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S. 2262, Shaheen-Portman Bill 2014: Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act
This report reviews the provisions of S. 2262, highlights the most controversial bill provision, and identifies potential amendments to the bill.
Date:
May 8, 2014
Creator:
Sissine, Fred
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
S. 2262, Shaheen-Portman Bill 2014: Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act
This report reviews the Senate bill S.2262 and considers the contentious pieces of the bill. Moreover, the report addresses possible amendments to the bill. The report also covers the budget of S. 2262 and describes the expansions it aims to make with energy restrictions and the enforcement of those restrictions.
Date:
May 14, 2014
Creator:
Sissine, Fred
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Abundance and Distribution of Mangrove Landbirds in Florida
Summary of extensive surveys on Florida mangrove landbirds conducted during 2008-2011, with results quantifying distribution and estimating breeding-season abundance of mangrove landbirds.
Date:
May 2014
Creator:
Lloyd, John D. & Slater, Gary L.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
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
Administrative Law Primer: Statutory Definitions of "Agency" and Characteristics of Agency Independence
This report explores several important statutes that regulate agencies and these statutes' respective definitions of "agency." These statutes include the Administrative Procedure Act, the Freedom of Information Act, the Federal Records Act, statutes governing federal employees, and the Paperwork Reduction Act.
Date:
May 22, 2014
Creator:
Cole, Jared P. & Shedd, Daniel T.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Afghanistan: Drug Trafficking and the 2014 Transition
This report describes key U.S. counternarcotics programs in Afghanistan in the context of the 2014 transition and analyzes policy issues related to these programs for Congress to consider as policy makers examine the drug problem in Afghanistan.
Date:
May 9, 2014
Creator:
Rosen, Liana & Katzman, Kenneth
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Afghanistan: Politics, Elections, and Government Performance
This report discusses the current political state of Afghanistan, and the Afghan government. It also discusses Afghanistan's relationship with the United States, particularly U.S. efforts to urge President Hamid Karzai to address corruption within the Afghan government.
Date:
May 12, 2014
Creator:
Katzman, Kenneth
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Afghanistan: Politics, Elections, and Government Performance
This report discusses the current political state of Afghanistan and the Afghan government. It also discusses Afghanistan's relationship with the United States, particularly U.S. efforts to urge President Hamid Karzai to address corruption within the Afghan government.
Date:
May 12, 2014
Creator:
Katzman, Kenneth
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Afghanistan: Post-Taliban Governance, Security, and U.S. Policy
This report discusses the current political state of Afghanistan, focusing particularly on the influence of the Taliban and other militant groups, and on the leadership of Afghan President Hamid Karzai. This report also discusses the U.S.-Afghanistan relationship, in both the short and long term, and U.S. efforts under the Obama Administration to provide military, reconstructive, and stabilization aid.
Date:
May 29, 2014
Creator:
Katzman, Kenneth
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA): Background and Reauthorization
This report discusses the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA), which is a nonreciprocal trade preference program that provides duty-free treatment to U.S. imports of certain products from eligible sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries.
Date:
May 27, 2014
Creator:
Williams, Brock R.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Agricultural Disaster Assistance
This report has four sections. The first describes recent developments in weather and policy. The second provides an overview of the current USDA disaster assistance programs: federal crop insurance, NAP payments, and emergency disaster loans. The third section discusses the now expired disaster programs under the 2008 farm bill, specifically Supplemental Revenue, Assistance Payments Program (SURE), and four other smaller disaster programs. The fourth section briefly reviews the potential reauthorization of disaster programs proposed in both House and Senate versions of the 2013 farm bill. An appendix reviews the recent history of emergency supplemental farm disaster assistance and USDA administrative actions.
Date:
May 6, 2014
Creator:
Shields, Dennis A.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Aid Transparency Country Pilot Assessment
The primary goals of this report is to find how much demand partnering countries have for information the U.S. Government is making available for international aid, review how well partnering countries are able to access the information, inform partnering countries of the available international aid data, and recommend ways to improve data sharing and use.
