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85th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill 495, Chapter 99 (open access)

85th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill 495, Chapter 99

Bill introduced by the Texas Senate relating to certain procedural measures in a suit affecting a parent-child relationship to protect a child against child neglect or physical or sexual abuse.
Date: May 23, 2017
Creator: Texas. Legislature. Senate.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
85th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill 507, Chapter 100 (open access)

85th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill 507, Chapter 100

Bill introduced by the Texas Senate relating to mediation of the settlement of certain out-of-network health benefit claims involving balance billing.
Date: May 23, 2017
Creator: Texas. Legislature. Senate.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
85th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill 549, Chapter 101 (open access)

85th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill 549, Chapter 101

Bill introduced by the Texas Senate relating to refunds of certain bingo licensing and registration fees.
Date: May 23, 2017
Creator: Texas. Legislature. Senate.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
85th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill 559, Chapter 102 (open access)

85th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill 559, Chapter 102

Bill introduced by the Texas Senate relating to the miscellaneous gross receipts tax on utility companies.
Date: May 23, 2017
Creator: Texas. Legislature. Senate.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
85th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill 680, Chapter 103 (open access)

85th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill 680, Chapter 103

Bill introduced by the Texas Senate relating to step therapy protocols required by a health benefit plan in connection with prescription drug coverage.
Date: May 23, 2017
Creator: Texas. Legislature. Senate.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
85th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill 1033, Chapter 104 (open access)

85th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill 1033, Chapter 104

Bill introduced by the Texas Senate relating to authorization for the conveyance of certain real property from Texas Tech University to Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center.
Date: May 23, 2017
Creator: Texas. Legislature. Senate.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
85th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill 1171, Chapter 105 (open access)

85th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill 1171, Chapter 105

Bill introduced by the Texas Senate relating to the suspension and reactivation of the operation of the Texas Health Reinsurance System.
Date: May 23, 2017
Creator: Texas. Legislature. Senate.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
85th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill 1406, Chapter 106 (open access)

85th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill 1406, Chapter 106

Bill introduced by the Texas Senate relating to the authority of the commissioner of insurance to request a state innovation waiver for certain small group health benefit plans of certain federal actuarial value and level of coverage requirements.
Date: May 23, 2017
Creator: Texas. Legislature. Senate.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
85th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill 1516, Chapter 107 (open access)

85th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill 1516, Chapter 107

Bill introduced by the Texas Senate relating to the registration and regulation of appraisal management companies; authorizing fees; expanding the applicability of an occupational registration.
Date: May 23, 2017
Creator: Texas. Legislature. Senate.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
85th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill 1524, Chapter 108 (open access)

85th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill 1524, Chapter 108

Bill introduced by the Texas Senate relating to the movement of certain vehicles, including vehicles transporting an intermodal shipping container; authorizing a fee; creating an offense.
Date: May 23, 2017
Creator: Texas. Legislature. Senate.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
85th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill 1584, Chapter 109 (open access)

85th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill 1584, Chapter 109

Bill introduced by the Texas Senate relating to the conditions of community supervision.
Date: May 23, 2017
Creator: Texas. Legislature. Senate.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
85th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill 1630, Chapter 110 (open access)

85th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill 1630, Chapter 110

Bill introduced by the Texas Senate relating to cemeteries.
Date: May 23, 2017
Creator: Texas. Legislature. Senate.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
85th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Concurrent Resolution 52 (open access)

85th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Concurrent Resolution 52

Concurrent resolution introduced by the Texas House of Representatives and Senate urging Congress to pass S.2896, the Care Veterans Deserve Act of 2016.
Date: May 23, 2017
Creator: Texas. Legislature. Senate.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
Department of Veterans Affairs FY2017 Appropriations (open access)

Department of Veterans Affairs FY2017 Appropriations

This report provides an overview of Veterans Affairs (VA) appropriations. The VA provides a range of benefits and services to veterans and eligible dependents who meet certain criteria as authorized by law.
Date: May 23, 2017
Creator: Panangala, Sidath Viranga
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Science and Technology Issues in the 115th Congress (open access)

