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Studies to Evaluate Achievement of Freshwater Inflow Standards and Ecological Response Final Report
Report on freshwater inflow standards and ecological responses on the Colorado and Lavaca Rivers and Matagorda and Lavaca Bays.
Date:
August 2015
Creator:
Anchor QEA, LLC
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Evaluation of Freshwater Delivery Alternatives to East Matagorda Bay: Final Report
This is the final report on the freshwater delivery from the Colorado River to East Matagorda Bay.
Date:
August 26, 2015
Creator:
Austin, Barney; Kennedy, Angela; Osting, Tim & Walker, Clint
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rangia Clam Investigations
Report on Rangia clams in the Upper San Antonio Bay system and coastal bays in Texas that records their locations and population numbers and studies environmental factors that effect their health.
Date:
August 2015
Creator:
Black, Bryan A. & Heaney, Marty
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The International Labor Organization (ILO): Background in Brief
This report discusses the International Labor Organization (ILO), and describes the ILO's mission, structure, and functions; presents case studies on how the ILO offers assistance to countries in promoting worker rights; and identifies issues for Congress.
Date:
August 27, 2015
Creator:
Bolle, Mary Jane
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Biopower: Background and Federal Support
The report begins with general summaries about bioenergy and biopower, including potential benefits and challenges, feedstocks, and biopower technologies. It also describes federal support available for biopower and relevant legislative concerns.
Date:
August 14, 2015
Creator:
Bracmort, Kelsi
System:
The UNT Digital Library
California Drought: Hydrological and Regulatory Water Supply Issues
This report provides a summary of California's 2012-2015 drought including: comparisons, where applicable, to previous droughts; a summary of the key regulatory requirements that at certain times limit water deliveries (or exports) from the San Joaquin and Sacramento Rivers' Delta; and a brief discussion of California water rights with their relation to different types of federal contracts and their associated water allocations.
Date:
August 14, 2015
Creator:
Cody, Betsy A.; Folger, Peter & Brown, Cynthia
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Apprenticeship in the United States: Frequently Asked Questions
This Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) report focuses on the Registered Apprenticeship system, through which the U.S. Department of Labor (or a recognized state apprenticeship agency) certifies a program as meeting certain federal requirements related to duration, intensity, and benefit to the apprentice. The report also discusses federal programs for which supporting apprenticeship activities is an allowable, but not required, use of funds.
Date:
August 25, 2015
Creator:
Collins, Benjamin
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Powering Africa: Challenges of and U.S. Aid for Electrification in Africa
This report discusses the Power Africa initiative; policy problems and challenges related to power sector development in Africa; long-term perspectives on energy poverty, need, and future development; and raises some possible oversight questions and issues for Congress.
Date:
August 17, 2015
Creator:
Cook, Nicolas; Campbell, Richard J.; Brown, Phillip & Ratner, Michael
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Gold King Mine Spill May Renew Interest in "Good Samaritan" Legislation
This report discusses legislation related to an accidental spill from the Gold King Mine, a long-abandoned gold mine site in Colorado, which released acid mine drainage (AMD) wastewater into a tributary of the Animas River and downstream to the San Juan River. The proposed legislation would authorize Good Samaritan remediation, in which third parties who have no history of polluting at a particular site or legal responsibility for its pollution step forward to clean up AMD or other historic mine residue of pollution.
Date:
August 27, 2015
Creator:
Copeland, Claudia
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Amendments in the Senate: Types and Forms
This report briefly describes the various types of amendments that take place in the Senate. It has sections describing distinctions among amendments, degrees of amendments, forms of amendments, and the scope of amendments.
Date:
August 25, 2015
Creator:
Davis, Christopher M.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Calendars of the House of Representatives
This report describes the use of "calendars" in the House of Representatives, referring to (1) lists of measures and motions eligible for consideration and (2) documents that contain the eligible motions and information about the status of legislation.
Date:
August 25, 2015
Creator:
Davis, Christopher M.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Delegates to the U.S. Congress: History and Current Status
This report provides historical background on the development of the position of delegate to Congress and on the rights of a delegate once seated. Delegates, representing territories that had not yet achieved statehood, have served in the House since the late 1700s. In the 20th century, the concept of delegate grew to include representation of territories where the United States exercises some degree of control but were not expected to become states.
