Bill Text: TX SCR54 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Opposing the allocation of any state or federal money toward the construction of a border wall.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (N/A - Dead) 2019-03-27 - Referred to Vet Affairs & Border Security [SCR54 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-SCR54-Introduced.html
| 86R17200 KSM-F | ||
| By: Menéndez | S.C.R. No. 54 | |
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| 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. | ||
