Bill Text: TX HCR5 | 2011 | 82nd Legislature 1st Special | Introduced
Bill Title: Urging Congress to take appropriate action to ensure acceptable treatment of the public by personnel of the Transportation Security Administration.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 43-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-06-28 - Received from the House [HCR5 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HCR5-Introduced.html
By: Harper-Brown | H.C.R. No. 5 |
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WHEREAS, The citizens of this state and nation are protected | ||
from unreasonable search and seizure by the Fourth Amendment to the | ||
United States Constitution; and | ||
WHEREAS, Actions by agents of the Transportation Security | ||
Administration have subjected members of the public, before they | ||
may board airplanes or access certain public buildings, to | ||
intrusive pat downs that extend beyond the bounds of normal | ||
propriety; and | ||
WHEREAS, Although TSA has acknowledged its overreaching | ||
policy by making a change related to screening children, much more | ||
progress needs to be made; and | ||
WHEREAS, While recognizing that the security of this nation | ||
is paramount, and that all reasonable measures must be taken to | ||
protect the public, treating all travelers, including senior | ||
citizens and disabled individuals, as serious threats in no way | ||
contributes to this nation's safety; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the 82nd Legislature of the State of Texas, | ||
1st Called Session, hereby respectfully urge the Congress of the | ||
United States to take appropriate action to ensure acceptable | ||
treatment of the public by personnel of the Transportation Security | ||
Administration; 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 speaker of the house of representatives and the president of the | ||
senate of the United States Congress, to the administrator of the | ||
Transportation Security Administration, and to all the members of | ||
the Texas delegation to the 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. |