Texas Register, Volume 44, Number 18, Pages 2199-2322, May 3, 2019 (open access)

Texas Register, Volume 44, Number 18, Pages 2199-2322, May 3, 2019

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 Information published in the Texas Register includes proposed, adopted, withdrawn and emergency rule actions, notices of state agency review of agency rules, governor's appointments, attorney general opinions, and miscellaneous documents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: May 3, 2019
Creator: Texas. Secretary of State.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas (HIDTA) Program (open access)

High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas (HIDTA) Program

This report provides an overview of the High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas (HIDTA) program, including how areas are designated as part of a HIDTA, and program coordination and funding. It also examines issues that policymakers may consider as they debate the future of the program: whether the county is still an appropriate unit of inclusion, whether the criteria remain adequate, whether the program is effective, whether its tangential effects can be measured, whether the current bounds on funds are still appropriate, and which federal entity may be best suited to administer the program.
Date: May 3, 2018
Creator: Finklea, Kristin
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting: Federal Funding and Issues (open access)

The Corporation for Public Broadcasting: Federal Funding and Issues

This report discuses the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) and its federal funding which it then distributes parts of to PBS and NPR. Past, current, and proposed funding levels are outlined and arguments for and against federal support for public broadcasting are also discussed.
Date: May 3, 2017
Creator: McLoughlin, Glenn J. & Gomez, Lena A.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Drinking Water State Revolving Fund (DWSRF): Program Overview and Issues (open access)

Drinking Water State Revolving Fund (DWSRF): Program Overview and Issues

This report discusses the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund (DWSRF) which is administered by the EPA and assists communities in building or restoring public water supply infrastructure to comply with federal standards for clean drinking water and public health safety. The report outlines the funding levels and sources for the program and recent appropriations to it. Proposals for funding for the DWSRF in the 115th Congress are also discussed.
Date: May 3, 2017
Creator: Tiemann, Mary
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Internal Audit at the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission as of May 3, 2017 (open access)

Internal Audit at the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission as of May 3, 2017

Internal audit at the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission of the Field Operations Investigations Administration.
Date: May 3, 2017
Creator: Monday Rufus & Co., P.C.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Presidential Appointee Positions Requiring Senate Confirmation and Committees Handling Nominations (open access)

Presidential Appointee Positions Requiring Senate Confirmation and Committees Handling Nominations

This report identifies, by Senate committee, presidentially appointed positions requiring Senate confirmation as of June 30, 2016. For each committee list, positions are categorized as full- or part-time and then grouped by department or agency. Where nominations have been referred to more than one committee, they are noted under each of the committees to which the nominations were referred. The lists also include the lengths of fixed terms, where applicable.
Date: May 3, 2017
Creator: Davis, Christopher M. & Greene, Michael
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The U.S. Tsunami Program Reauthorization in P.L. 115-25: Section-by-Section Comparison to P.L. 109-479, Title VIIII (open access)

The U.S. Tsunami Program Reauthorization in P.L. 115-25: Section-by-Section Comparison to P.L. 109-479, Title VIIII

This report compares the enacted legislation text of the Tsunami Warning, Education, and Research Act of 2017 with P.L. 109-479, Title VIII, section by section, with brief comments on selected comparisons about how changes in P.L. 115-25, Title V, affect P.L. 109-479, Title VIII, and the authorized tsunami activities.
Date: May 3, 2017
Creator: Folger, Peter
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
FY2016 State Grants Under Title I-A of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) (open access)

FY2016 State Grants Under Title I-A of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA)

This report provides estimated FY2016 state grant amounts under each of the four formulas used to determine Title I-A grants. The program, part of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), is designed to provide supplementary educational and related services to low-achieving and other students attending pre-kindergarten through grade 12 schools with relatively high concentrations of students from low-income families.
Date: May 3, 2016
Creator: Skinner, Rebecca R.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Overview of Commercial (Depository) Banking and Industry Conditions (open access)

Overview of Commercial (Depository) Banking and Industry Conditions

This report begins with a general overview of the banking industry. It describes how banks facilitate the financial intermediation process as well as the associated financial risks. It also explains the market structure of the banking industry, referring primarily to the asset distribution. Next, this report summarizes profitability and lending activity levels in the banking industry. Particular attention is paid to metrics related to capitalization levels, asset performance, and earnings of depository banks.
Date: May 3, 2016
Creator: Getter, Darryl E.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Synthetic Drugs: Overview and Issues for Congress (open access)

Synthetic Drugs: Overview and Issues for Congress

This report discusses the federal scheduling of controlled substances, including the temporary scheduling of substances. It also provides an overview of current trends in selected synthetic cannabinoids and stimulants. It concludes with a review of relevant legislation as well as possible issues policymakers might consider.
Date: May 3, 2016
Creator: Sacco, Lisa N. & Finklea, Kristin
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0080 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0080

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 Texas Board of Professional Geoscientists has implied authority under Occupations Code chapter 1002 to accept and place limits on the voluntary surrender of a license (RQ-0066-KP).
Date: May 3, 2016
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0081 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0081

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 Tax Code section 33.06 authorizes ad valorem property tax deferral on mixed-use property (RQ-0067-KP).
Date: May 3, 2016
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Border Security: Immigration Enforcement Between Ports of Entry (open access)

Border Security: Immigration Enforcement Between Ports of Entry

This report reviews efforts to combat unauthorized migration across the Southwest border in the nearly three decades since the Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA) initiated the modern era in migration control, takes stock of the current state of border security, and considers lessons that may be learned about enhanced enforcement at U.S. borders. The report begins by reviewing the history of border control and the development of a national border control strategy beginning in the 1990s. The following sections summarize appropriations and resources dedicated to border enforcement, indicators of enforcement outcomes, metrics for estimating unauthorized migration flows, and possible secondary and unintended consequences of border enforcement. The report concludes by reviewing the overall costs and benefits of the current approach to migration control and raising additional questions that may help guide the discussion of these issues in the future.,5/
Date: May 3, 2013
Creator: Rosenblum, Marc R.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Debt Limit: History and Recent Increases (open access)

