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Coastal Water Authority (open access)

Coastal Water Authority

Report detailing an audit of the Coastal Water Authority and their finances. Includes financial statements.
Date: December 31, 2016
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
Recommendations for New Stream and Rain Gages in Texas (open access)

Recommendations for New Stream and Rain Gages in Texas

Report recommending 42 new full range real-time stream gages across the state of Texas.
Date: December 31, 2016
Creator: Aqua Strategies
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Aquifers Study: Groundwater Quantity, Quality, Flow and Contributions to Surface Water (open access)

Texas Aquifers Study: Groundwater Quantity, Quality, Flow and Contributions to Surface Water

Report documenting information on the geology and hydro-geology of the confined and unconfined aquifers of Texas, including the quantity and quality of the groundwater that they contain. Information about the volume of flows from the aquifers to the surface waters of the state and volume of the flows between the aquifers.
Date: December 31, 2016
Creator: Bruun, Bech; Jackson, Kathleen; Lake, Peter & Walker, Jeff
System: The Portal to Texas History
EPA Regulations: Too Much, Too Little, or On Track? (open access)

EPA Regulations: Too Much, Too Little, or On Track?

This report provides background information on EPA regulatory activity during the Obama Administration. It examines major or controversial regulatory actions taken by or under development at EPA from January 2009 to late 2016, providing details on the regulatory action itself, presenting an estimated timeline for completion of rules not yet promulgated (including identification of related court or statutory deadlines), and, in general, providing EPA's estimates of costs and benefits, where available.
Date: December 30, 2016
Creator: McCarthy, James E. & Copeland, Claudia
System: The UNT Digital Library
Legislative Options in the 114th Congress for Financing Water Infrastructure (open access)

Legislative Options in the 114th Congress for Financing Water Infrastructure

This report addresses several options considered by Congress to address the financing needs of local communities for wastewater and drinking water infrastructure projects and to decrease or close the gap between available funds and projected needs.
Date: December 30, 2016
Creator: Copeland, Claudia; Maguire, Steven & Mallett, William J.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Interim Report to the 85th Texas Legislature: House Select Committee on Mental Health (open access)

Interim Report to the 85th Texas Legislature: House Select Committee on Mental Health

Report from the Texas House Committee on Mental Health describing the group's goals, activities, accomplishments, and other information, for review by the 85th Texas Legislature.
Date: December 29, 2016
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives. Select Committee on Mental Health.
System: The Portal to Texas History
The "Waters of the United States" Rule: Legislative Options and 114th Congress Responses (open access)

The "Waters of the United States" Rule: Legislative Options and 114th Congress Responses

This report discusses legislative activity in the 114th Congress regarding a major regulatory initiative related to the "waters of the United States" rule. Despite the court's stay of the rule, some in Congress favor halting the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) and the Corps' current approach to defining "waters of the United States."
Date: December 29, 2016
Creator: Copeland, Claudia
System: The UNT Digital Library
Broadband Internet Access and the Digital Divide: Federal Assistance Programs (open access)

Broadband Internet Access and the Digital Divide: Federal Assistance Programs

This report provides an overview of the "digital divide," which is a term used to describe a perceived gap between those Americans who use or have access to telecommunications and information technologies and those who do not.
Date: December 28, 2016
Creator: Kruger, Lennard G. & Gilroy, Angele A.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Expedited Procedures Governing Senate Consideration of Legislation Waiving a Restriction Related to the Military Service of the Secretary of Defense (open access)

Expedited Procedures Governing Senate Consideration of Legislation Waiving a Restriction Related to the Military Service of the Secretary of Defense

This report discusses the Section 179 of the Further Continuing and Security Assistance Appropriations Act, 2017 (P.L. 114-254), which establishes expedited or "fast track" parliamentary procedures governing Senate consideration of legislation that would waive a legal restriction related to the prior military service of the Secretary of Defense.
Date: December 27, 2016
Creator: Davis, Christopher M.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Nuclear Cooperation with Other Countries: A Primer (open access)

Nuclear Cooperation with Other Countries: A Primer

This report discusses section 123 of the Atomic Energy Act (AEA), the specific requirements of which must be met in order for the United States to engage in civilian nuclear cooperation with other states. The AEA also provides for exemptions to these requirements, export control licensing procedures, and criteria for terminating cooperation.
Date: December 27, 2016
Creator: Kerr, Paul K. & Nikitin, Mary Beth D.
System: The UNT Digital Library
International Trade and Finance: Overview and Issues for the 115th Congress (open access)

International Trade and Finance: Overview and Issues for the 115th Congress

This report provides a brief overview of some of the trade and finance issues that may be of interest or continuing attention of the 115th Congress. During its 114th session, Congress faced numerous international trade and finance policy issues.
Date: December 21, 2016
Creator: Irace, Mary A. & Nelson, Rebecca M.
System: The UNT Digital Library
U.S. International Corporate Taxation: Basic Concepts and Policy Issues (open access)

U.S. International Corporate Taxation: Basic Concepts and Policy Issues

This report provides a general introduction to the basic concepts and issues relevant to the U.S. international corporate tax system. The explanations provided in this report emphasize the underlying concepts of the international tax system and are intended to be as simplified as possible.
Date: December 21, 2016
Creator: Keightley, Mark P.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs Financial Statements: 2016 (open access)

Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs Financial Statements: 2016

Financial statements from the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs documenting ... for fiscal year {{{year}}}. -- add specifics as appropriate
Date: December 20, 2016
Creator: Texas. Department of Housing and Community Affairs.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Lottery Commission Annual Financial Report: 2016, Audited (open access)

Texas Lottery Commission Annual Financial Report: 2016, Audited

Annual financial report of the Texas Lottery Commission documenting income, expenditures, and other relevant financial information for the fiscal year ending in August 31, 2016.
Date: December 20, 2016
Creator: Texas Lottery Commission
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Federal Food Safety System: A Primer (open access)

The Federal Food Safety System: A Primer

This report discusses concerns about food safety, the resources required to ensure food safety, and whether federal food safety laws themselves, first enacted in the early 1900s, have kept pace with the significant changes that have occurred in the food production, processing, and marketing sectors since then.
Date: December 16, 2016
Creator: Johnson, Renée
System: The UNT Digital Library
The National Historic Preservation Act: As Amended Through December 16, 2016 and Codified in Title 54 of the United States Code (open access)

The National Historic Preservation Act: As Amended Through December 16, 2016 and Codified in Title 54 of the United States Code

This document shows the provisions of th National Historic Preservation Act (“Act”) as they now appear in title 54 of the United States Code. This publication describes the attachment to assist those preservation stakeholders who for many years have referred to the Act’s various provisions according to the section numbers used in the 1966 public law and subsequent amendments (“old sections”). The attachment cross-references each of the old sections to the corresponding outdated title 16 legal cite and current title 54 legal cite.
Date: December 16, 2016
Creator: Texas Historical Commission
System: The Portal to Texas History
San Jacinto River Authority Annual Financial Report: 2016 (open access)

San Jacinto River Authority Annual Financial Report: 2016

Annual financial report of the San Jacinto River Authority documenting income, expenditures, and other relevant financial information for the fiscal year ending in August 31, 2016.
Date: December 16, 2016
Creator: San Jacinto River Authority (Tex.)
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Department of Transportation Annual Financial Report: 2016 (open access)

Texas Department of Transportation Annual Financial Report: 2016

Annual financial report of the Texas Department of Transportation documenting income, expenditures, and other relevant financial information for the fiscal year ending in August 31, 2016.
Date: December 16, 2016
Creator: Texas. Department of Transportation.
System: The Portal to Texas History
U.S. Policy on Cuban Migrants: In Brief (open access)

U.S. Policy on Cuban Migrants: In Brief

This report discusses the U.S. policy on Cuban migration that has been shaped by a 1966 law known as the Cuban Adjustment Act, as amended, and U.S.-Cuban migration agreements signed in the mid-1990s, operating in conjunction with the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA).
Date: December 16, 2016
Creator: Bruno, Andorra
System: The UNT Digital Library
Agency Final Rules Submitted on or After June 13, 2016, May Be Subject to Disapproval by the 115th Congress (open access)

Agency Final Rules Submitted on or After June 13, 2016, May Be Subject to Disapproval by the 115th Congress

This report discusses the possibility of the new Congress and the new President to overturn agency final rules of the Obama Administration issued after early June 2016.
Date: December 15, 2016
Creator: Davis, Christopher M. & Beth, Richard S.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality Annual Report of Nonfinancial Data: 2016 (open access)

Texas Commission on Environmental Quality Annual Report of Nonfinancial Data: 2016

Report containing non-financial data for the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality during fiscal year 2016, including information on nonfinancial data such as various progress reports, schedules, and fees, space occupied, and itemized and vehicle purchases.
Date: December 15, 2016
Creator: Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS): In Brief (open access)

The Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS): In Brief

This report provides a basic description of the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS), which mandates that U.S. transportation fuel must contain a minimum volume of biofuel, and is a federal statutory requirement. The mandated minimum volume increases annually and can be met using both conventional biofuel (e.g., cornstarch ethanol) and advanced biofuels. This report also includes some of the widely-discussed issues.
Date: December 14, 2016
Creator: Bracmort, Kelsi
System: The UNT Digital Library
Department of Defense Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation (RDT&E): Appropriations Structure (open access)

Department of Defense Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation (RDT&E): Appropriations Structure

This report discusses the Department of Defense's (DOD's) research, development, testing, and evaluation (RDT&E) in support of its mission requirements.
Date: December 13, 2016
Creator: Sargent, John F., Jr.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Women in Combat: Issues for Congress (open access)

Women in Combat: Issues for Congress

This report looks at the history of women in US military roles and combat since the 1990s and discusses critics' views of exclusionary policy as a civil rights issue. Over the past two decades of conflict, women have served with valor and continue to serve on combat aircraft, naval vessels, and in support of ground combat operations. The expansion of roles for women in the armed forces has evolved since the early days of the military when women were restricted by law and policy from serving in certain occupations and units.
Date: December 13, 2016
Creator: Kamarck, Kristy N.
System: The UNT Digital Library