Bill Text: TX SCR14 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced

Texas Senate Concurrent Resolution 14 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Expressing support for the completion of La Entrada al Pacifico international trade corridor.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-03-01 - Meeting cancelled [SCR14 Detail]

Download: Texas-2017-SCR14-Introduced.html

	2017S0096-1 01/25/17

	By: Seliger	S.C.R. No. 14



	CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
	WHEREAS, La Entrada al Pacifico is a state and federally
	designated trade corridor that is designed to connect West Texas
	with the Pacific port of Topolobampo in the state of Sinaloa,
	Mexico; and
	WHEREAS, This major new trade corridor, "the Gateway to the
	Pacific," was conceived in the 1990s to maximize the opportunities
	created by the North American Free Trade Agreement; the project has
	been advanced by a dynamic coalition that includes the
	Midland-Odessa Transportation Alliance and the economic
	development departments of the States of Chihuahua, Sinaloa, and
	Durango; and
	WHEREAS, Over the past two decades, trade with Mexico has
	continued to grow, and this new corridor will increase trade
	between West Texas and Chihuahua, one of the Lone Star State's
	largest export markets; and
	WHEREAS, The corridor will allow businesses in the
	Midland-Odessa area to access the Pacific Rim and East Asian
	nations through Topolobampo, a closer and less expensive
	alternative to the crowded Port of Los Angeles, and it will ease
	pressure on the highly congested international crossing at El Paso;
	and
	WHEREAS, The corridor will provide the communities it serves
	with enormous opportunities to participate in global economic
	expansion, and its completion will contribute significantly to the
	prosperity of Texas, Chihuahua, Durango, and Sinaloa; now,
	therefore, be it
	RESOLVED, That the 85th Legislature of the State of Texas
	hereby express support for the completion of La Entrada al Pacifico
	international trade corridor.