Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0014 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0014

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 school board trustee, whose powers have been suspended by the Texas Education Commissioner under chapter 39 of the Education Code, may run and serve as a city council member for a city located within the school district's boundaries (RQ-0007-KP).
Date: April 29, 2015
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0015 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0015

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: Constitutionality of section 54.341 of the Education Code, the Hazlewood Act (RQ-0009-KP).
Date: April 29, 2015
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality Area & Regional Offices (open access)

Texas Commission on Environmental Quality Area & Regional Offices

Sheet from the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) listing contact information for each of the 16 Texas regional offices as well as the watermasters. The back includes a map showing the counties included in each of the corresponding regions.
Date: September 29, 2015
Creator: Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality Area & Regional Offices (open access)

Texas Commission on Environmental Quality Area & Regional Offices

Sheet from the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) listing contact information for each of the 16 Texas regional offices as well as the watermasters. The back includes a map showing the counties included in each of the corresponding regions.
Date: September 29, 2015
Creator: Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
Costs and Benefits of Paid Family and Medical Leave in the District of Columbia (open access)

Costs and Benefits of Paid Family and Medical Leave in the District of Columbia

A report on the costs and benefits of paid family and medical leave for employees working in Washington, D.C.
Date: September 29, 2015
Creator: Hayes, Jeffrey
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Iran, Gulf Security, and U.S. Policy (open access)

Iran, Gulf Security, and U.S. Policy

This report discusses issues regarding Iran's political history and structure. It also takes a look at economic and defense policy responses for Congress, specifically focusing on Iran's nuclear capabilities.
Date: December 29, 2015
Creator: Katzman, Kenneth
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Former U.S. Hostages of Iran to be Eligible for Compensation (open access)

Former U.S. Hostages of Iran to be Eligible for Compensation

This legal sidebar briefly discusses the U.S. victims of the 1979-1981 Iran Hostage Crisis, who will become eligible to receive up to $4.4 million each in compensation, thanks to the Justice for United States Victims of State Sponsored Terrorism Act.
Date: December 29, 2015
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
China as the World’s “Largest Economy” (open access)

China as the World’s “Largest Economy”

Various media have recently reported that China has overtaken the United States to become the world’s largest economy (a position the United States had held at least since 1913), based on estimates of purchasing power parity (PPP) measurements and projections made by the International Monetary Fund (IMF). This report examines the data and its policy implications.
Date: January 29, 2015
Creator: Morrison, Wayne M.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Small Business Administration and Job Creation (open access)

Small Business Administration and Job Creation

The Small Business Administration (SBA) administers several programs to support small businesses, including loan guaranty programs, disaster loan programs, management and technical assistance training programs, and federal contracting programs. Congressional interest in these programs has increased in recent years, primarily because they are viewed as a means to stimulate economic activity, create jobs, and assist in the national economic recovery. This report examines the economic research on net job creation to identify the types of businesses that appear to create the most jobs.
Date: January 29, 2015
Creator: Dilger, Robert J.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Patent Litigation Reform Legislation in the 114th Congress (open access)

Patent Litigation Reform Legislation in the 114th Congress

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Date: July 29, 2015
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Veterans’ Benefits: Pension Benefit Programs (open access)

Veterans’ Benefits: Pension Benefit Programs

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Date: June 29, 2015
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
FHA Single-Family Mortgage Insurance: Recent Policy Changes and Proposed Legislation (open access)

FHA Single-Family Mortgage Insurance: Recent Policy Changes and Proposed Legislation

This report describes recent policy changes made by FHA and recent legislative proposals that would make additional changes to FHA's single-family program. For the most part, this report does not go into detail about the features of FHA-insured loans, FHA's market role, or its financial status, except as necessary to describe implemented or proposed policy changes.
Date: January 29, 2015
Creator: Jones, Katie
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Cybersecurity Issues and Challenges: In Brief (open access)

Cybersecurity Issues and Challenges: In Brief

This report provides information about Cybersecurity Issues and Challenges. People who perform cyberattacks generally fall into various categories like criminals, spies, nation-state warriors, terrorists, etc.
Date: April 29, 2015
Creator: Fischer, Eric A.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Medicare: Part B Premiums (open access)

Medicare: Part B Premiums

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Date: September 29, 2015
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Issues in the Reauthorization of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) (open access)

Issues in the Reauthorization of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)

This report considers topics that are likely to arise as the 114th Congress debates reauthorization.
Date: January 29, 2015
Creator: Elias, Bart & Tang, Rachel Y.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
EPA and the Army Corps’ Rule to Define “Waters of the United States” (open access)

EPA and the Army Corps’ Rule to Define “Waters of the United States”

This report describes the final revised rule--which the agencies refer to as the Clean Water Rule-- and includes a table comparing the existing regulatory language that defines "waters of the United States" with the revisions.
Date: June 29, 2015
Creator: Copeland, Claudia
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Medical Loss Ratio Requirements Under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA): Issues for Congress (open access)

Medical Loss Ratio Requirements Under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA): Issues for Congress

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Date: January 29, 2015
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
EPA and the Army Corps’ “Waters of the United States” Rule: Congressional Response and Options (open access)

EPA and the Army Corps’ “Waters of the United States” Rule: Congressional Response and Options

This report discusses several options that congress could consider and that are reflected in bills in the 114th Congress.
Date: June 29, 2015
Creator: Copeland, Claudia
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act: Legislative Actions in the 114th Congress (open access)

Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act: Legislative Actions in the 114th Congress

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Date: July 29, 2015
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
National Forest System Management: Overview, Appropriations, and Issues for Congress (open access)

National Forest System Management: Overview, Appropriations, and Issues for Congress

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Date: January 29, 2015
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) and U.S. Agriculture (open access)

The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) and U.S. Agriculture

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Date: May 29, 2015
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Conservation Compliance and U.S. Farm Policy (open access)

Conservation Compliance and U.S. Farm Policy

This report provides information about the Conservation Compliance and U.S. Farm Policy. Federal policies and programs have offered voluntary incentives to producers to plan and apply resource-conserving practices on private lands.
Date: May 29, 2015
Creator: Stubbs, Megan
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Inland Waterways Trust Fund (open access)

Inland Waterways Trust Fund

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Date: January 29, 2015
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
National Park Service: FY2016 Appropriations and Recent Trends (open access)

National Park Service: FY2016 Appropriations and Recent Trends

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Date: May 29, 2015
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library