Iraq: Politics and Governance (open access)

Iraq: Politics and Governance

This report provides background and analysis on the politics of Iraq, including its communities, governing personalities and factions, security forces and militias, and the government's human rights record.
Date: November 13, 2015
Creator: Katzman, Kenneth & Humud, Carla E.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Potential Policy Implications of the House Reconciliation Bill (H.R. 3762) (open access)

Potential Policy Implications of the House Reconciliation Bill (H.R. 3762)

This report provides background on the reconciliation process of the FY2016 budget resolution (S.Con.Res. 11) and summarizes the provisions in H.R. 37622. It then briefly examines some of the bill's policy implications. The report will be updated as necessary to reflect key legislative developments.
Date: November 13, 2015
Creator: Mach, Annie L.; Heisler, Elayne J.; Lister, Sarah A.; Lowry, Sean; Redhead, C. S.; Saturno, James V. et al.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Texas Register, Volume 40, Number 46, Pages 7937-8064, November 13, 2015 (open access)

Texas Register, Volume 40, Number 46, Pages 7937-8064, November 13, 2015

A weekly publication, the Texas Register serves as the journal of state agency rulemaking for Texas. Information published in the Texas Register includes proposed, adopted, withdrawn and emergency rule actions, notices of state agency review of agency rules, governor's appointments, attorney general opinions, and miscellaneous documents such as requests for proposals. After adoption, these rulemaking actions are codified into the Texas Administrative Code.
Date: November 13, 2015
Creator: Texas. Secretary of State.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Turkey: Background and U.S. Relations In Brief (open access)

Turkey: Background and U.S. Relations In Brief

This report provides information and analysis relevant for Congress on the following: Assessments of U.S.-Turkey relations, Turkish foreign policy, and Turkey's strategic orientation, Turkish efforts to cooperate with the United States against the Islamic State in Syria and Iraq, and key issues regarding Turkey's domestic politics.
Date: November 13, 2015
Creator: Zanotti, Jim
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
U.S. Agent Orange/Dioxin Assistance to Vietnam (open access)

U.S. Agent Orange/Dioxin Assistance to Vietnam

This report discusses U.S. assistance to Vietnam for the environmental and health damage attributed to a dioxin contained in Agent Orange and other herbicides sprayed over much of the southern portion of the country during the Vietnam War, which remains a major issue in bilateral relations.
Date: November 13, 2015
Creator: Martin, Michael F.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Appropriations Subcommittee Structure: History of Changes from 1920 to 2015 (open access)

Appropriations Subcommittee Structure: History of Changes from 1920 to 2015

This report details the evolution of the House and Senate Appropriations Committees' subcommittee structure from the 1920s to the present.
Date: October 13, 2015
Creator: Saturno, James V. & Tollestrup, Jessica
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Bitcoin: Questions, Answers, and Analysis of Legal Issues (open access)

Bitcoin: Questions, Answers, and Analysis of Legal Issues

This report has three major sections. The first section answers some basic questions about Bitcoin and the operation of the Bitcoin network and its interaction with the current dollar-based monetary system. The second section summarizes likely reasons for and against widespread Bitcoin adoption. The third section discusses legal and regulatory matters that have been raised by Bitcoin and other digital currencies.
Date: October 13, 2015
Creator: Murphy, Edward V.; Murphy, M. M. & Seitzinger, Michael V.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Colombian Peace Talks Breakthrough: A Possible End- Game? (open access)

Colombian Peace Talks Breakthrough: A Possible End- Game?

This report briefly discusses the recent breakthrough reached in talks between the Colombian government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) just a day after Pope Francis left Cuba, following more than 40 rounds of discussions held in Havana since November 2012.
Date: October 13, 2015
Creator: Beittel, June S.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Internet of Things: CRS Experts (open access)

The Internet of Things: CRS Experts

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Date: October 13, 2015
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Internet of Things: Frequently Asked Questions (open access)

The Internet of Things: Frequently Asked Questions

This report was developed to assist Congress in responding to some commonly asked questions about the Internet of Things (IoT), a complex, often poorly understood phenomenon.
Date: October 13, 2015
Creator: Fischer, Eric A.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Public Health Service Agencies: Overview and Funding (FY2010-FY2016) (open access)

Public Health Service Agencies: Overview and Funding (FY2010-FY2016)

This report gives a brief overview of the eight agencies within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) which are designated components of the U.S. Public Health Services (PHS), and summarizes its funding for FY2010 through FY2016.
Date: October 13, 2015
Creator: Redhead, C. S. & Dabrowska, Agata
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Risk and Needs Assessment in the Criminal Justice System (open access)

