Agency strategic plan for the Texas Department of Agriculture describing the organization's planned services, activities, and other goals during fiscal years 2013 through 2017.

Agency strategic plan for the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs describing the organization's planned services, activities, and other goals during fiscal years 2013 through 2017.

Agency strategic plan for the Texas School for the Deaf describing the organization's planned services, activities, and other goals during fiscal years 2013 through 2017.

Agency strategic plan for the Texas General Land Office and the Texas Veterans' Land Board describing the organization's planned services, activities, and other goals during fiscal years 2011 through 2015.

Agency strategic plan for the Texas General Land Office and the Texas Veterans' Land Board describing the organization's planned services, activities, and other goals during fiscal years 2009 through 2013.

Agency strategic plan for the Texas State Pension Review Board describing the organization's planned services, activities, and other goals during fiscal years 2013 through 2017.

Annual report on the activities of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, including information about their structure, programs, and finances for fiscal year 2013.

Congress remains deeply divided over implementation of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), the health reform law enacted in March 2010. Since the ACA's enactment, lawmakers opposed to specific provisions in the ACA or the entire law have repeatedly debated its implementation and considered bills to repeal, defund, delay, or otherwise amend the law. This report summarizes the ACA-related language added to annual appropriations legislation by congressional appropriators since the ACA was signed into law.

This report discusses the Budget Control Act, which sets limits on defense spending between fiscal years 2012 and 2021 and possible measures to avoid a sequester. The current debate in Congress has centered on whether to adjust the BCA defense caps upward; move base budget spending to accounts designated for Overseas Contingency Operations (OCO) that are not subject to spending limits; reduce the defense spending in the Administration's request to comply with BCA revised caps; or use some combination of these approaches.

This report discusses the Agriculture appropriations bill—formally known as the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, which provides funding for the following agencies: the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC).

This report is the most recent in a series that attempts to identify and discuss programs that provide federal benefits and services targeted toward low-income populations, focusing on aggregate spending trends. The report looks at federal low-income spending from FY2008 (at the onset of the 2007-2009 recession) through FY2015 (after implementation of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, or ACA).

Annual report describing the condition of Texas pavements based on distress ratings and ride quality measurements from the Pavement Management Information System (PMIS) during fiscal years 2012-2015. "The report includes the percentage of lane miles in 'Good' or better condition, trends for the major highway systems (IH, US, SH and FM) and pavement types (ACP, CRCP and JCP), trends for pavement distress types and maintenance level of service information" (p. ii).