Bill Text: TX HCR48 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced

Texas House Concurrent Resolution 48 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Expressing support for the Texas attorney general to bring an action against a federal agency to assert any claim the attorney general determines is justiciable to prevent the agency from violating federal law.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-02 - Referred to State Affairs [HCR48 Detail]

Download: Texas-2023-HCR48-Introduced.html

	88R9900 BPG-D

	By: Oliverson	H.C.R. No. 48



	CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
	WHEREAS, State attorneys general play a vital role in curbing
	federal government overreach; and
	WHEREAS, In recent years, the nation has drifted away from
	the bedrock principle set forth in the Tenth Amendment to the
	U.S. Constitution, which states: "The powers not delegated to the
	United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the
	states, are reserved to the states respectively, or to the
	people."; ignoring the vision of the nation's founders, the federal
	government has shown itself ever more intent on amassing power,
	leading to overregulation by its agencies; and
	WHEREAS, State attorneys general, as the chief law
	enforcement officers of their states, have formed a bulwark against
	agencies that overstep their constitutional and statutory
	authority to promulgate laws and regulations that impinge on
	personal freedoms, usurp state authority, and impose unreasonable
	costs; in Texas, our attorney general has filed numerous lawsuits
	to uphold the U.S. Constitution and the rights of individual
	Texans, winning major victories in cases regarding such issues as
	religious freedom, immigration, school rights, the environment,
	and labor; and
	WHEREAS, Overregulation by federal agencies intrudes on the
	lives of Texans and hinders economic growth, and it is vital that
	our attorney general continue the fight to restore the balance
	between federal and state government as outlined in the
	U.S. Constitution; now, therefore, be it
	RESOLVED, That the 88th Legislature of the State of Texas
	hereby express support for the attorney general to bring an action
	against a federal agency to assert any claim the attorney general
	determines is justiciable to prevent the agency from violating
	federal law, including a claim to:
	(1) prevent the agency from imposing on this state an
	obligation that invades the powers of this state;
	(2) prevent the agency from discriminatorily denying
	this state's rightful status within the federal system; or
	(3) protect the health and well-being of this state's
	residents; and, be it further
	RESOLVED, That the Texas secretary of state forward an
	official copy of this resolution to the Texas attorney general.