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: Authority of the Comptroller to implement rules regarding the imposition and collection of a sales and use tax by a municipality under particular circumstances (RQ-1 078-GA).

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 a prosecutor may require that a defendant enter a guilty plea as a condition for participation in a pretrial diversion program under section 76.011 of the Texas Government Code (RQ-1 072-GA).

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 a county may provide mandatory solid waste disposal services, by contract or otherwise, in an area of the county that is within the extraterritorial jurisdiction of a municipality but that is not receiving such service from the municipality (RQ-1081-GA).

A memorandum which provides instructions for identifying civilian personnel within the Armed Forces who "are providing support to members of the Armed Forces" within the meaning of the Pay Our Military Act.

A report offering a constrained harmonic technique that forces the daily temperature normals to be consistent with the monthly temperature normals that NOAA archived between 1981 and 2010.

This report outlines the required minimum functions of exchanges, and explains how exchanges are expected to be established and administered under ACA.

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This report presents statistics regarding U.S. military casualties in the active Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF, Afghanistan), as well as operations that have ended: Operation New Dawn (OND, Iraq) and Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF, Iraq). This report includes statistics on post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), traumatic brain injury (TBI), amputations, evacuations, and the demographics of casualties.

This report provides a description of the various statutory authorities that either require or otherwise allow states to cover LTSS under Medicaid. The Appendix provides a brief legislative history of Medicaid LTSS from Medicaid’s enactment and initial coverage requirements for institutional care through the evolution of HCBS options available to states.

This report is categorized into four categories: (I) Consolidation and Initial Stability, (II) Reorganization and Multiple Changes, (III) Renewed Stability and (IV) Major Changes.

This report discusses that framework and proposals to amend more than 30 acts of Congress that are part of or relevant to it.

This report examines current conditions in Honduras as well as issues in U.S-Honduras relations.

This report is categorized into four categories: (I) Introduction, (II) Methodological Difference Between the standard CPI AND THE C-CPI-U, (III) Statistical Difference between the CPI AND C-CPI-U and (IV) Policy Consideration.

This report provides background information on the boycott and U.S. efforts to end its enforcement.

This report provides background information on recent EPA regulatory activity to help address these issues.

Proceedings of the House of Representatives of Texas for the second day of the Third Called session of the 83rd Legislature documenting legislation, reports, discussions, votes, and points-of-order.

Proceedings of the Senate of Texas for the 1st day of the third called session of the 83rd Legislature documenting legislation, reports, discussions, votes, and points-of-order.

Proceedings of the Senate of Texas for the 22nd day of the regular session of the 83rd Legislature documenting legislation, reports, discussions, votes, and points-of-order.

Sheet from the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) listing contact information for each of the 16 Texas regional offices as well as the watermasters. The back includes a map showing the counties included in each of the corresponding regions.

Document detailing the proceedings of the Senate of Texas for the tenth day of the Regular session of the 83rd Legislature including legislation, reports, discussions, votes, and points-of-order.

This report addresses frequently asked questions about the risk from earthquakes to highway systems, including bridges, tunnels, pavements, and other highway components. Particular attention is given to highway bridges, which often are the most vulnerable highway structures. The report also discusses federal and nonfederal actions to reduce seismic risk to the U.S. highway system.

This report summarizes the Washington and Colorado marijuana legalization laws and evaluates whether, or the extent to which, they may be preempted by the Controlled Substances Act (CSA) or by international agreements. It also highlights potential responses to these recent legalization initiatives by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and identifies other noncriminal consequences that marijuana users may face under federal law.

This report provides background information on federal regulation of firearms. The report discusses the legislative and executive developments in the 113th Congress, as well as universal background checks, gun trafficking, and possession of military style firearms.

This report contains a compilation of commissions and boards that demonstrates the range of alternative membership-appointment structures. It includes any statutorily created advisory entity (boards, advisory panels, etc.) whose membership scheme mandates the participation of members of Congress either as potential members or as participants in the process of appointing the membership. For each entity, information on the purpose, duration, appointment structure, and term of appointment is provided. Finally, information on the involvement of members of Congress in the appointment process is presented in a series of tables.