abuse.
Date: May 21, 2014
Creator: Bagalman, Erin; Sacco, Lisa N.; Thaul, Susan & Yeh, Brian T.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Access to Broadband Networks: The Net Neutrality Debate (open access)

Access to Broadband Networks: The Net Neutrality Debate

This report discusses the current debate over "net neutrality." While there is no single accepted definition of "net neutrality," most agree that any such definition should include the general principles that owners of the networks that compose and provide access to the Internet should not control how consumers lawfully use that network, and they should not be able to discriminate against content provider access to that network.
Date: May 21, 2014
Creator: Gilroy, Angele A.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Fish and Wildlife Service: Compensation to Local Governments (open access)

Fish and Wildlife Service: Compensation to Local Governments

This report describes the key features of NRWF: the lands under FWS jurisdiction, the eligibility of most of those lands for NRWF payments, the source of revenue for the fund, the payment formula for calculating an individual county's payments, the PILT payments available for certain FWS lands, some exceptions to normal authorized payment calculations, changing authorization levels, and falling annual appropriations. It concludes with a review of options for changes in the program.
Date: May 21, 2014
Creator: Corn, M. Lynne
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Office of Senate Legal Counsel (open access)

Office of Senate Legal Counsel

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Date: May 21, 2014
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-1061 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-1061

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Greg Abbott, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Whether state agencies, including institutions of higher education, must obtain approval from the State Office of Risk Management prior to purchasing msurance coverage (RQ-1169-GA).
Date: May 21, 2014
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History