| 1 | 1 | | 89R15388 KSM-F |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Parker S.C.R. No. 33 |
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| 7 | 7 | | CONCURRENT RESOLUTION |
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| 8 | 8 | | WHEREAS, President Donald J. Trump has declared that it is in |
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| 9 | 9 | | the national interest to promote America's affordable and reliable |
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| 10 | 10 | | energy resources to restore American prosperity; and |
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| 11 | 11 | | WHEREAS, Texas is a national leader in electricity |
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| 12 | 12 | | production, producing more electricity than any other state, nearly |
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| 13 | 13 | | twice as much as the second highest-producing state; and |
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| 14 | 14 | | WHEREAS, Texas continues to lead the nation in economic |
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| 15 | 15 | | development and electricity load growth; and |
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| 16 | 16 | | WHEREAS, Natural gas and nuclear generation plants create |
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| 17 | 17 | | reliable and affordable electricity for Texas families and |
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| 18 | 18 | | businesses and provide nearly half of Texas' electricity generation |
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| 19 | 19 | | overall; and |
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| 20 | 20 | | WHEREAS, These reliable and affordable electricity supplies |
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| 21 | 21 | | improve the quality of life for Texas families and are critical to |
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| 22 | 22 | | making Texas the best state in America to locate businesses; and |
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| 23 | 23 | | WHEREAS, The natural gas and nuclear generation plants |
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| 24 | 24 | | directly employed 12,242 people in the state in 2024; and |
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| 25 | 25 | | WHEREAS, The oil and gas industry in the state employed more |
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| 26 | 26 | | than 492,000 Texans in 2024; and |
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| 27 | 27 | | WHEREAS, Texas must preserve its existing nuclear and gas |
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| 28 | 28 | | fleet and support the expansion of gas and nuclear in the state, |
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| 29 | 29 | | including the development of new nuclear reactors; and |
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| 30 | 30 | | WHEREAS, These goals are supported by Sections 45U, 45Y, and |
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| 31 | 31 | | 48E of the Internal Revenue Code, which provide federal tax support |
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| 32 | 32 | | for new and existing nuclear technologies; now, therefore, be it |
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| 33 | 33 | | RESOLVED, That the 89th Legislature of the State of Texas |
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| 34 | 34 | | hereby respectfully urge the Congress of the United States to |
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| 35 | 35 | | preserve Sections 45U, 45Y, and 48E of the Internal Revenue Code to |
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| 36 | 36 | | support the preservation and expansion of America's nuclear fleet; |
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| 37 | 37 | | and, be it further |
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| 38 | 38 | | RESOLVED, That the Texas secretary of state forward official |
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| 39 | 39 | | copies of this resolution to the president of the United States, to |
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| 40 | 40 | | the president of the Senate and the speaker of the House of |
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| 41 | 41 | | Representatives of the United States Congress, and to all the |
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| 42 | 42 | | members of the Texas delegation to Congress with the request that |
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| 43 | 43 | | this resolution be entered in the Congressional Record as a |
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| 44 | 44 | | memorial to the Congress of the United States of America. |
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