Texas Register, Volume 46, Number 12, Pages 1705-1794, March 19, 2021 (open access)

Texas Register, Volume 46, Number 12, Pages 1705-1794, March 19, 2021

A weekly publication, the Texas Register serves as the journal of state agency rulemaking for Texas. Information published in the Texas Register includes proposed, adopted, withdrawn and emergency rule actions, notices of state agency review of agency rules, governor's appointments, attorney general opinions, and miscellaneous documents such as requests for proposals. After adoption, these rulemaking actions are codified into the Texas Administrative Code.
Date: March 19, 2021
Creator: Texas. Secretary of State.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
86th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Concurrent Resolution 8 (open access)

86th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Concurrent Resolution 8

Concurrent resolution introduced by the Texas House of Representatives and Senate granting the legislature permission to adjourn for more than three days during the period beginning on Wednesday, March 13, 2019, and ending on Monday, March 18, 2019.
Date: March 19, 2019
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Individual Mandate for Health Insurance Coverage: In Brief (open access)

The Individual Mandate for Health Insurance Coverage: In Brief

This report provides an overview of the individual mandate for health insurance, its associated penalty, and the exemptions from the mandate.
Date: March 19, 2018
Creator: Mach, Annie L.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Membership of the 115th Congress: A Profile (open access)

Membership of the 115th Congress: A Profile

This report presents a profile of the membership of the 115th Congress (2017-2018) as of January 3, 2018. Statistical information is included on selected characteristics of Members, including data on party affiliation, average age, occupation, education, length of congressional service, religious affiliation, gender, ethnicity, foreign births, and military service.
Date: March 19, 2018
Creator: Manning, Jennifer E.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
NERC Standards for Bulk Power Physical Security: Is the Grid More Secure? (open access)

NERC Standards for Bulk Power Physical Security: Is the Grid More Secure?

This report discusses security measures for electric power plants and grids and the progress made since the implementation of the mandatory Physical Security Reliability Standard (CIP-014) for bulk power asset owners promulgated by the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) in 2015.
Date: March 19, 2018
Creator: Parfomak, Paul W.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Section 232 Steel and Aluminium Tariffs: Potential Economic Implications (open access)

Section 232 Steel and Aluminium Tariffs: Potential Economic Implications

This report discusses the new tariffs imposed by President Trump on steel and aluminium imports and their potential economic impacts.
Date: March 19, 2018
Creator: Jackson, James K. & Williams, Brock R.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0185 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0185

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Ken Paxton, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Which body-worn-camera recordings an officer may review, pursuant to Occupations Code subsection 1701.655(b)(5), before making a statement about an officer-involved incident (RQ-0177-KP).
Date: March 19, 2018
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0186 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0186

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Ken Paxton, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Whether and when a municipal Ilaw enforcement agency is authorized or required to release audio or video recordings from a body worn camera to members of the public, members of the governing body of the municipality, and civilian employees of the municipality (RQ-0180-KP).
Date: March 19, 2018
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Women in Congress, 1917-2018: Service Dates and Committee Assignments by Member, and Lists by State and Congress (open access)

Women in Congress, 1917-2018: Service Dates and Committee Assignments by Member, and Lists by State and Congress

This report provides an overview of all women who have served in Congress and includes committee assignments, dates of service, district information, and listings by Congress and state, and (for Representatives) congressional districts of the 327 women who have been elected or appointed to Congress.
Date: March 19, 2018
Creator: Manning, Jennifer E. & Brudnick, Ida A.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Energy Tax Incentives: Measuring Value Across Different Types of Energy Resources (open access)

Energy Tax Incentives: Measuring Value Across Different Types of Energy Resources

This report presents a comparison of the cost of tax incentives associated with fossil and renewable energy resources, relative to amount of energy produced using each type of resource. The report also reviews other analyses that compare the cost of energy tax incentives relative to production, across different types of energy technologies.
Date: March 19, 2015
Creator: Sherlock, Molly F. & Stupak, Jeffrey M.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Federal Communications Commission: Current Structure and Its Role in the Changing Telecommunications Landscape (open access)

The Federal Communications Commission: Current Structure and Its Role in the Changing Telecommunications Landscape

This report provides information about The Current Structure and Its Role in the Changing Telecommunications Landscape on the Federal Communications Commission. The FCC is an independent agency with its five members appointed by the president.
Date: March 19, 2015
Creator: Figliola, Patricia Moloney
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Health Care for Veterans: Suicide Prevention (open access)

