84th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Concurrent Resolution 50 (open access)

84th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Concurrent Resolution 50

Concurrent resolution introduced by the Texas House of Representatives and Senate granting the legislature permission to adjourn for more than three days during the period beginning on Thursday, January 29, 2015, and ending on Monday, February 2, 2015.
Date: February 17, 2015
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
84th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Concurrent Resolution 53 (open access)

84th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Concurrent Resolution 53

Concurrent resolution introduced by the Texas House of Representatives and Senate inviting the chief justice of the Supreme Court of Texas to address a joint session of the legislature on February 18, 2015.
Date: February 17, 2015
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bee Health: The Role of Pesticides (open access)

Bee Health: The Role of Pesticides

This report briefly describes recent scientific research and analysis regarding the potential role of pesticides among the factors affecting the health and well-being of bees.
Date: February 17, 2015
Creator: Johnson, Renée & Corn, M. Lynne
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Tax Code (open access)

Tax Code

This code supersedes any provision of a municipal charter or ordinance relating to property taxation and provides general provisions for the definition of property and taxation.
Date: February 17, 2015
Creator: Texas. Legislature. Legislative Council.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0003 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0003

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 a county sheriff may solicit and receive public donations for programs of the sheriffs department (RQ-1214-GA).
Date: February 17, 2015
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR): A Primer for the 114th Congress (open access)

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR): A Primer for the 114th Congress

This report discusses the history of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR), the basic issues in the debate over wilderness versus development, the Native interests, and the energy and biological resources at stake.
Date: March 17, 2015
Creator: Corn, M. Lynne; Ratner, Michael & Alexander, Kristina
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 provides an overview of Arctic-related issues for Congress and refers readers to more in-depth CRS reports on specific relevant topics.
Date: March 17, 2015
Creator: O'Rourke, Ronald
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
China-U.S. Trade Issues (open access)

China-U.S. Trade Issues

Economic and trade reforms begun in 1979 have helped transform China into one of the world's fastest-growing economies. This report provides an overview of U.S.-China commercial relations, including major trade disputes.
Date: March 17, 2015
Creator: Morrison, Wayne M.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
EPA's Proposed Clean Power Plan: Conversion to Mass-Based Emission Targets (open access)

EPA's Proposed Clean Power Plan: Conversion to Mass-Based Emission Targets

This report discusses the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) mass-based conversion methodology and the resulting state-specific mass-based targets.
Date: March 17, 2015
Creator: Ramseur, Jonathan L.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
EPA's Proposed Clean Power Plan: Conversion to Mass-Based Emission Targets (open access)

EPA's Proposed Clean Power Plan: Conversion to Mass-Based Emission Targets

This report discusses the Environmental Protection Agency's mass-based conversion methodology and the resulting state-specific mass-based targets.
Date: March 17, 2015
Creator: Ramseur, Jonathan L.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act: Overview and Issues (open access)

Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act: Overview and Issues

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Date: March 17, 2015
Creator: Vincent, Carol Hardy
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Increased Campaign Contribution Limits in the FY2015 Omnibus Appropriations Law: Frequently Asked Questions (open access)

Increased Campaign Contribution Limits in the FY2015 Omnibus Appropriations Law: Frequently Asked Questions

This report provides brief answers to frequently asked questions about increased campaign contribution limits in the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015 (H.R. 83; P.L. 113-235), enacted and signed into law in December 2014.
Date: March 17, 2015
Creator: Garrett, R. Sam
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 Jordan's government and economy and of its cooperation with U.S. policy objectives in the Middle East, including the promotion of Arab-Israeli peace.
Date: March 17, 2015
Creator: Sharp, Jeremy M.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Special Order Speeches: Current House Practices (open access)

Special Order Speeches: Current House Practices

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Date: March 17, 2015
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
U.S. Manufacturing in International Perspective (open access)

U.S. Manufacturing in International Perspective

This report is designed to inform the debate over the health of U.S. manufacturing through a series of charts and tables that depict the position of the United States relative to other countries according to various metrics.
Date: March 17, 2015
Creator: Levinson, Marc
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Attribution in Cyberspace: Challenges for U.S. Law Enforcement (open access)

Attribution in Cyberspace: Challenges for U.S. Law Enforcement

This report discusses criminal attribution in the cyber security realm.
Date: April 17, 2015
Creator: Finklea, Kristin
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Community Services Block Grants (CSBG): Background and Funding (open access)

Community Services Block Grants (CSBG): Background and Funding

This report provides information about the Funding and Re authorization of Community Services Block Grants (CSBG).
Date: April 17, 2015
Creator: Spar, Karen
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Congressional Review Act: Frequently Asked Questions (open access)

The Congressional Review Act: Frequently Asked Questions

This report discusses the most frequently asked questions received by the Congressional Research Service about the Congressional Review Act.
Date: April 17, 2015
Creator: Carey, Maeve P.; Dolan, Alissa M. & Davis, Christopher M.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Cuba: Issues for the 114th Congress (open access)

Cuba: Issues for the 114th Congress

This report is divided into three major sections analyzing Cuba's political and economic environment, U.S. policy toward Cuba, and selected issues in U.S.-Cuban relations. While legislative initiatives are noted throughout the report where appropriate, a final section of the report provides a listing of bills and resolutions introduced in the 114th Congress.
Date: April 17, 2015
Creator: Sullivan, Mark P.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill: Recent Activities and Ongoing Developments (open access)

Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill: Recent Activities and Ongoing Developments

In the wake of the explosion of the Deepwater Horizon offshore drilling rig in the Gulf of Mexico on April 20, 2010, federal agencies, state and local government agencies, and responsible parties faced an unprecedented challenge. An oil discharge continued for 87 days, resulting in the largest ever oil spill in U.S. waters.
Date: April 17, 2015
Creator: Ramseur, Johnathan L
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
HIPAA Privacy, Security, Enforcement, and Breach Notification Standards (open access)

HIPAA Privacy, Security, Enforcement, and Breach Notification Standards

This report provides an overview of the HIPAA privacy, security, enforcement, and breach notification standards.
Date: April 17, 2015
Creator: Redhead, C. Stephen
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Medical Device Excise Tax: Economic Analysis (open access)

The Medical Device Excise Tax: Economic Analysis

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Date: April 17, 2015
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The National Institutes of Health (NIH): Background and Congressional Issues (open access)

The National Institutes of Health (NIH): Background and Congressional Issues

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Date: April 17, 2015
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Texas Register, Volume 40, Number 16, Pages 2133-2218, April 17, 2015 (open access)

Texas Register, Volume 40, Number 16, Pages 2133-2218, April 17, 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: April 17, 2015
Creator: Texas. Secretary of State.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History