Armed Conflict in Syria: Overview and U.S. Response (open access)

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: June 24, 2014
Creator: Blanchard, Christopher M.; Humud, Carla E. & Nikitin, Mary Beth D.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Budgetary Treatment of Federal Credit (Direct Loans and Loan Guarantees): Concepts, History, and Issues for Congress (open access)

Budgetary Treatment of Federal Credit (Direct Loans and Loan Guarantees): Concepts, History, and Issues for Congress

The purpose of this report is to explain the provisions of the Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990 or FCRA; examine the implementation of credit reform, including credit reform provisions of the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 (P.L. 105- 33, ยง1011; 111 Stat. 254,692); discuss proposed modifications of credit reform; and describe proposed legislation in the 113th Congress.
Date: June 24, 2014
Creator: Levit, Mindy R.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
C-130 Hercules: Background, Sustainment, Modernization, Issues for Congress (open access)

C-130 Hercules: Background, Sustainment, Modernization, Issues for Congress

This report provides background information regarding Air Force, Navy, Coast Guard, and discusses the number of C-130s airlift aircraft, and C-130 modernization issues.
Date: June 24, 2014
Creator: Heisler, Timrek
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library

GHG EGU 111(d) Emission Guidelines- State Plan Implementation

A presentation of emission guidelines that hopes to reduce carbon pollution.
Date: June 24, 2014
Creator: United States. Environmental Protection Agency.
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Terrorism Risk Insurance Legislation: Issue Summary and Side-by-Side Analysis (open access)

Terrorism Risk Insurance Legislation: Issue Summary and Side-by-Side Analysis

This reports briefly outlines the issues involved with terrorism insurance, summarizes the extension legislation, and includes a side-by-side of the current TRIA law and the bills that have been ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (S. 2244) and the House Committee on Financial Services (H.R. 4871).
Date: June 24, 2014
Creator: Webel, Baird
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Texas Workforce Commission Strategic Plan: Fiscal Years 2015-2019 (open access)

Texas Workforce Commission Strategic Plan: Fiscal Years 2015-2019

Agency strategic plan for the Texas Workforce Commission describing the organization's planned services, activities, and other goals during fiscal years 2015 through 2019.
Date: June 24, 2014
Creator: Texas Workforce Commission
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
U.S.-South Korea Relations (open access)

U.S.-South Korea Relations

This report contains two main parts: a section describing recent events and a longer background section on key elements of the U.S.-South Korea relationship. The end of the report provides a list of CRS products on South Korea and North Korea.
Date: June 24, 2014
Creator: Manyin, Mark E.; Nikitin, Mary Beth; Chanlett-Avery, Emma; Cooper, William H. & Rinehart, Ian E.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
U.S.-Vietnam Relations in 2014: Current Issues and Implications for U.S. Policy (open access)

U.S.-Vietnam Relations in 2014: Current Issues and Implications for U.S. Policy

This report provides background information regarding the U.S. - Vietnam relations and current issues and implications. The report discuses how various issues (US interests, Vietnamese interests, economic ties, and human rights) can affect this burgeoning relationship.
Date: June 24, 2014
Creator: Manyin, Mark E.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library