The Federal Food Safety System: A Primer (open access)

The Federal Food Safety System: A Primer

This report discusses concerns about food safety, the resources required to ensure food safety, and whether federal food safety laws themselves, first enacted in the early 1900s, have kept pace with the significant changes that have occurred in the food production, processing, and marketing sectors since then.
Date: December 16, 2016
Creator: Johnson, Renée
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The National Historic Preservation Act: As Amended Through December 16, 2016 and Codified in Title 54 of the United States Code (open access)

The National Historic Preservation Act: As Amended Through December 16, 2016 and Codified in Title 54 of the United States Code

This document shows the provisions of th National Historic Preservation Act (“Act”) as they now appear in title 54 of the United States Code. This publication describes the attachment to assist those preservation stakeholders who for many years have referred to the Act’s various provisions according to the section numbers used in the 1966 public law and subsequent amendments (“old sections”). The attachment cross-references each of the old sections to the corresponding outdated title 16 legal cite and current title 54 legal cite.
Date: December 16, 2016
Creator: Texas Historical Commission
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
San Jacinto River Authority Annual Financial Report: 2016 (open access)

San Jacinto River Authority Annual Financial Report: 2016

Annual financial report of the San Jacinto River Authority documenting income, expenditures, and other relevant financial information for the fiscal year ending in August 31, 2016.
Date: December 16, 2016
Creator: San Jacinto River Authority (Tex.)
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Department of Transportation Annual Financial Report: 2016 (open access)

Texas Department of Transportation Annual Financial Report: 2016

Annual financial report of the Texas Department of Transportation documenting income, expenditures, and other relevant financial information for the fiscal year ending in August 31, 2016.
Date: December 16, 2016
Creator: Texas. Department of Transportation.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Register, Volume 41, Number 51, Pages 9807-10018, December 16, 2016 (open access)

Texas Register, Volume 41, Number 51, Pages 9807-10018, December 16, 2016

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: December 16, 2016
Creator: Texas. Secretary of State.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
U.S. Policy on Cuban Migrants: In Brief (open access)

U.S. Policy on Cuban Migrants: In Brief

This report discusses the U.S. policy on Cuban migration that has been shaped by a 1966 law known as the Cuban Adjustment Act, as amended, and U.S.-Cuban migration agreements signed in the mid-1990s, operating in conjunction with the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA).
Date: December 16, 2016
Creator: Bruno, Andorra
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Texas State Office of Risk Management Annual Financial Report: 2016 (open access)

Texas State Office of Risk Management Annual Financial Report: 2016

Annual financial report of the State Office of Risk Management documenting income, expenditures, and other relevant financial information for fiscal year 2016.
Date: November 16, 2016
Creator: Texas. State Office of Risk Management.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Novel Material Systems for the Next Generation of Flexible Pavement Structures—Phase 1 Preliminary Analysis of Field Test Data (open access)

Novel Material Systems for the Next Generation of Flexible Pavement Structures—Phase 1 Preliminary Analysis of Field Test Data

The final technical report for Phase I of this research project was divided into two parts; R1 and R2. This report R2 serves as a supplement to Report R1. Report R1 provided a detailed account of research activities conducted up to the construction of exploratory field test sections in Phase I. This report R2 provides a preliminary analysis of monitoring data collected from six exploratory field test sections. Based on early data, a seventh test section was also constructed
Date: October 16, 2016
Creator: James, Darryl; Senadheera, Sanjaya & Athukorallage, Bhagya
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Israel: Background and U.S. Relations in Brief (open access)

Israel: Background and U.S. Relations in Brief

This report focuses on recent dynamics in U.S.-Israel relations; U.S.-Israel next steps following the July 2015 Iranian nuclear deal; regional threats Israel perceives from Hezbollah, Syria, and elsewhere; recently intensified Israeli-Palestinian tensions and violence in connection with Jerusalem's holy sites; and domestic political developments in Israel.
Date: September 16, 2016
Creator: Zanotti, Jim
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Texas Register, Volume 41, Number 38, Pages 7227-7290, September 16, 2016 (open access)

Texas Register, Volume 41, Number 38, Pages 7227-7290, September 16, 2016

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: September 16, 2016
Creator: Texas. Secretary of State.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Focus Report, Volume 84, Number 9, August 16, 2016 (open access)

Focus Report, Volume 84, Number 9, August 16, 2016

"This report examines current Texas law and policies to help prevent financial exploration of the elderly and a few issues the Legislature may consider."
Date: August 16, 2016
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives. Research Organization.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Introduction to FEMA's National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) (open access)

Introduction to FEMA's National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP)

This report provides introductory information on key components of the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP), ranging from floodplain mapping to the standard flood insurance forms.
Date: August 16, 2016
Creator: Brown, Jared T.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
U.S. Nuclear Weapons Policy: Considering "No First Use" (open access)

