The report opens with brief explanations of the employment-based preference categories and the per-country ceilings governing annual admissions of lawful permanent residents (LPRs). It continues with a statistical analysis of the pending caseload of approved employment-based LPR petitions and concludes with a set of legislative options to revise per-country ceilings that are meant to serve as springboards for further discussions.

"The objective of this research task was to evaluate the impact performance of a temporary wood sign support system for large guide signs."

Report on the Lower Rio Grande Facility Plan which details the regional drinking water needs, assesses the availability of water resources, and develops cost-effective solutions to distribute high quality water.

This report discusses budget issues for the Economic Development Administration (EDA), which was created pursuant to the enactment of the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965, with the objective of fostering growth in economically distressed areas characterized by high levels of unemployment and low per-capita income levels.

"This guideline aims to help bridge inspectors and engineers in identifying and assessing the capability of reinforced concrete column splice regions affected by varying degrees of premature concrete deterioration due to alkali-silica reaction and delay ettringite formation" (p. 1).

Report outlining proposed demand projection methodologies for each of the three sectors that might be considered as potential options for the TWDB to use in developing projections.

This report is about Preferential Lane use Heavy trucks published in July 2016

This report seeks to assist in (1) anticipating what budget-related actions might occur within the upcoming year, and (2) staying abreast of budget actions that occur this year. It provides a general description of the recurrent types of budgetary actions, and reflects on current events that unfold in each category during 2016.

This report presents funding proposals for response to the Zika outbreak, including proposals in Division B of the conference report, and, where applicable, associated proposed rescissions, including those in Division D of the conference report.

Report on ways to mitigate project delays in governmental transportation plans, including procedures and tools to help keep projects maintained and consistent.

Report on the Riparian assessments on the Guadalupe and Brazos Rivers.

Report on riparian productivity along the lower Brazos River (LBR) concerns two riparian research sites (Wallis and San Felipe).

This report focuses on some of the major issues associated with trade and trade agreements and the impact of trade on the U.S. economy. Discussions of trade and trade agreements often focus on a number of issues, including the role that trade plays in the U.S. economy, the impact of trade agreements on employment gains and losses, and the size of the U.S. trade deficit.

This report discusses the use of a robot to kill an active shooter in Dallas, Texas on July 7, 2016, which has raised questions about what this might mean for how police use force in the future.

This report discusses federal support for law enforcement safety in light of the recent shooting deaths of police officers in Dallas, Texas, and Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

This report provides a brief synopsis of sections in each bill (H.R. 4909 as passed by the House on May 26, 2016, and S. 2943 as passed by the Senate on July 21, 2016) that pertain to selected personnel policies. These include issues such as military end-strengths, pay and benefits, military healthcare (TRICARE), military retirement, and other major policy issues.

The current project determines the effects of pumped inflows into Rincon Bayou on benthic macrofauna during normal and low flow events, which helps to create an effective pumping strategy for the Rincon Bayou pipeline which will maximize the ecological benefit from fresh water in Nueces Delta,near Corpus Christ,Texas.

This report presents a brief overview of Transportation Network Companies (TNCs) and their Services.

Report detailing the possibility of underground transportation options to increase the capacity of the freight transportation system in Texas, which is predicted to have a large increase in freight tonnage.

Report describes research study tested the effects of adding commercial logos acknowledging sponsorship to changeable Messages signs

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.

This report discusses issues regarding a provision against forced labor in the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1307), which prohibited from import into the United States "all goods, wares, articles, and merchandise mined, produced, or manufactured wholly or in part in any foreign country by convict labor or/and forced labor or/and indentured labor under penal sanctions" (Section 307 of the 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.

This report provides background on the Department of Defense (DOD) acquisition workforce. Specifically, the report addresses the following questions: 1. What is the acquisition workforce? 2. What is the current size of the acquisition workforce? 3. How has Congress sought to improve the acquisition workforce in the past? 4. What are some potential questions for Congress to explore in the area of acquisition workforce management to improve acquisitions?