Bill Text: TX SCR27 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Engrossed
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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.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2013-06-14 - Signed by the Governor [SCR27 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-SCR27-Engrossed.html
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.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2013-06-14 - Signed by the Governor [SCR27 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-SCR27-Engrossed.html
By: Rodriguez | 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; | ||
and | ||
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. |