How Big Should the Army Be? Considerations for Congress (open access)

How Big Should the Army Be? Considerations for Congress

This report provides an overview of active duty Army personnel strength changes in recent years, outlines the different end strength authorizations in the House and Senate versions of the FY2017 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), highlights the perspectives which have contributed to these diverging approaches in the respective NDAAs, and outlines some factors which Congress may consider as it determines the appropriate size for the Army.
Date: September 2, 2016
Creator: Kapp, Lawrence; Feickert, Andrew; McInnis, Kathleen J. & Williams, Lynn M.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Department of Veterans Affairs FY2017 Appropriations (open access)

Department of Veterans Affairs FY2017 Appropriations

This report provides and overview of department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and range of benefits and services to veterans. The report discusses VA budget and the President's budget request for FY2017 and congressional action
Date: September 8, 2016
Creator: Panangala, Sidath Viranga
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
FY2017 Defense Spending Under an Interim Continuing Resolution (CR): In Brief (open access)

FY2017 Defense Spending Under an Interim Continuing Resolution (CR): In Brief

This report provides a basic discussion of interim "continuing resolutions" (CRs) and highlights some specific issues for the Department of Defense (DOD) under a CR. It also provides a brief look at selected FY2017 defense programs that could be affected by a CR.
Date: November 7, 2016
Creator: Williams, Lynn M. & Wees, Darren P.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Acquisition Reform in the House and Senate Versions of the FY2017 National Defense Authorization Act (open access)

Acquisition Reform in the House and Senate Versions of the FY2017 National Defense Authorization Act

This report focuses on the sections of the House and Senate versions of the Fiscal Year 2017 National Defense Authorization Act (H.R. 4909 and S. 2943, respectively) that appear closely linked to the respective armed services committees' stated efforts to reform the acquisition system. For purposes of this analysis, CRS selected 31 sections of the House bill and 67 sections of the Senate bill.
Date: July 13, 2016
Creator: Schwartz, Moshe
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
DHS Appropriations FY2017: Security, Enforcement, and Investigations (open access)

DHS Appropriations FY2017: Security, Enforcement, and Investigations

This report is part of a suite of reports that discuss appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for FY2017. It specifically discusses appropriations for the components of DHS included in the second title of the homeland security appropriations bill-- Customs and Border Protection, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the Transportation Security Administration, the U.S. Coast Guard, and the U.S. Secret Service. Collectively, Congress has labeled these components in recent years as "Security, Enforcement, and Investigations.
Date: October 27, 2016
Creator: Painter, William L.; Argueta, Carla N.; Elias, Bart; Frittelli, John & Siskin, Alison
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Military Construction: FY2017 Appropriations (open access)

Military Construction: FY2017 Appropriations

This report discusses military construction for active and reserve components of the armed forces, military family housing construction and operations, and the U.S. contribution to the NATO Security Investment Program.
Date: October 4, 2016
Creator: Else, Daniel H.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Department of Veterans Affairs FY2017 Appropriations (open access)

Department of Veterans Affairs FY2017 Appropriations

This report provides an overview of Veterans Affairs (VA) appropriations; for a discussion on military construction appropriations. The VA provides a range of benefits and services to veterans and eligible dependents who meet certain criteria as authorized by law.
Date: October 26, 2016
Creator: Panangala, Sidath Viranga
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Security Cooperation and the FY2017 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) (open access)

Security Cooperation and the FY2017 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA)

This report discusses provisions in the FY2017 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) that have elevated ongoing debates over U.S. security sector assistance to foreign countries--and raised questions over whether the policy architecture is suited to meet current and emerging requirements.
Date: July 27, 2016
Creator: Rosen, Liana W.; Serafino, Nina M.; McInnis, Kathleen J. & Skorupski, Bolko J.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Security Cooperation: Comparison of Proposed Provisions for the FY2017 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) (open access)

Security Cooperation: Comparison of Proposed Provisions for the FY2017 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA)

This report discusses the FY2017 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) that could significantly alter the way in which the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) engages and partners with foreign security forces.
Date: November 1, 2016
Creator: Rosen, Liana W.; McInnis, Kathleen J.; Skorupski, Bolko J. & Blanchard, Lauren P.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Financial Services and General Government (FSGG) FY2017 Appropriations: Overview (open access)

Financial Services and General Government (FSGG) FY2017 Appropriations: Overview

This report discusses the Financial Services and General Government (FSGG) appropriations bill, which includes funding for the Department of the Treasury (Title I), the Executive Office of the President (EOP, Title II), the judiciary (Title III), the District of Columbia (Title IV), and more than two dozen independent agencies (Title V). The bill typically funds mandatory retirement accounts in Title VI, which also contains additional general provisions applying to the funding provided agencies through the FSGG bill. Title VII contains general provisions applying government-wide. The FSGG bills have often also contained provisions relating to U.S. policy toward Cuba.
Date: June 20, 2016
Creator: Webel, Baird
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Use of the Annual Appropriations Process to Block Implementation of the Affordable Care Act (FY2011-FY2017) (open access)

Use of the Annual Appropriations Process to Block Implementation of the Affordable Care Act (FY2011-FY2017)

This report summarizes the ACA-related language added to annual appropriations legislation by congressional appropriators since the ACA was signed into law. The information is presented in Table 1. While a detailed examination of the ACA itself is beyond the scope of this report, a brief overview of the ACA's core provisions and its impact on federal spending is provided as context for the material in the table.
Date: August 4, 2016
Creator: Redhead, C. Stephen & Cornell, Ada S.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
DHS Appropriations FY2017: Research and Development, Training, and Services (open access)

