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Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFI) Fund: Programs and Policy Issues
As communities face a variety of economic challenges, some are looking to local banks and financial institutions for solutions that address the specific development needs of low-income and distressed communities. Community development financial institutions (CDFIs) provide financial products and services, such as mortgage financing for homebuyers and not-for-profit developers; underwriting and risk capital for community facilities; technical assistance; and commercial loans and investments to small, start-up, or expanding businesses. This report begins by describing the CDFI Fund’s history, current appropriations, and each of its programs. A description of the fund’s process of certifying certain financial institutions to be eligible for the fund’s program awards follows. The next section provides an overview of each program’s purpose, use of award proceeds, eligibility criteria, and relevant issues for Congress.
Date:
February 5, 2015
Creator:
Lowry, Sean
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Congressional Roll Call Votes on the Keystone XL Pipeline
This report provides roll call vote data related to the proposed TransCanada Keystone XL Pipeline that would transport oil sands crude from Canada and shale oil produced in North Dakota and Montana to a market hub in Nebraska for further delivery to Gulf Coast refineries. Voting information is listed chronologically and broken down by chamber, Congress, and type of legislation.
Date:
February 5, 2015
Creator:
Cunningham, Lynn J. & Cook, Beth
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Cybersecurity: Data, Statistics, and Glossaries
This report describes data and statistics from government, industry, and information technology (IT) security firms regarding the current state of cybersecurity threats in the United States and internationally. These include incident estimates, costs, and annual reports on data security breaches, identity thefts, cybercrimes, malwares, and network securities.
Date:
February 5, 2015
Creator:
Tehan, Rita
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Discretionary Budget Authority by Subfunction: An Overview
This report presents figures showing trends in discretionary budget authority as a percentage of gross domestic product (GDP) by subfunction within each of 17 budget function categories, using data from President Obama's FY2016 budget submission. This report provides a graphical overview of historical trends in discretionary budget authority from FY1977 through FY2014, estimates for FY2015 spending, and the levels consistent with the President's proposals for FY2016 through FY2020.
Date:
February 5, 2015
Creator:
Austin, D. Andrew
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
EPA Regulation of Greenhouse Gases: Congressional Responses and Options
This report provides background and discusses four options to address greenhouse gas (GHG) sources: (1) resolutions of disapproval under the Congressional Review Act; (2) freestanding legislation directing, delaying, or prohibiting EPA action; (3) the use of appropriations bills as a vehicle to influence EPA activity; and (4) amendments to the Clean Air Act, including legislation to establish a new GHG control regime.
Date:
February 5, 2015
Creator:
McCarthy, James E.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Evaluating the "Past Performance" of Federal Contractors: Legal Requirements and Issues
This report provides an overview of existing legal requirements pertaining to past performance, including the issues raised by federal contractors' attempts to challenge agency evaluations of their past performance, source selection decisions based, in part, on consideration of past performance information, and responsibility determinations. It also surveys recently enacted and proposed legislation and executive branch initiatives related to evaluations of past performance.
Date:
February 5, 2015
Creator:
Manuel, Kate M.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
A Guide to Describing the Income Distribution
This report provides descriptive analysis of the U.S. income distribution to illustrate various concepts. First, it examines the complexities of income measurement and important definitional and data considerations to bear in mind when using and interpreting income statistics. Next, it describes two popular data sources used to study the U.S. income distribution, followed by sections on statistics commonly used to provide point-in-time analysis and to compare U.S. income across groups, time, and location. The report concludes with an explanation of the Gini index.
Date:
February 5, 2015
Creator:
Donovan, Sarah A.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Introduction to Financial Services: The Housing Finance System
This report "provides a summary of the U.S. single-family housing finance system and several related policy issues of importance to Congress" (page 1 of report).
Date:
February 5, 2015
Creator:
Hoskins, Sean M.; Jones, Katie & Weiss, N. Eric
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Judiciary Budget Request, FY2016
None
Date:
February 5, 2015
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Miscellaneous Tariff Bills: Overview and Issues for Congress
None
Date:
February 5, 2015
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The National Institute of Standards and Technology: An Appropriations Overview
None
Date:
February 5, 2015
Creator:
Sargent, John F., Jr.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Recent Developments in the Job Corps Program: Frequently Asked Questions
None
Date:
February 5, 2015
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS): Compliance and Penalties
None
Date:
February 5, 2015
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Small Business Administration (SBA) Funding: Overview and Recent Trends
None
Date:
February 5, 2015
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Spectrum Policy: Provisions in the 2012 Spectrum Act
This report discusses the Spectrum Act, a provision of the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012. It includes an overview of the Spectrum Act, the specific policy revisions (deficit reduction, directed auctions, incentive auctions, federal spectrum use and reallocation, and unlicensed spectrum) and a conclusion discussing geographic coverage of spectrum licenses, spectrum caps, and planning for future needs.
Date:
February 5, 2015
Creator:
Moore, Linda K.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Agriculture and Related Agencies: FY2015 Appropriations
This report discusses various policy aspects of the Agriculture appropriations bill for FY2015, which funds the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), except for the Forest Service.
Date:
February 4, 2015
Creator:
Monke, Jim
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Dependent Care: Current Tax Benefits and Legislative Issues
This report discusses current tax treatment of dependent care expenses under those two provisions and options for changing those policies. Two income tax provisions help taxpayers pay for the costs of caring for children and older dependents who cannot care for themselves.
Date:
February 4, 2015
Creator:
Meyerson, Noah P.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Domestic Food Assistance: Summary of Programs
This report gives an overview of the federal programs that provide food assistance within the United States and the territories, including a discussion of common concepts and themes across the network of domestic food assistance programs.
Date:
February 4, 2015
Creator:
Aussenberg, Randy A. & Colello, Kirsten J.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Forest Service Appropriations: Five-Year Trends and FY2016 Budget Request
This report discusses Forest Service Discretionary Appropriations, Forest Service Mandatory Appropriations, Appropriations Data and Analysis and FY2016 Budget Request.
Date:
February 4, 2015
Creator:
Hoover, Katie
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
How Social Security Benefits Are Computed: In Brief
This report discusses how Social Security benefits are currently computed, including information about eligibility, earnings, cost-of-living adjustments, factors that can affect benefit levels, and benefits for dependents.
Date:
February 4, 2015
Creator:
Meyerson, Noah P.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Legislative Planning: Considerations for Congressional Staff
This report presents some of the factors usually considered in preparing a legislative or office action plan. The information is provided in three sections: (1) an overview which lays out summary consideration, (2) questions to consider in preparing an outline for a project, and (3) a sample action plan.
Date:
February 4, 2015
Creator:
Schneider, Judy
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The New START Treaty: Central Limits and Key Provisions
This report provides an overview of the New Strategic Arms Reductions Treaty (START), including a comparison to the original START Treaty, the belief of the Obama Administration and outside analysts that New START will enhance U.S. national security, and the criticisms of those who say that New START is a distraction from more important items on the nonproliferation agenda.
Date:
February 4, 2015
Creator:
Woolf, Amy F.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Proposed Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (T-TIP)
None
Date:
February 4, 2015
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
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