The Clean Water Rule (open access)

The Clean Water Rule

This webinar presentation covers topics related to clean water uses in the United States.
Date: June 11, 2015
Creator: United States. Environmental Protection Agency.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
H.R. 6: The 21st Century Cures Act (open access)

H.R. 6: The 21st Century Cures Act

This report summarizes a brief description of Current law and an explanation of how the bill would change current law.
Date: June 11, 2015
Creator: Johnson, Judith A.; Thaul, Susan & Bagalman, Erin
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Department of Housing and Urban Development: FY2016 Appropriations (open access)

Department of Housing and Urban Development: FY2016 Appropriations

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Date: June 11, 2015
Creator: McCarty, Maggie; Perl, Libby; Jones, Katie & Boyd, Eugene
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The U.S.-Colombia Free Trade Agreement: Background and Issues (open access)

The U.S.-Colombia Free Trade Agreement: Background and Issues

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Date: June 11, 2015
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Effect of Corinthian Colleges’ Closure on Student Financial Aid: Frequently Asked Questions (open access)

Effect of Corinthian Colleges’ Closure on Student Financial Aid: Frequently Asked Questions

This report answers several frequently asked questions regarding the effect of the sale and closure of CCI's schools as they relate to former CCI students' student aid.
Date: June 11, 2015
Creator: Hegji, Alexandra
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
U.S.-South Korea Relations (open access)

U.S.-South Korea Relations

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Date: June 11, 2015
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
84th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill 2065, Chapter 434 (open access)

84th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill 2065, Chapter 434

Bill introduced by the Texas Senate relating to the rights of certain religious organizations and individuals relating to a marriage that violates a sincerely held religious belief.
Date: June 11, 2015
Creator: Texas. Legislature. Senate.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
Country-of-Origin Labeling for Foods and the WTO Trade Dispute on Meat Labeling (open access)

Country-of-Origin Labeling for Foods and the WTO Trade Dispute on Meat Labeling

This report covers the dispute between the U.S with its neighbors, Canada and Mexico, who say that the recent country-of-origin labeling (COOL) system implemented by the U.S. Department of Agriculture is unfair and does not meet its original objectives. This dispute was brought before the WTO dispute panel and found to be valid. The report ends with a discussion of options for the U.S. in regards to modifying COOL to follow WTO rulings.
Date: June 11, 2015
Creator: Greene, Joel L.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The "Islamic State" Crisis and U.S. Policy (open access)

The "Islamic State" Crisis and U.S. Policy

This report discusses the current crisis involving the Islamic State, which is a transnational Sunni Islamist insurgent and terrorist group that has expanded its control over areas of parts of Iraq and Syria since 2013.
Date: June 11, 2015
Creator: Blanchard, Christopher M.; Humud, Carla E.; Katzman, Kenneth & Weed, Matthew C.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Internet Tax Freedom Act: In Brief (open access)

The Internet Tax Freedom Act: In Brief

This report discusses the Internet Tax Freedom Act (ITFA; P.L. 105-277), which enacted in 1998, implemented a three-year moratorium preventing state and local governments from taxing Internet access, or imposing multiple or discriminatory taxes on electronic commerce.
Date: June 11, 2015
Creator: Stupak, Jeffrey M.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Membership of the 114th Congress: A Profile (open access)

Membership of the 114th Congress: A Profile

This report presents a profile of the membership of the 114th Congress (2015-2016). Statistical information is included on selected characteristics of Members, including data on party affiliation, average age, occupation, education, length of congressional service, religious affiliation, gender, ethnicity, foreign births, and military service.
Date: June 11, 2015
Creator: Manning, Jennifer E.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Financing the U.S. Trade Deficit (open access)

Financing the U.S. Trade Deficit

This report provides an overview of the U.S. balance of payments, an explanation of the broader role of capital flows in the U.S. economy, an explanation of how the country finances its trade deficit or a trade surplus, and the implications for Congress and the country of the large inflows of capital from abroad.
Date: June 11, 2015
Creator: Jackson, James K.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
War Funding and the Budget Control Act: In Brief (open access)

War Funding and the Budget Control Act: In Brief

This report discusses the FY2016 debate over defense spending levels. Congress is considering how to stay within the spending limits, or caps, set by the Budget Control Act (BCA). Under the BCA, all defense spending for the defense base budget--excluding amounts designated for "Overseas Contingency Operations" (OCO) or emergencies--is subject to annual BCA caps.
Date: June 11, 2015
Creator: Belasco, Amy
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Conference Reports and Joint Explanatory Statements (open access)

Conference Reports and Joint Explanatory Statements

This report discusses the function of conference reports and joint explanatory statements in Congress. The conference report presents the formal legislative language on which the conference committee has agreed. The joint explanatory statement explains the various elements of the conferees' agreement in relation to the positions that the House and Senate had committed to the conference committee.
Date: June 11, 2015
Creator: Davis, Christopher M.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library