|
|
HCR 8 |
87-0 (2021) |
Author: Raymond, Richard Peña
|
Urging the U.S. Congress to propose and submit to the states for ratification a federal balanced budget amendment to the U.S. Constitution. |
House: State Affairs
|
Referred to State Affairs |
|
|
HCR 9 |
87-0 (2021) |
Author: Raymond, Richard Peña
|
Urging the United States Congress to conduct a cost-benefit analysis regarding the risks of climate change and appropriate measures to address them. |
House: Environmental Regulation
|
Referred to Environmental Regulation |
|
|
HCR 14 |
87-0 (2021) |
Author: King, Phil | et. al.
|
Claiming sovereignty under the Tenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution over all powers not otherwise enumerated and granted to the federal government by the U.S. Constitution, serving notice to the federal government to halt and reverse certain mandates, and providing that certain federal legislation be prohibited or repealed. |
House: State Affairs
|
Left pending in committee |
|
|
HCR 16 |
87-0 (2021) |
Author: Reynolds, Ron
|
Urging Congress to pass universal background checks for all gun purchases. |
House: Homeland Security & Public Safety
|
Referred to Homeland Security & Public Safety |
|
|
HCR 19 |
87-0 (2021) |
Author: Reynolds, Ron
|
Urging Congress to abolish U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. |
House: State Affairs
|
Referred to State Affairs |
|
|
HCR 20 |
87-0 (2021) |
Author: Reynolds, Ron
|
Urging Congress to restore and strengthen the Voting Rights Act of 1965. |
House: Elections
|
Referred to Elections |
|
|
HCR 21 |
87-0 (2021) |
Author: Reynolds, Ron
|
Urging Congress to raise the federal minimum wage to $15 per hour. |
House: International Relations & Economic Development
|
Referred to International Relations & Economic Development |
|
|
HCR 34 |
87-0 (2021) |
Author: Reynolds, Ron
|
Urging Congress to pass the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act. |
House: Homeland Security & Public Safety
|
Referred to Homeland Security & Public Safety |
|
|
HCR 36 |
87-0 (2021) |
Author: Neave, Victoria
|
Urging the United States Congress to pass the I am Vanessa Guillén Act. |
House: Defense & Veterans' Affairs
|
Referred to Defense & Veterans' Affairs |
|
|
HCR 38 |
87-0 (2021) |
Author: Reynolds, Ron
|
Urging Congress to pass the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act. |
House: Elections
|
Referred to Elections |
|
|
HCR 39 |
87-0 (2021) |
Author: Lambert, Stan
|
Urging Congress to eliminate the Windfall Elimination Provision from the Social Security program. |
House: Pensions, Investments & Financial Services
|
Referred to Pensions, Investments & Financial Services |
|
|
HCR 42 |
87-0 (2021) |
Author: Cason, Jeff | et. al.
|
Urging Congress to repeal the Government Pension Offset and the Windfall Elimination Provision of the Social Security Act. |
House: Pensions, Investments & Financial Services
|
Referred to Pensions, Investments & Financial Services |
|
|
HCR 43 |
87-0 (2021) |
Author: Herrero, Abel
|
Urging Congress to repeal the Government Pension Offset and the Windfall Elimination Provision of the Social Security Act. |
House: Pensions, Investments & Financial Services
|
Referred to Pensions, Investments & Financial Services |
|
|
HCR 47 |
87-0 (2021) |
Author: Reynolds, Ron
|
Urging Congress to pass the Green New Deal. |
House: Environmental Regulation
|
Referred to Environmental Regulation |
|
|
HCR 48 |
87-0 (2021) |
Author: Harris, Cody
|
Urging Congress to pass legislation that would grant licensing authority for public school bus drivers to the states. |
House: Public Education
|
Referred to Public Education |
|
|
HCR 51 |
87-0 (2021) |
Author: Morales, Christina | et. al.
Sponsor: Alvarado, Carol | et. al.
|
Urging the United States Congress to pass the I am Vanessa Guillén Act. |
House: Defense & Veterans' Affairs
Senate: Veteran Affairs
|
Signed by the Governor |
|
|
HCR 52 |
87-0 (2021) |
Author: Harris, Cody | et. al.
|
Claiming sovereignty under the Tenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution over all powers not otherwise enumerated and granted to the federal government by the U.S. Constitution, serving notice to the federal government to halt and reverse certain mandates, and providing that certain federal legislation be prohibited or repealed. |
House: State Affairs
|
Postponed |
|
|
HCR 53 |
87-0 (2021) |
Author: Anchía, Rafael
|
Urging Congress to propose and submit to the states for ratification an amendment to the U.S. Constitution addressing campaign fundraising and spending limits. |
House: Elections
|
Referred to Elections |
|
|
HCR 63 |
87-0 (2021) |
Author: Reynolds, Ron
|
Urging Congress to pass H.R. 40 to establish the Commission to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals for African Americans. |
House: State Affairs
|
Referred to State Affairs |
|
|
HCR 71 |
87-0 (2021) |
Author: Lopez, Ray | et. al.
