Miscellaneous Tariff Bills: Overview and Issues for Congress (open access)

Miscellaneous Tariff Bills: Overview and Issues for Congress

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Date: February 5, 2015
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Federal Excise Tax on Motor Fuels and the Highway Trust Fund: Current Law and Legislative History (open access)

The Federal Excise Tax on Motor Fuels and the Highway Trust Fund: Current Law and Legislative History

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Date: February 23, 2015
Creator: Lowry, Sean
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Government Contracts: Basic Legal Principles (open access)

Government Contracts: Basic Legal Principles

Report covering legal aspects of government contracts, including procurement contracts, non-procurement contracts, concession contracts, public/private partnerships, intergovernmental agreements, and other arrangements.
Date: February 23, 2015
Creator: Manuel, Kate M.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
“Disadvantaged” Small Businesses: Definitions and Designations for Purposes of Federal and Federally Funded Contracting Programs (open access)

“Disadvantaged” Small Businesses: Definitions and Designations for Purposes of Federal and Federally Funded Contracting Programs

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Date: February 6, 2015
Creator: Manuel, Kate M.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Global Health System Strengthening: Issues for Congress (open access)

Global Health System Strengthening: Issues for Congress

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Date: February 6, 2015
Creator: Salaam-Blyther, Tiaji
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Nutrients in Agricultural Production: A Water Quality Overview (open access)

Nutrients in Agricultural Production: A Water Quality Overview

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Date: February 20, 2015
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Tax Deductions for Individuals: A Summary (open access)

Tax Deductions for Individuals: A Summary

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Date: February 18, 2015
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Introduction to Financial Services: International Supervision (open access)

Introduction to Financial Services: International Supervision

This report discusses the financial crisis of 2007-2008 and subsequent global economic turmoil that underscored the interconnectedness of the global financial system as well as its weaknesses. In the wake of the crisis, leaders from the United States and other countries have pursued a wide range of reforms to the international financial regulatory system.
Date: February 10, 2015
Creator: Weiss, Martin A.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Qualified Charitable Distributions from Individual Retirement Accounts: Features and Legislative History (open access)

Qualified Charitable Distributions from Individual Retirement Accounts: Features and Legislative History

A provision of the Pension Protection Act of 2006 (P.L. 109-280) allows tax-free distributions from Individual Retirement Accounts (IRAs) for charitable purposes. This report describes the IRA Qualified Charitable Distribution (QCD) provision.
Date: February 4, 2015
Creator: Topoleski, John J. & Sidor, Gary
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act of 2014 (H.R. 3230; P.L. 113-146) (open access)

Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act of 2014 (H.R. 3230; P.L. 113-146)

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Date: February 10, 2015
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Missing Adults: Background, Federal Programs, and Issues for Congress (open access)

Missing Adults: Background, Federal Programs, and Issues for Congress

The first section of this report discusses demographics and record keeping of missing adults and unidentified remains, as well as some of the factors that may contribute to the disappearance of adults. This section also discusses federally-funded databases that are used to track data on missing adults and unidentified individuals. The second section of the report describes the federal programs and initiatives to assist in locating missing adults, including funding data where applicable. Finally, the third section discusses issues about the federal role in missing adult cases.
Date: February 11, 2015
Creator: Fernandes-Alcantara, Adrienne L.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
U.S. Secret Service Protection (open access)

U.S. Secret Service Protection

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Date: February 12, 2015
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Veterans’ Benefits: Dependency and Indemnity Compensation (DIC) for Survivors (open access)

Veterans’ Benefits: Dependency and Indemnity Compensation (DIC) for Survivors

With enactment of P.L. 105-178 (H.R. 2400), the Transportation Equity Act for the 21 Century (TEA-21), Congress limited authority of the Department of Veterans st Affairs (VA) to grant service-connected compensation to veterans who, after the enactment date, claim that their smoking-related illnesses are traceable to tobacco use that began during their military service. P.L. 105-178's prohibition on most smokingrelated VA claims is the resolution of an issue with potentially explosive federal costs. Subsequent technical amendments included in P.L. 105-205, the Internal Revenue Service reform legislation, removed the implication that smoking may have been misconduct, and made other minor clarifications.
Date: February 13, 2015
Creator: Snook, Dennis W.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Hemp as an Agricultural Commodity (open access)

Hemp as an Agricultural Commodity

This report describes Hemp as an Agricultural Commodity. Industry Hemp is a variety of cannabis Sativa and is of the same plant marijuana. However, Hemp is genetically different and distinguished by its use and chemical makeup. Precise data are not available in the U.S market for Hemp based products.
Date: February 2, 2015
Creator: Renne, Johnson
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI) (open access)

Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI)

This report provides a brief overview of the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI).
Date: February 9, 2015
Creator: Sheikh, Pervaze A.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Legal Authorities Governing Federal Contracting and Subcontracting with Small Businesses (open access)

Legal Authorities Governing Federal Contracting and Subcontracting with Small Businesses

This report provides an overview of the various legal authorities governing small business contracting and subcontracting, as well as the relationship between them. It also explains the roles of the Small Business Administration (SBA), procuring activities, Office of Hearings and Appeals (OHA), Government Accountability Office (GAO), and other tribunals in implementing and construing the law governing federal contracting and subcontracting with small businesses.
Date: February 23, 2015
Creator: Manuel, Kate M. & Lunder, Erika K.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
CASTNET Annual Report: 2013 (open access)

CASTNET Annual Report: 2013

This report offers findings from site measurements related to air quality. The Clean Air Status and Trends Network (CASTNET) measures hourly averages of surface ozone concentrations and selected meteorological variables .
Date: February 2015
Creator: Environmental Engineering & Measurement Services, Inc.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Alaskan Water and Sanitation Retrospective 1970-2005 (open access)

Alaskan Water and Sanitation Retrospective 1970-2005

The purpose of this retrospective is to inform the water and sanitation industry and the general public about technologies deployed in rural Alaskan villages between ~1970 and 2005. We indicate, per interviewee input, why the majority failed on a technical level or failed to provide adequate water on an as-used basis to improve health outcomes. This retrospective will supplement prior, and often meager, documentation of unsuccessful approaches to water and sanitation in Alaska, as both a cautionary tale and as a benchmark against which progress can be made.
Date: February 2015
Creator: United States. Arctic Research Commission.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Older Women Workers and Economic Security (open access)

Older Women Workers and Economic Security

A fact sheet discussing the economic needs of older women, their sources of income, and the gender wage gap by race and ethnicity.
Date: February 2015
Creator: United States. Women's Bureau.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Observations and Dynamics of the Loop Current (open access)

Observations and Dynamics of the Loop Current

A report detailing the observations and dynamics of the Loop Current in the deep waters of the Gulf of Mexico.
Date: February 2015
Creator: Hamilton, Peter; Donohue, Kathleen; Hall, Cody; Leben, Robert; Quian, Hui; Sheinbaum, Julio et al.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0002 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0002

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: Determination of the terms of office for county hospital district board members who received the same number of votes in the initial election (RQ-1213-GA).
Date: February 11, 2015
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0004 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0004

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: The authority of a county to form and operate transportati~n reinvestment zones, tax increment reinvestment zones, or county energy transportation reinvestment zones in various circumstances (RQ-1215-GA).
Date: February 26, 2015
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0005 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0005

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: Construction ofsection 45.0532 ofthe Education Code regarding the limitation on the guarantee of charter district bonds (RQ-1223-GA).
Date: February 27, 2015
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0003 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0003

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: Whether a county sheriff may solicit and receive public donations for programs of the sheriffs department (RQ-1214-GA).
Date: February 17, 2015
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History