Queen-of-the-Hill Rules in the House of Representatives (open access)

Queen-of-the-Hill Rules in the House of Representatives

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Date: September 24, 2015
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Disparate Impact Claims Under the Fair Housing Act (open access)

Disparate Impact Claims Under the Fair Housing Act

This report discusses about the Fair Housing Act (FHA) that was enacted to provide within constitutional limitations, for fair housing throughout the United States.
Date: September 24, 2015
Creator: Carpenter, David H.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Social Security: The Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and the Government Pension Offset (GPO) (open access)

Social Security: The Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and the Government Pension Offset (GPO)

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Date: July 24, 2015
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Community Health Center Fund: In Brief (open access)

The Community Health Center Fund: In Brief

The report discusses the Health Center Program, which is administered by the Health Resource and Services Administration within the Department of Health and Human Services, awards grants to outpatient health care facilities that provide care to medically under-served populations.
Date: April 24, 2015
Creator: Heisler, Elayne J.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Recently Expired Community AssistanceRelated Tax Provisions (“Tax Extenders”): In Brief (open access)

Recently Expired Community AssistanceRelated Tax Provisions (“Tax Extenders”): In Brief

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Date: August 24, 2015
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Privileged Business on the House Floor (open access)

Privileged Business on the House Floor

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Date: September 24, 2015
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Introduction to Financial Services: “Regulatory Relief” (open access)

Introduction to Financial Services: “Regulatory Relief”

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Date: March 24, 2015
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Veterans’ Benefits: Burial Benefits and National Cemeteries (open access)

Veterans’ Benefits: Burial Benefits and National Cemeteries

This report provides a descriptive analysis of both nonmonetary and monetary burial benefits and national cemeteries. It addresses congressional and constituent issues, such as who is eligible to receive burial benefits.
Date: August 24, 2015
Creator: Torreon, Barbara Salazar
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Introducing a House Bill or Resolution (open access)

Introducing a House Bill or Resolution

This report is intended to assist Members and staff in preparing legislation for introduction. Its contents address essential elements of the process, including bill drafting, the mechanics of introduction, and the roles played by key House offices involved in the drafting, submission, and referral of legislation.
Date: April 24, 2015
Creator: Oleszek, Mark J.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
International Law and Agreements: Their Effect upon U.S. Law (open access)

International Law and Agreements: Their Effect upon U.S. Law

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Date: September 24, 2015
Creator: Garcia, Michael John
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (IGRA): Gaming on Newly Acquired Lands (open access)

Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (IGRA): Gaming on Newly Acquired Lands

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Date: April 24, 2015
Creator: Murphy, M. Maureen
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
84th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Concurrent Resolution 33 (open access)

84th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Concurrent Resolution 33

Concurrent resolution introduced by the Texas House of Representatives and Senate in memory of Dr. Barry B. Thompson, The Texas A&M University System chancellor emeritus and Tarleton State University president emeritus.
Date: March 24, 2015
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
84th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Concurrent Resolution 16 (open access)

84th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Concurrent Resolution 16

Concurrent resolution introduced by the Texas House of Representatives and Senate recognizing the Brownsville Independent School District on its 100th anniversary.
Date: March 24, 2015
Creator: Texas. Legislature. Senate.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
84th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Concurrent Resolution 14 (open access)

84th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Concurrent Resolution 14

Concurrent resolution introduced by the Texas House of Representatives and Senate granting the legislature permission to adjourn for more than three days during the period beginning on Wednesday, February 18, 2015, and ending on Monday, February 23, 2015.
Date: February 24, 2015
Creator: Texas. Legislature. Senate.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
A Shift in the International Security Environment: Potential Implications for Defense--Issues for Congress (open access)

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: September 24, 2015
Creator: O'Rourke, Ronald
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Economic Effects of the FY2014 Shutdown (open access)

Economic Effects of the FY2014 Shutdown

This report provides an info-graphic discussing the economic effects of the FY2014 shutdown.
Date: September 24, 2015
Creator: Labonte, Marc & Momoh, Bisola
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
School Locker Rooms Become the New Battleground in the Gender (Identity) Wars (open access)

School Locker Rooms Become the New Battleground in the Gender (Identity) Wars

This legal sidebar discusses the decision of the Department of Education (ED) to side with a transgender female student in Illinois who alleged that her public high school had discriminated against her when it denied her access to the girls' locker rooms.
Date: December 24, 2015
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Federal Employees' Retirement System: Budget and Trust Fund Issues (open access)

Federal Employees' Retirement System: Budget and Trust Fund Issues

This report discusses the two retirement systems for federal employees: (1) the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) for individuals hired before 1984, and (2) the Federal Employees' Retirement System (FERS) for individuals hired in 1984 or later.
Date: August 24, 2015
Creator: Isaacs, Katelin P.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The European Union: Questions and Answers (open access)

The European Union: Questions and Answers

This report serves as a primer on the European Union (EU) and provides a brief description of U.S.-EU relations that may be of interest in the 114th Congress. The EU is a political and economic partnership that represents a unique form of cooperation among sovereign countries, comprising 28 member states, including most of the countries of Central and Eastern Europe; the group has helped to promote peace, stability, and economic prosperity throughout the European continent.
Date: July 24, 2015
Creator: Archick, Kristin
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
OPM Data Breach: Personnel Security Background Investigation Data (open access)

OPM Data Breach: Personnel Security Background Investigation Data

This report provides information on the types of data that may be collected in a typical personnel security background investigation. In a July 9, 2015, news release on the cyber-intrusions of its systems, OPM "concluded with high confidence that sensitive information, including the Social Security Numbers (SSNs) of 21.5 million individuals, was stolen from the background investigation databases." This report is not an official statement of the data that was compromised in the OPM breach.
Date: July 24, 2015
Creator: Christensen, Michelle D.
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 critiques. 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: July 24, 2015
Creator: James, Nathan
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Egypt: Background and U.S. Relations (open access)

Egypt: Background and U.S. Relations

This report provides an overview of the key issues for Congress related to Egypt and U.S. foreign aid to Egypt. The United States has provided significant military and economic assistance to Egypt since the late 1970s. Successive U.S. Administrations have routinely justified aid to Egypt as an investment in regional stability, built primarily on long-running cooperation with the Egyptian military and on sustaining the 1979 Egyptian-Israeli peace treaty.
Date: July 24, 2015
Creator: Sharp, Jeremy M.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Multiemployer Defined Benefit (DB) Pension Plans: A Primer and Analysis of Policy Options (open access)

Multiemployer Defined Benefit (DB) Pension Plans: A Primer and Analysis of Policy Options

This report discusses the nature of multiemployer defined benefit (DB) pension plans, and issues regarding their financial solvency. DB pension plans are sponsored by more than one employer and maintained as part of a collective bargaining agreement.
Date: July 24, 2015
Creator: Topoleski, John J.
Object Type: Report
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., Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) -- and state and local jurisdictions in enforcing immigration law, with a specific focus on noncitizens who have been convicted of a crime. It briefly outlines the evolution of the cooperation among law enforcement agencies, then discusses current administrative efforts to involve state and local law enforcement, and explores major programs and federal resources available to those agencies that cooperate with ICE to enforce immigration law.
Date: July 24, 2015
Creator: Kandel, William A. & Seghetti, Lisa
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library