Texas 2019 - 86th Regular

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2	1		By: Alvarado, Kolkhorst S.R. No. 816
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5		-	R E S O L U T I O N
6		-	WHEREAS, Hurricane Harvey struck the Texas coast on August
7		-	25, 2017, causing an estimated $125 billion in damage; and
	4	+	SENATE RESOLUTION
	5	+	WHEREAS, Hurricane Harvey struck the Texas coast on
	6	+	August 25, 2017, causing an estimated $125 billion in damage;
	7	+	and
8	8		WHEREAS, The second most destructive storm in American
9	9		history, the hurricane impacted approximately 30 percent of the
10	10		population of Texas, destroying homes, damaging infrastructure,
11	11		and displacing thousands of families along the coast; and
12	12		WHEREAS, The Federal Emergency Management Agency received
13	13		nearly 800,000 applications from affected Texans for some form of
14		-	assistance; as many as 83 percent of the people whose homes flooded
15		-	did not have flood insurance, creating unprecedented demand for
16		-	state and federal disaster recovery assistance; and
17		-	WHEREAS, The FEMA application process is so duplicative and
18		-	confusing, and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
19		-	regulations are so complex, that many survivors give up trying to
20		-	navigate the system and, therefore, receive no assistance; and
21		-	WHEREAS, Consolidating funding for recovery housing programs
22		-	into a single Disaster Housing Response and Recovery Block Grant
23		-	would increase efficiency, save taxpayer dollars, and speed the
24		-	recovery process by combining FEMA's short-term programs and HUD's
25		-	long-term programs; now, therefore, be it
26		-	RESOLVED, That the Senate of the 86th Texas Legislature
27		-	hereby respectfully urge the United States Congress to enact
28		-	legislation to consolidate disaster recovery housing funding into a
29		-	single Disaster Housing Response and Recovery Block Grant; and, be
30		-	it further
31		-	RESOLVED, That the secretary of the senate forward official
32		-	copies of this resolution to the president of the United States, to
33		-	the president of the Senate and the speaker of the House of
34		-	Representatives of the United States Congress, and to all the
35		-	members of the Texas delegation to Congress with the request that
36		-	this resolution be entered in the Congressional Record as a
37		-	memorial to the Congress of the United States of America.
	14	+	assistance; as many as 83 percent of the people whose homes
	15	+	flooded did not have flood insurance, creating unprecedented
	16	+	demand for state and federal disaster recovery assistance; and
	17	+	WHEREAS, The FEMA application process is so duplicative
	18	+	and confusing, and the United States Department of Housing and
	19	+	Urban Development regulations are so complex, that many
	20	+	survivors give up trying to navigate the system and, therefore,
	21	+	receive no assistance; and
	22	+	WHEREAS, Consolidating funding for recovery housing
	23	+	programs into a single Disaster Housing Response and Recovery
	24	+	Block Grant would increase efficiency, save taxpayer dollars,
	25	+	and speed the recovery process by combining FEMA's short-term
	26	+	programs and HUD's long-term programs; now, therefore, be it
	27	+	RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 86th
	28	+	Legislature, hereby respectfully urge the United States Congress
	29	+	to enact legislation to consolidate disaster recovery housing
	30	+	funding into a single Disaster Housing Response and Recovery
	31	+	Block Grant; and, be it further
	32	+	RESOLVED, That the secretary of the senate forward
	33	+	official copies of this resolution to the president of the United
	34	+	States, to the president of the Senate and the speaker of the
	35	+	House of Representatives of the United States Congress, and to
	36	+	all the members of the Texas delegation to Congress with the
	37	+	request that this resolution be entered in the Congressional
	38	+	Record as a memorial to the Congress of the United States of
	39	+	America.
	40	+	_______________________________
	41	+	President of the Senate
	42	+	I hereby certify that the
	43	+	above Resolution was adopted by
	44	+	the Senate on May 24, 2019, by the
	45	+	following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
	46	+	_______________________________
	47	+	Secretary of the Senate