| 1 | 1 | | 86R17200 KSM-F |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Menéndez S.C.R. No. 54 |
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| 5 | 5 | | CONCURRENT RESOLUTION |
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| 6 | 6 | | WHEREAS, The Texas Military Department has requested four |
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| 7 | 7 | | special budget items for the 86th Texas Legislative Session; and |
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| 8 | 8 | | WHEREAS, Having carefully assessed the needs of the military |
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| 9 | 9 | | in our state, the department seeks $12,758,734 for expansion of the |
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| 10 | 10 | | Texas State Guard, $5,804,910 for emergency and disaster |
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| 11 | 11 | | preparedness, $55,814,800 for facility management and operation, |
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| 12 | 12 | | and $1,710,000 for mental health and service member care; and |
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| 13 | 13 | | WHEREAS, These items are essential to the operations of the |
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| 14 | 14 | | 14 military bases in Texas, to support for members of the U.S. armed |
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| 15 | 15 | | forces serving in Texas, and to military preparedness in the Lone |
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| 16 | 16 | | Star State; the U.S. has invested billions of dollars in these |
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| 17 | 17 | | bases in the interest of national security, and the proposed |
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| 18 | 18 | | construction of a border wall threatens to jeopardize this |
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| 19 | 19 | | investment by pulling funding; and |
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| 20 | 20 | | WHEREAS, A number of special projects would be affected or |
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| 21 | 21 | | potentially halted if funding were pulled, including the Shoreview |
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| 22 | 22 | | Field Maintenance Shop in Fort Worth, the Army Aviation Support |
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| 23 | 23 | | Facility at Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Fort Worth, and the |
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| 24 | 24 | | Camp Mabry Microgrid Project; moreover, redirecting any amount of |
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| 25 | 25 | | funding from the Department of Defense would negatively impact |
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| 26 | 26 | | Joint Base San Antonio, which is home to Fort Sam Houston and |
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| 27 | 27 | | Randolph and Lackland Air Force Bases, and the Martindale Army |
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| 28 | 28 | | Airfield; and |
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| 29 | 29 | | WHEREAS, No action should be contemplated that reduces the |
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| 30 | 30 | | readiness of our military or places the well-being of our troops at |
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| 31 | 31 | | risk; now, therefore, be it |
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| 32 | 32 | | RESOLVED, That the 86th Legislature of the State of Texas |
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| 33 | 33 | | hereby oppose the allocation of any state or federal money toward |
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| 34 | 34 | | the construction of a border wall; and, be it further |
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| 35 | 35 | | RESOLVED, That the Texas secretary of state forward official |
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| 36 | 36 | | copies of this resolution to the president of the United States, to |
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| 37 | 37 | | the president of the Senate and the speaker of the House of |
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| 38 | 38 | | Representatives of the United States Congress, and to all the |
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| 39 | 39 | | members of the Texas delegation as an expression of sentiment by the |
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| 40 | 40 | | Texas House of Representatives and Senate. |
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