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Use of the Annual Appropriations Process to Block Implementation of the Affordable Care Act (FY2011-FY2016)
None
Date:
September 21, 2015
Creator:
unknown
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Congressional Official Mail Costs
The report is categorized into two categories: (I) Introduction, (II) Official Mail Costs, FY2005 to FY2014, (III) Official Mail Costs, FY1954-FY2014. It also points out Official Mail Costs and Election Year vs. Non-election Year.
Date:
April 21, 2015
Creator:
Glassman, Matthew E.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Generalized System of Preferences: Background and Renewal Debate
None
Date:
April 21, 2015
Creator:
Jones, Vivian C.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Funding Gaps and Government Shutdowns: CRS Experts
None
Date:
September 21, 2015
Creator:
Brass, Clinton T.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oversight of the Inspector General Community: The IG Council’s Integrity Committee
None
Date:
September 21, 2015
Creator:
unknown
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Amendments in the House: Types and Forms
This report addresses Types and Forms of Amendments in the House.
Date:
August 21, 2015
Creator:
Davis, Christopher M.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Federal Student Loans Made Under the Federal Family Education Loan Program and the William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan Program: Terms and Conditions for Borrowers
This report discusses major provisions of federal student loans made available through the DL program and previously made through the FFEL program.
Date:
January 21, 2015
Creator:
Smole, David P.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Expedited Removal Authority for VA Senior Executives (38 U.S.C. § 713): Selected Legal Issues
This report discusses selected legal issues relating to the authority for summary removal of individuals in senior executive positions at the Department of Veterans Affairs. Section 707 of the Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act, P.L. 113-146, enacted on August 7, 2014, created this authority by adding Section 713 to Title 38 of the United States Code. It authorizes the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to remove an individual in a senior executive position from federal service or transfer him or her to a position in the General Schedule if the Secretary determines that the individual's performance or misconduct warrants removal.
Date:
August 21, 2015
Creator:
Nicola, Thomas J.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
China Naval Modernization: Implications for U.S. Navy Capabilities--Background and Issues for Congress
This report focuses on the potential implications of China's naval modernization for future required U.S. Navy capabilities. Other CRS reports address separate issues relating to China. This report is based on unclassified open-source information.
Date:
September 21, 2015
Creator:
O'Rourke, Ronald
System:
The UNT Digital Library
China's Recent Stock Market Volatility: What Are the Implications?
China's two main stock markets, the Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE) and the Shenzhen Stock Exchange (SZSE), experienced rapid price increases from about mid-2014 to mid-2015. However, from June 12 to July 7, 2015, the Shanghai and Shenzhen Composite Indices fell by 32% and 40%, respectively. This report briefly examines this volatility and the Chinese government's response.
Date:
October 21, 2015
Creator:
Morrison, Wayne M. & Nelson, Gabriel M.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Potential Policy Implications of the House Reconciliation Bill (H.R. 3762)
This report provides background on the reconciliation process and summarizes the provisions in the Restoring Americans' Healthcare Freedom Reconciliation Act of 2015 (H.R. 3762), including their projected budgetary impact. It then briefly examines some of the bill's policy implications.
Date:
October 21, 2015
Creator:
Mach, Annie L.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
China's Economic Rise: History, Trends, Challenges, and Implications for the United States
This report provides background on China's economic rise; describes its current economic structure; identifies the challenges China faces to maintain economic growth; and discusses the challenges, opportunities, and implications of China's economic rise for the United States.
Date:
October 21, 2015
Creator:
Morrison, Wayne M.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Cybersecurity: Legislation, Hearings, and Executive Branch Documents
This report provides links to cybersecurity legislation in the 112th, 113th, and 114th Congresses.
Date:
October 21, 2015
Creator:
Tehan, Rita
System:
The UNT Digital Library
U.S. Postal Service Workforce Size and Employment Categories, FY1995-FY2014
This report provides data from the past 20 years on the size and composition of the U.S. Postal Service's (USPS's) workforce. Reforms to the size and composition of the workforce have been an integral part of USPS's strategy to reduce costs and regain financial solvency, particularly between FY2007 and FY2014.