Sponsor: Blanco, César | et. al.
|
Urging Congress to bestow on Marcelino Serna the Congressional Medal of Honor. |
House: Defense & Veterans' Affairs
Senate: Veteran Affairs
|
Removed from local & uncontested calendar |
|
|
HCR 76 |
87-0 (2021) |
Author: Rodriguez, Eddie
|
Urging Congress to provide financial assistance to the states' unemployment compensation programs. |
House: Business & Industry
|
Referred to Business & Industry |
|
|
HJR 15 |
87-0 (2021) |
Author: Vasut, Cody | et. al.
|
Applying to the Congress of the United States to call a convention under Article V of the United States Constitution for the limited purpose of proposing an amendment to the constitution to prohibit abortion, euthanasia, and certain other acts. |
House: State Affairs
|
Referred to State Affairs |
|
|
HJR 95 |
87-0 (2021) |
Author: White, James
|
Applying to the Congress of the United States to call a convention under Article V of the United States Constitution for the limited purpose of proposing an amendment to the constitution to limit the number of terms that a person may be elected to Congress. |
House: State Affairs
|
Referred to State Affairs |
|
|
HR 10 |
87-0 (2021) |
Author: Shaheen, Matt | et. al.
|
Condemning China's practice of involuntary organ harvesting. |
House: State Affairs
|
Reported favorably as substituted |
|
|
HR 1993 |
87-0 (2021) |
Author: Capriglione, Giovanni | et. al.
|
Urging Congress to pass the "CHIPS for America Act" or any legislation that substantially increases the United States' investments in semiconductor manufacturing and research. |
|
Reported enrolled |
|
|
SCR 3 |
87-0 (2021) |
Author: Paxton, Angela | et. al.
Sponsor: Shaheen, Matt | et. al.
|
Condemning China's practice of involuntary organ harvesting. |
House: State Affairs
Senate: Health & Human Services
|
Signed by the Governor |
|
|
SCR 12 |
87-0 (2021) |
Author: Creighton, Brandon | et. al.
Sponsor: King, Phil | et. al.
|
Claiming sovereignty under the Tenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution over all powers not otherwise enumerated and granted to the federal government by the U.S. Constitution, serving notice to the federal government to halt and reverse certain mandates, and providing that certain federal legislation be prohibited or repealed. |
House: State Affairs
Senate: State Affairs
|
Signed by the Governor |
|
|
SCR 17 |
87-0 (2021) |
Author: Hughes, Bryan | et. al.
Sponsor: Herrero, Abel | et. al.
|
Urging Congress to repeal the Government Pension Offset and the Windfall Elimination Provision of the Social Security Act. |
House: Pensions, Investments & Financial Services
Senate: State Affairs
|
Signed by the Governor |
|
|
SCR 18 |
87-0 (2021) |
Author: Nichols, Robert
|
Urging Congress to pass legislation that would grant licensing authority for public school bus drivers to the states. |
Senate: Transportation
|
Referred to Transportation |
|
|
SCR 27 |
87-0 (2021) |
Author: Johnson, Nathan
|
Urging Congress to propose and submit to the states for ratification an amendment to the U.S. Constitution addressing campaign fundraising and spending limits. |
Senate: State Affairs
|
Referred to State Affairs |
|
|
SCR 34 |
87-0 (2021) |
Author: Alvarado, Carol | et. al.
|
Urging the United States Congress to pass the I am Vanessa Guillén Act. |
Senate: Veteran Affairs
|
Left pending in committee |
|
|
SCR 41 |
87-0 (2021) |
Author: Springer, Drew | et. al.
