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.
June 26th
House Committee on Energy Resources
Charge: Energy production in Texas
- Texas Economy and Energy (presentation), Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, San Antonio Branch, June 28, 2011
- Annual Energy Outlook 2012 (abridged version), U.S. Energy Information Administration (January 23, 2012, full report due out June 2012)
Charge: Oil and gas well construction and pipeline safety
- Pipeline Safety, Railroad Commission of Texas
- Proceedings of the Technical Workshops for the Hydraulic Fracturing Study: Well Construction and Operation, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, May 2011
- State Oil and Natural Gas Regulations Designed to Protect Water Resources (See 5.B. – Well Construction), Ground Water Protection Council, May 2009
Charge: Well logs
Joint Committee on Human Trafficking
Charge: Services for victims of human trafficking
- Characteristics of Suspected Human Trafficking Incidents, 2008–2010, U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics, April 2011
- "The Lost Girls," Texas Monthly, April 2010
- "State Lacking Data on Human Trafficking, Officials Say," Austin American-Statesman, March 11, 2012
- Texas Human Trafficking Prevention Task Force Report to the Texas Legislature, Texas Attorney General, January 2011
Charge: Services for minor sex trafficking victims
- "Girls Victimized by Sex Trafficking Find Healing at Freedom Place," Houston Chronicle, June 1, 2012
- Fact Sheet on State Anti-Trafficking Laws, Center for Women Policy Studies, March 2012
- Protected Innocence Initiative: Texas Analysis and Recommendations and Texas Report Card, Shared Hope International, January 31, 2012
- "Underage Sex Trafficking is Everywhere Local Law Enforcement Looks, But Will Their Budgets Hold Out?" SACurrent.com, February 8, 2012
June 27th
House Committee on Agriculture & Livestock
Charge: Veterinarian care and agriculture business
- "Alarm Over Rural Veterinarian Shortage," ABC News, May 12, 2011
- Veterinary Medicine Loan Repayment Program (VMLRP) State-Designated Shortage Situations for 2011 (map), U.S. Department of Agriculture, last updated December 22, 2011
- Projecting the Need for Veterinary Medical Education in Texas: A Report to the Texas Legislature, Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, January 2009
Charge: Performance-enhancing drug testing of show horses, performance horses, and race horses
- Veterinary Department – Drug Testing and Drug Classification and Penalty Schedule for Horses (November 2004), Texas Racing Commission, last updated January 3, 2012
- 2011 Annual Report, Results of Drug Testing: 2011 Compared to 2010 (p. 25), Texas Racing Commission, January 31, 2012
House Committee on Border & Intergovernmental Affairs
Charge: Health disparities along the Texas-Mexico border
- "Promotores: Vital PRC Partners Promote Nutrition and Physical Activity," Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, April 2012
- "Conditions, Health Risks Sicken Colonias Residents," Texas Tribune, July 2011
- "The Cost Conundrum: What a Texas Town Can Teach Us About Health Care," The New Yorker, June 1, 2009
- South Texas Health Status Review, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, November 2007
Charge: Border economic development programs
- "How a Texas Border Town Boosts U.S. Manufacturing," Industry Week, May 18, 2012
- "What's Different About the Border Economy?", Texas Tribune, September 1, 2011
- State of the Border Region: Indicators Report 2010, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, July 2011
- Texas-Mexico Border Economy, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, March 3, 2011
- Texas in Focus: South Texas, Texas State Comptroller, August 2008
House Committees on Energy Resources and Natural Resources [Joint Hearing]
Charge: Hydraulic fracturing and HB 3328, 82nd Legislature
- The Economic Impact of the Eagle Ford Shale, The University of Texas at San Antonio Institute for Economic Development's Center for Community and Business Research, May 2012
- Fact-Based Regulation for Environmental Protection in Shale Gas Development, The Energy Institute, The University of Texas at Austin, February 2012
- Hydraulic Fracturing Frequently Asked Questions, Railroad Commission of Texas
Charge: Interplay of water and energy resources
- "The Energy-Water Nexus in Texas," Ashlynn S. Stillwell, et al., Webber Energy Group, The University of Texas at Austin, Ecology and Society, Special Issue on The Energy-Water Nexus: Managing the Links Between Energy and Water for a Sustainable Future, March 2012
- "How to Cool Down Texas Power Plants with Less Water" (interview with Ashlynn Stillwell), NPR StateImpact, March 16, 2012
- Water for Texas, 2012 State Water Plan, Texas Water Development Board, January 5, 2012 (steam-electric power generation water demand)
June 28th
House Committee on Economic & Small Business Development
Charge: Career and technical education (CTE)
- Investing in America’s Future: A Blueprint for Transforming Career and Technical Education, U.S. Department of Education - Office of Vocational and Adult Education, April 2012
- Texas Works 2008: Training and Education for All Texans, Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts, December 2008
- Career and Technical Education, Texas Education Agency
- Career and Technical/Workforce Education, Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board
- Office of Vocational and Adult Education, U.S. Department of Education
House Committee on Natural Resources
Charge: Interplay of water and energy resources
[See above.]
