Legal Services Corporation: Background and Funding (open access)

Legal Services Corporation: Background and Funding

This report discusses the responsibilities of Legal Services Corporation (LSC), which is a private, nonprofit, federally funded corporation that helps provide legal assistance to low-income people in civil (i.e., noncriminal) matters.
Date: May 21, 2015
Creator: Solomon-Fears, Carmen
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Transportation Conformity Under the Clean Air Act (open access)

Transportation Conformity Under the Clean Air Act

This report explains the Clean Air Act requirement that federal departments and agencies demonstrate that their activities--including projects that they fund--"conform" to state plans for achieving air quality standards. The report explains the statutory requirements, reviews the recent history of their implementation, and examines how conformity requirements might affect areas designated "nonattainment" for a revised ozone air quality standard.
Date: May 21, 2015
Creator: McCarthy, James E.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Overview of Constitutional Challenges to NSA Collection Activities (open access)

Overview of Constitutional Challenges to NSA Collection Activities

This report focuses on two main National Security Agency (NSA) collection activities approved by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC) established under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) of 1978. The first is the bulk collection of telephony metadata for domestic and international telephone calls. The second involves the interception of Internet-based communications.
Date: May 21, 2015
Creator: Liu, Edward C. & Nolan, Andrew
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
U.S. Trade with Free Trade Agreement (FTA) Partners (open access)

U.S. Trade with Free Trade Agreement (FTA) Partners

This report presents data on U.S. merchandise (goods) trade with its Free Trade Agreement (FTA) partner countries. The data are presented to show bilateral trade balances for individual FTA partners and groups of countries representing such major agreements as the North America Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and the Central American Free Trade Agreement and Dominican Republic (CAFTA-DR) relative to total U.S. trade balances.
Date: May 21, 2015
Creator: Jackson, James K.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Earmark Disclosure Rules in the House: Member and Committee Requirements (open access)

Earmark Disclosure Rules in the House: Member and Committee Requirements

This report outlines the major administrative responsibilities of Members and committees of the House of Representatives associated with the chamber's earmark disclosure rules. Earmark disclosure rules in both the House and Senate were implemented with the stated intention of bringing more transparency to congressionally directed spending. The administrative responsibilities associated with these rules vary by chamber.
Date: May 21, 2015
Creator: Lynch, Megan S.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Maps of 2015 Individual Exchange Enrollment by Zip Code (open access)

Maps of 2015 Individual Exchange Enrollment by Zip Code

This report presents a tool to examine exchange enrollment information by zip code with additional geographic boundaries.
Date: May 21, 2015
Creator: Uberoi, Namrata K. & Uzel, James C.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS): Waiver Authority and Modification of Volumes (open access)

The Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS): Waiver Authority and Modification of Volumes

This report discusses the process and criteria for the Environmental Protection Agency to waive various portions of the renewable fuel standard (RFS), and the modification of applicable volumes.
Date: May 21, 2015
Creator: Bracmort, Kelsi
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
84th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 1042, Chapter 48 (open access)

84th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 1042, Chapter 48

Bill introduced by the Texas House of Representatives relating to the designation of a site of unique value for the construction of a reservoir.
Date: May 21, 2015
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
84th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 1051, Chapter 49 (open access)

84th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 1051, Chapter 49

Bill introduced by the Texas House of Representatives relating to the creation of a campus of the Texas State Technical College System in Ellis County.
Date: May 21, 2015
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
84th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill 901, Chapter 54 (open access)

84th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill 901, Chapter 54

Bill introduced by the Texas Senate relating to the amount of temporary income benefits to which an injured employee is entitled under the workers' compensation system.
Date: May 21, 2015
Creator: Texas. Legislature. Senate.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
84th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill 1353, Chapter 56 (open access)

84th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill 1353, Chapter 56

Bill introduced by the Texas Senate relating to the provision and administration of indigent defense services.
Date: May 21, 2015
Creator: Texas. Legislature. Senate.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
84th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 1740, Chapter 52 (open access)

84th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 1740, Chapter 52

Bill introduced by the Texas House of Representatives relating to the administration of rabies vaccine under a local rabies control program.
Date: May 21, 2015
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
84th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 1219, Chapter 50 (open access)

84th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 1219, Chapter 50

Bill introduced by the Texas House of Representatives relating to a provisional license to practice funeral directing or embalming; amending provisions subject to a criminal penalty.
Date: May 21, 2015
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
84th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Joint Resolution 22 (open access)

84th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Joint Resolution 22

Joint resolution introduced by the Texas House of Representatives and Senate proposing a constitutional amendment relating to the right to hunt, fish, and harvest wildlife.
Date: May 21, 2015
Creator: Texas. Legislature. Senate.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
84th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 975, Chapter 47 (open access)

84th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 975, Chapter 47

Bill introduced by the Texas House of Representatives relating to charitable raffles conducted by certain professional sports team charitable foundations; creating a criminal offense.
Date: May 21, 2015
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
84th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill 925, Chapter 55 (open access)

84th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill 925, Chapter 55

Bill introduced by the Texas Senate relating to providing training academies for public school teachers who provide reading instruction to students in kindergarten through grade three.
Date: May 21, 2015
Creator: Texas. Legislature. Senate.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
84th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 1443, Chapter 51 (open access)

84th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 1443, Chapter 51

Bill introduced by the Texas House of Representatives relating to the Texas Identification Number system.
Date: May 21, 2015
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
84th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 3031, Chapter 53 (open access)

84th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 3031, Chapter 53

Bill introduced by the Texas House of Representatives relating to the decertification of a certified capital company.
Date: May 21, 2015
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
Earmark Disclosure Rules in the Senate: Member and Committee Requirements (open access)

Earmark Disclosure Rules in the Senate: Member and Committee Requirements

This report is categorized into five categories: (I) Introduction, (II) Senate Earmark Disclosure Rule, (III) Legislation Subject to the Rule, (IV) Requirement for Senators Submitting Earmark Requests and (V) Requirements for Committees.
Date: May 21, 2015
Creator: Lynch, Megan S.
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 discusses the issues related to changes in the Arctic sea. It's background and issues for Congress.
Date: May 21, 2015
Creator: O'Rourke, Ronald
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library