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Sudan: an Overview (open access)

Sudan: an Overview

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Date: May 20, 2015
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Federal Deductibility of State and Local Taxes (open access)

Federal Deductibility of State and Local Taxes

This report describes and analyzes the deduction for the following state and local taxes: real estate property taxes; personal property taxes; income taxes; and sales and use taxes.
Date: April 20, 2015
Creator: Maguire, Steven & Stupak, Jeffrey M.
System: The UNT Digital Library
FHA-Insured Home Loans: An Overview (open access)

FHA-Insured Home Loans: An Overview

This report provides an overview on FHA-Insured Home Loans which discuses the basic feature of the FHA program to insure loans on single family loans and recent changes to the program.
Date: January 20, 2015
Creator: Jones, Katie
System: The UNT Digital Library
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Appropriations Process: A Brief Explanation (open access)

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Appropriations Process: A Brief Explanation

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Date: October 20, 2015
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Sick Leave for Federal Employees: In Brief (open access)

Sick Leave for Federal Employees: In Brief

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Date: April 20, 2015
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Drug Offenses: Maximum Fines and Terms of Imprisonment for Violation of the Federal Controlled Substances Act and Related Laws (open access)
Tax Provisions that Expired in 2014 (“Tax Extenders”) (open access)

Tax Provisions that Expired in 2014 (“Tax Extenders”)

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Date: February 20, 2015
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Navy Ship Names: Background for Congress (open access)

Navy Ship Names: Background for Congress

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Date: March 20, 2015
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Congressional Budget Office: Appointment and Tenure of the Director and Deputy Director (open access)

Congressional Budget Office: Appointment and Tenure of the Director and Deputy Director

This report discusses appointment and tenure of the Director and Deputy Director of Congressional Budget Office.
Date: May 20, 2015
Creator: Lynch, Megan S.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Older Americans Act: FY2015 Appropriations Overview (open access)

Older Americans Act: FY2015 Appropriations Overview

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Date: April 20, 2015
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Runaway and Homeless Youth: Demographics and Programs (open access)

Runaway and Homeless Youth: Demographics and Programs

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Date: January 20, 2015
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
State Children’s Health Insurance Program: An Overview (open access)

State Children’s Health Insurance Program: An Overview

This report describes the basic elements of CHIP, focusing on how the program is designed, who is eligible, what services are covered, how enrollees share in the cost of care, and how the program is financed. The report ends with a brief discussion of the future of CHIP.
Date: March 20, 2015
Creator: Baumrucker, Evelyne P. & Mitchell, Alison
System: The UNT Digital Library
Water Quality Issues in the 114th Congress: An Overview (open access)

Water Quality Issues in the 114th Congress: An Overview

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Date: April 20, 2015
Creator: Copeland, Claudia
System: The UNT Digital Library
Space Exploration (open access)

Space Exploration

This report discusses the contributions from both the government and private sector towards space exploration.
Date: March 20, 2015
Creator: Morgan, Daniel
System: The UNT Digital Library
Brazil: Background and U.S. Relations (open access)

Brazil: Background and U.S. Relations

This report discusses the current political and economic situation in Brazil, and examines the U.S.'s commercial relationship with the country. The United States traditionally has enjoyed robust economic and political relations with Brazil, which is the seventh-largest economy in the world and is recognized by the Obama Administration as a "major global player" and an "indispensable partner" on issues ranging from international development to climate change.
Date: August 20, 2015
Creator: Meyer, Peter J.
System: The UNT Digital Library
U.S.-Mexico Security Cooperation Following "El Chapo" Guzmán's Escape (open access)

U.S.-Mexico Security Cooperation Following "El Chapo" Guzmán's Escape

This report discusses U.S.-Mexican security cooperation in the wake of the escape of Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán on July 11, 2015, from a maximum security federal prison near Mexico City.
Date: October 20, 2015
Creator: Beittel, June S. & Seelke, Clare Ribando
System: The UNT Digital Library
Birthright Citizenship Under the 14th Amendment of Persons Born in the United States to Alien Parents (open access)

Birthright Citizenship Under the 14th Amendment of Persons Born in the United States to Alien Parents

This report traces the history of birthright citizenship under U.S. law and discusses some of the legislation in recent Congresses intended to alter it. In the current and recent Congresses, some Members have introduced or supported legislation that would revise or reinterpret the Citizenship Clause to address several concerns.
Date: August 20, 2015
Creator: Lee, Margaret M.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Sanctuary Jurisdictions and Criminal Aliens: In Brief (open access)

Sanctuary Jurisdictions and Criminal Aliens: In Brief

This report examines the interplay between the federal government (i.e., ICE) and state and local jurisdictions in enforcing immigration law, with a specific focus on noncitizens who have been convicted of a crime. It explores major programs and federal resources available to state and local law enforcement agencies that cooperate with ICE to enforce immigration law.
Date: October 20, 2015
Creator: Kandel, William A. & Seghetti, Lisa
System: The UNT Digital Library
FY2016 Agriculture and Related Agencies Appropriations: In Brief (open access)

FY2016 Agriculture and Related Agencies Appropriations: In Brief

This report discusses the Agriculture appropriations bill, which funds the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), except for the Forest Service, as well as the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and, in even-numbered fiscal years, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC).
Date: July 20, 2015
Creator: Monke, Jim
System: The UNT Digital Library
Elections in Haiti (open access)

Elections in Haiti

This report briefly discusses various issues regarding the election process in Haiti. Haiti is in the midst of a national election cycle to fill all 119 seats in the Chamber of Deputies, 20 seats in the 30-seat Senate, and most municipal offices - and to elect a new president.
Date: October 20, 2015
Creator: Taft-Morales, Maureen
System: The UNT Digital Library
Points of Order in the Congressional Budget Process (open access)

Points of Order in the Congressional Budget Process

This report summarizes the points of order currently in effect under the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as amended, as well as related points of order established in various other measures that have a direct impact on budget enforcement.
Date: October 20, 2015
Creator: Saturno, James V.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Negotiations and Issues for Congress (open access)

The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Negotiations and Issues for Congress

This report examines the issues related to the proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), the state and substance of the negotiations (to the degree that the information is publically available), the specific areas under negotiation, the policy and economic contexts in which the TPP would fit, and the issues for Congress that the TPP presents.
Date: March 20, 2015
Creator: Fergusson, Ian F.; McMinimy, Mark A. & Williams, Brock R.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Legislation Eliminating the Federal Reserve's Surplus (open access)

Legislation Eliminating the Federal Reserve's Surplus

The Fed retains some of its profits in a surplus account, which currently has a balance of $29.3 billion. This report discusses H.Amdt. 824 to the highway bill (H.R. 22) and H.R. 3189, which would permanently eliminate the surplus.
Date: November 20, 2015
Creator: Labonte, Marc
System: The UNT Digital Library
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA): Resources for Frequently Asked Questions (open access)

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA): Resources for Frequently Asked Questions

This report contains links to contacts for specific Affordable Care Act (ACA) questions and provides basic consumer sources, including a glossary of health coverage terms.
Date: October 20, 2015
Creator: Napili, Angela
System: The UNT Digital Library