Texas Register, Volume 45, Number 17, Pages 2597-2752, April 24, 2020 (open access)

Texas Register, Volume 45, Number 17, Pages 2597-2752, April 24, 2020

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 Information published in the Texas Register includes proposed, adopted, withdrawn and emergency rule actions, notices of state agency review of agency rules, governor's appointments, attorney general opinions, and miscellaneous documents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: April 24, 2020
Creator: Texas. Secretary of State.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Army Futures Command (open access)

Army Futures Command

This report discusses the Army Futures Command, a proposed central command focused on Army modernization efforts.
Date: April 24, 2018
Creator: Feickert, Andrew
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Can Corporations be Held Liable Under the Alien Tort Statute? (open access)

Can Corporations be Held Liable Under the Alien Tort Statute?

This report is an update of an earlier report discussing the Supreme Court case of "Jesner v. Arab Bank" which reports the final decision that foreign corporations such as Arab Bank may not be brought as defendants in lawsuits under the Alien Tort Statute.
Date: April 24, 2018
Creator: Mulligan, Stephen P.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Changes in the Arctic: Background and Issues for Congress (open access)

Changes in the Arctic: Background and Issues for Congress

This report provides an overview of Arctic-related issues for Congress such as: Arctic sovereignty claims; commercial shipping through the Arctic; Arctic oil, gas, and mineral exploration; endangered Arctic species; and increased military operations in the Arctic that could cause the region in coming years to become an arena of international cooperation or competition. The FY2019 budget request for arctic research is included.
Date: April 24, 2018
Creator: O'Rourke, Ronald
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Children's Hospital Graduate Medical Education (CHGME) (open access)

Children's Hospital Graduate Medical Education (CHGME)

This report describes the Children's Hospital Graduate Medical Education (CHGME) program's purpose and structure, history, and authorizations and appropriations. It also provides select program data, including the number of hospitals supported under the program, their location, the amount of funding they receive, and the number of residents trained. Finally, the report discusses alternative sources of GME funding available and some issues that Congress may consider as part of the program's reauthorization.
Date: April 24, 2018
Creator: Heisler, Elayne J.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Closing the Flood Insurance Gap (open access)

Closing the Flood Insurance Gap

This report discusses the flood insurance coverage gaps in the United States, provides statistics on the level of coverage and amount of flooding in coastal areas recently hit by hurricanes, and provides possible solutions to the flood insurance gap.
Date: April 24, 2018
Creator: Horn, Diane P.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Consumer Product Safety Act: A Legal Analysis (open access)

The Consumer Product Safety Act: A Legal Analysis

This report provides a legal overview of the Consumer Product Safety Act's (CPSC) structure, jurisdiction, and statutory powers under the CPSA.
Date: April 24, 2018
Creator: Carpenter, David H.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Frequently Asked Questions about Prescription Drug Pricing and Policy (open access)

Frequently Asked Questions about Prescription Drug Pricing and Policy

This report answers frequently asked questions about prescription drug pricing regulations and policy.
Date: April 24, 2018
Creator: Kirchhoff, Suzanne M.; Johnson, Judith A. & Thaul, Susan
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Monuments and Memorials Authorized Under the Commemorative Works Act in the District of Columbia: Current Development of In-Progress and Lapsed Works (open access)

Monuments and Memorials Authorized Under the Commemorative Works Act in the District of Columbia: Current Development of In-Progress and Lapsed Works

This report provides a status update on 13 in-progress memorials and 4 memorials with lapsed authorizations. For each monument or memorial, the report provides a rationale for the work as expressed in the Congressional Record or a House or Senate committee report; its statutory authority; the group or groups sponsoring the commemoration; and the memorial's location (or proposed location), if known. A picture or rendering of each work is also included, when available.
Date: April 24, 2018
Creator: Straus, Jacob R.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Transatlantic Perspectives on Defense Innovation: Issues for Congress (open access)

Transatlantic Perspectives on Defense Innovation: Issues for Congress

This report discusses defense innovation and technology research and development in the American, British, French, and German military and ways to use implement such innovations into NATO forces.
Date: April 24, 2018
Creator: Aronsson, Lisa A.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Work Authorization for H-4 Spouses of H-1B Temporary Workers: Frequently Asked Questions (open access)

Work Authorization for H-4 Spouses of H-1B Temporary Workers: Frequently Asked Questions

This report provides answers to frequently asked questions about work authorization for H-4 visa holders (visas for spouses and unmarried children under 21 of H-1B visa holders).
Date: April 24, 2018
Creator: Wilson, Jill H.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Constitutional Points of Order in the Senate (open access)

Constitutional Points of Order in the Senate

This report identifies 17 constitutional points of order that have been raised and received a Senate vote since 1989. Eleven of these cases were disposed of negatively.
Date: April 24, 2017
Creator: Heitshusen, Valerie
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Electing the Speaker of the House of Representatives: Frequently Asked Questions (open access)

