Bill Text: TX SR458 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Recognizing the Mickey Leland Environmental Internship Program on the occasion of its 30th anniversary.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: (Passed) 2021-05-26 - Reported enrolled [SR458 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-SR458-Enrolled.html
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| WHEREAS, The Mickey Leland Environmental Internship | ||
| Program (MLEIP) is celebrating its 30th anniversary in 2021, and | ||
| this represents a fine opportunity to pay tribute to the success | ||
| of this unique initiative; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Administered by the Texas Commission on | ||
| Environmental Quality (TCEQ), MLEIP is named in memory of U.S. | ||
| Representative George "Mickey" Leland, in recognition of his | ||
| dedication to sound environmental stewardship; Congressman | ||
| Leland died in an airplane crash in 1989 while he was on a mission | ||
| to Ethiopia as chair of the U.S. House of Representatives Select | ||
| Committee on Hunger; and | ||
| WHEREAS, MLEIP was established by John Hall, the founding | ||
| chair of TCEQ's predecessor agency, the Texas Natural Resource | ||
| Conservation Commission, to provide college students with hands-on | ||
| experience in science and conservation; more than 500 students, | ||
| mostly STEM majors, apply to the program each year for the | ||
| opportunity to gain work experience, expand their knowledge, and | ||
| fulfill college requirements; participants are assigned to jobs at | ||
| the TCEQ and other state agencies, as well as city and county | ||
| governments, nonprofits, and private companies in Texas; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Over the past three decades, MLEIP has launched | ||
| the careers of nearly 2,500 interns, including women and people | ||
| of color as well as economically disadvantaged and | ||
| first-generation students; former program members now work in | ||
| leadership positions in science and technology across the | ||
| nation, and many have sponsored their own Leland interns; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Through the years, MLEIP has helped create the | ||
| next generation of leaders by providing exceptional students | ||
| with the opportunity to deepen their understanding of the natural | ||
| world while developing professional skills and networks; now, | ||
| therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 87th | ||
| Legislature, hereby commemorate the 30th anniversary of the | ||
| Mickey Leland Environmental Internship Program and extend to all | ||
| those associated with the initiative sincere best wishes for | ||
| continued success; and, be it further | ||
| RESOLVED, That an official copy of this Resolution be | ||
| prepared for MLEIP as an expression of high regard from the | ||
| Texas Senate. | ||
| Miles | ||
| ________________________________ | ||
| President of the Senate | ||
| I hereby certify that the | ||
| above Resolution was adopted by | ||
| the Senate on May 26, 2021. | ||
| ________________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| ________________________________ | ||
| Member, Texas Senate | ||
