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Mandatory Minimum Sentencing Legislation in the 113th Congress
This report discusses legislation that would establish or enhance a statutory minimum term of imprisonment for some federal crimes, including drug offenses, crimes involving firearms, aggravated computer abuse, illegal reentry, and violence against public servants.
Date:
November 5, 2013
Creator:
Doyle, Charles
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Legislative Actions to Repeal, Defund, or Delay the Affordable Care Act
This report summarizes legislative and other actions taken to repeal, defund, or delay the Affordable Care Act (ACA) since the law's enactment. It includes some background on the ACA and four appendixes organizing relevant information.
Date:
February 5, 2014
Creator:
Redhead, C. S. & Kinzer, Janet
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA): A Summary of the Act and Its Major Requirements
This report summarizes the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) and its major programs and regulatory requirements. This report includes the drinking water security provisions added to the SDWA by the Public Health Security and Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response Act of 2002 (P.L. 107-188), and lead reduction provisions as amended by P.L. 111-380. It also outlines amendments made in December 2013 by P.L. 113-64 (H.R. 3588) to explicitly exempt fire hydrants from coverage under the act's lead plumbing restrictions.
Date:
February 5, 2014
Creator:
Tiemann, Mary
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:
December 5, 2013
Creator:
Woolf, Amy F.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Carbon Capture: A Technology Assessment
This report is a brief summary of what carbon capture and storage (CCS) is, how it is supposed to work, why it has gained the interest and support of some members of Congress, and what some of the challenges are to its implementation and deployment across the United States.
Date:
November 5, 2013
Creator:
Folger, Peter
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Intelligence Spending and Appropriations: Issues for Congress
This report discusses the historic trend in intelligence spending, as well as broader issues concerning the intelligence budgeting process, and may help Members of Congress contextualize information concerning the FY2013 budget.
Date:
September 5, 2013
Creator:
Erwin, Marshall C. & Belasco, Amy
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Federal Research and Development Funding: FY2013
This report summarizes budgetary decisions relating to research and development funding for FY2013.
Date:
December 5, 2013
Creator:
Sargent, John F., Jr.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Federal Research and Development Funding: FY2014
This report provides government-wide, multi-agency, and individual agency analyses of the President's FY2014 request as it relates to R&D and related activities.
Date:
September 5, 2013
Creator:
Sargent, John F., Jr.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Legislative Actions to Repeal, Defund, or Delay the Affordable Care Act
This report summarizes legislative and other actions taken to repeal, defund, or delay the Affordable Care Act (ACA), since the law's enactment. The information is presented in four appendixes.
Date:
December 5, 2013
Creator:
Redhead, C. S. & Kinzer, Janet
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Iraq: Politics, Governance, and Human Rights
This report discusses the state of Iraqi politics, governance, and human rights, including the worsening relations between local Sunni and Shiite populations.
Date:
February 5, 2014
Creator:
Katzman, Kenneth
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
China's Economic Rise: History, Trends, Challenges, and Implications for the United States
This report provides background on China's economic rise; describes its current economic structure; identifies the challenges China faces to maintain economic growth; and discusses the challenges, opportunities, and implications of China's economic rise for the United States.
Date:
September 5, 2013
Creator:
Morrison, Wayne M.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA): What Is It, and How Has It Been Utilized?
Report concerning multilateral and bilateral Status of Force Agreements (SOFAs). Topics include the common traits of SOFAs, historical examples, and current examples.
Date:
January 5, 2011
Creator:
Mason, R. Chuck
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Intellectual Property in Industrial Designs: Issues in Innovation and Competition
Report that identifies several current issues relating to intellectual property in industrial designs. It describes the different sorts of intellectual property protection that apply to industrial designs, and identifies current issues at the interface between intellectual property and industrial designs.
Date:
January 5, 2011
Creator:
Thomas, John R.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Defense: Fiscal Year 2013 Authorization and Appropriations
Report that discusses FY2013 budget cuts for the Department of Defense (DOD), including the pros and cons.
