Bill Text: TX HCR56 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Engrossed
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Bill Title: Recognizing Texas as a Purple Heart State.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 41-10)
Status: (Passed) 2017-05-29 - Signed by the Governor [HCR56 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HCR56-Engrossed.html
Bill Title: Recognizing Texas as a Purple Heart State.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 41-10)
Status: (Passed) 2017-05-29 - Signed by the Governor [HCR56 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HCR56-Engrossed.html
By: Shine, Cosper, Sheffield, et al. | H.C.R. No. 56 |
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WHEREAS, The Purple Heart is a combat decoration awarded to | ||
members of the United States armed forces who are wounded by an | ||
instrument of war in the hands of the enemy or presented to the next | ||
of kin in the name of those who are killed in action or die of wounds | ||
received in action; and | ||
WHEREAS, Originally established by General George Washington | ||
during the Revolutionary War, the Purple Heart was revived by means | ||
of a presidential executive order on February 22, 1932, the 200th | ||
anniversary of President Washington's birth, out of respect for his | ||
military achievements; the criteria were announced by the War | ||
Department on that date in General Order No. 3; and | ||
WHEREAS, Texas is home to 1.5 million veterans, representing | ||
5 percent of the nation's total veteran population; the state has 30 | ||
Purple Heart cities, 4 Purple Heart counties, and 9 Purple Heart | ||
universities, which have all committed to recognizing veterans and | ||
honoring their commitments to veterans services; in addition, Texas | ||
is home to Belton New Tech High at Waskow, the first high school in | ||
the nation to earn a Purple Heart School designation, and to Purple | ||
Heart Elementary School in El Paso; and | ||
WHEREAS, Numerous Texas agencies provide services to benefit | ||
former members of the military, including the Texas Veterans | ||
Commission, Texas Veterans' Land Board, Office of the Adjutant | ||
General, Texas Health and Human Services Commission, State Bar of | ||
Texas, Department of State Health Services, Texas Workforce | ||
Commission, Texas Workforce Investment Council, Texas Higher | ||
Education Coordinating Board, Texas Correctional Office on | ||
Offenders with Medical or Mental Impairments, Texas Commission on | ||
Jail Standards, Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs, | ||
and Texas Department of Agriculture; and | ||
WHEREAS, The State of Texas is dedicated to improving the | ||
lives of its veterans with the highest standard of services, and it | ||
acknowledges the enormous sacrifices made by recipients of the | ||
Purple Heart; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the 85th Legislature of the State of Texas | ||
hereby recognize Texas as a Purple Heart State and encourage | ||
agencies and government bodies at all levels to serve veterans with | ||
the same degree of devotion demonstrated by members of the armed | ||
forces in their service to our state and nation; and, be it further | ||
RESOLVED, That the Texas Legislature hereby designate | ||
February 22 as Purple Heart Day; 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. |