Electing the Speaker of the House of Representatives: Frequently Asked Questions

This report briefly poses and answers several "frequently asked questions" in relation to the floor proceedings used to elect a Speaker of the House. Current practice for electing a Speaker, either at the start of a Congress or in the event of a vacancy (e.g., death or resignation), is by roll-call vote, during which Members state aloud the name of their preferred candidate. Members may vote for any individual. If no candidate receives a majority of votes cast, balloting continues; in subsequent ballots, Members may still vote for any individual.
Date: April 24, 2017
Creator: Heitshusen, Valerie
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Party Leaders in the House: Election, Duties, and Responsibilities (open access)

Party Leaders in the House: Election, Duties, and Responsibilities

This report summarizes the election, duties, and responsibilities of the Speaker of the House, the majority and minority leaders, and the whips and whip system.
Date: April 24, 2017
Creator: Heitshusen, Valerie
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0144 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0144

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 the computation of state funding for school districts rece1vmg additional state aid for tax reduction must include local option homestead exemptions that were determined to be authorized in Attorney General Opinion KP-0072 (2016) (RQ-0137-KP).
Date: April 24, 2017
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0145 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0145

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: When a search warrant affidavit becomes executed and thus publicly available under Code of Criminal Procedure article 18.0l(b) (RQ-0138-KP).
Date: April 24, 2017
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
U.S. Circuit and District Court Nominations: Comparative Statistics of Two-Term Presidencies Since 1945 (open access)

U.S. Circuit and District Court Nominations: Comparative Statistics of Two-Term Presidencies Since 1945

This report provides comparative statistics related to the nomination and confirmation of U.S. circuit and district court judges during the eighth year of two-term presidencies since 1945 (i.e., the Truman, Eisenhower, Reagan, Clinton, George W. Bush, and Obama presidencies). It also provides cumulative comparative statistics for the entire terms of these same six presidencies. Previous CRS research has analyzed final Senate action on judicial nominations during the eighth year of the Reagan, Clinton, and George W. Bush presidencies.
Date: April 24, 2017
Creator: McMillion, Barry J.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Bangladesh (open access)

Bangladesh

This report discusses the ongoing political turmoil in Bangladesh.
Date: April 24, 2015
Creator: Vaughn, Bruce
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Carbon Capture and Sequestration: Research, Development, and Demonstration at the U.S. Department of Energy (open access)

Carbon Capture and Sequestration: Research, Development, and Demonstration at the U.S. Department of Energy

This report discusses research, development, and demonstration at the U.S. Department of Energy related to Carbon Capture and Sequestration.
Date: April 24, 2015
Creator: Folger, Peter
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Cash Versus Accrual Accounting: Tax Policy Considerations (open access)

Cash Versus Accrual Accounting: Tax Policy Considerations

This report provides a brief explanation of cash and accrual accounting. It then examines the legislative history surrounding the Tax Reform Act of 1986, which set most of the current policies related to cash accounting for tax purposes.
Date: April 24, 2015
Creator: Gnanarajah, Raj & Keightley, Mark P.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Changes in the Arctic: Background and Issues for Congress (open access)

Changes in the Arctic: Background and Issues for Congress

This report provides an overview of Arctic-related issues for Congress, and refers readers to more in-depth CRS reports on specific Arctic-related issues.
Date: April 24, 2015
Creator: O'Rourke, Ronald
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Civilian Nuclear Waste Disposal (open access)

Civilian Nuclear Waste Disposal

This report looks at the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 (NWPA), Yucca Mountain, and the Obama Administration's de-funding of Yucca Mountain. Federal policy is based on the premise that nuclear waste can be disposed of safely, but proposed storage and disposal facilities have frequently been challenged on safety, health, and environmental grounds. Most of the current debate surrounding civilian radioactive waste focuses on highly radioactive spent fuel from nuclear power plants.
Date: April 24, 2015
Creator: Holt, Mark
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Community Health Center Fund: In Brief (open access)

The Community Health Center Fund: In Brief

The report discusses the Health Center Program, which is administered by the Health Resource and Services Administration within the Department of Health and Human Services, awards grants to outpatient health care facilities that provide care to medically under-served populations.
Date: April 24, 2015
Creator: Heisler, Elayne J.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
FY2016 Military Construction Appropriations: President's Request and House Markup Compared (open access)

FY2016 Military Construction Appropriations: President's Request and House Markup Compared

This report briefly discusses the financing of military construction. Military construction is normally funded through Title I of the Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies appropriations bill and provides funding for the planning, design, construction, alteration, and improvement of facilities used by active and reserve military components worldwide.
Date: April 24, 2015
Creator: Else, Daniel H.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library