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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
Salaries of Members of Congress: Recent Actions and Historical Tables (open access)

Salaries of Members of Congress: Recent Actions and Historical Tables

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Date: June 8, 2015
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Laos (open access)

Laos

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Date: June 3, 2015
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
National Park Service: FY2015 and FY2016 Appropriations (open access)

National Park Service: FY2015 and FY2016 Appropriations

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Date: June 5, 2015
Creator: unknown
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
Instructing Senate Conferees (open access)

Instructing Senate Conferees

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Date: June 26, 2015
Creator: unknown
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
Veterans’ Benefits: Pension Benefit Programs (open access)

Veterans’ Benefits: Pension Benefit Programs

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Date: June 29, 2015
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Blue-Slipping: Enforcing the Origination Clause in the House of Representatives (open access)

Blue-Slipping: Enforcing the Origination Clause in the House of Representatives

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Date: June 26, 2015
Creator: Saturno, James V.
System: The UNT Digital Library
U.S.-China Nuclear Cooperation Agreement (open access)

U.S.-China Nuclear Cooperation Agreement

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Date: June 4, 2015
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Westlands Drainage Settlement: A Primer (open access)

Westlands Drainage Settlement: A Primer

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Date: June 25, 2015
Creator: Mallen, Travis H.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Systemically Important or “Too Big to Fail” Financial Institutions (open access)

Systemically Important or “Too Big to Fail” Financial Institutions

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Date: June 30, 2015
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
South Korea: Background and U.S. Relations (open access)

South Korea: Background and U.S. Relations

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Date: June 12, 2015
Creator: unknown
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
United States Agency for International Development Bureau for Democracy, Conflict, and Humanitarian Assistance Office of Transition Initiative (open access)

United States Agency for International Development Bureau for Democracy, Conflict, and Humanitarian Assistance Office of Transition Initiative

A report by USAID about a program that intends to enhance U.S. Government (USG) policy goals and complement other ongoing USG programs in the country by supporting activities that promote an enabling environment for sustainable peace.
Date: June 5, 2015
Creator: United States. Agency for International Development.
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