Bill Text: TX SCR16 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Engrossed


Bill Title: Designating November as Ukrainian Genocide Remembrance Month for a 10-year period beginning in 2023.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-04-10 - Referred to State Affairs [SCR16 Detail]

Download: Texas-2023-SCR16-Engrossed.html
 
 
  By: Parker S.C.R. No. 16
 
 
 
SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
  WHEREAS, Each November, individuals around the globe mark the
  somber anniversary of the Holodomor, the brutal and systematic
  starvation inflicted on the Ukrainian people by Joseph Stalin's
  Soviet regime in 1932 and 1933, an atrocity that resulted in the
  deaths of millions of people; and
         WHEREAS, In the years following the formation of the Soviet
  Union, political and ethnic tensions remained high in Ukraine, and
  a series of independence movements and revolts occurred throughout
  the 1920s, threatening Soviet rule; in response, the Stalinist
  government sought to erode the Ukrainian national identity and
  quash any resistance; and
         WHEREAS, Beginning in 1932, an artificial famine was created
  when Soviet officials greatly increased farm quotas and confiscated
  livestock, grain, and other crops; residents were confined to the
  region and purposefully left to starve, even as the Soviets
  continued to export locally grown grain to other areas; in
  addition, Ukrainian intellectual, cultural, and religious leaders
  were targeted for arrest and execution; and
         WHEREAS, While estimates vary, it is thought that between 3.5
  and 10 million Ukrainians perished in the Holodomor, a term meaning
  "murder by starvation"; moreover, those who spoke out about the
  true nature of the famine were prosecuted or executed; and
         WHEREAS, The Holodomor has been recognized as an act of
  genocide by the United States Senate and the U.S. Commission on the
  Ukrainian Famine, as well as by legislative bodies in Australia,
  Canada, Mexico, Poland, and numerous other nations; and
         WHEREAS, With the threat of genocide and tyranny still
  present in our world, this horrific episode in human history offers
  warnings that remain strikingly relevant, and it is incumbent upon
  the global community to learn from the past in order to prevent
  similar atrocities from occurring in the future; now, therefore, be
  it
         RESOLVED, That the 88th Legislature of the State of Texas
  hereby designate the month of November as Ukrainian Genocide
  Remembrance Month and urge the state's residents to reflect on the
  Holodomor and honor the memory of those who perished; and, be it
  further
         RESOLVED, That, in accordance with the provisions of Section
  391.004(d), Government Code, this designation remain in effect
  until the 10th anniversary of the date this resolution is finally
  passed by the legislature.
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