Texas 2015 - 84th Regular

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1		-	By: Seliger, et al. S.C.R. No. 13
2		-	(Anchia)
	1	+	S.C.R. No. 13
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5	4		SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
6	5		WHEREAS, The efficient exploration, production, and
7	6		transportation of oil in Texas prevents waste of the state's
8	7		natural resources, contributes to the health, welfare, and safety
9	8		of the general public, and promotes the prosperity of the state; and
10	9		WHEREAS, The tax revenues and economic prosperity deriving
11	10		from this Texas energy renaissance have greatly benefited Texas
12	11		public schools, higher education, critical infrastructure
13	12		development, and public health and safety programs; and
14	13		WHEREAS, Improved technologies and abundant resources have
15	14		made America the world's leading oil and natural gas producer,
16	15		overtaking Saudi Arabia and Russia; and
17	16		WHEREAS, The 1970s-era federal law prohibiting crude oil
18	17		exports is a relic from an era of scarcity and flawed price control
19	18		policies; and
20	19		WHEREAS, Allowing American crude oil exports will strengthen
21	20		United States geopolitical influence by giving our trading partners
22	21		a more secure source of supply, and allowing the export of American
23	22		crude oil will make our allies less dependent on crude oil from
24	23		Russia and the Middle East; and
25	24		WHEREAS, The world's other major developed nations allow
26	25		crude oil exports, making America the only nation that does not take
27	26		full advantage of trading a valuable resource in what is an
28	27		otherwise global free market; and
29	28		WHEREAS, Crude oil exports will benefit America's national
30	29		security interests by decreasing the likelihood that global oil
31	30		supply can be used internationally as a strategic weapon; and
32	31		WHEREAS, Numerous studies have found that allowing American
33	32		crude oil into the world's free market will benefit United States
34	33		trade and American consumers while creating more high-paying jobs
35	34		for Texans to fill; and
36	35		WHEREAS, According to an analysis by the American Petroleum
37	36		Institute, Texas will lead all states in job growth following the
38	37		repeal of the ban, with an estimated 40,291 jobs by 2020; and
39	38		WHEREAS, Other studies have similarly found tremendous
40	39		prospective GDP growth from lifting the 1970s-era ban; and
41	40		WHEREAS, The United States is the largest exporter of refined
42	41		petroleum products and would benefit even more substantially from
43	42		the export of both crude oil and refined petroleum products; and
44	43		WHEREAS, At least seven independent studies have confirmed
45	44		that repealing the ban on American crude oil exports will lower gas
46	45		prices in the United States, benefiting Texas consumers and
47	46		businesses; and
48	47		WHEREAS, Thousands of small and large Texas businesses that
49	48		support oil and gas development will benefit from ongoing
50	49		production; and
51	50		WHEREAS, Manufacturers will benefit from less volatility in
52	51		energy costs; and
53	52		WHEREAS, The technology and brainpower behind the American
54	53		energy renaissance was mostly pioneered in Texas by Texans; and
55	54		WHEREAS, Encouraging a global marketplace that is more free
56	55		from artificial barriers will better allow the export of Texas
57	56		leadership and expertise, which will also ultimately economically
58	57		benefit Texas, the rest of the United States, and our friends around
59	58		the world; now, therefore, be it
60	59		RESOLVED, That the 84th Legislature of the State of Texas
61	60		hereby urge the United States Congress and the president of the
62	61		United States to recognize that crude oil exports and free trade are
63	62		in the national interest and take all necessary steps to eliminate
64	63		the current ban on crude oil exports; and, be it further
65	64		RESOLVED, That the Texas secretary of state forward official
66	65		copies of this resolution to the president of the United States, to
67	66		the United States secretary of commerce, to the United States
68	67		secretary of energy, to the majority leader of the Senate and the
69	68		speaker of the House of Representatives of the United States
70	69		Congress, and to all the members of the Texas delegation to Congress
71	70		with the request that this resolution be entered in the
72	71		Congressional Record as a memorial to the Congress of the United
73	72		States of America.
	73	+	______________________________ ______________________________
	74	+	President of the Senate Speaker of the House
	75	+	I hereby certify that S.C.R. No. 13 was adopted by the Senate
	76	+	on March 17, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 0.
	77	+	______________________________
	78	+	Secretary of the Senate
	79	+	I hereby certify that S.C.R. No. 13 was adopted by the House
	80	+	on May 19, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 142, Nays 1, one
	81	+	present not voting.
	82	+	______________________________
	83	+	Chief Clerk of the House
	84	+	Approved:
	85	+	______________________________
	86	+	Date
	87	+	______________________________
	88	+	Governor