Today's Committee Meetings on the LRL website is a calendar of interim committee hearings with links to agendas. The following may be helpful resources for upcoming hearings.
May 21st
Senate Committee on Veteran Affairs & Military Installations (El Paso)
Charge: "Commander's Council" - allowing commanders of Texas' military forces and installations to coordinate and communicate with Texas Legislature and state leadership
- Resolution Supporting the Use of "Commanders Councils," Council of State Governments, December 6, 2010
Charge: Veterans courts
- "After the Parade: Courts Ease Homecoming for Troubled Vets," Texas Observer, January 2012
- "The Battle on the Home Front: Special Courts Turn to Vets to Help Other Vets," ABA Journal, November 2011 (includes Texas)
- Veterans Defender Resource, Texas Indigent Defense Commission, March 28, 2012 (overview of veterans court components, veteran defender models, directory of veterans courts in Texas)
- Veterans' Courts, Texas Public Policy Foundation, November 2009
- "Why Veterans Should Get Their Own Courts," Atlantic Monthly, December 2011 (includes Dallas County, Texas)
Charge: Veterans Housing Assistance Program - Texas Veterans Commission's Fund for Veterans' Assistance
- Veterans Home Loans, General Land Office
May 22nd
House Committee on Human Services and House Committee on Public Health (Joint Hearing)
Charge: Food insecurity
- Map the Meal Gap, Feeding America, May 2012
- The Grocery Gap: Who Has Access to Healthy Food and Why It Matters, The Food Trust, March 2010
- Food Desert Locator, U.S. Department of Agriculture
- "More Healthy Options Are on School Cafeteria Menus," Houston Chronicle, April 17, 2012
- Blueprint to End Hunger, Texas Hunger Initiative, September 2011
- "Cottage Food Producers Wary of New Rules," Austin American-Statesman, February 12, 2012
- Evaluation of the Impact of Incentives Demonstrations on Participation in the Summer Food Service Programs (SFSP), FY 2010: Arkansas and Mississippi, U.S. Food & Nutrition Service, September 2011
- "Lawmakers Seek to Crack Down on Junk Food as Obesity Epidemic Worsens," Austin American-Statesman, April 19, 2011
- Healthy Eating Habits Baseline Study for SNAP, Texas Department of State Health Services, July 2009
- "Agriculture Chief: Delaying Farm Bill Would Hurt Rural U.S.," USA Today, April 27, 2012
May 23rd
House Committee on Transportation (Seabrook)
Topic: Port of Houston facilities tour
May 24th
House Committee on Transportation (Houston)
Charge: State's preparedness for the expansion of the Panama Canal
- "Panama Canal Expansion to Boost Local Business," Community Impact Newspaper, April 13, 2012
- Port and Inland Waterways Modernization: Options for the Future and Working Draft Report - Version 1 (April 2, 2012), U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
- "Panama Canal Expansion Raises Expectations in Houston," Texas Tribune, February 20, 2012
- Potential Effects of the Panama Canal Expansion on the Texas Transportation System: Final Report, Texas Department of Transportation, October 2011
Topic: Transit services for Texans with disabilities
- Human Service Transportation Coordination State Profile: Texas, National Conference of State Legislatures, March 2012
- Human Services Transportation Coordination, National Conference of State Legislatures
- Public Transportation Programs (see Elderly Individuals and Individuals with Disabilities), Texas Department of Transportation
- Section 5310 Elderly Individuals and Individuals with Disabilities Application Information Guide, Texas Department of Transportation, Revised June 16, 2011
- Help for Texans - Transportation, Texas Department of Aging and Disabilities Services
