Bill Text: TX SCR27 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Urging Congress to reauthorize Section 5056 of the Water Resources Development Act of 2007 and to appropriate sufficient funds for the Rio Grande Environmental Management Program.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2)
Status: (Passed) 2013-06-14 - Signed by the Governor [SCR27 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-SCR27-Enrolled.html
| S.C.R. No. 27 | ||
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| WHEREAS, The Rio Grande basin, a binational water resource, | ||
| is faced with serious environmental challenges due to increasing | ||
| development along the river in both Mexico and the United States; | ||
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| WHEREAS, A vital source of water for municipalities, | ||
| industry, agriculture, and Native American tribes, the Rio Grande | ||
| also supports nationally significant ecosystems for fish and | ||
| wildlife; along the river, the Chihuahuan Desert of New Mexico and | ||
| Texas is home to tremendous biodiversity; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Nothing stated in this resolution is intended to | ||
| apply to the interpretation or application of any interstate | ||
| compact or treaty; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Recognizing the critical importance of the Rio | ||
| Grande basin, the federal government established the Rio Grande | ||
| Environmental Management Program under Section 5056 of the Water | ||
| Resources Development Act of 2007 and authorized funding of up to | ||
| $15 million annually for projects along the river's main stem and | ||
| tributaries; moreover, the Act instructed the secretary of the army | ||
| to direct the rehabilitation and enhancement of fish and wildlife | ||
| habitat in partnership with local sponsors and to implement | ||
| long-term monitoring, data collection and analysis, applied | ||
| research, and adaptive management; and | ||
| WHEREAS, The Rio Grande Environmental Management Program | ||
| authority expired in September 2011, before any funds were | ||
| appropriated to carry it out; since then, water quality and the | ||
| environment have continued to deteriorate, and the need for | ||
| coordinated and collaborative action has become ever more urgent; | ||
| now, therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the 83rd Legislature of the State of Texas | ||
| hereby respectfully urge the United States Congress to reauthorize | ||
| Section 5056 of the Water Resources Development Act of 2007 and to | ||
| appropriate sufficient funds to carry out work related to that | ||
| legislation; 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, to the commanding | ||
| general of the United States Army Corps of Engineers, to the | ||
| assistant secretary of the United States Army (Civil Works), to the | ||
| commanders of the Albuquerque, Fort Worth, and Galveston Districts | ||
| of the United States Army Corps of Engineers, to the chair of the | ||
| Council on Environmental Quality, and to all the members of the | ||
| Texas delegation to Congress with the request that this resolution | ||
| be officially 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. 27 was adopted by the Senate | ||
| on May 15, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nay 0. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| I hereby certify that S.C.R. No. 27 was adopted by the House | ||
| on May 22, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 141, Nays 7, two | ||
| present not voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| Approved: | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