Date:
September 5, 2012
Creator:
Towell, Pat & Else, Daniel H.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
U.S. Foreign-Trade Zones: Background and Issues for Congress
Report that provides a general perspective on the U.S. Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) system. The first section discusses free trade zones worldwide. The second section focuses on the U.S. FTZ program --its history, administrative mechanism, structure, growth and industry concentration, and benefits and costs. The third section focuses on current issues for Congress relating to the U.S. FTZ program.
Date:
September 5, 2012
Creator:
Bolle, Mary Jane & Williams, Brock R.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Trans-Pacific Partnership Negotiations and Issues for Congress
Report that examines the issues related to the proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), the state and substance of the negotiations (to the degree that the information is publicly available), the specific areas under negotiation, the policy and economic contexts in which the TPP would fit, and the issues for Congress that the TPP presents.
Date:
September 5, 2012
Creator:
Fergusson, Ian F.; Cooper, William H.; Jurenas, Remy & Williams, Brock R.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The War Powers Resolution: After Thirty-Eight Years
Report that discusses and assesses the War Powers Resolution and its application since enactment in 1973, providing detailed background on various cases in which it was used, as well as cases in which issues of its applicability were raised.
Date:
September 5, 2012
Creator:
Grimmett, Richard F.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The "Fiscal Cliff": Macroeconomic Consequences of Tax Increases and Spending Cuts
Report regarding the fiscal cliff, which is a set of tax increases and spending cuts that would substantially reduce the deficit in 2013.
Date:
September 5, 2012
Creator:
Gravelle, Jane G.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA): An Overview
This report discusses the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (FMLA), as amended, is intended to help employees balance work and family life. The act provides eligible employees with two types of job-protected leave: regular leave and military family leave. In turn, military family leave consists of qualifying exigency leave and military caregiver leave.
Date:
August 5, 2013
Creator:
Mayer, Gerald
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Inland Waterways: Recent Proposals and Issues for Congress
This report discusses the major issues for Congress which include whether to increase inland waterway funding in the future (and by what amount); the appropriate type of revenue stream (e.g., fuel taxes or lockage fees) for the user-required portion of these projects; division of the cost-share responsibilities between the federal government and commercial users (e.g., 50/50 or some other division); and whether to initiate process-based recommendations that some argue will improve the delivery and efficiency of Corps-led IWTF projects.
Date:
August 5, 2013
Creator:
Stern, Charles V.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Unemployment Insurance: Legislative Issues in the 113th Congress
This report provides a brief overview of the three unemployment insurance programs--UC, EUC08, and EB--that may currently pay benefits to eligible unemployed workers. This report contains a brief explanation of how the EUC08 program, as well as some other UC-related payments, began to experience reductions in benefits as
Date:
September 5, 2013
Creator:
Whittaker, Julie M. & Isaacs, Katelin P.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Membership of the 113th Congress: A Profile
This report presents a profile of the membership of the 113th Congress (2013-2014). 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:
August 5, 2013
Creator:
Manning, Jennifer E.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Federal Research and Development Funding: FY2014
This report provides government-wide, multi-agency, and individual agency analyses of the President's FY2014 request as it relates to R&D and related activities. The President's budget seeks $142.773 billion for R&D in FY2014, a 1.3% increase (0.7% CAGR) over the actual FY2012 R&D funding level of $140.912 billion. Adjusted for inflation, the President's FY2014 R&D request represents a decrease of 2.6% from the FY2012 level (1.3% CAGR).
Date:
September 5, 2013
Creator:
Sargent, John F., Jr.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Federal Disaster Assistance after Hurricanes Katrina, Rita, Wilma, Gustav, and Ike
Report that provides information on federal financial assistance provided to the Gulf States after major disasters were declared in Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas in response to the widespread destruction that resulted from Hurricanes Katrina, Rita, and Wilma in 2005 and Hurricanes Gustav and Ike in 2008. This includes a brief summary of each hurricane and a discussion concerning federal to state cost-shares.
Date:
July 5, 2013
Creator:
Lindsay, Bruce R. & Nagel, Jared Conrad
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library