Supreme Court Appointment Process: President's Selection of a Nominee (open access)

Supreme Court Appointment Process: President's Selection of a Nominee

This report discusses the process for appointing Supreme Court Justices. Each appointment to the nine-member Court is of consequence because of the enormous judicial power that the Court exercises, separate from, and independent of, the executive and legislative branches.
Date: February 6, 2017
Creator: McMillion, Barry J.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Joint Groundwater Monitoring and Contamination Report: 2016 (open access)

Joint Groundwater Monitoring and Contamination Report: 2016

Annual report compiling information about required groundwater monitoring activities and cases of contamination by state-regulated activities during the 2016 calendar year. Includes tables with the enforcement status of each case of contamination.
Date: July 2017
Creator: Texas Groundwater Protection Committee
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Promise of Evidence-Based Policymaking: Appendices E-H (open access)

The Promise of Evidence-Based Policymaking: Appendices E-H

Supplementary appendices that support the final report of the Commission on Evidence-Based Policymaking including ...
Date: September 2017
Creator: United States. Commission on Evidence-Based Policymaking.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Promise of Evidence-Based Policymaking: Report of the Commission on Evidence-Based Policymaking, Appendices E-H (open access)

The Promise of Evidence-Based Policymaking: Report of the Commission on Evidence-Based Policymaking, Appendices E-H

Final report appendices E-H of the Commission on Evidence-Based Policymaking (CEP) containing the information gathered through the commission's survey of federal offices, public meeting materials and presentations, public input-hearing testimony and other public comments, and related evidence built by prior commissions.
Date: September 2017
Creator: United States. Commission on Evidence-Based Policymaking
System: The UNT Digital Library
Nutrient Budget for Nueces Bay (open access)

Nutrient Budget for Nueces Bay

Studying environmental flow needs for Texas rivers and estuaries as part of the Adaptive Management Phase.
Date: August 2017
Creator: Anchor QEA, LLC
System: The Portal to Texas History
The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and U.S. Agriculture (open access)

The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and U.S. Agriculture

The focus of this report is The U.S. food and agricultural sectors, which has benefited especially from NAFTA.
Date: June 22, 2017
Creator: Johnson, Renée
System: The UNT Digital Library
Evaluation of Best Management Practices in Certain Water Conservation Plans (open access)

Evaluation of Best Management Practices in Certain Water Conservation Plans

Evaluates the utility's water conservation plan for compliance with TWDB'S best management practices.
Date: January 1, 2017
Creator: Texas Water Development Board
System: The Portal to Texas History
Conducting Ecological Risk Assessments at Remediation Sites in Texas (open access)

Conducting Ecological Risk Assessments at Remediation Sites in Texas

This publication outlines the TCEQ's ecological risk assessment program and describes the interface between the ERA program and the Texas Risk Reduction Program(TRRP) Rule.
Date: January 2017
Creator: Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
System: The Portal to Texas History
Monitoring Mid-Coastal Estuaries - 2016 (open access)

Monitoring Mid-Coastal Estuaries - 2016

Report on water flow in the major bays in the coast of Texas describing an investigation of the effect of freshwater inflow.
Date: December 2017
Creator: Montagna, Paul A.; Wetz, Michael & Hu, Xingping
System: The Portal to Texas History
Resolutions of Inquiry: An Analysis of Their Use in the House, 1947-2017 (open access)

Resolutions of Inquiry: An Analysis of Their Use in the House, 1947-2017

This report discusses resolutions of inquiry in the House of Representatives which allow the House to demand the President or an executive department head to furnish the House with specific factual information in the Administration's possession. Under the rules and precedents of the House of Representatives, such resolutions, if properly drafted, are given a privileged parliamentary status. Between 1947 and October 20, 2017, 313 resolutions of inquiry were submitted in the House of Representatives. Two periods in particular, 1971-1975 and 2003-2006, saw the highest levels of activity on resolutions of inquiry during the 70 years studied.
Date: November 9, 2017
Creator: Davis, Christopher M.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Cuba: U.S. Policy in the 115th Congress (open access)

Cuba: U.S. Policy in the 115th Congress

This report discusses the relations between U.S. and Cuba after President Raúl Castro succeeded his long-ruling brother Fidel Castro in 2006.
Date: June 29, 2017
Creator: Sullivan, Mark P.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Cuba: U.S. Policy in the 115th Congress (open access)

Cuba: U.S. Policy in the 115th Congress

This report discusses the recent developments in the Cuba's political and economic environment. It also discusses the U.S. - Cuba relations and U.S. policy toward Cuba.
Date: July 26, 2017
Creator: Sullivan, Mark P.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Taiwan: Issues for Congress (open access)

Taiwan: Issues for Congress

This report describes Taiwan's governmental structure, politics, economy, relations with its neighbors, and ongoing sovereignty disputes with China which have intensified recently. U.S. relations with Taiwan and legislation related to Taiwan in the 115th Congress is also discussed.
Date: October 30, 2017
Creator: Lawrence, Susan V. & Morrison, Wayne M.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Cuba: U.S. Policy in the 115th Congress (open access)

Cuba: U.S. Policy in the 115th Congress

This report examines U.S. policy toward Cuba in the 115th Congress. It is divided into three major sections analyzing Cuba's political and economic environment; U.S. policy toward Cuba; and selected issues in U.S.-Cuban relations, including restrictions on travel and trade, funding for democracy and human rights projects in Cuba and for U.S. government-sponsored radio and television broadcasting, migration, antidrug cooperation, U.S. property claims, and U.S. fugitives from justice in Cuba. Legislative initiatives in the 115th Congress are noted throughout the report, and Appendix A lists introduced bills. Appendix B provides links to U.S. government information and reports on Cuba.
Date: November 22, 2017
Creator: Sullivan, Mark P.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Majority, Concurring, and Dissenting Opinions by Judge Neil M. Gorsuch (open access)

Majority, Concurring, and Dissenting Opinions by Judge Neil M. Gorsuch

This report provides a tabular listing of cases in which Judge Gorsuch authored a majority, concurring, or dissenting opinion. The opinions are categorized into three tables: Table 1 identifies opinions authored by Judge Gorsuch on behalf of a unanimous panel; Table 2 contains controlling opinions authored by Judge Gorsuch in which one or more panelists wrote a separate opinion; and Table 3 lists cases where Judge Gorsuch wrote a concurring or dissenting opinion.
Date: March 1, 2017
Creator: Garcia, Michael John; Herman, Sarah S.; Mulligan, Stephen P.; Tsang, Linda & Wyatt, Alexandra M.
System: The UNT Digital Library