Texas 2017 - 85th Regular

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1		-	By: Estes, et al. S.C.R. No. 26
2		-	(Darby)
	1	+	S.C.R. No. 26
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5	4		SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
6	5		WHEREAS, The Texas Legislature recognizes that this period in
7	6		our nation's history represents an opportunity for Texas to work
8	7		with the leadership of the federal government to transcend partisan
9	8		politics and correct misuses of federal regulatory power that have
10	9		threatened the Texas oil and gas industry, the jobs it creates, and
11	10		the economy of the state; and
12	11		WHEREAS, Texas oil and gas fields have provided a pathway
13	12		toward American energy independence from foreign powers, have
14	13		afforded financial security to hundreds of thousands of individuals
15	14		in Texas, and have delivered safe and reliable energy to fuel our
16	15		nation's economy; and
17	16		WHEREAS, During the past eight years, the federal government
18	17		has promulgated regulations that jeopardize the productivity of the
19	18		oil and gas fields of Texas; and
20	19		WHEREAS, New federal regulations have been proposed and
21	20		implemented despite the protests of Texas and many other oil and gas
22	21		producing states, resulting in overregulation that prioritizes
23	22		minor environmental gains over major productive losses; and
24	23		WHEREAS, The State of Texas has joined many other oil and gas
25	24		producing states to file more than 20 lawsuits against federal
26	25		overreach; now, therefore, be it
27	26		RESOLVED, That the 85th Legislature of the State of Texas
28	27		hereby respectfully urge the executive branch and the Congress of
29	28		the United States to work in conjunction with the State of Texas to
30	29		identify federal regulations promulgated during the last eight
31	30		years, especially those promulgated under the authority of the
32	31		United States Environmental Protection Agency, the United States
33	32		Department of the Interior, and the United States Department of
34	33		Energy, and determine whether they should be revised, delegated to
35	34		state agencies, or eliminated in order to ease the overly
36	35		burdensome regulatory patchwork on the oil and gas industry in
37	36		Texas; and, be it further
38	37		RESOLVED, That the Texas secretary of state forward official
39	38		copies of this resolution to the president of the United States, to
40	39		the president of the Senate and the speaker of the House of
41	40		Representatives of the United States Congress, and to all the
42	41		members of the Texas delegation to Congress with the request that
43	42		this resolution be entered in the Congressional Record as a
44	43		memorial to the Congress of the United States of America.
	44	+	______________________________ ______________________________
	45	+	President of the Senate Speaker of the House
	46	+	I hereby certify that S.C.R. No. 26 was adopted by the Senate
	47	+	on April 10, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 26, Nays 5.
	48	+	______________________________
	49	+	Secretary of the Senate
	50	+	I hereby certify that S.C.R. No. 26 was adopted by the House
	51	+	on May 24, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 141, Nays 4, two
	52	+	present not voting.
	53	+	______________________________
	54	+	Chief Clerk of the House
	55	+	Approved:
	56	+	______________________________
	57	+	Date
	58	+	______________________________
	59	+	Governor