U.S. Nuclear Weapons Policy: Considering "No First Use"

This report have discusses the benefits and risks of the U.S. nuclear weapons policy, known as a "no first use" pledge. U.S. officials have repeatedly stated that the United States could, under certain circumstances, use nuclear weapons against a state, even if the latter has not already done so.
Date: August 16, 2016
Creator: Woolf, Amy F.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
U.S. Trade Deficit and the Impact of Changing Oil Prices (open access)

U.S. Trade Deficit and the Impact of Changing Oil Prices

This report provides an estimate of the initial impact of the changing oil prices on the nation's merchandise trade balance.
Date: August 16, 2016
Creator: Jackson, James K.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The United Arab Emirates (UAE): Issues for U.S. Policy (open access)

The United Arab Emirates (UAE): Issues for U.S. Policy

This report discusses the current political and economic landscape of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and its relationship with the U.S. The UAE has been a significant U.S. partner in Gulf security for more than two decades, and the alliance has deepened further in recent years in order to address multiple regional threats.
Date: August 16, 2016
Creator: Katzman, Kenneth
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Department of the Interior's Final Rule on Offshore Well Control (open access)

The Department of the Interior's Final Rule on Offshore Well Control

This report discusses regulations regarding blowout preventer systems and well control for oil and gas operations on the U.S. outer continental shelf (81 Fed. Reg. 25887). The regulations aim to reduce the risk of an offshore oil or gas blowout that could jeopardize human safety and harm the environment.
Date: June 16, 2016
Creator: Comay, Laura B.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
EPA Releases First Ever National Wetland Condition Assessment (open access)

EPA Releases First Ever National Wetland Condition Assessment

This presentation provides an overview of the National Aquatic Resource Survey (NARS), including background information, accomplishments, and milestones.
Date: June 16, 2016
Creator: United States. Environmental Protection Agency.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Navy Ship Names: Background for Congress (open access)

Navy Ship Names: Background for Congress

This report discusses the process of naming Navy ships, which have traditionally been chosen and announced by the Secretary of the Navy. Rules for giving certain types of names to certain types of Navy ships have evolved over time.
Date: June 16, 2016
Creator: O'Rourke, Ronald
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
North American Leaders' Summit (open access)

North American Leaders' Summit

This report discusses the North American Leaders' Summits (NALS), a trilateral summit that meets in effort to increase cooperation on broader economic and security issues between the United States, Canada, and Mexico.
Date: June 16, 2016
Creator: Villarreal, M. Angeles
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Orlando Nightclub Mass Shooting: Gun Checks and Terrorist Watchlists (open access)

Orlando Nightclub Mass Shooting: Gun Checks and Terrorist Watchlists

This report discusses the policy climate surrounding gun control in the wake of the attack in an Orlando, Florida nightclub. On June 12, 2016, an armed assailant killed 49 people and wounded over 50 others in the club.
Date: June 16, 2016
Creator: Krouse, William J.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0095 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0095

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 rental property owner's use of an online payment option that is accompanied by a convenience fee involves the imposition of a credit-card surcharge in violation of state law (RQ-0084-KP).
Date: June 16, 2016
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
"Sense of" Resolutions and Provisions (open access)

"Sense of" Resolutions and Provisions

This report discusses specific kinds of resolutions by which Congress may formally express opinions about subjects of current national interest through freestanding simple or concurrent resolutions (called generically "sense of the House," "sense of the Senate," or "sense of the Congress" resolutions). These opinions expressing the views of one or both chambers may be included in other legislation upon introduction or subsequently added by amendment. This report identifies the various forms these expressions may take and the procedures governing such actions.
Date: May 16, 2016
Creator: Davis, Christopher M.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Sentencing Reform Act of 2015 (H.R. 3713): A Summary (open access)

The Sentencing Reform Act of 2015 (H.R. 3713): A Summary

This report examines H.R. 3713, the Sentencing Reform Act of 2015, which addresses the sentences that may be imposed in various drug and firearms cases. It proposes amendments to those areas of federal law that govern mandatory minimum sentencing requirements for drug and firearm offenses; the so-called safety valves which permits court to impose sentences below otherwise required mandatory minimums in the case of certain low-level drug offenders; and the retroactive application of the Fair Sentencing Act.
Date: May 16, 2016
Creator: Doyle, Charles
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Cars, Trucks, and Climate: EPA Regulation of Greenhouse Gases from Mobile Sources (open access)

Cars, Trucks, and Climate: EPA Regulation of Greenhouse Gases from Mobile Sources

This report focuses on EPA's completed and potential actions to limit greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from mobile sources, relying on the authorities in Title II of the Clean Air Act (CAA). We begin with a brief discussion of the petitions and court action that led to EPA's regulatory decisions.
Date: March 16, 2016
Creator: McCarthy, James E. & Yacobucci, Brent D.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library