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