Sponsor: Middleton, Mayes
|
Urging Congress to propose and submit to the states for ratification the "Keep Nine" amendment to the U.S. Constitution. |
House: Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence
Senate: Jurisprudence
|
Signed by the Governor |
|
|
HCR 1 |
87-1 (2021) |
Author: Reynolds, Ron
|
Urging Congress to restore and strengthen the Voting Rights Act of 1965. |
House: Constitutional Rights & Remedies, Select
|
Referred to Constitutional Rights & Remedies |
|
|
HCR 2 |
87-1 (2021) |
Author: Reynolds, Ron
|
Urging Congress to pass the For the People Act. |
House: Constitutional Rights & Remedies, Select
|
Referred to Constitutional Rights & Remedies |
|
|
HCR 3 |
87-1 (2021) |
Author: Reynolds, Ron
|
Urging Congress to pass the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act. |
House: Constitutional Rights & Remedies, Select
|
Referred to Constitutional Rights & Remedies |
|
|
HCR 4 |
87-1 (2021) |
Author: Reynolds, Ron
|
Urging Congress to pass the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act. |
House: Homeland Security & Public Safety
|
Referred to Homeland Security & Public Safety |
|
|
HCR 5 |
87-1 (2021) |
Author: Reynolds, Ron
|
Urging Congress to pass a federal law requiring universal background checks for all firearm sales. |
House: Homeland Security & Public Safety
|
Referred to Homeland Security & Public Safety |
|
|
HCR 6 |
87-1 (2021) |
Author: Reynolds, Ron
|
Urging Congress to raise the federal minimum wage to $15 per hour. |
House: International Relations & Economic Development
|
Referred to International Relations & Economic Development |
|
|
HCR 7 |
87-1 (2021) |
Author: Reynolds, Ron
|
Urging Congress to pass H.R. 40 to establish the Commission to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals for African Americans. |
House: State Affairs
|
Referred to State Affairs |
|
|
HCR 8 |
87-1 (2021) |
Author: Bucy III, John
|
Urging Congress to pass the For the People Act and the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act. |
House: Constitutional Rights & Remedies, Select
|
Referred to Constitutional Rights & Remedies |
|
|
HCR 10 |
87-1 (2021) |
Author: Raymond, Richard Peña
|
Urging Congress to propose and submit to the states for ratification a federal balanced budget amendment to the U.S. Constitution. |
House: State Affairs
|
Referred to State Affairs |
|
|
HJR 16 |
87-1 (2021) |
Author: Vasut, Cody
|
Applying to the Congress of the United States to call a convention under Article V of the United States Constitution for the limited purpose of proposing an amendment to the constitution to prohibit abortion, euthanasia, and certain other acts. |
|
Filed |
|
|
HJR 17 |
87-1 (2021) |
Author: Vasut, Cody
|
Proposing a constitutional amendment to authorize the legislature to limit the maximum appraised value of real property for ad valorem tax purposes to 103.5 percent or more of the appraised value of the property for the preceding tax year. |
|
Filed |
|
|
HCR 4 |
87-2 (2021) |
Author: Reynolds, Ron
|
Urging Congress to restore and strengthen the Voting Rights Act of 1965. |
House: Constitutional Rights & Remedies, Select
|
Referred to Constitutional Rights & Remedies |
|
|
HCR 5 |
87-2 (2021) |
Author: Reynolds, Ron
|
Urging Congress to pass the For the People Act. |
House: Constitutional Rights & Remedies, Select
|
Referred to Constitutional Rights & Remedies |
|
|
HCR 6 |
87-2 (2021) |
Author: Reynolds, Ron
|
Urging Congress to pass the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act. |
House: Constitutional Rights & Remedies, Select
|
Referred to Constitutional Rights & Remedies |
|
|
HCR 7 |
87-2 (2021) |
Author: Reynolds, Ron
|
Urging Congress to pass the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act. |
House: Homeland Security & Public Safety
|
Referred to Homeland Security & Public Safety |
|
|
HCR 8 |
87-2 (2021) |
Author: Reynolds, Ron
|
Urging Congress to pass a federal law requiring universal background checks for all firearm sales. |
House: Homeland Security & Public Safety
|
Referred to Homeland Security & Public Safety |
|
|
HJR 10 |
87-2 (2021) |
Author: Vasut, Cody
|
Applying to the Congress of the United States to call a convention under Article V of the United States Constitution for the limited purpose of proposing an amendment to the constitution to prohibit abortion, euthanasia, and certain other acts. |
|
Filed |
|
|
HCR 1 |
87-3 (2021) |
Author: Reynolds, Ron
|
Urging Congress to pass the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act. |
House: Constitutional Rights & Remedies, Select
|
Referred to Constitutional Rights & Remedies |
|
|
HCR 2 |
87-3 (2021) |
Author: Reynolds, Ron
|
Urging Congress to restore and strengthen the Voting Rights Act of 1965. |
House: Constitutional Rights & Remedies, Select
|
Referred to Constitutional Rights & Remedies |
|
|
HCR 3 |
87-3 (2021) |
Author: Reynolds, Ron
|
Urging Congress to pass the For the People Act. |
House: Constitutional Rights & Remedies, Select
|
Referred to Constitutional Rights & Remedies |
|
|
HCR 4 |
87-3 (2021) |
Author: Reynolds, Ron
|
Urging Congress to pass the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act. |
House: Homeland Security & Public Safety
|
Referred to Homeland Security & Public Safety |
|
|
HCR 5 |
87-3 (2021) |
Author: Reynolds, Ron
|
Urging Congress to pass a federal law requiring universal background checks for all firearm sales. |
House: Homeland Security & Public Safety
|
Referred to Homeland Security & Public Safety |
|
|
HCR 6 |
87-3 (2021) |
Author: Reynolds, Ron
|
Urging Congress to raise the federal minimum wage to $15 per hour. |
House: International Relations & Economic Development
|
Referred to International Relations & Economic Development |
|
|
HCR 7 |
87-3 (2021) |
Author: Reynolds, Ron
|
Urging Congress to pass H.R. 40 to establish the Commission to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals for African Americans. |
House: State Affairs
|
Referred to State Affairs |
|
|
HCR 9 |
87-3 (2021) |
Author: Reynolds, Ron
|
Urging Congress to pass the Freedom to Vote Act. |
House: Constitutional Rights & Remedies, Select
|
Referred to Constitutional Rights & Remedies |
|
|
HCR 12 |
87-3 (2021) |
Author: Canales, Terry | et. al.
