Bill Text: TX HR2078 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Congratulating the Bureau of Economic Geology on its receipt of a Small Business Technology Transfer Phase 1 award through the United States Air Force AFWERX innovation program.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2021-06-02 - Reported enrolled [HR2078 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HR2078-Enrolled.html
| H.R. No. 2078 | ||
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| WHEREAS, The Bureau of Economic Geology, a research unit at | ||
| The University of Texas at Austin, has received a Small Business | ||
| Technology Transfer Phase 1 award through the United States Air | ||
| Force AFWERX innovation program; and | ||
| WHEREAS, The highly competitive Small Business Technology | ||
| Transfer program awards funding to small businesses in partnership | ||
| with nonprofit research institutions to facilitate the development | ||
| of commercially viable technology; the program includes a | ||
| three-phase process to assess the scientific, technical, and | ||
| commercial merits of an idea and, after a thorough evaluation is | ||
| made, to release the product into the marketplace; and | ||
| WHEREAS, The U.S. Air Force chose the Bureau of Economic | ||
| Geology to perform a feasibility study on the development of | ||
| closed-loop geothermal energy systems at Ellington Field Joint | ||
| Reserve Base in Houston, where it will work in collaboration with | ||
| the Texas Air National Guard and Texas-based energy company Sage | ||
| Geosystems; the geothermal energy systems being pioneered by Sage | ||
| Geosystems have attracted the attention of the military due to | ||
| their small physical footprint, grid independence, security, | ||
| non-reliance on supply chains, and sustainability; and | ||
| WHEREAS, With the promise to improve energy resiliency, | ||
| geothermal technology is an advancement that has the potential to | ||
| have wide application in the future, and federal funding will | ||
| greatly assist the Bureau of Economic Geology and Sage Geosystems | ||
| in making this concept a reality; now, therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 87th Texas | ||
| Legislature hereby congratulate the Bureau of Economic Geology on | ||
| its receipt of a Small Business Technology Transfer Phase 1 award | ||
| through the United States Air Force AFWERX innovation program and | ||
| extend to all those affiliated with the organization sincere best | ||
| wishes for the success of this venture; and, be it further | ||
| RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
| prepared for the Bureau of Economic Geology as an expression of high | ||
| regard by the Texas House of Representatives. | ||
| Guerra | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Speaker of the House | ||
| I certify that H.R. No. 2078 was adopted by the House on May | ||
| 31, 2021, by a non-record vote. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
