| 1 | 1 | | 84R21346 RMA-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Springer H.C.R. No. 112 |
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| 5 | 5 | | CONCURRENT RESOLUTION |
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| 6 | 6 | | WHEREAS, Among the most urgent issues facing Texas is the |
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| 7 | 7 | | recent prolonged drought, which has caused a number of crop |
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| 8 | 8 | | failures on irrigated land; those occurrences have highlighted the |
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| 9 | 9 | | necessity for policies that promote responsible water usage and |
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| 10 | 10 | | water conservation; and |
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| 11 | 11 | | WHEREAS, The Federal Crop Insurance Corporation, managed by |
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| 12 | 12 | | the Risk Management Agency of the United States Department of |
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| 13 | 13 | | Agriculture, supports the economic stability of agriculture |
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| 14 | 14 | | through its crop insurance program, which assists American farmers |
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| 15 | 15 | | and agricultural entities in managing risk and the threat of |
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| 16 | 16 | | natural disasters; in the event of a crop failure, however, current |
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| 17 | 17 | | FCIC policy requires farmers to demonstrate good faith practices, |
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| 18 | 18 | | which include watering the failed crop, in order to qualify for |
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| 19 | 19 | | insurance benefits; and |
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| 20 | 20 | | WHEREAS, The USDA could further help sustain the agricultural |
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| 21 | 21 | | industry and our precious water resources by developing provisions |
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| 22 | 22 | | that encourage water conservation when crop failures occur; now, |
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| 23 | 23 | | therefore, be it |
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| 24 | 24 | | RESOLVED, That the 84th Legislature of the State of Texas |
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| 25 | 25 | | hereby respectfully urge the United States Congress to encourage |
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| 26 | 26 | | the U.S. Department of Agriculture to revise existing policies that |
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| 27 | 27 | | promote the waste of water after an irrigated crop has been declared |
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| 28 | 28 | | a failure; and, be it further |
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| 29 | 29 | | RESOLVED, That the Texas secretary of state forward official |
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| 30 | 30 | | copies of this resolution to the president of the United States, to |
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| 31 | 31 | | the secretary of agriculture, to the president of the Senate and the |
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| 32 | 32 | | speaker of the House of Representatives of the Congress of the |
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| 33 | 33 | | United States, to the chair of the House Committee on Agriculture |
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| 34 | 34 | | and the chair of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, |
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| 35 | 35 | | and Forestry, and to all members of the Texas delegation to Congress |
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| 36 | 36 | | with the request that this resolution be officially entered in the |
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| 37 | 37 | | Congressional Record as a memorial to the Congress of the United |
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| 38 | 38 | | States of America. |
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