EPA's Vessel General Permits: Background and Issues (open access)

EPA's Vessel General Permits: Background and Issues

This report covers two proposed permit drafts by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regarding Vessel General Permits (VGPs): one for large vessels to replace the 2008 VGP (draft VGP), and one for smaller vessels that currently are covered by a congressionally-enacted temporary moratorium (draft sVGP).
Date: January 29, 2015
Creator: Copeland, Claudia
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Everglades Restoration: The Central Everglades Planning Project (CEPP) (open access)

Everglades Restoration: The Central Everglades Planning Project (CEPP)

This report presents an overview, developments and congressional interest on the Central Everglades Planning Project (CEPP) related to Everglades Restoration.
Date: January 29, 2015
Creator: Stern, Charles V.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
FHA Single-Family Mortgage Insurance: Recent Policy Changes and Proposed Legislation (open access)

FHA Single-Family Mortgage Insurance: Recent Policy Changes and Proposed Legislation

This report describes recent policy changes made by FHA and recent legislative proposals that would make additional changes to FHA's single-family program. For the most part, this report does not go into detail about the features of FHA-insured loans, FHA's market role, or its financial status, except as necessary to describe implemented or proposed policy changes.
Date: January 29, 2015
Creator: Jones, Katie
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Inland Waterways Trust Fund (open access)

Inland Waterways Trust Fund

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Date: January 29, 2015
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Issues in the Reauthorization of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) (open access)

Issues in the Reauthorization of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)

This report considers topics that are likely to arise as the 114th Congress debates reauthorization.
Date: January 29, 2015
Creator: Elias, Bart & Tang, Rachel Y.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Major Disaster Assistance from the Disaster Relief Fund: State Profiles (open access)

Major Disaster Assistance from the Disaster Relief Fund: State Profiles

This report outlines the trend in Disaster Relief Fund (DRF) obligations for both the national and state level for the period FY2000 through FY2013. It also includes individual profiles for each state and additional resources and key policy staff that can provide more information on the programs that are discussed.
Date: January 29, 2015
Creator: Richardson, Daniel J.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Medical Loss Ratio Requirements Under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA): Issues for Congress (open access)

Medical Loss Ratio Requirements Under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA): Issues for Congress

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Date: January 29, 2015
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
National Forest System Management: Overview, Appropriations, and Issues for Congress (open access)

National Forest System Management: Overview, Appropriations, and Issues for Congress

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Date: January 29, 2015
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Points of Order Limiting the Contents of Reconciliation Legislation: In Brief (open access)

Points of Order Limiting the Contents of Reconciliation Legislation: In Brief

This report discusses the Budget Act that provides an optional expedited procedure for considering legislation in the Senate, called reconciliation, which was first used in 1980.
Date: January 29, 2015
Creator: Saturno, James V.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Small Business Administration and Job Creation (open access)

Small Business Administration and Job Creation

The Small Business Administration (SBA) administers several programs to support small businesses, including loan guaranty programs, disaster loan programs, management and technical assistance training programs, and federal contracting programs. Congressional interest in these programs has increased in recent years, primarily because they are viewed as a means to stimulate economic activity, create jobs, and assist in the national economic recovery. This report examines the economic research on net job creation to identify the types of businesses that appear to create the most jobs.
Date: January 29, 2015
Creator: Dilger, Robert J.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library