Texas Register, Volume 45, Number 19, Pages 2927-3176, May 8, 2020 (open access)

Texas Register, Volume 45, Number 19, Pages 2927-3176, May 8, 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 Information published in the Texas Register includes proposed, adopted, withdrawn and emergency rule actions, notices of state agency review of agency rules, governor's appointments, attorney general opinions, and miscellaneous documents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: May 8, 2020
Creator: Texas. Secretary of State.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Arms Control and Nonproliferation: A Catalog of Treaties and Agreements (open access)

Arms Control and Nonproliferation: A Catalog of Treaties and Agreements

This report provides an overview of many of the key arms control and nonproliferation agreements and endeavors of the past 40 years, divided into three sections. The first describes arms control efforts between the United States and the states of the former Soviet Union. The second section describes multilateral nuclear nonproliferation efforts. The final section reviews treaties and agreements that address chemical, biological, and conventional weapons.
Date: May 8, 2018
Creator: Woolf, Amy F.; Kerr, Paul K. & Nikitin, Mary Beth D.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0146 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0146

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: Authority of a county commissioners court that establishes a veterans treatment court program under Government Code chapter 124 to direct and control administrative details including the hiring and supervision of grantfunded personnel (RQ-0139-KP).
Date: May 8, 2017
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Appropriations and Fund Transfers in the Affordable Care Act (ACA) (open access)

Appropriations and Fund Transfers in the Affordable Care Act (ACA)

This report is about ACA appropriations and find transfers.
Date: May 8, 2015
Creator: Redhead, C. Stephen
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Bahrain: Reform, Security, and U.S. Policy (open access)

Bahrain: Reform, Security, and U.S. Policy

This report discusses the current state of reform and foreign policy in Bahrain. An uprising against Bahrain's Al Khalifa royal family that began on February 14, 2011, has not achieved the goals of Shiite oppositionists to establish a constitutional monarchy. Public unrest has diminished since 2012, but occasional large demonstrations, opposition boycotts of elections, and continued arrests of dissidents counter government assertions that Bahrain has "returned to normal."
Date: May 8, 2015
Creator: Katzman, Kenneth
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Fundamentals of the U.S. Sugar Program (open access)

Fundamentals of the U.S. Sugar Program

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Date: May 8, 2015
Creator: McMinimy, Mark A.
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: May 8, 2015
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Medicaid’s Institutions for Mental Disease (IMD) Exclusion (open access)

Medicaid’s Institutions for Mental Disease (IMD) Exclusion

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Date: May 8, 2015
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
School Meals Programs and Other USDA Child Nutrition Programs: A Primer (open access)

School Meals Programs and Other USDA Child Nutrition Programs: A Primer

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Date: May 8, 2015
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Texas Register, Volume 40, Number 19, Pages 2449-2526, May 8, 2015 (open access)

Texas Register, Volume 40, Number 19, Pages 2449-2526, May 8, 2015

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 8, 2015
Creator: Texas. Secretary of State.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
The United Kingdom Election (open access)

The United Kingdom Election

This report briefly outlines the United Kingdom's recent election that was held on May 7, 2015 and resulted in a decisive victory for the Conservative Party.
Date: May 8, 2015
Creator: Mix, Derek E.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
S. 2262, Shaheen-Portman Bill 2014: Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act (open access)

S. 2262, Shaheen-Portman Bill 2014: Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act

This report reviews the provisions of S. 2262, highlights the most controversial bill provision, and identifies potential amendments to the bill.
Date: May 8, 2014
Creator: Sissine, Fred
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Chisolm trail and Denton county (open access)

Chisolm trail and Denton county

This Report is being provided by the Denton County Historical Commission. This report describe the Chisolm trail research, identification and documentation through Denton County.
Date: May 8, 2014
Creator: Denton County Historical Commission
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Congress's Contempt Power and the Enforcement of Congressional Subpoenas: Law, History, Practice, and Procedure (open access)

Congress's Contempt Power and the Enforcement of Congressional Subpoenas: Law, History, Practice, and Procedure

