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Agriculture Issues in U.S.-EU Trade Negotiations (open access)

Agriculture Issues in U.S.-EU Trade Negotiations

This report briefly discusses the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (T-TIP) between the U.S. and the European Union (EU). The report also briefly notes the use of agricultural biotechnology.
Date: June 12, 2015
Creator: Johnson, Renée
System: The UNT Digital Library
Social Security: The Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) (open access)

Social Security: The Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP)

This report discusses the windfall elimination provision (WEP) reduces the Social Security benefits of workers who also have pension benefits from employment not covered by Social Security. Its purpose is to remove an advantage or “windfall” these workers would otherwise receive as a result of the interaction between the Social Security benefit formula and the workers’ relatively small portion of their careers in Social Security-covered employment.
Date: June 30, 2015
Creator: Sidor, Gary
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oil Spills: Background and Governance (open access)

Oil Spills: Background and Governance

This report reviews the history and trends of oil spills in the United States, and identifies the legal authorities governing oil spill prevention, response, and cleanup.
Date: June 16, 2015
Creator: Ramseur, Jonathan L.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Effect of Corinthian Colleges’ Closure on Student Financial Aid: Frequently Asked Questions (open access)

Effect of Corinthian Colleges’ Closure on Student Financial Aid: Frequently Asked Questions

This report answers several frequently asked questions regarding the effect of the sale and closure of CCI's schools as they relate to former CCI students aid.
Date: June 17, 2015
Creator: Hegji, Alexandra
System: The UNT Digital Library
Overview of EPA and the Army Corps’ Rule to Define “Waters of the United States” (open access)

Overview of EPA and the Army Corps’ Rule to Define “Waters of the United States”

This report describes the revised rule of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) which defines the scope of waters protected under the Clean Water Act (CWA).
Date: June 3, 2015
Creator: Copeland, Claudia
System: The UNT Digital Library
Farm-to-Food Price Dynamics (open access)

Farm-to-Food Price Dynamics

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Date: June 19, 2015
Creator: Schnepf, Randy
System: The UNT Digital Library
Characterization of Algal-Invertebrate Mats at Offshore Platforms and the Assessment of Methods for Artificial Substrate Studies (open access)

Characterization of Algal-Invertebrate Mats at Offshore Platforms and the Assessment of Methods for Artificial Substrate Studies

This report is about the composition of biofouling communities for three different offshore platforms in the Gulf of Mexico. Research methods included a video survey, high resolution photography, scrape samples, and settling plates.
Date: June 2015
Creator: Carney, R. S.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Advancing Sustainable Materials Management: 2013 Fact Sheet (open access)

Advancing Sustainable Materials Management: 2013 Fact Sheet

Fact sheet related to solid waste management in the United States.
Date: June 2015
Creator: United States. Environmental Protection Agency. Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Paid Family Medical Leave: Supporting Families, Businesses, and the Economy (open access)

Paid Family Medical Leave: Supporting Families, Businesses, and the Economy

A report about paid leave in Montana. It uses evidence from state-initiated paid leave programs and national studies to examine how paid leave benefits families, businesses, and the economy.
Date: June 2015
Creator: Montana Budget & Policy Center
System: The UNT Digital Library
Upper Barker Watershed Flood Protection Planning Study Final Report (open access)

Upper Barker Watershed Flood Protection Planning Study Final Report

Report on a flood protection and management plan for the Upper Barker Watershed.
Date: June 26, 2015
Creator: Halff Associates
System: The Portal to Texas History
Changing Perceptions of Cycling in the African American Community to Encourage Participation in a Sport that Promotes Health in Adults (open access)

Changing Perceptions of Cycling in the African American Community to Encourage Participation in a Sport that Promotes Health in Adults

Report studying negative perceptions of cycling in the African American community and ways to change them to promote health in the community.
Date: June 2015
Creator: Torcat, Adriana; McCray, Talia & Durden, Teri
System: The Portal to Texas History
City Mixed Beverage Comparison Summary: Second Quarter 2015 (open access)

City Mixed Beverage Comparison Summary: Second Quarter 2015

Quarterly report outlining tax revenues and remittances for alcoholic beverages, listed by city, for April-June 2015. It also compares the statistics to the same period for the previous year.
Date: June 2015
Creator: Texas. Comptroller's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wildfire Spending: Background, Issues, and Legislation in the 114th Congress (open access)

Wildfire Spending: Background, Issues, and Legislation in the 114th Congress

This report provides background information and analysis of funding for federal wildfire suppression operations. It concludes by summarizing relevant legislative proposals introduced in the 114th Congress and discussing their possible implications.
Date: June 26, 2015
Creator: Hoover, Katie; Lindsay, Bruce R.; McCarthy, Francis X. & Tollestrup, Jessica
System: The UNT Digital Library
Injury Determinations for Humpback Whales and Other Cetaceans Reported to NOAA Response Networks in the Hawaiian Islands during 2007-2012 (open access)