Date:
October 21, 2015
Creator:
Francis, Kathryn A.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Navy Force Structure and Shipbuilding Plans: Background and Issues for Congress
This report provides background information and presents potential issues for Congress concerning the Navy's ship force-structure goals and shipbuilding plans. Decisions that Congress makes on Navy shipbuilding programs can substantially affect Navy capabilities and funding requirements, and the U.S. shipbuilding industrial base.
Date:
September 21, 2015
Creator:
O'Rourke, Ronald
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Conventional Arms Transfers to Developing Nations, 2007-2014
This report provides Congress with official, unclassified, quantitative data on conventional arms transfers to developing nations by the United States and foreign countries for the preceding eight calendar years for use in its policy oversight functions.
Date:
December 21, 2015
Creator:
Theohary, Catherine A.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Agriculture and Related Agencies: FY2016 Appropriations
This report discusses the Agriculture appropriations bill for FY 2016, 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:
October 21, 2015
Creator:
Monke, Jim
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program: Overview and Impact of the Affordable Care Act
This report discusses the impact of the Affordable Care Act on the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program, which makes federal funds available to metropolitan areas and states to that provide a number of health care services for HIV/AIDS patients.
Date:
December 21, 2015
Creator:
Johnson, Judith A. & Heisler, Elayne J.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
A Shift in the International Security Environment: Potential Implications for Defense--Issues for Congress
This report briefly describes the shift in the international security environment that some observers believe has occurred, and identifies some defense related issues for Congress that could arise from it. Congress's decisions on these issues could have significant implications for U.S. defense capabilities and funding requirements.
Date:
December 21, 2015
Creator:
O'Rourke, Ronald
System:
The UNT Digital Library
North Korea: U.S. Relations, Nuclear Diplomacy, and Internal Situation
This report covers the overall U.S.-North Korea relationship, with an emphasis on nuclear diplomacy. Negotiations over North Korea's nuclear weapons program have occupied the past three U.S. administrations, even as some analysts anticipated a collapse of the isolated authoritarian regime. North Korea has been the recipient of over $1 billion in U.S. aid (though none since 2009) and the target of dozens of U.S. sanctions.
Date:
July 21, 2015
Creator:
Chanlett-Avery, Emma; Rinehart, Ian E.; Nikitin, Mary Beth & Park, Sungtae
System:
The UNT Digital Library
GAO Bid Protests: Trends and Analysis
This report is one of two providing Congress with background on the GAO bid-protest process. It analyzes trends in bid protests filed with GAO, why companies protest, the impact bid protests have on acquisitions, the most common grounds for GAO to sustain a protest, and trends in bid protests filed against DOD.
Date:
July 21, 2015
Creator:
Schwartz, Moshe & Manuel, Kate M.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Farm Safety Net Programs: Background and Issues
This report discusses several programs operated by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) that supplement the income of farmers and ranchers in times of low farm prices and natural disasters. Federal crop insurance, farm programs, and disaster assistance are collectively called the farm safety net.
Date:
August 21, 2015
Creator:
Shields, Dennis A.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
U.S.-Mexico Security Cooperation Following "El Chapo" Guzmán's Escape
This report discusses the escape of Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán on July 11, 2015, from a maximum security federal prison near Mexico City.
Date:
July 21, 2015
Creator:
Beittel, June S.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
U.S. Foreign Assistance to Latin America and the Caribbean: Recent Trends and FY2016 Appropriations
This report discusses the United States economic assistance to the nations of Latin America and the Caribbean. Current U.S. policy is designed to promote economic and social opportunity, ensure the safety of the region's citizens, strengthen effective democratic institutions, and secure a clean energy future.
Date:
July 21, 2015
Creator:
Meyer, Peter J.
System:
The UNT Digital Library