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.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 13-0)
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. | ||