Bill Text: TX HR3316 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Enrolled

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Bill Title: Celebrating the expansion of the digital component of the State Capitol Medal of Honor exhibit to include recognition of recipients of the Texas Legislative Medal of Honor.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2015-05-30 - Reported enrolled [HR3316 Detail]

Download: Texas-2015-HR3316-Enrolled.html

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H.R. No. 3316

R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, The Medal of Honor exhibit at the State Capitol in
Austin is being expanded to include recognition of recipients of
the Texas Legislative Medal of Honor, the state's highest military
award; and
WHEREAS, In November 2014, the State Preservation Board
opened Above and Beyond: The Medal of Honor in Texas on the ground
floor of the State Capitol; this handsome exhibition features 91
winners of the Medal of Honor who were born or who entered service
in Texas; supplementing the physical display is the Capitol's
mobile tour platform, which allows visitors to scan the display's
QR code with a smartphone or other mobile device and access
additional information via the Internet about each Medal of Honor
winner, including images, video, and text; and
WHEREAS, In the near future, the recipients of the Texas
Legislative Medal of Honor will also be featured in the
exhibition's digital component; the Legislative Medal of Honor is
awarded to a member of the federal or state armed forces who was
born or who has resided in the state and who has demonstrated
"extraordinary merit," "voluntarily perform[ing] a deed of
personal bravery or self-sacrifice involving risk of life that is
so conspicuous as to clearly distinguish the service member for
gallantry and intrepidity"; the medal's recipients so far include
soldiers and marines who exhibited uncommon courage in combat
during World War II, the Vietnam War, and the war in Afghanistan;
and
WHEREAS, Eventually, tablet computers will be available at
the display in the Capitol, allowing visitors without mobile
devices to access the digital component; the State Preservation
Board is also updating its website to incorporate this same
information, which will later become part of a comprehensive
digital app; in time, the section about the Texas Legislative Medal
of Honor will include video of recipients or their families
receiving the medal from the Texas Legislature, as well as
interviews with recipients, their families, and sponsoring
legislators; and
WHEREAS, This exciting, state-of-the-art initiative by the
State Preservation Board will allow visitors to the Capitol and
people around the world the opportunity to learn the history of the
Texas Legislative Medal of Honor and the inspiring stories of its
recipients, and it helps pay proper tribute to those brave members
of our armed forces who have earned that notable accolade; now,
therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 84th Texas
Legislature hereby celebrate the recognition of recipients of the
Texas Legislative Medal of Honor in the State Capitol Medal of Honor
exhibit and extend to the staff of the State Preservation Board
sincere gratitude for their exceptional work on this project; and,
be it further
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be
prepared for the State Preservation Board as an expression of high
regard by the Texas House of Representatives.
Martinez Fischer
Straus González Otto
Allen Guerra Paddie
Alonzo Guillen Parker
Alvarado Gutierrez Paul
Anchia Harless Peña
Anderson of Dallas Hernandez Phelan
Anderson of McLennan Herrero Phillips
Ashby Howard Pickett
Aycock Huberty Price
Bell Hughes Raney
Bernal Hunter Raymond
Blanco Isaac Reynolds
Bohac Israel Riddle
Bonnen of Brazoria Johnson Rinaldi
Bonnen of Galveston Kacal Rodriguez of Bexar
Burkett Keffer Rodriguez of Travis
Burns Keough Romero, Jr.
Burrows King of Hemphill Rose
Button King of Parker Sanford
Canales King of Taylor Schaefer
Capriglione King of Uvalde Schofield
Clardy Klick Schubert
Coleman Koop Shaheen
Collier Krause Sheets
Cook Kuempel Sheffield
Craddick Landgraf Simmons
Crownover Larson Simpson
Cyrier Laubenberg Smith
Dale Leach Smithee
Darby Longoria Spitzer
Davis of Dallas Lozano Springer
Davis of Harris Lucio III Stephenson
Deshotel Márquez Stickland
Dukes Martinez Thompson of Brazoria
Dutton Martinez Fischer Thompson of Harris
Elkins McClendon Tinderholt
Faircloth Metcalf Turner of Collin
Fallon Meyer Turner of Harris
Farias Miles Turner of Tarrant
Farney Miller of Comal VanDeaver
Farrar Miller of Fort Bend Villalba
Fletcher Minjarez Vo
Flynn Moody Walle
Frank Morrison White of Bell
Frullo Muñoz, Jr. White of Tyler
Galindo Murphy Workman
Geren Murr Wray
Giddings Naishtat Wu
Goldman Nevárez Zedler
Gonzales Oliveira Zerwas
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Speaker of the House
I certify that H.R. No. 3316 was adopted by the House on May 29,
2015, by a non-record vote.
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Chief Clerk of the House