Bill Text: TX SR96 | 2021 | 87th Legislature 3rd Special Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Recognizing President Biden and Vice President Harris for providing ARPA funding to the state.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 13)
Status: (N/A - Dead) 2021-10-18 - Received by the Secretary of the Senate [SR96 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-SR96-Introduced.html
| 2021S0622-1 10/18/21 | ||
| By: Menéndez, et al. | S.R. No. 96 | |
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| WHEREAS, The federal American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 | ||
| (ARPA) provides $195 billion in funding to states to mitigate the | ||
| economic impact of COVID-19; and | ||
| WHEREAS, From the state's share of ARPA funding, the Texas | ||
| Legislature has appropriated $16.3 billion to address statewide | ||
| needs that are essential to recovery from the pandemic, such as | ||
| unemployment compensation, infrastructure, education, health | ||
| care, nutrition, and emergency management; and | ||
| WHEREAS, These appropriations, made under Senate Bill 8, | ||
| 87th Legislature, 3rd Called Session, include $7.2 billion to | ||
| reimburse the unemployment compensation fund, $500 million for | ||
| broadband infrastructure, $237 million to complete the | ||
| construction of a state hospital in Dallas, $2.5 billion for | ||
| hospital surge staffing, and $100 million for food banks and | ||
| home-delivered meals; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Senate Bill 8 also provides $160 million for | ||
| crime victims assistance, $200 million for cybersecurity, and | ||
| $325 million for university construction; and | ||
| WHEREAS, The legislature has additionally appropriated | ||
| from ARPA funds $300 million to build a state operations center | ||
| for emergency management, $113 million to provide mental health | ||
| services for children and families, and $286 million to the | ||
| Teacher Retirement System for insurance claims related to the | ||
| pandemic; and | ||
| WHEREAS, President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala | ||
| Harris provided pivotal leadership in encouraging bipartisanship | ||
| in the United States Congress in its enactment of this landmark | ||
| legislation; now, therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 87th | ||
| Legislature, 3rd Called Session, hereby extend its deepest and | ||
| most profound gratitude to President Biden and Vice President | ||
| Harris for their work in providing crucial ARPA funding to the | ||
| state. | ||
