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Within Our Reach: A National Strategy to Eliminate Child Abuse and Neglect Fatalities
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Final report of the Commission to Eliminate Child Abuse and Neglect Fatalities describing their activities and findings on the state of child protective services in the United States, including sections on confronting child abuse, addressing the needs of special populations, components of the Commission's national strategy, and recommendations for the future.
Date:
2016
Creator:
Commission to Eliminate Child Abuse and Neglect Fatalities
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UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
Funding for Carbon Capture and Sequestration (CCS) at DOE: In Brief
Description:
This report discusses issues regarding funding for carbon capture and sequestration (or storage) programs. CCS is a physical process that involves capturing man-made carbon dioxide (CO2) at its source and storing it before its release to the atmosphere.
Date:
May 26, 2016
Creator:
Folger, Peter
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UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
Navy Irregular Warfare and Counterterrorism Operations: Background and Issues for Congress
Description:
This report provides background information and potential issues for Congress on the Navy's irregular warfare (IW) and counterterrorism (CT) operations. The Navy's IW and CT activities pose a number of potential oversight issues for Congress, including how much emphasis to place on IW and CT activities in future Navy budgets.
Date:
May 27, 2016
Creator:
O'Rourke, Ronald
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UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
Trade-Based Money Laundering: Overview and Policy Issues
Description:
This report discusses the scope of the trade-based money laundering (TBML) problem and analyzes selected U.S. government policy responses to address TBML. It includes a listing of hearings in the 114th Congress that addressed TBML.
Date:
June 22, 2016
Creator:
Miller, Rena S.; Rosen, Liana W. & Jackson, James K.
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UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
Bahrain: Reform, Security, and U.S. Policy
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This report discusses the current state of reform and foreign policy in Bahrain. Outward signs of the uprising against Bahrain's Al Khalifa ruling family that began on February 14, 2011 have diminished, but continued smaller demonstrations, opposition boycotts of elections, and incarceration of dissident leaders counter government assertions that Bahrain has "returned to normal."
Date:
June 14, 2016
Creator:
Katzman, Kenneth
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UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
Maritime Territorial and Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) Disputes Involving China: Issues for Congress
Description:
This report provides background information and issues for Congress on maritime territorial and exclusive economic zone (EEZ) disputes in the East China (ECS) and South China Sea (SCS) involving China, with a focus on how these disputes may affect U.S. strategic and policy interests.
Date:
April 27, 2016
Creator:
O'Rourke, Ronald
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UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
Navy LX(R) Amphibious Ship Program: Background and Issues for Congress
Description:
This report provides background information and issues for Congress on the LX(R) amphibious ship program, a Navy program to build a new class of 11 amphibious ships. The Navy wants to procure the first LX(R) in FY2020. Decisions Congress makes on the LX(R) program will affect Navy capabilities and funding requirements, and the U.S. shipbuilding industrial base.
Date:
May 27, 2016
Creator:
O'Rourke, Ronald
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UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
The World Drug Problem: UNGA Convenes for a Special Session
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This report briefly discusses the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), which has convened in New York for a special session on "The World Drug Problem." It is the third time the UNGA will convene such a session on global drug issues. Previous special sessions on drugs were held in 1990 and 1998.
Date:
April 20, 2016
Creator:
Rosen, Liana W.
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UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
Navy Lasers, Railgun, and Hypervelocity Projectile: Background and Issues for Congress
Description:
This report provides background information and issues for Congress on three potential new weapons that could improve the ability of Navy surface ships to defend themselves against enemy missiles--solid state lasers (SSLs), the electromagnetic railgun (EMRG), and the hypervelocity projectile (HVP).
Date:
June 17, 2016
Creator:
O'Rourke, Ronald
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UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
Presidential References to the 2001 Authorization for Use of Military Force in Publicly Available Executive Actions and Reports to Congress
Description:
This memorandum sets out information and analysis concerning presidential references in official notifications and records to the Authorization for Use of Military Force (2001 AUMF; Public Law 107-40; 50 U.S.C. § 1541 note), enacted in response to the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the United States. It contains very brief discussions of the relevant provisions of the 2001 AUMF, and the uses of U.S. armed forces connected with 2001 AUMF authority, as well as excerpted language and othe…
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Date:
May 11, 2016
Creator:
Weed, Matthew
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UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
Display of the Confederate Flag at Federal Cemeteries in the United States
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This report discusses policies regarding the display of the Confederate Flag at national cemeteries. If a state observes a Confederate Memorial Day, National Park Service (NPS) cemeteries in the state may permit a sponsoring group to decorate the graves of Confederate veterans with small Confederate flags. Additionally, such flags may also be displayed on the nationally observed Memorial Day, to accompany the U.S. flag on the graves of Confederate veterans.
