Joint resolution introduced by the Texas House of Representatives and Senate proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to permit professional sports team charitable foundations to conduct charitable raffles.

Bill introduced by the Texas Senate relating to increasing the punishment for the offense of fraudulent or fictitious military record.

This report discusses the COMPETES acts, policy debate and implementation status, enactment and re authorization and concluding observation.

This report discusses regulatory actions that have recently received attention in the 114th Congress including EPA's proposed regulations on the emissions of greenhouse gases (GHGs) from power plants, and a proposed revision of the ambient air quality standard for ozone.

This report discusses the evolution of a national critical infrastructure policy and the institutional structures established to implement it. Critical infrastructure includes physical assets used to produce and distribute services such as electricity (including the power plants and electric grid), communications, and computers. The report highlights five issues of Congressional concern: identifying critical assets; assessing vulnerabilities and risks; allocating resources; information sharing; and regulation.

This report provides an overview of the committee funding process in the House and analyzes funding levels since 1996.

This report reviews the current scientific understanding of induced seismicity, primarily in the context of Class II oil and gas waste water disposal wells.

This report analyzes U.S. and international sanctions against Iran and, in so doing, provides examples, based on a wide range of open source reporting, of companies and countries that conduct business with Iran.

This report provides a brief overview of Iran's nuclear program and describes the legal basis for the actions taken by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) board and the Security Council.

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This report tracks the legislative status in the 114th Congress of proposals to amend Title I of the Toxic Substances Control Act and includes a discussion of selected issues that have received more attention. This report does not present a comprehensive analysis of all provisions of relevant legislation, nor is this report intended to provide a detailed analysis of precise language and its legal or regulatory interpretation.

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This report outlines how different states and localities react to the enforcement of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) regarding unauthorized aliens. The report provides a detailed overview of different states challenging the provisions of the INA and the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) initiative, with cases ranging from the mid-1990's to December 2014.

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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 the University of Texas System Board of Regents to prohibit a regent from accessing records in the possession of the University (RQ-0020-KP).

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