|
Urging Congress to pass legislation that would grant licensing authority for public school bus drivers to the states. |
House: Public Education
|
Referred to Public Education |
|
|
HCR 13 |
87-3 (2021) |
Author: Raymond, Richard Peña
|
Urging Congress to propose and submit to the states for ratification a federal balanced budget amendment to the U.S. Constitution. |
House: State Affairs
|
Referred to State Affairs |
|
|
HCR 15 |
87-3 (2021) |
Author: Middleton, Mayes | et. al.
|
Urging Congress to oppose the expansion of the Internal Revenue Service's power to track bank account transactions. |
House: State Affairs
|
Referred to State Affairs |
|
|
HJR 5 |
87-3 (2021) |
Author: Vasut, Cody
|
Applying to the Congress of the United States to call a convention under Article V of the United States Constitution for the limited purpose of proposing an amendment to the constitution to prohibit abortion, euthanasia, and certain other acts. |
|
Filed |
|
|
SCR 3 |
87-3 (2021) |
Author: Nichols, Robert | et. al.
Sponsor: Canales, Terry | et. al.
|
Urging Congress to pass legislation that would grant licensing authority for public school bus drivers to the states. |
House: Transportation
Senate: Transportation
|
Signed by the Governor |
|
|
SCR 5 |
87-3 (2021) |
Author: Springer, Drew
|
Urging Congress to oppose the burdensome reporting requirements included in the Biden administration's revenue proposals for fiscal year 2022. |
|
Filed |
|
|
HCR 12 |
86-0 (2019) |
Author: Johnson, Eric
|
Urging Congress to designate election day as a national holiday. |
House: Elections
|
Referred to Elections |
|
|
HCR 14 |
86-0 (2019) |
Author: Raymond, Richard Peña
|
Urging the U.S. Congress to propose and submit to the states for ratification a federal balanced budget amendment to the U.S. Constitution. |
House: State Affairs
|
Referred to State Affairs |
|
|
HCR 15 |
86-0 (2019) |
Author: Raymond, Richard Peña
|
Urging the United States Congress to conduct a cost-benefit analysis regarding the risks of climate change and appropriate measures to address them. |
House: Environmental Regulation
|
Referred to Environmental Regulation |
|
|
HCR 19 |
86-0 (2019) |
Author: Herrero, Abel | et. al.
Sponsor: Huffman, Joan | et. al.
|
Urging Congress to repeal the Government Pension Offset and the Windfall Elimination Provision of the Social Security Act. |
House: Pensions, Investments & Financial Services
Senate: Administration
|
Signed by the Governor |
|
|
HCR 25 |
86-0 (2019) |
Author: Neave, Victoria
|
Urging Congress to repeal the Government Pension Offset and the Windfall Elimination Provision of the Social Security Act. |
House: Pensions, Investments & Financial Services
|
Left pending in committee |
|
|
HCR 29 |
86-0 (2019) |
Author: Landgraf, Brooks
|
Urging Congress to establish a Medicaid block grant program for Texas. |
House: Appropriations
|
Referred to Appropriations |
|
|
HCR 30 |
86-0 (2019) |
Author: Reynolds, Ron
|
Urging Congress to raise the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour. |
House: International Relations & Economic Development
|
Referred to International Relations & Economic Development |
|
|
HCR 31 |
86-0 (2019) |
Author: Reynolds, Ron
|
Urging Congress to restore and strengthen the Voting Rights Act of 1965. |
House: Elections
|
Referred to Elections |
|
|
HCR 34 |
86-0 (2019) |
Author: Reynolds, Ron
|
Urging Congress to abolish U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. |
House: State Affairs
|
Referred to State Affairs |
|
|
HCR 49 |
86-0 (2019) |
Author: Muñoz, Jr., Sergio | et. al.