Date:
May 20, 2016
Creator:
Comay, Laura B. & Szymendera, Scott D.
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UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
Fact Sheet: Selected Highlights of the FY2017 National Defense Authorization Act (H.R. 4909)
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This report provides selected highlights of H.R. 4909, the FY2017 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) reported by the House Armed Services Committee on May 4, 2016 (H.Rept. 114-537). Table 1 provides a summary of amounts recommended for authorization. Table 2 provides a summary of selected congressional budget reductions and restrictions, and Table 3 provides a summary of selected Administration policy and cost-cutting proposals. Table 4 provides a summary of selected congressional budget…
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Date:
May 12, 2016
Creator:
Towell, Pat & Williams, Lynn M.
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UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
An Overview of Air Quality Issues in Natural Gas Systems
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This report provides information on the natural gas industry and the types and sources of air pollutants in the sector. It examines the role of the federal government in regulating these emissions, including the provisions in the Clean Air Act and Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) regulatory activities. It concludes with a brief discussion of the outstanding issues.
Date:
June 1, 2016
Creator:
Lattanzio, Richard K.
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UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
Summary for Policy-makers
Description:
Report summarizing the policy-relevant findings of the Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme' 2015 assessments of short-lived climate pollutants (Methane, Black carbon, and Ozone).
Date:
May 23, 2016
Creator:
Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme
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UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
Trans-Pacific Partnership Opportunities by Market
Description:
Country factsheets of U.S. export opportunities under the Trans-pacific Partnership (TPP) for each of the eleven partnership countries.
Date:
April 2016
Creator:
U.S. Department of Commerce. International Trade Administration
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UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
Burma's Union Parliament Selects New President
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This report discusses implications of the Union Parliament's selection of Htin Kyaw, childhood friend and close advisor to Aung San Suu Kyi, to serve as the nation's first President since 1962 who has not served in the military.
Date:
March 18, 2016
Creator:
Martin, Michael F.
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UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
Climate Change Paris Agreement Opens for Signature
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This report briefly provides background on the new international Paris Agreement to address greenhouse-gas-induced climate change. No international agreement has attracted as many signatures on a single day.
Date:
April 25, 2016
Creator:
Leggett, Jane A.
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UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
Coast Guard Polar Icebreaker Modernization: Background and Issues for Congress
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This report provides background information and issues for Congress on the sustainment and modernization of the Coast Guard's polar icebreaker fleet. Congress's decisions on this issue could affect Coast Guard funding requirements, the Coast Guard's ability to perform its polar missions, and the U.S. shipbuilding industrial base.
Date:
April 4, 2016
Creator:
O'Rourke, Ronald
Partner:
UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
Coast Guard Cutter Procurement: Background and Issues for Congress
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This report provides background information and potential oversight issues for Congress on the Coast Guard's programs for procuring 8 National Security Cutters (NSCs), 25 Offshore Patrol Cutters (OPCs), and 58 Fast Response Cutters (FRCs). Congress's decisions on these three programs could substantially affect Coast Guard capabilities and funding requirements, and the U.S. shipbuilding industrial base.
Date:
April 15, 2016
Creator:
O'Rourke, Ronald
Partner:
UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
The Pacific Alliance: A Trade Integration Initiative in Latin America
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This report provides an overview of the structure of the Pacific Alliance, events leading up to its creation, and the economic significance of the Member countries.
Date:
March 29, 2016
Creator:
Villarreal, M. Angeles
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UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
Nominations to the Supreme Court During Presidential Election Years (1900-Present)
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This report provides data and analysis related to nominations made to the Supreme Court during presidential election years from 1900 to the present.
Date:
March 3, 2016
Creator:
McMillion, Barry J.
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UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
High Frequency Trading: Overview of Recent Developments
Description:
This report provides background on various High-frequency trading (HFT) strategies and some associated policy issues, recent regulatory developments and selected enforcement actions by the SEC and Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), on HFT, and congressional action such as proposed legislation and hearings related to HFT.
Date:
April 1, 2016
Creator:
Miller, Rena S. & Shorter, Gary
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UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
The Affordable Care Act's (ACA) Employer Shared Responsibility Determination and the Potential Employer Penalty
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This report describes potential employer penalties as well as regulations to implement the ACA employer provisions. The regulations address insurance coverage requirements, methodologies for determining whether a worker is considered full time, provisions relating to seasonal workers and corporate franchises, and other reporting requirements.
Date:
April 19, 2016
Creator:
Whittaker, Julie M.
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UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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