Bill Text: TX SCR6 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Engrossed

Texas Senate Concurrent Resolution 6 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: Urging Congress to reimburse the State of Texas for bearing the financial burden of the federal government's responsibility to secure the Texas-Mexico international border during the 2012-2013 budget cycle.

Sponsorship: Strong Partisan Bill (Republican 19-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-05-19 - Committee report sent to Calendars [SCR6 Detail]

Download: Texas-2013-SCR6-Engrossed.html



	By: Estes, et al.	S.C.R. No. 6



	SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
	WHEREAS, It is the responsibility of the federal government
	to fully maintain the security of the Texas-Mexico international
	border; and
	WHEREAS, The federal government has neglected its duty to
	fully maintain the security of the Texas-Mexico international
	border; and
	WHEREAS, An unprotected border facilitates drug smuggling
	and human trafficking and opens the door to spillover violence from
	criminal cartels; moreover, the ease with which members of
	terrorist organizations can enter the country poses a grave threat
	to homeland security; and
	WHEREAS, The federal government's failure to prevent illegal
	entry has shifted much of the responsibility to the State of Texas;
	consequently, budget writers must weigh the costs of border
	security against the expense of other state services; during the
	2012-2013 budget cycle, Texas appropriated $221,600,000 for border
	security operations; and
	WHEREAS, The executive branch and the United States Congress
	have consistently delayed meaningful action on border security,
	forcing Texas to expend significant resources to keep the
	Texas-Mexico international border secure and placing an undue
	burden on the state's taxpayers; now, therefore, be it
	RESOLVED, That the 83rd Legislature of the State of Texas
	hereby express its dissatisfaction with the federal government's
	inadequate efforts to secure the Texas-Mexico international
	border; and, be it further
	RESOLVED, That the 83rd Legislature of the State of Texas
	hereby respectfully urge the Congress of the United States to
	reimburse the State of Texas in the amount of $221,600,000 for
	bearing the financial burden of the federal government's
	responsibility to secure the Texas-Mexico international border
	during the 2012-2013 budget cycle; 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 speaker of the house of representatives and to the president of
	the senate 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.