|
Urging Congress to oppose construction of a border wall through Bentsen-Rio Grande Valley State Park. |
House: Culture, Recreation & Tourism
|
Referred to Culture, Recreation & Tourism |
|
|
HCR 61 |
86-0 (2019) |
Author: Guillen, Ryan
|
Urging Congress to pass the Recovering America's Wildlife Act. |
House: Culture, Recreation & Tourism
|
Referred to Culture, Recreation & Tourism |
|
|
HCR 65 |
86-0 (2019) |
Author: Reynolds, Ron
|
Urging Congress to pass universal background checks for all gun purchases. |
House: Homeland Security & Public Safety
|
Referred to Homeland Security & Public Safety |
|
|
HCR 66 |
86-0 (2019) |
Author: Reynolds, Ron
|
Urging the United States Congress to impeach President Donald J. Trump. |
House: State Affairs
|
Referred to State Affairs |
|
|
HCR 68 |
86-0 (2019) |
Author: Anchía, Rafael
|
Urging Congress to propose and submit to the states for ratification an amendment to the U.S. Constitution overturning the Supreme Court's decision in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission. |
House: Elections
|
Referred to Elections |
|
|
HCR 72 |
86-0 (2019) |
Author: Muñoz, Jr., Sergio
|
Urging the president and Congress to continue to protect La Lomita Historical Park. |
House: Culture, Recreation & Tourism
|
Referred to Culture, Recreation & Tourism |
|
|
HCR 73 |
86-0 (2019) |
Author: Smith, Reggie | et. al.
|
Urging Congress to designate the Butterfield Overland Trail as a National Historic Trail. |
House: Culture, Recreation & Tourism
Senate: Water & Rural Affairs
|
Referred to Water & Rural Affairs |
|
|
HCR 74 |
86-0 (2019) |
Author: Lozano, J. M.
Sponsor: Campbell, Donna
|
Urging Congress to enact H.R. 613/S. 164, the TRICARE Reserve Select Improvement Act. |
House: Defense & Veterans' Affairs
Senate: Veteran Affairs & Border Security
|
Signed by the Governor |
|
|
HCR 80 |
86-0 (2019) |
Author: Reynolds, Ron
|
Urging Congress to enact legislation establishing a single-payer health care system. |
House: State Affairs
|
Referred to State Affairs |
|
|
HCR 88 |
86-0 (2019) |
Author: Reynolds, Ron
|
Urging Congress to pass stricter gun laws, including a ban on the sale of assault weapons. |
House: Homeland Security & Public Safety
|
Referred to Homeland Security & Public Safety |
|
|
HCR 90 |
86-0 (2019) |
Author: Shaheen, Matt | et. al.
|
Urging Congress to allow health savings accounts to be used for direct primary care. |
House: Insurance
|
Committee report sent to Calendars |
|
|
HCR 124 |
86-0 (2019) |
Author: Middleton, Mayes
|
Expressing support for a revised Coastal Texas Protection and Restoration Feasibility Study. |
House: Natural Resources
|
Left pending in committee |
|
|
HCR 147 |
86-0 (2019) |
Author: Landgraf, Brooks | et. al.
|
Urging Congress to work collectively toward a fair, equitable, and logical approach to federal transportation funding in any new federal transportation legislation considered. |
House: Transportation
|
Committee report sent to Calendars |
|
|
HCR 149 |
86-0 (2019) |
Author: Reynolds, Ron
|
Urging Congress to pass a constitutional amendment abolishing the Electoral College and creating a system for the direct election of presidents by popular vote. |
House: Elections
|
Referred to Elections |
|
|
HCR 150 |
86-0 (2019) |
Author: Reynolds, Ron
|
Memorializing the 116th Congress to pass H.R. 40 establishing a commission to study and develop reparation proposals for African Americans. |
House: State Affairs
|
Referred to State Affairs |
|
|
HCR 151 |
86-0 (2019) |
Author: Reynolds, Ron
|
Urging Congress to pass H.R. 7, the Paycheck Fairness Act. |
House: International Relations & Economic Development
|
Referred to International Relations & Economic Development |
|
|
HCR 153 |
86-0 (2019) |
Author: Reynolds, Ron
|
Expressing support for the Green New Deal. |
House: Environmental Regulation
|
Referred to Environmental Regulation |
|
|
HCR 154 |
86-0 (2019) |
Author: Reynolds, Ron
|
Urging Congress to pass comprehensive immigration reform that creates a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants. |
House: State Affairs
|
Referred to State Affairs |
|
|
HCR 156 |
86-0 (2019) |
Author: Reynolds, Ron
|
Urging Congress to oppose the transgender military ban. |
House: Defense & Veterans' Affairs
|
Referred to Defense & Veterans' Affairs |
|
|
HCR 167 |
86-0 (2019) |
Author: Kuempel, John
|
Urging Congress to pass legislation compensating the survivors and surviving families of the Sutherland Springs mass shooting for damages due to the failure of the U.S. Air Force to report the shooter's conviction to the FBI National Crime Information Center Database. |
House: State Affairs
|
Referred to State Affairs |
|
|
HCR 170 |
86-0 (2019) |
Author: Reynolds, Ron
|
Urging Congress to pass H.R. 1585, the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2019. |
House: Criminal Jurisprudence
|
Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence |
|
|
HCR 178 |
86-0 (2019) |
Author: Bonnen, Greg
|
Urging Congress to enact legislation directing the Department of Housing and Urban Development to rewrite the formula for the allocation of Community Development Block Grant for Disaster Recovery funds to low- and moderate-income people. |
House: Homeland Security & Public Safety
|
Referred to Homeland Security & Public Safety |
|
|
HJR 121 |
86-0 (2019) |
Author: Nevárez, Poncho | et. al.
