Texas 2017 - 85th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SCR35 Compare Versions

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1		-	By: Estes, et al. S.C.R. No. 35
2		-	(Flynn)
	1	+	By: Estes, Creighton S.C.R. No. 35
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5	4		SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
6	5		WHEREAS, It is the responsibility of the federal government
7	6		to fully maintain the security of the Texas-Mexico international
8	7		border; and
9	8		WHEREAS, The federal government has neglected its duty to
10	9		fully maintain the security of the Texas-Mexico international
11	10		border; and
12	11		WHEREAS, An unprotected border facilitates drug smuggling
13	12		and human trafficking and opens the door to spillover violence from
14	13		criminal cartels; moreover, the ease with which members of
15	14		terrorist organizations can enter the country poses a grave threat
16	15		to homeland security; and
17	16		WHEREAS, The federal government's failure to prevent illegal
18	17		entry has shifted much of the responsibility to the State of Texas;
19	18		consequently, budget writers must weigh the costs of border
20	19		security against the expense of other state services; during the
21	20		2012-2013 fiscal biennium, Texas spent $222,068,318 on border
22	21		security operations, and in the 2014-2015 fiscal biennium,
23	22		$467,872,482, and in the 2016-2017 fiscal biennium, $800,038,429;
24	23		and
25	24		WHEREAS, The executive branch and the United States Congress
26	25		have consistently delayed meaningful action on border security,
27	26		forcing Texas to expend significant resources to keep the
28	27		international border with Mexico secure and placing an undue burden
29	28		on the state's taxpayers; now, therefore, be it
30	29		RESOLVED, That the 85th Legislature of the State of Texas
31	30		hereby express its dissatisfaction with the federal government's
32	31		inadequate efforts to secure the Texas-Mexico international
33	32		border; and, be it further
34	33		RESOLVED, That the 85th Texas Legislature respectfully urge
35	34		the Congress of the United States to reimburse the State of Texas in
36	35		the amount of $1,489,979,229 for bearing the financial burden of
37	36		the federal government's responsibility to secure the Texas-Mexico
38	37		international border from 2012 through 2017; and, be it further
39	38		RESOLVED, That the Texas secretary of state forward official
40	39		copies of this resolution to the president of the United States, to
41	40		the president of the Senate and to the speaker of the House of
42	41		Representatives of the United States Congress, and to all the
43	42		members of the Texas delegation to Congress with the request that
44	43		this resolution be entered in the Congressional Record as a
45	44		memorial to the Congress of the United States of America.