Date:
August 25, 2015
Creator:
Davis, Christopher M.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Expedited or “Fast-Track” Legislative Procedures
This report discusses the Expedited or "fast-tract" legislative procedures that are special procedures that congress adopts to promote timely committee and floor action on a specifically defined type of bill or resolution.
Date:
August 31, 2015
Creator:
Davis, Christopher M.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
“Fast Track” Legislative Procedures Governing Congressional Consideration of a Defense Base Closure and Realignment (BRAC) Commission Report
This report describes these expedited parliamentary procedures abd explains how they differ from the regular legislative processes of Congress.
Date:
August 5, 2015
Creator:
Davis, Christopher M.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Filling the Amendment Tree in the Senate
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Date:
August 14, 2015
Creator:
Davis, Christopher M.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
House Committee Hearings: Arranging Witnesses
This report briefly discusses the selection of witnesses for House committee hearings. House committees and subcommittees pay careful attention to which viewpoints will be represented, who should testify, and the order and format for presenting witnesses. Witnesses do not have an inherent right to appear at a hearing but must be invited by a committee or subcommittee in order to testify; committees and subcommittees may also subpoena reluctant witnesses to appear at a hearing.
Date:
August 25, 2015
Creator:
Davis, Christopher M.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
House Committee Hearings: Preparation
This report contains a checklist that identifies many of the tasks that need to be performed for committee hearings. Committee hearings provide Representatives an opportunity to gather information on, and draw attention to, legislation and issues within a committee's purview; conduct oversight of programs or agencies; and investigate allegations of mismanagement or wrongdoing.
Date:
August 25, 2015
Creator:
Davis, Christopher M.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
House Committee Hearings: Scheduling and Notification
This report briefly discusses scheduling and notification requirements, and practices for House committee hearings.
Date:
August 25, 2015
Creator:
Davis, Christopher M.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
House Committee Hearings: Witness Testimony
This report briefly discusses the witness testimony process in House of Representatives committee hearings. Witnesses before House committees must generally file advance copies of their written testimony with the committee and then limit their oral testimony to brief summaries (Rule XI, clause 2(g)(5)). A question-and-answer period usually follows a witness's opening statement. Following hearings, committees usually publish the transcripts of witness testimony and questioning.
Date:
August 10, 2015
Creator:
Davis, Christopher M.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
House Rules and Precedents Affecting Committee Markup Procedures
This report briefly discusses these procedures as they relate to legislative business conducted on the floor and in committee.
Date:
August 26, 2015
Creator:
Davis, Christopher M.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
How Measures Are Brought to the Senate Floor: A Brief Introduction
This report discusses the two basic methods that are used by the Senate to bring legislation to the floor for consideration: The Senate, at the majority leader's request, (1) grants unanimous consent to take up a matter, or (2) agrees to his motion to proceed to consider it. Both methods are derived from the basic premise that the Senate as a body may decide what matters it considers. The Senate may also use the same two methods to bring up executive business (nominations and treaties).
Date:
August 5, 2015
Creator:
Davis, Christopher M.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Pairing in Congressional Voting: The House
This report discusses the practice of "pairing" for votes in the House of Representatives. Under certain procedural circumstances, a Member who is absent during a vote on the House floor may arrange with a Member on the opposite side of a specific question (who will be present) to announce that the Member who is present is forming a "pair" with the absent Member, thus allowing the absent Member to have his intended vote recorded.
Date:
August 25, 2015
Creator:
Davis, Christopher M.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Quorum Requirements in the House: Committee and Chamber
This report discusses minimum quorum requirements established by House Rule XI, clause 2 for eight areas of committee activity.
Date:
August 25, 2015
Creator:
Davis, Christopher M.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Senate Legislative Procedures: Published Sources of Information
The Senate publishes its rules, precedents, and other related information so that Senators and their staff have convenient access to the Senate’s legislative procedures and can gauge how those procedures are likely to apply in various situations. Information about the Senate’s legislative procedures is published in four official documents. This report briefly discusses these documents.
Date:
August 26, 2015
Creator:
Davis, Christopher M.
System:
The UNT Digital Library