|
Applying to the Congress of the United States to call a convention under Article V of the United States Constitution for the limited purpose of proposing an amendment to the United States Constitution to ensure balance, integrity, and transparency in our national campaign finance system. |
House: Elections
|
Left pending in committee |
|
|
HR 776 |
86-0 (2019) |
Author: Hinojosa, Gina
|
Urging the Texas delegation of Congress to support bipartisan climate action policy initiatives. |
House: Environmental Regulation
|
Referred to Environmental Regulation |
|
|
HR 1160 |
86-0 (2019) |
Author: Parker, Tan | et. al.
|
Urging Congress to unite in bipartisan support for the ratification of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement. |
House: International Relations & Economic Development
|
Reported enrolled |
|
|
HR 2109 |
86-0 (2019) |
Author: Phelan, Dade
|
Urging Congress to pass legislation to consolidate funding for FEMA temporary housing programs and HUD long-term housing programs into a single Disaster Housing Response and Recovery Block Grant. |
House: Homeland Security & Public Safety
|
Referred to Homeland Security & Public Safety |
|
|
SCR 1 |
86-0 (2019) |
Author: Creighton, Brandon | et. al.
|
Claiming sovereignty under the Tenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution over all powers not otherwise enumerated and granted to the federal government by the U.S. Constitution, serving notice to the federal government to halt and reverse certain mandates, and providing that certain federal legislation be prohibited or repealed. |
House: State Affairs
Senate: State Affairs
|
Referred to State Affairs |
|
|
SCR 5 |
86-0 (2019) |
Author: Huffman, Joan | et. al.
|
Urging Congress to repeal the Government Pension Offset and the Windfall Elimination Provision of the Social Security Act. |
Senate: State Affairs
|
Co-author authorized |
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SCR 13 |
86-0 (2019) |
Author: Hinojosa, Juan
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Urging Congress to oppose construction of a border wall through Bentsen-Rio Grande Valley State Park. |
Senate: Veteran Affairs & Border Security
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Referred to Vet Affairs & Border Security |
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SCR 23 |
86-0 (2019) |
Author: Fallon, Pat
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Urging Congress to designate the Butterfield Overland Trail as a National Historic Trail. |
Senate: Water & Rural Affairs
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Referred to Water & Rural Affairs |
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SCR 24 |
86-0 (2019) |
Author: Creighton, Brandon
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Expressing support for a revised Coastal Texas Protection and Restoration Feasibility Study. |
Senate: Natural Resources & Economic Development
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Referred to Natural Resources & Economic Development |
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SCR 25 |
86-0 (2019) |
Author: Taylor, Larry
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Urging the Texas delegation to Congress to express to the U.S. Maritime Administration and the jurisdictional congressional committees the critical need to provide a national security multimission training vessel to the Texas A&M Maritime Academy. |
Senate: Higher Education
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Referred to Higher Education |
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SCR 53 |
86-0 (2019) |
Author: Powell, Beverly
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Urging Congress to pass the Recovering America's Wildlife Act. |
Senate: Water & Rural Affairs
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Referred to Water & Rural Affairs |
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SCR 59 |
86-0 (2019) |
Author: Birdwell, Brian | et. al.
Sponsor: Miller, Rick
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Urging the president to designate a state funeral for the last surviving Medal of Honor recipient from World War II. |
House: Defense & Veterans' Affairs
Senate: Veteran Affairs & Border Security
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Signed by the Governor |
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SR 535 |
86-0 (2019) |
Author: Bettencourt, Paul | et. al.
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Declaring the crisis at the Texas-Mexico International Border an emergency and requesting Congress to adopt a budget that fully funds all means necessary to fully secure the Texas-Mexico International Border. |
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Reported enrolled |
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SR 760 |
86-0 (2019) |
Author: Nelson, Jane | et. al.
