Texas 2023 - 88th Regular

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1		-	By: Perry, et al. S.R. No. 678
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4		-	SENATE RESOLUTION
	1	+	SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 678
5	2		WHEREAS, The Texas Senate finds that border security is a
6	3		federal responsibility; and
7		-	WHEREAS, Due to the lack of action by the federal
8		-	government, the State of Texas has been forced to continually
9		-	appropriate funds to secure the southern border of the United
10		-	States; and
	4	+	WHEREAS, Due to the lack of action by the federal government,
	5	+	the State of Texas has been forced to continually appropriate funds
	6	+	to secure the southern border of the United States; and
11	7		WHEREAS, Texas has taken these actions not just for the
12	8		people of Texas, but to help maintain safety and security across
13	9		the United States; and
14	10		WHEREAS, The human costs of sex trafficking, human
15	11		trafficking, drug proliferation, and the expansion of vast
16	12		criminal enterprises cannot be easily quantified; and
17	13		WHEREAS, The financial cost that the State of Texas has
18	14		paid or will pay to combat these criminal acts has totaled more
19	15		than $9,927,000,000; and
20		-	WHEREAS, The state has spent the following amounts on
21		-	border security in each of the most recent biennial state
22		-	budgets:
	16	+	WHEREAS, The state has spent the following amounts on border
	17	+	security in each of the most recent biennial state budgets:
23	18		2016-2017 - $800,000,000
24	19		2018-2019 - $800,000,000
25	20		2020-2021 - $800,600,000
26	21		2022-2023 - $2,926,400,000; and
27	22		WHEREAS, Texas plans to spend $4,600,000,000 to secure the
28	23		border in the 2024-2025 biennium; now, therefore, be it
29	24		RESOLVED, That the Senate of the 88th Texas Legislature
30		-	hereby respectfully request that the Congress of the United
31		-	~~States~~ fully reimburse the State of Texas for $9,927,000,000 in
32		-	~~expended~~ funds that were used or will be used to meet federal
33		-	~~obligations to~~ secure the southern border; and, be it further
	25	+	hereby respectfully request that the Congress of the United States
	26	+	fully reimburse the State of Texas for $9,927,000,000 in expended
	27	+	funds that were used or will be used to meet federal obligations to
	28	+	secure the southern border; and, be it further
34	29		RESOLVED, That Texas is not seeking reimbursement for
35	30		additional costs associated with securing the southern border,
36	31		including the additional strains that have been placed on the
37		-	state's healthcare and education systems, and the impacts on
38		-	local law enforcement or private property damage; and, be it
39		-	further
	32	+	state's healthcare and education systems, and the impacts on local
	33	+	law enforcement or private property damage; and, be it further
40	34		RESOLVED, That the secretary of the Senate forward
41	35		official copies of this resolution to the president of the United
42	36		States, to the president of the Senate and the speaker of the
43	37		House of Representatives of the United States Congress, and to
44	38		all the members of the Texas delegation to Congress with the
45	39		request that this resolution be officially entered in the
46	40		Congressional Record as a memorial to the Congress of the United
47	41		States of America.
48		-	_______________________________
	42	+	Perry
	43	+	Alvarado Hancock Miles Alvarado Hancock Miles
	44	+	Alvarado Hancock Miles
	45	+	Bettencourt Hinojosa Nichols Bettencourt Hinojosa Nichols
	46	+	Bettencourt Hinojosa Nichols
	47	+	Birdwell Huffman Parker Birdwell Huffman Parker
	48	+	Birdwell Huffman Parker
	49	+	Blanco Hughes Paxton Blanco Hughes Paxton
	50	+	Blanco Hughes Paxton
	51	+	Campbell Johnson Schwertner Campbell Johnson Schwertner
	52	+	Campbell Johnson Schwertner
	53	+	Creighton King Sparks Creighton King Sparks
	54	+	Creighton King Sparks
	55	+	Eckhardt Kolkhorst Springer Eckhardt Kolkhorst Springer
	56	+	Eckhardt Kolkhorst Springer
	57	+	Flores LaMantia West Flores LaMantia West
	58	+	Flores LaMantia West
	59	+	Gutierrez Menéndez Whitmire Gutierrez Menéndez Whitmire
	60	+	Gutierrez Menéndez Whitmire
	61	+	Hall Middleton Zaffirini Hall Middleton Zaffirini
	62	+	Hall Middleton Zaffirini
	63	+	Patrick, President of the Senate
	64	+	________________________________
49	65		President of the Senate
50	66		I hereby certify that the
51	67		above Resolution was adopted by
52		-	the Senate on May 29, 2023, by a
53		-	viva-voce vote.
54		-	_______________________________
	68	+	the Senate on May 29, 2023.
	69	+	________________________________
55	70		Secretary of the Senate
	71	+	________________________________
	72	+	Member, Texas Senate
	73	+
	74	+	Alvarado Hancock Miles
	75	+
	76	+	Bettencourt Hinojosa Nichols
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	78	+	Birdwell Huffman Parker
	79	+
	80	+	Blanco Hughes Paxton
	81	+
	82	+	Campbell Johnson Schwertner
	83	+
	84	+	Creighton King Sparks
	85	+
	86	+	Eckhardt Kolkhorst Springer
	87	+
	88	+	Flores LaMantia West
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	90	+	Gutierrez Menéndez Whitmire
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	92	+	Hall Middleton Zaffirini