Medicare: Part B Premiums (open access)

Medicare: Part B Premiums

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Date: September 29, 2015
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Railroad Retirement Board: Trust Fund Investment Practices (open access)

Railroad Retirement Board: Trust Fund Investment Practices

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Date: September 9, 2015
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Stormwater Permits: Status of EPA’s Regulatory Program (open access)

Stormwater Permits: Status of EPA’s Regulatory Program

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Date: September 9, 2015
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Federal Mandatory Minimum Sentencing: The 18 U.S.C. 924(c) Tack-On in Cases Involving Drugs or Violence (open access)

Federal Mandatory Minimum Sentencing: The 18 U.S.C. 924(c) Tack-On in Cases Involving Drugs or Violence

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Date: September 16, 2015
Creator: Doyle, Charles
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
News and Transcript Resources: Fact Sheet (open access)

News and Transcript Resources: Fact Sheet

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Date: September 9, 2015
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
FY2016 Extension of the Higher Education Act: An Overview (open access)

FY2016 Extension of the Higher Education Act: An Overview

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Date: September 28, 2015
Creator: Smole, David P. & Hegji, Alexandra
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
U.S. Secret Service: Selected Issues and Executive and Congressional Responses (open access)

U.S. Secret Service: Selected Issues and Executive and Congressional Responses

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Date: September 21, 2015
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
VA Accountability Act of 2015 (H.R. 1994) as Passed by the House (open access)

VA Accountability Act of 2015 (H.R. 1994) as Passed by the House

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Date: September 3, 2015
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Federal Support for Reproductive Health Services: Frequently Asked Questions (open access)

Federal Support for Reproductive Health Services: Frequently Asked Questions

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Date: September 25, 2015
Creator: Heisler, Elayne J.; Baumrucker, Evelyne P.; Jansen, Don J.; Lister, Sarah A. & Panangala, Sidath Viranga
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Congressional Liaison Offices of Selected Federal Agencies (open access)

Congressional Liaison Offices of Selected Federal Agencies

This report provides information about the Congressional Liaison Offices of Selected Federal Agencies. This list of about 200 congressional liaison offices is intended to help congressional offices in placing telephone calls.
Date: September 18, 2015
Creator: Watkins, Zina L.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The National Wild and Scenic Rivers System: A Brief Overview (open access)

The National Wild and Scenic Rivers System: A Brief Overview

This report gives a brief overview of the designation, management, and funding of rivers in the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System.
Date: September 22, 2015
Creator: Johnson, Sandra L. & Comay, Laura B.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The World Trade Organization Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade and Recent Food Labeling Cases (open access)

The World Trade Organization Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade and Recent Food Labeling Cases

This report briefly describes the regulatory programs at issue in the two World Trade Organization (WTO) dispute before analyzing how the WTO's Appellate Body applied Article 2.1 of the TBT Agreement in U.S. -COOL and U.S. -Tuna II. The report takes an in-depth look at the test established by the Appellate Body for determining whether a measure is impermissibly discriminatory. Finally, the report provides a brief description of how the United States amended these programs in response to the WTO decisions, and explains why subsequent WTO rulings found that the amended programs still failed to comply with international trade obligations.
Date: September 25, 2015
Creator: Shedd, Daniel T.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Clean Air Issues in the 114th Congress: An Overview (open access)

Clean Air Issues in the 114th Congress: An Overview

This report discusses EPA regulations to reduce GHG emission from fossil-fueled power plants, which EPA refers to as electric generating units (EGUs). It also points out Emissions of other pollutants from power plants.
Date: September 22, 2015
Creator: McCarthy, James E.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Amending Process in the Senate (open access)

The Amending Process in the Senate

This report consists of the amending process in the senate.
Date: September 16, 2015
Creator: Davis, Christopher M.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Expedited Procedures in the House: Variations Enacted into Law (open access)

Expedited Procedures in the House: Variations Enacted into Law

This report provides information about the variations Enacted into Law on Expedited Procedures in the House. Congress enacts expedited, procedures into law when it wants to increase the likelihood that one or both the house will vote in a timely way in a certain measure.
Date: September 16, 2015
Creator: Davis, Christopher M.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Analysis of the Tax Exclusion for Canceled Mortgage Debt Income (open access)

Analysis of the Tax Exclusion for Canceled Mortgage Debt Income

Mortgage debt cancellation can occur when lenders restructure loans, reducing principal balances, or sell properties, either in advance, or as a result, of foreclosure proceedings. Exceptions have been available for taxpayers who are insolvent or in bankruptcy, among others- these taxpayers may exclude canceled mortgage debt income under existing law.
Date: September 3, 2015
Creator: Keightley, Mark P. & Lunder, Erika
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Floor Consideration of Conference Reports in the Senate (open access)

Floor Consideration of Conference Reports in the Senate

This report contains the floor consideration of conference reports in the Senate.
Date: September 24, 2015
Creator: Saturno, James V. & Rybicki, Elizabeth
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Vulnerable Youth: Employment and Job Training Programs (open access)

Vulnerable Youth: Employment and Job Training Programs

This report provides an overview of federal employment programs for vulnerable young people. It begins with a discussion of the current challenges in preparing all youth today for the workforce. The report then provides a chronology of job training and employment programs for at-risk youth that began in the 1930s and were expanded or modified from the 1960s through the 1990s. It goes on to discusses the four youth programs authorized under WIOA, and draws comparisons between these programs.
Date: September 16, 2015
Creator: Fernandes-Alcantara, Adrienne L.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Use of the Annual Appropriations Process to Block Implementation of the Affordable Care Act (FY2011-FY2016) (open access)

Use of the Annual Appropriations Process to Block Implementation of the Affordable Care Act (FY2011-FY2016)

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Date: September 21, 2015
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Considering Measures in the House Under the One-Hour Rule (open access)

Considering Measures in the House Under the One-Hour Rule

This report provides information about Considering Measures in the House Under the One-Hour Rule which means occupying more than one hour in a debate on a question in the house.
Date: September 24, 2015
Creator: Saturno, James V.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Funding Gaps and Government Shutdowns: CRS Experts (open access)

Funding Gaps and Government Shutdowns: CRS Experts

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Date: September 21, 2015
Creator: Brass, Clinton T.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
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
Natural Disasters and Hazards: CRS Experts (open access)

Natural Disasters and Hazards: CRS Experts

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Date: September 2, 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