81st Texas Legislature, Senate Concurrent Resolutions 56 (open access)

81st Texas Legislature, Senate Concurrent Resolutions 56

Concurrent resolution introduced by the Texas Senate and House of Representatives relating to granting the legislature permission to adjourn for more than three days during the period beginning on Thursday, April 9, 2009, and ending on Tuesday, April 14, 2009.
Date: April 15, 2009
Creator: Texas. Legislature. Senate.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0708 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0708

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, Greg Abbott, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Whether the Edwards Aquifer Authority may Promulgate rule prohibiting certain permits or contracts with recharge facilities constructed prior to September 1, 1993 (RQ-0737-GA).
Date: April 15, 2009
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
U.S. Trade Deficit and the Impact of Changing Oil Prices (open access)

U.S. Trade Deficit and the Impact of Changing Oil Prices

This report provides an estimate of the initial impact of the changing oil prices on the nation's merchandise trade balance.
Date: April 15, 2009
Creator: Jackson, James K.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Executive Compensation: SEC Regulations and Congressional Proposals (open access)

Executive Compensation: SEC Regulations and Congressional Proposals

This report discusses appropriate standards for executive compensation and the economic and social impact of escalating pay for corporate executives has led to a controversy regarding the practices of paying these executives
Date: April 15, 2009
Creator: Seitzinger, Michael V.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
U.S. Trade Deficit and the Impact of Changing Oil Prices (open access)

U.S. Trade Deficit and the Impact of Changing Oil Prices

This report provides an estimate of the initial impact of the changing oil prices on the nation's merchandise trade deficit.
Date: April 15, 2009
Creator: Jackson, James K.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Federal Register, Volume 74, Number 71, April 15, 2009, Pages 17371-17586 (open access)

Federal Register, Volume 74, Number 71, April 15, 2009, Pages 17371-17586

Daily publication of the U.S. Office of the Federal Register contains rules and regulations, proposed legislation and rule changes, and other notices, including "Presidential proclamations and Executive Orders, Federal agency documents having general applicability and legal effect, documents required to be published by act of Congress, and other Federal agency documents of public interest" (p. ii). Table of Contents starts on page iii.
Date: April 15, 2009
Creator: United States. Office of the Federal Register.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The UNT Digital Library
U.S.-China Military Contacts: Issues for Congress (open access)

U.S.-China Military Contacts: Issues for Congress

This report discusses policy issues regarding military-to-military (mil-to-mil) contacts with the People's Republic of China (PRC) and provides a record of major contacts and crises since 1993. The United States suspended military contacts with China and imposed sanctions on arms sales in response to the Tiananmen Crackdown in 1989.
Date: April 15, 2009
Creator: Kan, Shirley A.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Climate Change Litigation: A Survey (open access)

Climate Change Litigation: A Survey

This report focuses on the legal debate surrounding climate change. Though the first court decision related to climate change appeared 19 years ago, such litigation has proliferated in just the past six.
Date: April 15, 2009
Creator: Meltz, Robert
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library