Bill Text: TX HR2279 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Recognizing the Civil Air Patrol and the Texas Wing for their service to the citizens of Texas.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-05-26 - Reported enrolled [HR2279 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HR2279-Enrolled.html
H.R. No. 2279 |
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WHEREAS, The Civil Air Patrol (CAP) and the Texas Wing have | ||
rendered exceptional service to the citizens of this state; and | ||
WHEREAS, CAP was founded on December 1, 1941, as a volunteer | ||
organization to assist the United States military; assigned to the | ||
War Department in 1943, it was designated by Congress as an official | ||
auxiliary to the U.S. Air Force five years later and tasked with | ||
providing emergency services, aerospace education, and cadet | ||
programs; and | ||
WHEREAS, For more than eight decades, CAP has conducted | ||
aerial and ground search, rescue, and disaster operations for | ||
federal and state governments as well as local communities; the | ||
agency has contributed thousands of flight hours in search of | ||
missing persons, and it has conducted relief missions for regions | ||
impacted by natural disasters and oil spills; in addition, CAP | ||
played a vital role in the national response to the COVID-19 | ||
pandemic by distributing blood, test kits, vaccines, food, and | ||
other supplies; since September 11, 2001, it has completed a number | ||
of noncombatant homeland security and defense missions to ensure | ||
the safety of U.S. citizens and provide the air force and other key | ||
agencies with critical support and training; in 2015, CAP | ||
officially joined the Total Force of the U.S. Air Force; and | ||
WHEREAS, The Texas Wing of CAP contributes to the safety and | ||
welfare of all Texans by assisting state agencies, the Coast Guard, | ||
National Guard, Federal Emergency Management Agency, American Red | ||
Cross, and local first responders; today, the Texas Wing consists | ||
of nearly 1,800 senior members and over 2,200 cadet members; it also | ||
operates some 36 aircraft, 45 vehicles, and over 600 radio | ||
stations; and | ||
WHEREAS, The Texas Wing cadet program provides educational | ||
opportunities for youth, including character and leadership | ||
development initiatives, camping activities, emergency services | ||
training, and service and cyber defense competitions; moreover, | ||
CAP's volunteer pilots fly some 1,900 sorties each year, | ||
introducing numerous young Texans to aviation; the Texas Wing also | ||
supports teachers, students, and schools across the state through | ||
aerospace education programs, teacher orientation flights, and | ||
STEM kit initiatives; and | ||
WHEREAS, The dedicated volunteers of the Civil Air Patrol and | ||
the Texas Wing have worked tirelessly to aid and protect Texas | ||
residents in times of disaster, and they are to be commended for | ||
their many contributions; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 88th Texas | ||
Legislature hereby recognize the Civil Air Patrol and the Texas | ||
Wing for their service to the citizens of this state and extend to | ||
all those affiliated with the organizations sincere best wishes for | ||
the future. | ||
Oliverson | ||
______________________________ | ||
Speaker of the House | ||
I certify that H.R. No. 2279 was adopted by the House on May | ||
26, 2023, by a non-record vote. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Chief Clerk of the House | ||