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1 Document(s) [ Subject: University of Texas at San Antonio ]
| Committee: | House Defense and Veterans' Affairs | |
| Title: | Interim Report | |
| Subjects: | Affordable housing | Base realignment and closure | Death benefits | Hazlewood Act | Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corp | Mental health services | Military bases | Military casualties | Military Department, Texas | Military families | Military personnel | Occupational licenses | Student aid | Suicide | Texas National Guard | University of Texas at San Antonio | Veterans | Veterans Commission, Texas | | |
| Library Call Number: | L1836.88 D361 | |
| Session: | 88th R.S. (2023) | |
| Online version: | View report [137 pages File size: 2,225 kb] | |
| Charges: | This report should address the charges below. | |
| 1. | Monitoring: Monitor the agencies and programs under the Committee’s jurisdiction and oversee the implementation of relevant legislation passed by the 88th Legislature. Conduct active oversight of all associated rulemaking and other governmental actions taken to ensure the intended legislative outcome of all legislation, including the following:
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| 2. | Identification and Support of Texas Veterans: Identify barriers to identifying and verification of veteran status. Make recommendations to improve identification efforts to better engage and support the state’s veteran populations. | |
| 3. | Professional License Portability for Military and Spouses: Evaluate compliance statewide with the Section 19 of the Veterans Auto and Education Improvement Act of 2022 (P.L. 117-333, 50 U.S.C. §4025a), concerning the portability of professional licenses of service members and spouses and make recommendations to ensure that service members and their spouses may, under appropriate circumstances, continue to practice under a license issued by another jurisdiction. | |
| 4. | Strength of Texas Military Bases: Review the federal criteria for considering and recommending base closure or realignment and evaluate the strength of Texas Military Bases under the scoring system utilized by the U.S. Department of Defense. Make recommendations to mitigate the risk of realignments or closures of military installations in Texas. | |
| 5. | Defense Research & Partnerships: Review the role and contributions of the University of Texas San Antonio to the defense of the state and nation through defense research, especially with regard to security infrastructure, talent recruitment, and development of partnerships with the federal government. | |
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