Health Care for Veterans: Suicide Prevention

This report focuses on suicide prevention activities of the Veterans Health Administration within the Department of Veterans Affairs.
Date: March 19, 2015
Creator: Bagalman, Erin
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
"Holds" in the Senate (open access)

"Holds" in the Senate

This report discusses a wide range of proposals aimed at reforming holds (an informal practice among Senators to communicate policy views and scheduling preferences) to infuse more accountability, uniformity, and transparency in their use and to make it clear that holds are not a veto on the majority leader's prerogative of calling up measures or matters.
Date: March 19, 2015
Creator: Oleszek, Mark J.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
House of Representatives Staff Levels in Member, Committee, Leadership, and Other Offices, 1977-2014 (open access)

House of Representatives Staff Levels in Member, Committee, Leadership, and Other Offices, 1977-2014

This report provides staffing levels in House Member, committee, leadership, and other offices since 1977.
Date: March 19, 2015
Creator: Chausow, Lara E.; Petersen, R. Eric & Wilhelm, Amber H.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
International Drug Control Policy: Background and U.S. Responses (open access)

International Drug Control Policy: Background and U.S. Responses

This report provides the background and U.S. responses of the International Drug Control policy.
Date: March 19, 2015
Creator: Rosen, Liana W.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Older Americans Act: Funding Formulas (open access)

Older Americans Act: Funding Formulas

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Date: March 19, 2015
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Senate Staff Levels in Member, Committee, Leadership, and Other Offices, 1977-2014 (open access)

Senate Staff Levels in Member, Committee, Leadership, and Other Offices, 1977-2014

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Date: March 19, 2015
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Tip Credit Provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA): In Brief (open access)

The Tip Credit Provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA): In Brief

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Date: March 19, 2015
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Credit Union Department Newsletter, Number 03-14, March 2014 (open access)

Credit Union Department Newsletter, Number 03-14, March 2014

Newsletter of the Texas Credit Union Department containing departmental news and announcements, deadlines, and other information of importance to credit unions.
Date: March 19, 2014
Creator: Texas. Credit Union Department.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Developing a Large Woody Debris Budget for the Lower San Antonio River (open access)

Developing a Large Woody Debris Budget for the Lower San Antonio River

Report on the importance of maintaining large woody debris (LWD) in river ecosystems, proposing that a budget be created to maintain LWD and woody debris jams.
Date: March 19, 2014
Creator: Texas Water Development Board
Object Type: Text
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 Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regulatory activity during the Obama Administration to help address these issues. It examines major or controversial regulatory actions taken by or under development at EPA since January 2009, providing details on the regulatory action itself, presenting an estimated timeline for completion of the rule (including identification of related court or statutory deadlines), and, in general, providing EPA's estimates of costs and benefits, where available. The report includes tables that show which rules remain under development, and an appendix that describes major or controversial rules that are now final.
Date: March 19, 2014
Creator: McCarthy, James E. & Copeland, Claudia
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Internet Domain Names: Background and Policy Issues (open access)

Internet Domain Names: Background and Policy Issues

This report provides an overview of the background and policy issues of internet domain names.
Date: March 19, 2014
Creator: Kruger, Lennard G.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Internet Governance and the Domain Name System: Issues for Congress (open access)

Internet Governance and the Domain Name System: Issues for Congress

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Date: March 19, 2014
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Large Partnerships: Characteristics of Population and IRS Audits (open access)

Large Partnerships: Characteristics of Population and IRS Audits

Correspondence issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "This report provides data on the number and characteristics of large partnerships as well as Internal Revenue Service (IRS) audits of large partnership returns. For purposes of this report, GAO did not identify a statutory, IRS, or industry-accepted definition of a large partnership. Instead, GAO used a combination of criteria for partner size and asset size used by IRS to define large partnerships as those that reported having 100 or more direct partners and $100 million or more in assets. The number of large partnerships increased from 720 in tax year 2002 to 2,226 in tax year 2011. Large partnerships also increased in terms of the average number of direct partners and average asset size. IRS had data on two categories of large partnership return audits. First, the number of completed field audits of large partnership returns increased from 11 in fiscal year 2007 to 31 in fiscal year 2013. Second, IRS counted audits closed through its campus function, which increased from 42 to 143 over the same period. Unlike field audits, campus function audits generally do not entail a review of the books and records of the …
Date: March 19, 2014
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library