Risk and Needs Assessment in the Criminal Justice System

This report provides information on the use of risk and needs assessment in the criminal justice system. It starts with an overview of risk and needs assessment and a discussion of some of the critiques of it. The report concludes with a discussion of the issues policymakers might consider if they debate legislation to expand the use of risk and needs assessment in the federal prison system.
Date: October 13, 2015
Creator: James, Nathan
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Russian Compliance with the Intermediate Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty: Background and Issues for Congress (open access)

Russian Compliance with the Intermediate Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty: Background and Issues for Congress

This report describes the current status of the INF Treaty and highlights issues that Congress may address as the United States pursues its compliance concerns with Russia. It includes a historical overview and summary of the provisions of the INF Treaty and Russia's concerns with U.S. compliance with the treaty and concludes with a discussion of options that the United States might pursue to address its concerns with Russia's activities and options that it might pursue if Russia deploys new INF-range missiles.
Date: October 13, 2015
Creator: Woolf, Amy F.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Small Business Management and Technical Assistance Training Programs (open access)

Small Business Management and Technical Assistance Training Programs

None
Date: October 13, 2015
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs: FY2016 Budget and Appropriations (open access)

State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs: FY2016 Budget and Appropriations

This report provides an overview of the FY2016 State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs (SFOPS) request, a discussion of key issues and historic context, and account-by-account funding comparisons with FY2014 actuals, available FY2015 estimates, and FY2016 legislation.
Date: October 13, 2015
Creator: Epstein, Susan B.; Lawson, Marian L. & Tiersky, Alex
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Use of the Annual Appropriations Process to Block Implementation of the Affordable Care Act (FY2011-FY2016) (open access)

Use of the Annual Appropriations Process to Block Implementation of the Affordable Care Act (FY2011-FY2016)

This report summarizes the Patient Protection and Affordable Care act (ACA)-related language added to annual appropriations legislation by congressional appropriators since the ACA was signed into law.
Date: October 13, 2015
Creator: Redhead, C. S. & Cornell, Ada S.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Federal Crop Insurance: Background (open access)

Federal Crop Insurance: Background

This report provides a primer on the federal crop insurance program and highlights changes to the program by the 2014 farm bill.
Date: August 13, 2015
Creator: Shields, Dennis A.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Lobbying Congress with Appropriated Funds: Restrictions on Federal Agencies and Officials (open access)

Lobbying Congress with Appropriated Funds: Restrictions on Federal Agencies and Officials

This report provides an overview of the restrictions on federal agencies and officials on lobbying Congress with appropriated funds.
Date: August 13, 2015
Creator: Maskell, Jack
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Agricultural Research: Background and Issues (open access)

Agricultural Research: Background and Issues

This report considers the U.S. Department of Agriculture's program for Research, Education, and Economics (REE). Moreover, the report discusses the amount of funding for the REE and debates the direction of it.
Date: July 13, 2015
Creator: Monke, Jim
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Charleston, SC, Mass Shooter Might Have Been Denied a Handgun If Not for Possible Recordkeeping Oversights (open access)

Charleston, SC, Mass Shooter Might Have Been Denied a Handgun If Not for Possible Recordkeeping Oversights

This report briefly discusses the announcement by Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director James Comey that the alleged assailant in the Charleston, SC, mass murder/shooting at the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church might have been prevented from acquiring a handgun if not for possible recordkeeping oversights on the part of the FBI and Columbia, SC, city police and county sheriff's departments.
Date: July 13, 2015
Creator: Krouse, William J.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
DRIVE Act Would Increase Highway Funding Faster than Projected Inflation (open access)

DRIVE Act Would Increase Highway Funding Faster than Projected Inflation

This report briefly discusses the Developing a Reliable and Innovative Vision for the Economy Act (DRIVE Act; S. 1647). The DRIVE Act would authorize $278 billion for a six-year federal highway program.
Date: July 13, 2015
Creator: Kirk, Robert S.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Federal Power over Local Law Enforcement Reform: Legal Issues (open access)

Federal Power over Local Law Enforcement Reform: Legal Issues

This report will examine several constitutional principles relevant to this issue and apply them to the various legislative proposals.
Date: July 13, 2015
Creator: Cole, Jared P.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Hydraulic Fracturing and Safe Drinking Water Act Regulatory Issues (open access)

Hydraulic Fracturing and Safe Drinking Water Act Regulatory Issues

This report reviews past and proposed treatment of hydraulic fracturing under the SDWA, which authorizes regulation of the underground injection of fluids to protect groundwater sources of drinking water.
Date: July 13, 2015
Creator: Tiemann, Mary & Vann, Adam
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0026 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0026

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Ken Paxton, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Question relating to the Galveston City Charter and atax increment reinvestment zone governed by chapter 311 of the Tax Code (RQ-0004-KP).
Date: July 13, 2015
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History