Memorandum for the National Security Council

Report on Stockpile Criteria

The National Environmental Policy Act: A Study of Its Effectiveness After Twenty-five Years

This report provides a detailed perspective on how the National Environmental Policy Act has affected federal agency decision making. The report summarizes how the Act has been implemented, how federal agency performance aligns with the intent of NEPA's framers, reactions from the public, NEPA stakeholders, and federal decision makers, and future challenges with ensuring the Act's continued effectiveness

Indians on the Upper Missouri. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report in regard to the expedition among the Indians on the Upper Missouri. March 24, 1856. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed.

This Executive Document, dated March 24, 1856, also known as United States (US) House of Representatives Executive Document No. 65, consists of a message from US President Franklin Pierce, in which Pierce transmits, in obedience to [the US House of Representatives\u27] resolution of the 17th instant, a communication from the Secretary of the Interior, accompanied by a copy of the report of Superintendent [Alfred] Cumming, in regard to his late expedition among the tribes of the Indians on the Upper Missouri. In his report, Cummings reports on his trip up the Missouri for the purpose of distributing annuities to local tribes, describing his impressions of the tribes, their customs, temperament, relations with neighbors, etc., as well as the landscape, flora and fauna he encounters along the way.https://commons.und.edu/indigenous-gov-docs/1110/thumbnail.jp

Recovery Through Retrofit

This report describes recommendations for federal action to address barriers to retrofitting home residences for energy efficiency

Convention for the Protection of Plants

This treaty takes action to control the introduction and spread of pests of plants and plant products. The treaty protects natural as well as cultivated plants, so it has implications for agriculture as well as biodiversity. While the IPPC's primary focus is on plants and plant products moving in international trade, the convention also covers research materials, biological control organisms, and anything else that can act as a vector for the spread of plant pests including containers, soil, vehicles, and machinery