Date:
May 2014
Creator:
Unites States. Agency International Development.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Airport Privatization: Issues and Options for Congress
This report discusses airport privatization, particularly the low participation in the Airport Privatization Pilot Program (APPP) and the policy changes that would be required to encourage more airports to privatize. It provides background on privatization in general, the APPP and reasons why it has not stimulated privatization, privatization in Europe and Canada, and related issues and options.
Date:
May 12, 2014
Creator:
Tang, Rachel Y.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Amendments to the Texas Constitution Since 1876
Report summarizing amendments to the Texas Constitution from 1876 through the November 2013 Constitutional Amendment Election, prepared by the Research Division of the Texas Legislative Council.
Date:
May 2014
Creator:
Texas Legislative Council
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Angler Activity Book
This an education activity book on fishing in Texas. It offers quiz's, a word search, safety tips section, ethics, and regulations.
Date:
May 2014
Creator:
Texas. Parks and Wildlife Department.
Object Type:
Pamphlet
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apprehensions of Unauthorized Migrants along the Southwest Border: Fact Sheet
This report discusses the number of illegal alien apprehensions between southern ports of entry (POE) in the United States, which has generally declined.
Date:
May 2, 2014
Creator:
Seghetti, Lisa & Durak, Daniel
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Armed Conflict in Syria: Overview and U.S. Response
This report discusses the recent conflict in Syria including an overview of the situation, information about anti- and pro-Asad forces, background on chemical weapons and disarmament, plans for U.S. policy and assistance, and a general sense of the future outlook.
Date:
May 5, 2014
Creator:
Blanchard, Christopher M.; Humud, Carla E. & Nikitin, Mary Beth D.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Army Corps Civil Works Funding: A Primer
This report describes funding for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps), including budget accounts and annual appropriations.
Date:
May 12, 2014
Creator:
Stern, Charles V. & Carter, Nicole T.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Army's Armored Multi-Purpose Vehicle (AMPV): Background and Issues for Congress
This report provides background information on the Armored Multi-Purpose Vehicle (AMPV) and it discusses the Army's proposed replacement to the Vietnam-era M-113 personnel carriers, which are still in service in a variety of support capacities in Armored Brigade Combat Teams (ABCTs).
Date:
May 6, 2014
Creator:
Feickert, Andrew
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Article V Convention to Propose Constitutional Amendments: Contemporary Issues for Congress
This report looks at how Article V of the Constitution allows Congress to propose amendments -- specifically the process of organizing an Article V Convention, a method that has never been used and which is only briefly outlined in the Constitution.
Date:
May 7, 2014
Creator:
Neale, Thomas H.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
An Audit Report on Incentive Compensation at the Teacher Retirement System, the Permanent School Fund, the General Land Office, and the Employees Retirement System
Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to whether incentive compensation at the Teacher Retirement System, the Permanent School Fund, the General Land Office, and the Employees Retirement System was calculated and paid in accordance with their policies and procedures.
Date:
May 2014
Creator:
Texas. Office of the State Auditor.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The Portal to Texas History
An Audit Report on Performance Measures at the Department of Aging and Disability Services
Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to determining whether the Department of Aging and Disability Services is accurately reporting its performance measures to ABEST and has adequate controls in place over the collection, calculation, and reporting of its performance measures.
Date:
May 2014
Creator:
Texas. Office of the State Auditor.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Bill of Costs – Who, What, When, Where, Why?
Document intended for clerks regarding information about bills of costs, answering questions about how they are to be prepared, directed, etc. based on opinions from the Court of Criminal Appeals.
Date:
May 12, 2014
Creator:
Wood, Ted
Object Type:
Pamphlet
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bird Wintering Ranges
This study examines the changes in winter ranges of North American birds from the winters of 1966-1967 thru 2013.
Date:
May 2014
Creator:
National Audubon Society
Object Type:
Text
System:
The UNT Digital Library