Discretionary Funding in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) (open access)

Discretionary Funding in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA)

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Date: October 14, 2010
Creator: Redhead, C. Stephen; Colello, Kirsten J.; Hisler, Elayne J.; Lister, Sarah A. & Sarata, Amanda K.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Social Security Reform: Current Issues and Legislation (open access)

Social Security Reform: Current Issues and Legislation

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Date: September 14, 2010
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Clean Air Issues in the 111th Congress (open access)

Clean Air Issues in the 111th Congress

This report provides an overview of clean air legislative and regulatory issues. The contents include EPA'S greenhouse gas regulations, legislation on climate change, emissions from power plant information, and Air quality standards.
Date: June 14, 2010
Creator: McCarthy, James E.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Design and Implementation of Patent Revocation Proceedings: Innovation Issues (open access)

The Design and Implementation of Patent Revocation Proceedings: Innovation Issues

This report contains an overview of the innovation issues of the design and implementation of patent revocation proceedings.
Date: January 14, 2010
Creator: Thomas, John R.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Cellulosic Biofuels: Analysis of Policy Issues for Congress (open access)

Cellulosic Biofuels: Analysis of Policy Issues for Congress

This report is an Analysis of Policy Issues for Congress regarding Cellulosic Biofuels.
Date: October 14, 2010
Creator: Bracmort, Kelsi; Schnepf, Randy; Stubbs, Megan & Yacobucci, Brent D.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Appropriations and Fund Transfers in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) (open access)

Appropriations and Fund Transfers in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA)

This report provides information about the mandatory appropriations and fund transfers in patient protection and ACA.
Date: October 14, 2010
Creator: Redhead, C. Stephen
System: The UNT Digital Library
CRS Issue Statement on Civil Rights and Discrimination (open access)

CRS Issue Statement on Civil Rights and Discrimination

This report discusses about civil right statues as well as several constitutional provisions. It also points out about different types of discrimination.
Date: January 14, 2010
Creator: Feder, Jody
System: The UNT Digital Library
Homelessness: Targeted Federal Programs and Recent Legislation (open access)

Homelessness: Targeted Federal Programs and Recent Legislation

This report contains information on the federal response to homelessness, including programs within different federal agencies, current issues relating to homelessness that are being considered by Congress, legislation enacted in the 111th Congress, and federal funding.
Date: May 14, 2010
Creator: Perl, Libby
System: The UNT Digital Library
CRS Issue Statement on Housing for LowIncome Individuals and Families (open access)

CRS Issue Statement on Housing for LowIncome Individuals and Families

This report contains a Congressional Service Report (CRS) Issue statements on housing for low income individuals and families.
Date: January 14, 2010
Creator: McCarty, Maggie; Perl, Libby; Foote, Bruce E.; Jones, Katie; Carpenter, David H.; Garvey, Todd et al.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Size and Role of Government: Economic Issues (open access)

The Size and Role of Government: Economic Issues

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Date: June 14, 2010
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
CRS Issue Statement on Health Care Reform (open access)

CRS Issue Statement on Health Care Reform

Interests in health care reform are driven by growing concern about several widely discussed problems, most especially health insurance coverage, health care costs, and patients' access to quality care.
Date: January 14, 2010
Creator: Peterson, Chris L.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Party Leaders in the House: Election, Duties, and Responsibilities (open access)

Party Leaders in the House: Election, Duties, and Responsibilities

Each major party in the House has a leadership hierarchy. This report summarizes the election, duties, and responsibilities of the Speaker of the House, the majority and minority leaders, and the whips and whip system.
Date: July 14, 2010
Creator: Heitshusen, Valerie
System: The UNT Digital Library
A U.S.-centric Chronology of the International Climate Change Negotiations (open access)

A U.S.-centric Chronology of the International Climate Change Negotiations

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Date: April 14, 2010
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS): Overview and Issues (open access)

Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS): Overview and Issues

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Date: July 14, 2010
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Factors Affecting the Demand for Long-Term Care Insurance: Issues for Congress (open access)

Factors Affecting the Demand for Long-Term Care Insurance: Issues for Congress

This report provides information about the issues for Congress on Factors Affecting the Demand for Long-Term Care Insurance. This report will discuss the role of LTCI in financing LTC costs and current trends in the LTCI industry.
Date: May 14, 2010
Creator: Mulvey, Janemarie
System: The UNT Digital Library
Summary of Potential Employer Penalties Under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) (open access)

Summary of Potential Employer Penalties Under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA)

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Date: May 14, 2010
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Agricultural Credit: Institutions and Issues (open access)

Agricultural Credit: Institutions and Issues

This report discusses federal credit assistance for farmers and recent issues in Congress related to the programs.
Date: July 14, 2010
Creator: Monke, Jim
System: The UNT Digital Library
Health Insurance Coverage of People Aged 55 to 64: Implications for a Medicare Buy-In (open access)

Health Insurance Coverage of People Aged 55 to 64: Implications for a Medicare Buy-In

This report shows that the near elderly are significantly more likely than other nonaged adults to be in fair or poor health, and to have had a heart attack or stroke.
Date: January 14, 2010
Creator: Peterson, Chris L. & Newsom, Mark
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Future of the Eurozone and U.S. Interests (open access)

The Future of the Eurozone and U.S. Interests

This report details the consequences of the European financial crisis of 2010 beginning with the economic fallout of the Greek economy. It then highlights six factors that would be instrumental regarding the "Eurozones" future.
Date: September 14, 2010
Creator: Ahearn, Raymond J.; Jackson, James K.; Nelson, Rebecca M. & Weiss, Martin A.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Senate Committee Rules in the 111th Congress: A Comparison of Key Provisions (open access)

Senate Committee Rules in the 111th Congress: A Comparison of Key Provisions

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Date: January 14, 2010
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
The SAFRA Act: Education Programs in the FY2010 Budget Reconciliation (open access)

The SAFRA Act: Education Programs in the FY2010 Budget Reconciliation

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Date: April 14, 2010
Creator: Dortch, Cassandria; Smole, David P. & Mahan, Shannon M.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Future of NASA: Space Policy Issues Facing Congress (open access)

The Future of NASA: Space Policy Issues Facing Congress

This report analyzes questions regarding space policy challenges and gives some possible answers. It also addresses a number of cross-cutting issues, such as NASA's (the National Aeronautics and Space Agency's) interactions with other federal agencies and the growing role of the commercial space industry.
Date: January 14, 2010
Creator: Morgan, Daniel
System: The UNT Digital Library
Earthquakes: Risk, Detection, Warning, and Research (open access)

Earthquakes: Risk, Detection, Warning, and Research

This report discusses earthquake hazards and risk in the United States, federal programs that support earthquake monitoring, the U.S. capability to detect earthquakes and issue notifications and warnings, and federally-supported research to improve the fundamental scientific understanding of earthquakes with a goal of reducing U.S. vulnerability.
Date: January 14, 2010
Creator: Folger, Peter
System: The UNT Digital Library
Nonstrategic Nuclear Weapons (open access)

Nonstrategic Nuclear Weapons

This report provides basic information about U.S. and Russian nonstrategic nuclear weapons. It begins with a brief discussion of the differences between strategic and nonstrategic nuclear weapons. It then provides some historical background, describing the numbers and types of nonstrategic nuclear weapons deployed by both nations during the Cold War and in the past decade; the policies that guided the deployment and prospective use of these weapons; and the measures that the two sides have taken to reduce, eliminate, and, more recently, augment their forces.
Date: January 14, 2010
Creator: Woolf, Amy F.
System: The UNT Digital Library