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