This report examines the source of the contempt power, reviews the historical development of the early case law, outlines the statutory and common law basis for Congress's contempt power, and analyzes the procedures associated with inherent contempt, criminal contempt, and the civil enforcement of subpoenas. It also includes a detailed discussion of two recent information access disputes that led to the approval of contempt citations in the House against then-White House Chief of Staff Joshua Bolten and former White House Counsel Harriet Miers, as well as Attorney General Eric Holder. Finally, the report discusses both non-constitutional and constitutionally-based limitations on the contempt power.
Date: May 8, 2014
Creator: Garvey, Todd & Dolan, Alissa M.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Jordan: Background and U.S. Relations (open access)

Jordan: Background and U.S. Relations

This report provides an overview of Jordanian politics and current issues in U.S.-Jordanian relations. It provides a brief discussion of the nation's government and economy, as well as Jordan's cooperation in promoting Arab-Israeli peace and other U.S. policy objectives in the Middle East.
Date: May 8, 2014
Creator: Sharp, Jeremy M.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Libya: Transition and U.S. Policy (open access)

Libya: Transition and U.S. Policy

This report discusses the revolution and post-conflict transition in Libya, triggered in mid-February 2011 by a chain of events resulting in the death of the Prime Minister (Qadhafi); a new government was elected in July. The report also looks at the military and economic state of the country, including human rights, Islam and politics, and Libya's oil assets.
Date: May 8, 2014
Creator: Blanchard, Christopher M.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Medicare Secondary Payer: Coordination of Benefits (open access)

Medicare Secondary Payer: Coordination of Benefits

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Date: May 8, 2014
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Overseas Private Investment Corporation: Background and Legislative Issues (open access)

The Overseas Private Investment Corporation: Background and Legislative Issues

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Date: May 8, 2014
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Provisions in the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2013 as an Alternative to a Traditional Budget Resolution (open access)

Provisions in the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2013 as an Alternative to a Traditional Budget Resolution

This report provides an explanation of such provisions, highlights how those provisions compare with a traditional budget resolution, and places them within the context of the budget process for FY2014 and FY2015.
Date: May 8, 2014
Creator: Lynch, Megan S.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Status of a Member of the House Who Has Been Indicted for or Convicted of a Felony (open access)

Status of a Member of the House Who Has Been Indicted for or Convicted of a Felony

This report summarizes the potential consequences, with respect to congressional status, that may result when a sitting Member of the House of Representatives is indicted for or is convicted of a felony.
Date: May 8, 2014
Creator: Maskell, Jack
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
U.S. Special Operations Forces (SOF): Background and Issues for Congress (open access)

U.S. Special Operations Forces (SOF): Background and Issues for Congress

This report covers Special Operations Forces (SOF) budgets for FY2014 and expected uses of the bugeted money. SOF actions play a significant role in U.S. military operations, and the Administration has given U.S. SOF greater responsibility for planning and conducting worldwide counterterrorism operations.
Date: May 8, 2014
Creator: Feickert, Andrew
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Ukraine: Current Issues and U.S. Policy (open access)

Ukraine: Current Issues and U.S. Policy

This report offers background information on Ukraine's current political and economic situation, as well as foreign policy towards NATO, the European Union, and Russia. It also discusses U.S. policy, U.S. aid to Ukraine, the congressional response, and other legislation.
Date: May 8, 2014
Creator: Woehrel, Steven
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Unauthorized Aliens in the United States: Policy Discussion (open access)

Unauthorized Aliens in the United States: Policy Discussion

This report discusses the unauthorized immigrant (illegal alien) population in the United States, which is a key and controversial immigration issue.
Date: May 8, 2014
Creator: Bruno, Andorra
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Unauthorized Aliens in the United States: Policy Discussion (open access)

Unauthorized Aliens in the United States: Policy Discussion

This report discusses the unauthorized immigrant (illegal alien) population in the United States, which is a key and controversial immigration issue.
Date: May 8, 2014
Creator: Bruno, Andorra
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library