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Arsenic in Drinking Water: Regulatory Developments and Issues

Description: This report discusses the Safe Drinking Water Act Amendments of 1996. These amendments directed the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to update the standard for arsenic in drinking water.
Date: June 1, 2008
Creator: Tiemann, Mary
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Arsenic in Drinking Water: Regulatory Developments and Issues

Description: This report discusses the 1996 Safe Drinking Water Act Amendments. These amendments directed the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to update the standard for arsenic in drinking water.
Date: January 17, 2007
Creator: Tiemann, Mary
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Arsenic in Drinking Water: Regulatory Developments and Issues

Description: This report discusses the Regulatory Developments and Issues regarding Arsenic in Drinking Water. The report reviews issues surrounding the arsenic rule and related congressional and Environmental Protection Agency actions.
Date: October 5, 2006
Creator: Tiemann, Mary
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Arsenic in Drinking Water: Regulatory Develpoments and Issues

Description: This report discusses issues regarding the arsenic’s health effects and how to reduce the uncertainty in assessing health risks associated with exposure to low levels of arsenic. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued the current standard of 50 parts per billion (ppb) in 1975. . This report reviews EPA efforts to develop a new arsenic rule and summarizes key provisions and subsequent events.
Date: February 7, 2005
Creator: Tiemann, Mary
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Arsenic in Drinking Water: Regulatory Develpoments and Issues

Description: This report discusses issues regarding the arsenic’s health effects and how to reduce the uncertainty in assessing health risks associated with exposure to low levels of arsenic. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued the current standard of 50 parts per billion (ppb) in 1975. . This report reviews EPA efforts to develop a new arsenic rule and summarizes key provisions and subsequent events.
Date: October 20, 2005
Creator: Tiemann, Mary
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Arsenic-Treated Wood: Background and Overview

Description: The report is categorized into seven categories: (I) Background, (II) Health Effects of CCA, (III) Wood Preservatives: Overview, (IV) Recommendations of an Independent Panel, (V) Scientific Peer Review of Draft Risk Assessment, (VI) Disposal Issues, AND (VII) Legislative Proposals.
Date: September 9, 2005
Creator: Simpson, Michael
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Arsenic-Treated Wood: Background and Overview

Description: This report provides a background and overview of arsenic-treated wood.
Date: May 28, 2004
Creator: Simpson, Michael
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Article 98 Agreements and Sanctions on U.S. Foreign Aid to Latin America

Description: This report discusses the so-called “Article 98 agreements”. The article contains a provision that the Bush Administration has sought bilateral agreements worldwide to exempt U.S. citizens from ICC prosecution. In 2002, Congress passed the American Servicemembers’ Protection Act or ASPA (P.L. 107-206, title II), which prohibits military assistance to countries that are party to the ICC and that do not have Article 98 agreements. Some Members of Congress and Bush Administration officials have ex… more
Date: April 10, 2006
Creator: Ribando, Clare
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Article 98 Agreements and Sanctions on U.S. Foreign Aid to Latin America

Description: This report discusses the so-called “Article 98 agreements”. The article contains a provision that the Bush Administration has sought bilateral agreements worldwide to exempt U.S. citizens from ICC prosecution. In 2002, Congress passed the American Servicemembers’ Protection Act or ASPA (P.L. 107-206, title II), which prohibits military assistance to countries that are party to the ICC and that do not have Article 98 agreements. Some Members of Congress and Bush Administration officials have ex… more
Date: March 30, 2006
Creator: Ribando, Clare
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Article Packet: Background Information on Seatbelts in School Buses

Description: This notice from the Department of Transportation, denies a petition for rule-making filed by Physicians for Automotive Safety (PAS), asking this agency to mandate the installation of seat belts on all school buses. NHTSA believes that the currently mandated occupant protections in school buses provide an adequate level of safety protection, and that seat belts would not raise the level of protection for the occupants unless States and local jurisdictions were willing to take steps to ensure th… more
Date: October 17, 1983
Creator: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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The Article V Convention for Proposing Constitutional Amendments: Historical Perspectives for Congress

Description: This report offers perspectives for Congress on the Article V Convention, opening with an overview of the provisions in Article V that established the convention procedure. The report further examines its origins at the Constitutional Convention of 1787; the history of the convention alternative, focusing on three major 20th century campaigns to convene a constitutional convention; and the role of the states in the Article V Convention process.
Date: October 22, 2012
Creator: Neale, Thomas H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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The Article V Convention to Propose Constitutional Amendments: Contemporary Issues for Congress

Description: Article V of the U.S. Constitution provides two ways to amend the nation's fundamental charter. Congress, by a two-thirds vote of both houses, may propose amendments to the states for ratification, a procedure that has been used for all 27 current amendments. This report identifies a range of policy questions Congress might face if an Article V Convention seemed imminent.
Date: March 29, 2016
Creator: Neale, Thomas H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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The Article V Convention to Propose Constitutional Amendments: Current Developments

Description: This report provides information for Members of Congress and congressional staff on current developments in Congress, the states, and the relevant advocacy and policy communities concerning the Article V Convention alternative for proposing constitutional amendments.
Date: November 15, 2017
Creator: Neale, Thomas H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Education

Description: This report discusses artificial intelligence in education, including current applications, benefits and drawbacks, and policy considerations.
Date: August 1, 2018
Creator: Joyce, J. Lu. & Harris, Laurie A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Artificial Intelligence and National Security

Description: This report discuses research and development of artificial intelligence (AI) applications for the military, their potential uses, and the programs of competing nations such as China and Russia.
Date: April 26, 2018
Creator: Hoadley, Daniel S. & Lucas, Nathan J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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