Injury Determinations for Humpback Whales and Other Cetaceans Reported to NOAA Response Networks in the Hawaiian Islands during 2007-2012

From introduction: the present paper provides a summary of injury determinations for cetaceans in and around the Hawaiian EEZ reported injured by human causes to the PIR-MMRN and HIERN during 2007-2012... This paper also summarizes reports from previous years of cetaceans other than humpback whales injured by human causes for the purpose of obtaining additional qualitative information on the sources of injuries and the species involved. (pg. 1)
Date: June 2015
Creator: Bradford, Amanda L. & Lyman, Ed
System: The UNT Digital Library
Depth Derivation Using Multispectral WorldView-2 Satellite Imagery (open access)

Depth Derivation Using Multispectral WorldView-2 Satellite Imagery

Report discussing high-resolution multibeam bathymetry data. Results show that in the absence of shallow (0-20 m) high-resolution bathymetric data, satellite-derived depths are an important resource for assessing, monitoring, and managing shallow coral reef ecosystems. (pg. iii)
Date: June 2015
Creator: Ehses, Julia S. & Rooney, John J.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Legislative Branch Agency Appointments: History, Processes, and Recent Actions (open access)

Legislative Branch Agency Appointments: History, Processes, and Recent Actions

This report contains information on the legislative branch agency heads' appointment processes, length of tenures (if terms are set), reappointment or removal provisions (if any), salaries and benefits, and most recent appointments.
Date: June 10, 2015
Creator: Brudnick, Ida A.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Federal Securities Law: Insider Trading (open access)

Federal Securities Law: Insider Trading

Insider trading in securities may occur when a person in possession of material nonpublic information about a company trades in the company's securities and makes a profit or avoids a loss. This report discusses various regulations regarding insider trading violations.
Date: June 18, 2015
Creator: Seitzinger, Michael V.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC): An Economic Analysis (open access)

The Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC): An Economic Analysis

This report discusses the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC), which is a refundable tax credit available to eligible workers earning relatively low wages
Date: June 2, 2015
Creator: Crandall-Hollick, Margot L.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies: FY2016 Appropriations in Brief (open access)

Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies: FY2016 Appropriations in Brief

This report focuses on FY2016 appropriations for Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies. It presents a brief overview of the appropriations requested by the President for FY2016 for agencies in the bill. It also briefly compares the FY2016 requested appropriations with appropriations enacted for FY2015. Finally, it provides the appropriations enacted for the bill for the last nine years (FY2007-FY2015) in current dollars (not adjusted for inflation) and constant dollars (adjusted for inflation).
Date: June 5, 2015
Creator: Hardy Vincent, Carol
System: The UNT Digital Library
EPA and the Army Corps’ “Waters of the United States” Rule: Congressional Response and Options (open access)

EPA and the Army Corps’ “Waters of the United States” Rule: Congressional Response and Options

This report discusses several options that congress could consider and that are reflected in bills in the 114th Congress.
Date: June 3, 2015
Creator: Copeland, Claudia
System: The UNT Digital Library
H.R. 6: The 21st Century Cures Act (open access)

H.R. 6: The 21st Century Cures Act

This report summarizes a brief description of Current law and an explanation of how the bill would change current law.
Date: June 11, 2015
Creator: Johnson, Judith A.; Thaul, Susan & Bagalman, Erin
System: The UNT Digital Library
Department of Housing and Urban Development: FY2016 Appropriations (open access)

Department of Housing and Urban Development: FY2016 Appropriations

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Date: June 11, 2015
Creator: McCarty, Maggie; Perl, Libby; Jones, Katie & Boyd, Eugene
System: The UNT Digital Library
Chinese Land Reclamation in the South China Sea: Implications and Policy Options (open access)

Chinese Land Reclamation in the South China Sea: Implications and Policy Options

This report assesses legal, military/operational, and diplomatic implications of the reclamation and construction activity and surveys U.S - CHINA statements on the situation.It provides a history of reclamation activity by other nations inlcuding the United States and other South China Sea claimants, and discusses U.S. Strategy and potential options for U.S. policymakers.
Date: June 18, 2015
Creator: Dolven, Ben; Elsea, Jennifer K.; Lawrence, Susan V.; O'Rourke, Ronald & Rinehart, Ian E.
System: The UNT Digital Library
EPA and the Army Corps’ Rule to Define “Waters of the United States” (open access)

EPA and the Army Corps’ Rule to Define “Waters of the United States”

This report describes the final revised rule--which the agencies refer to as the Clean Water Rule-- and includes a table comparing the existing regulatory language that defines "waters of the United States" with the revisions.
Date: June 29, 2015
Creator: Copeland, Claudia
System: The UNT Digital Library