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Urging Congress to unite in bipartisan support for the ratification of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement. |
Senate: State Affairs
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Committee report printed and distributed |
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SR 816 |
86-0 (2019) |
Author: Alvarado, Carol | et. al.
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Urging Congress to enact legislation to consolidate disaster recovery housing funding into a single Disaster Housing Response and Recovery Block Grant. |
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Reported enrolled |
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HCR 26 |
85-0 (2017) |
Author: Keough, Mark | et. al.
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Claiming sovereignty under the Tenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution over all powers not otherwise enumerated and granted to the federal government by the U.S. Constitution. |
House: State & Federal Power & Responsibility, Select
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Left pending in committee |
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HCR 28 |
85-0 (2017) |
Author: Bell, Cecil | et. al.
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Expressing opposition to United Nations Agenda 21. |
House: State & Federal Power & Responsibility, Select
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Referred to State & Federal Power & Responsibility, Select |
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HCR 29 |
85-0 (2017) |
Author: Bell, Cecil | et. al.
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Declaring that presidential executive orders cannot interfere with states' rights. |
House: State & Federal Power & Responsibility, Select
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Left pending in committee |
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HCR 30 |
85-0 (2017) |
Author: Springer, Drew | et. al.
Sponsor: Estes, Craig
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Urging Congress to direct the Bureau of Land Management to affirm the provisions of the Red River Boundary Compact and to acknowledge that the vegetation line on the south bank of the Red River forms the boundary between Oklahoma and Texas. |
House: State & Federal Power & Responsibility, Select
Senate: Agriculture, Water & Rural Affairs
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Signed by the Governor |
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HCR 31 |
85-0 (2017) |
Author: Springer, Drew | et. al.
Sponsor: Perry, Charles
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Urging Congress to encourage the U.S. Department of Agriculture to revise existing policies that promote the waste of water after an irrigated crop has been declared a failure. |
House: State & Federal Power & Responsibility, Select
Senate: Agriculture, Water & Rural Affairs
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Signed by the Governor |
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HCR 33 |
85-0 (2017) |
Author: Anchía, Rafael | et. al.
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Urging Congress to consider the removal of trade, financial, and travel restrictions relating to Cuba. |
House: International Trade & Intergovernmental Affairs
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Left pending in committee |
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HCR 34 |
85-0 (2017) |
Author: Anchía, Rafael
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Urging Congress to propose and submit to the states for ratification an amendment to the U.S. Constitution overturning the Supreme Court's decision in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission. |
House: State & Federal Power & Responsibility, Select
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Left pending in committee |
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HCR 35 |
85-0 (2017) |
Author: Metcalf, Will | et. al.
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Urging Congress to amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to limit the types of food items eligible for purchase under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. |
House: State & Federal Power & Responsibility, Select
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Referred to State & Federal Power & Responsibility, Select |
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HCR 36 |
85-0 (2017) |
Author: Raymond, Richard Peña | et. al.
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Urging the U.S. Congress to propose and submit to the states for ratification a federal balanced budget amendment to the U.S. Constitution. |
House: State & Federal Power & Responsibility, Select
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Considered in Calendars |
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HCR 37 |
85-0 (2017) |
Author: Workman, Paul
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Calling on Congress to repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. |
House: State & Federal Power & Responsibility, Select
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Left pending in committee |
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HCR 38 |
85-0 (2017) |
Author: Stephenson, Phil | et. al.
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Urging Congress to abolish the current income-based system of taxation. |
House: State & Federal Power & Responsibility, Select
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Referred to State & Federal Power & Responsibility, Select |
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HCR 44 |
85-0 (2017) |
Author: Metcalf, Will | et. al.
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Urging Congress to pass S.2896, the Care Veterans Deserve Act of 2016. |
House: State & Federal Power & Responsibility, Select
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Laid on the table subject to call |
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HCR 45 |
85-0 (2017) |
Author: White, James
Sponsor: West, Royce | et. al.
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Urging Congress to bestow the Congressional Medal of Honor on Doris "Dorie" Miller for his heroism during World War II. |
House: Defense & Veterans' Affairs
Senate: Veteran Affairs & Border Security
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Signed by the Governor |
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HCR 52 |
85-0 (2017) |
Author: Flynn, Dan | et. al.
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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. |
House: State & Federal Power & Responsibility, Select
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Record vote |
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HCR 54 |
85-0 (2017) |
Author: Reynolds, Ron
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Urging Congress to keep the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. |
House: State & Federal Power & Responsibility, Select
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Referred to State & Federal Power & Responsibility, Select |
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HCR 58 |
85-0 (2017) |
Author: Lozano, J. M.
