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Wartime Detention Provisions in Recent Defense Authorization Legislation
This report offers a brief background of the salient issues raised by the detainee provisions of the FY2012 NDAA, provides a section-by-section analysis, and discusses executive interpretation and implementation of the act's mandatory military detention provision. It also addresses detainee provisions in subsequent defense authorization legislation, as well as those under consideration during the House and Senate deliberations of the 2016 NDAA.
Date:
May 28, 2015
Creator:
Elsea, Jennifer K. & Garcia, Michael J.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs: FY2016 Budget and Appropriations
This report provides an overview of the FY2016 SFOPS request, a discussion of key issues and historic context, and account-by-account funding comparisons with FY2014 actuals and FY2015 estimates.
Date:
May 13, 2015
Creator:
Epstein, Susan B.; Lawson, Marian L. & Tiersky, Alex
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) and the Role of Congress in Trade Policy
This report presents background and analysis on the development of TPA, a summary of the major provisions under the expired authority, and a discussion of the issues that have arisen in the debate over TPA renewal. It also explores some of the policy options available to Congress.
Date:
May 28, 2015
Creator:
Fergusson, Ian F.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Trade Promotion Authority (TPA): Frequently Asked Questions
This report provides background information Trade Promotion Authority (TPA), and discusses U.S. trade negotiating objectives, procedures for congressional-executive notification and consultation, and expedited legislative procedures.
Date:
May 7, 2015
Creator:
Fergusson, Ian F. & Beth, Richard S.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Trade Promotion Authority (TPA): Frequently Asked Questions
The issue of Trade Promotion Authority ("TPA") reauthorization raises a number of questions regarding TPA itself and the pending legislation. This report addresses a number of those questions that are frequently asked.
Date:
May 27, 2015
Creator:
Fergusson, Ian F. & Beth, Richard S.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Youth and the Labor Force: Background and Trends
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Date:
May 7, 2015
Creator:
Fernandes-Alcantara, Adrienne L.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Vulnerable Youth: Employment and Job Training Programs
This report provides an overview of federal employment programs for vulnerable young people.
Date:
May 5, 2015
Creator:
Ferndes-Alcantara, Adrienne L.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Human-Induced Earthquakes from Deep-Well Injection: A Brief Overview
This report reviews the current scientific understanding of induced seismicity, primarily in the context of Class II oil and gas waste water disposal wells.
Date:
May 12, 2015
Creator:
Folger, Peter & Tiemann, Mary
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Candidates, Groups, and the Campaign Finance Environment
This report briefly discusses the current campaign finance environment and the implications of changes to campaign finance policy over the past several decades.
Date:
May 19, 2015
Creator:
Garrett, R. S.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Tracking Federal Funds: USAspending.gov and Other Data Sources
This report discusses USAspending.gov, which collects data on grants, loans, insurance, assistance, and contracts, and it presents various searching and downloading options to Congress and the public.
Date:
May 13, 2015
Creator:
Gerli, Merete F.
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 7, 2015
Creator:
Gilroy, Angele A.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Former Presidents: Pensions, Office Allowances, and Other Federal Benefits
This report provides a legislative and cultural history of the Former Presidents Act. It details the pension and benefits provided to former U.S. presidents and their costs; Congress has the authority to reduce, increase, or maintain these benefits.
Date:
May 27, 2015
Creator:
Ginsberg, Wendy & Richardson, Daniel J.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Congressional Franking Privilege: Background and Recent Legislation
This report discusses the congressional franking privilege, which dates from 1775 and allows Members of Congress to transmit mail matter under their signature without postage.
Date:
May 5, 2015
Creator:
Glassman, Matthew E.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Former Speakers of the House: Office Allowances, Franking Privileges, and Staff Assistance
This report is categorized into Four Categories: (I) Introduction, (II) Background, (III) Allowance Currently Available to Former Speakers and (IV) Funding and Restrictions on Use.
Date:
May 27, 2015
Creator:
Glassman, Matthew E.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Franking Privilege: Mass Mailings and Mass Communications in the House, 1997-2014
This report provides an analysis of House Member mass mailings (1997-2008, 2012-2014) and mass communications (2009-2014). Despite significant reductions in congressional mail postage costs over the past 25 years, critics continue to raise concerns about the franking privilege.
Date:
May 6, 2015
Creator:
Glassman, Matthew E.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
House Committee Funding: Description of Process and Analysis of Disbursements
This report provides an overview of the committee funding process in the House and analyzes funding levels since 1996.
Date:
May 12, 2015
Creator:
Glassman, Matthew E. & Chausow, Lara E.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Commemorative Commissions: Overview, Structure, and Funding
This report discusses the Commemorative Commissions that typically coordinate celebrations, Scholarly events, public gathering, and other activities , often to coincide with a milestone anniversary.
Date:
May 27, 2015
Creator:
Glassman, Matthew E. & Straus, Jacob R.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The America COMPETES Acts: An Overview
This report discusses the COMPETES acts, policy debate and implementation status, enactment and re authorization and concluding observation.
Date:
May 12, 2015
Creator:
Gonzalez, Heather B.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
ARPA-E and the FY2016 Budget Request
This report is about ARPA-E and the budget requests for the Fiscal year 2016.
Date:
May 18, 2015
Creator:
Gonzalez, Heather B.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Changing Federal STEM Education Effort
This In Focus discusses the Obama Administration's proposed changes to STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) education efforts.
Date:
May 19, 2015
Creator:
Gonzalez, Heather B.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Country-of-Origin Labeling for Foods and the WTO Trade Dispute on Meat Labeling
This report upheld the compliance panel findings that COOL treated imported livestock less favorably than domestic livestock, but could not determine if COOL was more trade restrictive than necessary.
Date:
May 22, 2015
Creator:
Greene, Joel L.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza: Ongoing Outbreak
This report gives a brief overview of the pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI), which as of May 15, 2015, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) reported 168 cases.
Date:
May 19, 2015
Creator:
Greene, Joel L.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Research Tax Credit: Current Law and Policy Issues for the 114th Congress
Technological innovation is a primary engine of long-term economic growth, and research and development (R&D) serves as the lifeblood of innovation. The federal government encourages businesses to invest more in R&D than they otherwise would in several ways, including a tax credit for increases in spending on qualified research above a base amount. This report describes the current status of the credit, summarizes its legislative history, discusses policy issues it raises, and describes legislation to modify and extend it.
Date:
May 22, 2015
Creator:
Guenther, Gary
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Improved Trip Generation Data for Texas Using Work Place and Special Generator Survey Data
This report reviewed and assessed Texas Department of Transportation current work place survey methods and design. The report made recommendations on changes that would enable ITE-type trip generation data to be collected, in addition to the datta collected as part of this survey, to develop trip attraction rates for modeling.
Date:
May 2015
Creator:
Hard, Edwin; Bhat, Chandra; Chigoy, Byron; Green, Lisa; Dubey, Subodh; Pearson, David et al.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The Portal to Texas History