Bill Text: TX HR227 | 2017 | 85th Legislature 1st Special Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Commending the Hunters for the Hungry program for helping to alleviate food insecurity.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2017-08-08 - Reported enrolled [HR227 Detail]

Download: Texas-2017-HR227-Introduced.html

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85S12436 KSM-D
By: Cyrier H.R. No. 227

R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, For more than 20 years, the Hunters for the Hungry
program has been working with hunger relief agencies to help feed
Texans in need; and
WHEREAS, Protein constitutes a vital component of
well-balanced, nutritious meals, and numerous food assistance
providers have reported a need for more protein supplies to serve
their clients; and
WHEREAS, Through the Hunters for the Hungry program, which is
part of the nonprofit Feeding Texas network, Texans can donate
legally tagged and field-dressed deer to participating processors;
the venison is then prepared for distribution to local food banks
and pantries, soup kitchens, and other groups; since the program's
launch, hunters have provided over two million pounds of meat,
creating an estimated 9.3 million servings of protein-rich food;
and
WHEREAS, In 2015, the state legislature passed a bill
allowing Texas hunters to make donations to Hunters for the Hungry
when purchasing hunting licenses; more than $88,000 was collected
during this legislation's inaugural year, helping to offset the
cost of processing more than 50,000 pounds of donated venison; and
WHEREAS, Hunters for the Hungry is helping to alleviate food
insecurity for countless Texas children, seniors, and families, and
the program and all those associated with it are indeed deserving of
special recognition; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 85th Texas
Legislature, 1st Called Session, hereby commend Hunters for the
Hungry and encourage Texans to support this worthwhile program.