Bill Text: TX SCR26 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Urging Congress to review federal regulations on the oil and gas industry.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 3)
Status: (Passed) 2017-06-15 - Signed by the Governor [SCR26 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-SCR26-Enrolled.html
| S.C.R. No. 26 | ||
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| WHEREAS, The Texas Legislature recognizes that this period in | ||
| our nation's history represents an opportunity for Texas to work | ||
| with the leadership of the federal government to transcend partisan | ||
| politics and correct misuses of federal regulatory power that have | ||
| threatened the Texas oil and gas industry, the jobs it creates, and | ||
| the economy of the state; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Texas oil and gas fields have provided a pathway | ||
| toward American energy independence from foreign powers, have | ||
| afforded financial security to hundreds of thousands of individuals | ||
| in Texas, and have delivered safe and reliable energy to fuel our | ||
| nation's economy; and | ||
| WHEREAS, During the past eight years, the federal government | ||
| has promulgated regulations that jeopardize the productivity of the | ||
| oil and gas fields of Texas; and | ||
| WHEREAS, New federal regulations have been proposed and | ||
| implemented despite the protests of Texas and many other oil and gas | ||
| producing states, resulting in overregulation that prioritizes | ||
| minor environmental gains over major productive losses; and | ||
| WHEREAS, The State of Texas has joined many other oil and gas | ||
| producing states to file more than 20 lawsuits against federal | ||
| overreach; now, therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the 85th Legislature of the State of Texas | ||
| hereby respectfully urge the executive branch and the Congress of | ||
| the United States to work in conjunction with the State of Texas to | ||
| identify federal regulations promulgated during the last eight | ||
| years, especially those promulgated under the authority of the | ||
| United States Environmental Protection Agency, the United States | ||
| Department of the Interior, and the United States Department of | ||
| Energy, and determine whether they should be revised, delegated to | ||
| state agencies, or eliminated in order to ease the overly | ||
| burdensome regulatory patchwork on the oil and gas industry in | ||
| Texas; and, be it further | ||
| RESOLVED, That the Texas secretary of state forward official | ||
| copies of this resolution to the president of the United States, to | ||
| the president of the Senate and the speaker of the House of | ||
| Representatives of the United States Congress, and to all the | ||
| members of the Texas delegation to Congress with the request that | ||
| this resolution be entered in the Congressional Record as a | ||
| memorial to the Congress of the United States of America. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I hereby certify that S.C.R. No. 26 was adopted by the Senate | ||
| on April 10, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 26, Nays 5. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| I hereby certify that S.C.R. No. 26 was adopted by the House | ||
| on May 24, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 141, Nays 4, two | ||
| present not voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| Approved: | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