Science and Technology Issues in the 115th Congress

This report briefly outlines an array of science and technology (S&T) policy issues that may come before the 115th Congress. Given the rapid pace of S&T advancement and its importance in many diverse public policy issues, S&T-related issues not discussed in this report may come before the 115th Congress. The selected issues are grouped into 9 categories: Overarching S&T Policy Issues, Agriculture, Biomedical Research and Development, Defense, Energy, Environment and Natural Resources, Homeland Security, Information Technology, Physical and Material Sciences, and Space. Each of these categories includes concise analysis of multiple policy issues. The material presented in this report should be viewed as illustrative rather than comprehensive. Each section identifies CRS reports, when available, and the appropriate CRS experts to contact for further information and analysis.
Date: May 23, 2017
Creator: Gottron, Frank
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
U.S.-South Korea Relations (open access)

U.S.-South Korea Relations

This report contains two main parts: a section describing recent events and a longer background section on key elements of the U.S.-South Korea relationship. It also provides a list of CRS products on South Korea and North Korea. The report identifies South Korean individuals by using their last name first.
Date: May 23, 2017
Creator: Manyin, Mark E.; Chanlett-Avery, Emma; Nikitin, Mary Beth D.; Williams, Brock R. & Corrado, Jonathan R.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The United States Withdraws from the TPP (open access)

The United States Withdraws from the TPP

This report discusses discusses the withdrawal of the United States as a signatory from the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement as directed by President Trump.
Date: May 23, 2017
Creator: Williams, Brock R. & Fergusson, Ian F.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management's Five-Year Program for Offshore Oil and Gas Leasing: History and Proposed Program for 2017-2022 (open access)

The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management's Five-Year Program for Offshore Oil and Gas Leasing: History and Proposed Program for 2017-2022

The first two sections of this report discuss the history and legal framework for Bureau of Ocean Energy Management's (BOEM) five-year offshore oil and gas leasing programs. Subsequent sections outline BOEM's development process, briefly summarize previous years' programs, and analyze the proposal for 2017-2022. The final section of the report discusses the role of Congress, with a focus on congressional oversight and legislation related to the 2017-2022 program.
Date: May 23, 2016
Creator: Comay, Laura B.; Humphries, Marc & Vann, Adam
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act of 2016 (S. 524): Comparison of Senate- and House-Passed Versions (open access)

The Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act of 2016 (S. 524): Comparison of Senate- and House-Passed Versions

This report discusses selected differences and similarities between the Senate- and House-passed versions of the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act of 2016 (CARA; S. 524), which aims to address the problem of opioid addiction in the United States. The two versions of the bill differ substantially. The scope of the differences may be illustrated by their structures: The Senate bill has 28 sections organized in 8 titles, whereas the House bill has 69 sections organized in 18 titles.
Date: May 23, 2016
Creator: Bagalman, Erin & Sacco, Lisa N.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
FHFA's Administrative Reform of Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, and the Housing Finance System (open access)

FHFA's Administrative Reform of Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, and the Housing Finance System

This report discusses housing finance reform and structural changes enacted by the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), particularly in relation to government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs). It includes sections on GSEs and conservatorship; FHFA reforms broken down into information about risk-sharing transactions, a common securitization platform, and single security; and Congressional action on GSE reform.
Date: May 23, 2016
Creator: Hoskins, Sean M.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Honduras: Background and U.S. Relations (open access)

Honduras: Background and U.S. Relations

This report discusses various domestic issues in Honduras, including current political, economic and security conditions. It also examines the implications for U.S. policy.
Date: May 23, 2016
Creator: Meyer, Peter J.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Summary for Policy-makers (open access)

Summary for Policy-makers

Report summarizing the policy-relevant findings of the Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme' 2015 assessments of short-lived climate pollutants (Methane, Black carbon, and Ozone).
Date: May 23, 2016
Creator: Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0090 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0090

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: What qualifies as a "judicial function" of a county judge such that the judge may claim a state salary supplement under section 26.006 of the Government Code (RQ-0078-KP).
Date: May 23, 2016
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0091 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0091

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 article III, section 52 of the Texas Constitution prohibits a county from providing financial assistance to a nonprofit organization (RQ-0079-KP).
Date: May 23, 2016
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History