DHS Appropriations FY2017: Research and Development, Training, and Services

This report discuss appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for FY2017. It specifically discusses appropriations for the components of DHS included in the fourth title of the homeland security appropriations bill--in past years, this has comprised U.S. Citizenship and Naturalization Services, the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center, the Science and Technology Directorate, and the Domestic Nuclear Detection Office (DNDO). In FY2017, the Administration proposed moving the Domestic Nuclear Detection office into a new Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, and Explosives Office, along with several other parts of DHS. Congress has labeled this title of the bill in recent years as "Research and Development, Training, and Services."
Date: October 20, 2016
Creator: Painter, William L.; Kandel, William A.; Morgan, Daniel & Gottron, Frank
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Judiciary Appropriations, FY2017 (open access)

Judiciary Appropriations, FY2017

The first section of this report provides an overview of the consideration of FY2017 judiciary appropriations, followed by a section on prior-year actions and funding. The report then provides an overview of judiciary accounts.
Date: August 3, 2016
Creator: Glassman, Matthew E.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Navy Ford (CVN-78) Class Aircraft Carrier Program: Background and Issues for Congress (open access)

Navy Ford (CVN-78) Class Aircraft Carrier Program: Background and Issues for Congress

This report provides background information and potential oversight issues for Congress on the Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) class aircraft carrier program. The Navy's proposed FY2017 budget requests a total of $2,662.6 million in procurement and advance procurement (AP) funding for CVN-79 and CVN-80, the second and third ships in the program.
Date: August 9, 2017
Creator: O'Rourke, Ronald
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Energy and Water Development: FY2017 Appropriations for Nuclear Weapons Activities (open access)

Energy and Water Development: FY2017 Appropriations for Nuclear Weapons Activities

This report discusses the annual Energy and Water Development appropriations bill that funds civil works projects of the Army Corps of Engineers, the Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation, the Department of Energy (DOE), and several independent agencies.
Date: May 10, 2017
Creator: Woolf, Amy F.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Coast Guard Polar Icebreaker Modernization: Background and Issues for Congress (open access)

Coast Guard Polar Icebreaker Modernization: Background and Issues for Congress

This report provides background information and issues for Congress on the sustainment and modernization of the Coast Guard's polar icebreaker fleet. The Coast Guard's proposed FY2017 budget requests $150 million in acquisition funding for a new polar icebreaker that the Coast Guard wants to begin building in FY2020. The issue for Congress is whether to approve, reject, or modify the Administration's FY2017 acquisition funding request for a new polar icebreaker, and, more generally, whether to approve, reject, or modify the Coast Guard's overall plan for sustaining and modernizing the polar icebreaking fleet.
Date: August 15, 2017
Creator: O'Rourke, Ronald
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
DHS Appropriations FY2017: Departmental Management and Operations (open access)

DHS Appropriations FY2017: Departmental Management and Operations

This report outlines the fiscal year 2017 appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security, Departmental Management and Operations made by Congress.
Date: August 24, 2017
Creator: Painter, William L.; Schwemle, Barbara L. & Bjelopera, Jerome P.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Defense: FY2017 Budget Request, Authorization, and Appropriations (open access)

Defense: FY2017 Budget Request, Authorization, and Appropriations

This report discusses the current administration's request of $523.9 billion to cover the fiscal year 2017 discretionary "base budget" of the Department of Defense (DOD).
Date: June 28, 2017
Creator: Towell, Pat & Williams, Lynn M.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Texas Thirteenth Court of Appeals Annual Financial Report: 2017 (open access)

Texas Thirteenth Court of Appeals Annual Financial Report: 2017

Annual financial report of the Texas Court of Appeals Thirteenth District documenting income, expenditures, and other relevant financial information for fiscal year 2017.
Date: Autumn 2017
Creator: Texas. Court of Appeals (13th)
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas House Legislative Budget Estimates by Strategy: Fiscal Years 2015 to 2019, Articles 4-10 (open access)

Texas House Legislative Budget Estimates by Strategy: Fiscal Years 2015 to 2019, Articles 4-10

Compilation or recommended funding levels for various programs across state government during fiscal years 2015-2019, prepared for the Texas House of Representatives. It includes information about historic expenditures with requested and recommended funding, as well as specific information related to articles 4-10.
Date: January 2017
Creator: Texas. Legislative Budget Board.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center Operating Budget: 2017 (open access)

University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center Operating Budget: 2017

Proposed budget for University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center outlining projected income and expenditures, with supporting documentation.
Date: August 25, 2016
Creator: University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
University of Texas Health Science Center at Tyler Operating Budget: 2017 (open access)

University of Texas Health Science Center at Tyler Operating Budget: 2017

Proposed budget for University of Texas Health Center at Tyler outlining projected income and expenditures, with supporting documentation.
Date: August 25, 2016
Creator: University of Texas Health Science Center at Tyler
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Workforce Commission Strategic Plan: Fiscal Years 2016-2023 (open access)

Texas Workforce Commission Strategic Plan: Fiscal Years 2016-2023

Agency strategic plan for the Texas Workforce Commission describing the organization's planned services, activities, and other goals during fiscal years 2016 through 2023.
Date: 2015
Creator: Texas Workforce Commission
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs Funding for FY2016 and FY2017 (open access)

Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs Funding for FY2016 and FY2017

This report provides an overview of Congressional funding for medical research programs in FY2016 and FY2017.
Date: March 13, 2018
Creator: Peters, Heidi M. & Vassalotti, Michael J.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library