The Debt Limit: History and Recent Increases

This report presents the means through which the total debt of the federal government can increase, gives a historical overview of debt limits, and discusses how the current economic slowdown has led to higher deficits and thereby a series of debt limit increases, as well as legislation related to these increases.
Date: May 3, 2013
Creator: Austin, D. Andrew & Levit, Mindy R.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The DHS S&T Directorate: Selected Issues for Congress (open access)

The DHS S&T Directorate: Selected Issues for Congress

This report provides a brief overview of the S&T Directorate's mission, organization, and budgetary structure; a discussion of selected critiques of the S&T Directorate; and an analysis of selected issues facing congressional policymakers.
Date: May 3, 2013
Creator: Shea, Dana A.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA): An Overview (open access)

The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA): An Overview

This report discusses the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) that provides workers with minimum wage, overtime pay, and child labor protections.
Date: May 3, 2013
Creator: Mayer, Gerald; Collins, Benjamin & Bradley, David H.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Heritable Genetic Changes in Cells Recovered From Irradiated 3D Tissue Contracts. Final report (open access)

Heritable Genetic Changes in Cells Recovered From Irradiated 3D Tissue Contracts. Final report

Combining contemporary cytogenetic methods with DNA CGH microarray technology and chromosome flow-sorting increases substantially the ability to resolve exchange breakpoints associated with interstitial deletions and translocations, allowing the consequences of radiation damage to be directly measured at low doses, while also providing valuable insights into molecular mechanisms of misrepair processes that, in turn, identify appropriate biophysical models of risk at low doses. The aims of this work apply to cells recovered from 3D tissue constructs of human skin and, for the purpose of comparison, the same cells irradiated in traditional 2D cultures. These aims are: to analyze by multi-flour fluorescence in situ hybridization (mFISH) the chromosomes in clonal descendents of individual human fibroblasts that were previously irradiated; to examine irradiated clones from Aim 1 for submicroscopic deletions by subjecting their DNA to comparative genomic hybridization (CGH) microarray analysis; and to flow-sort aberrant chromosomes from clones containing stable radiation-induced translocations and map the breakpoints to within an average resolution of 100 kb using the technique of 'array painting'.
Date: May 3, 2013
Creator: Cornforth, Michael N.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Inland Waterways: Recent Proposals and Issues for Congress (open access)

Inland Waterways: Recent Proposals and Issues for Congress

This report discusses the major issues for Congress which include whether to increase inland waterway funding in the future (and by what amount); the appropriate type of revenue stream (e.g., fuel taxes or lockage fees) for the user-required portion of these projects; division of the cost-share responsibilities between the federal government and commercial users (e.g., 50/50 or some other division); and whether to initiate process-based recommendations that some argue will improve the delivery and efficiency of Corps-led IWTF projects.
Date: May 3, 2013
Creator: Stern, Charles V.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Instances of Use of United States Armed Forces Abroad, 1798-2013 (open access)

Instances of Use of United States Armed Forces Abroad, 1798-2013

This report lists hundreds of instances in which the United States has used its Armed Forces abroad in situations of military conflict or potential conflict or for other than normal peacetime purposes. It was compiled in part from various older lists and is intended primarily to provide a rough survey of past U.S. military ventures abroad, without reference to the magnitude of the given instance noted.
Date: May 3, 2013
Creator: Torreon, Barbara Salazar
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Internal Revenue Service: Preliminary Observations on the Fiscal Year 2014 Budget Request (open access)

Internal Revenue Service: Preliminary Observations on the Fiscal Year 2014 Budget Request

Correspondence issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "In summary,"
Date: May 3, 2013
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Iran: U.S. Concerns and Policy Responses (open access)

Iran: U.S. Concerns and Policy Responses

This report discusses the reasons that Iran is considered a threat to U.S. security, including Iran's nuclear program, involvement with terrorist organizations, and involvement with neighboring countries' local governments. The report also discusses ways which the U.S. hopes to modify Iran's behavior with sanctions, and the effectiveness of these sanctions.
Date: May 3, 2013
Creator: Katzman, Kenneth
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Journal of the Senate of Texas: 83rd Legislature, Regular Session, Friday, May 3, 2013 (open access)

Journal of the Senate of Texas: 83rd Legislature, Regular Session, Friday, May 3, 2013

Proceedings of the Senate of Texas for the fifty-second day of the Regular session of the 83rd Legislature documenting legislation, reports, discussions, votes, and points-of-order.
Date: May 3, 2013
Creator: Texas. Legislature. Senate.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
Measurement of the neutron spectrum from the T(t,2n) reaction with the National Ignition Facility (open access)

Measurement of the neutron spectrum from the T(t,2n) reaction with the National Ignition Facility

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Date: May 3, 2013
Creator: Sayre, D. B.; Brune, C. R.; Caggiano, J. A.; Glebov, V. Y.; Hatarik, R.; Friedrich, S. et al.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Military Funeral Honors and Military Cemeteries: Frequently Asked Questions (open access)

Military Funeral Honors and Military Cemeteries: Frequently Asked Questions

This report provides answers to frequently asked questions about military funeral honors and military cemeteries, including information on the eligibility criteria, required components of the honor detail, and the funeral ceremony. It also cites legislation that mandates that the Department of Defense (DOD) make military funeral honors available to every eligible veteran upon request.
Date: May 3, 2013
Creator: Torreon, Barbara S.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library