Bill Text: TX HCR31 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Urging Congress to encourage the U.S. Department of Agriculture to revise existing policies that promote the waste of water after an irrigated crop has been declared a failure.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 4)
Status: (Passed) 2017-05-26 - Signed by the Governor [HCR31 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HCR31-Enrolled.html
| H.C.R. No. 31 | ||
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| WHEREAS, Among the most urgent and costly issues facing Texas | ||
| is drought, which recently has caused a number of crop failures on | ||
| irrigated land; those occurrences have highlighted the necessity | ||
| for policies that promote responsible water usage and water | ||
| conservation; and | ||
| WHEREAS, The Federal Crop Insurance Corporation, managed by | ||
| the Risk Management Agency of the United States Department of | ||
| Agriculture, supports the economic stability of agriculture | ||
| through its crop insurance program, which assists American farmers | ||
| and agricultural entities in managing risk and the threat of | ||
| natural disasters; in the event of a crop failure, however, current | ||
| FCIC policy requires farmers to demonstrate good faith practices, | ||
| which include watering the failed crop, in order to qualify for | ||
| insurance benefits; and | ||
| WHEREAS, The USDA could further help sustain the agricultural | ||
| industry and our precious water resources by developing provisions | ||
| that encourage water conservation when crop failures occur; now, | ||
| therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the 85th Legislature of the State of Texas | ||
| hereby respectfully urge the United States Congress to encourage | ||
| the U.S. Department of Agriculture to revise existing policies that | ||
| promote the waste of water after an irrigated crop has been declared | ||
| a failure; 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 secretary of agriculture, to the president of the Senate and the | ||
| speaker of the House of Representatives of the Congress of the | ||
| United States, to the chair of the House Committee on Agriculture | ||
| and the chair of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, | ||
| and Forestry, and to all members of the Texas delegation to Congress | ||
| with the request that this resolution be officially entered in the | ||
| Congressional Record as a memorial to the Congress of the United | ||
| States of America. | ||
| Springer | ||
| Stucky | ||
| Gonzales of Williamson | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I certify that H.C.R. No. 31 was adopted by the House on April | ||
| 13, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 139, Nays 0, 2 present, not | ||
| voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| I certify that H.C.R. No. 31 was adopted by the Senate on May | ||
| 12, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| APPROVED: __________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| __________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