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Urging Congress to provide Texas with Medicaid block grants. |
House: State & Federal Power & Responsibility, Select
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Left pending in committee |
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HCR 59 |
85-0 (2017) |
Author: Bailes, Ernest | et. al.
Sponsor: Creighton, Brandon
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Urging Congress to pass a budget. |
House: State & Federal Power & Responsibility, Select
Senate: State Affairs
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Signed by the Governor |
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HCR 79 |
85-0 (2017) |
Author: Stephenson, Phil
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Urging Congress to abolish the current income based system of taxation. |
House: State & Federal Power & Responsibility, Select
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Referred to State & Federal Power & Responsibility, Select |
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HCR 82 |
85-0 (2017) |
Author: Turner, Chris
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Urging Congress to retain the tax exemption for municipal bonds. |
House: State & Federal Power & Responsibility, Select
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Received from the House |
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HCR 84 |
85-0 (2017) |
Author: Darby, Drew
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Urging Congress to identify federal regulatory programs that harm the Texas oil and gas industry and delegate relevant regulatory responsibilities to state agencies. |
House: State & Federal Power & Responsibility, Select
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Left pending in committee |
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HCR 87 |
85-0 (2017) |
Author: Paul, Dennis | et. al.
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Urging Congress to direct the Department of Defense to relocate the United States Africa Command to Ellington Field Joint Reserve Base in Houston. |
House: State & Federal Power & Responsibility, Select
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Received from the House |
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HCR 88 |
85-0 (2017) |
Author: Raymond, Richard Peña
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Urging Congress to revise funding formulas for Targeted Infrastructure Capability grants to emphasize threat assessment rather than population. |
House: International Trade & Intergovernmental Affairs
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Received from the House |
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HCR 90 |
85-0 (2017) |
Author: Bell, Cecil
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Urging Congress to repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. |
House: State & Federal Power & Responsibility, Select
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Referred to State & Federal Power & Responsibility, Select |
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HCR 98 |
85-0 (2017) |
Author: Blanco, César | et. al.
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Urging Congress and the president to reject the imposition of an import tax or border adjustment tax on trade with Mexico. |
House: International Trade & Intergovernmental Affairs
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Left pending in committee |
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HCR 100 |
85-0 (2017) |
Author: Neave, Victoria
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Urging Congress to repeal the Government Pension Offset and the Windfall Elimination Provision of the Social Security Act. |
House: State & Federal Power & Responsibility, Select
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Referred to State & Federal Power & Responsibility, Select |
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HCR 101 |
85-0 (2017) |
Author: Herrero, Abel | et. al.
Sponsor: Huffman, Joan | et. al.
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Urging Congress to repeal the Government Pension Offset and the Windfall Elimination Provision of the Social Security Act. |
House: State & Federal Power & Responsibility, Select
Senate: State Affairs
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Placed on intent calendar |
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HCR 104 |
85-0 (2017) |
Author: Frank, James
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Urging Congress to require the Bureau of Land Management to commission a gradient boundary survey of the south bank of the Red River. |
House: State & Federal Power & Responsibility, Select
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Referred to State & Federal Power & Responsibility, Select |
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HCR 105 |
85-0 (2017) |
Author: Bonnen, Dennis | et. al.
Sponsor: Hinojosa, Juan
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Encouraging Congress to pass legislation allowing the State of Texas to manage the Gulf of Mexico red snapper fishery out to 200 nautical miles. |
House: Culture, Recreation & Tourism
Senate: Agriculture, Water & Rural Affairs
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Signed by the Governor |
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HCR 106 |
85-0 (2017) |
Author: Deshotel, Joe | et. al.
Sponsor: Taylor, Larry | et. al.
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Urging Congress to provide sufficient federal funding for the construction of a storm surge barrier along the Texas coast. |
House: Land & Resource Management
Senate: Administration
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Signed by the Governor |
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HCR 119 |
85-0 (2017) |
Author: Reynolds, Ron
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Urging Congress to restore and strengthen the Voting Rights Act of 1965. |
House: State & Federal Power & Responsibility, Select
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Referred to State & Federal Power & Responsibility, Select |
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HCR 120 |
85-0 (2017) |
Author: Zedler, Bill
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Urging Congress to end the antitrust exemption for insurers. |
House: State & Federal Power & Responsibility, Select
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Referred to State & Federal Power & Responsibility, Select |
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HCR 127 |
85-0 (2017) |
Author: Raymond, Richard Peña
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Urging the United States Congress to conduct a cost-benefit analysis regarding the risks of climate change and appropriate measures to address them. |
House: State & Federal Power & Responsibility, Select
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Referred to State & Federal Power & Responsibility, Select |
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HCR 128 |
85-0 (2017) |
Author: Turner, Chris
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Urging Congress to bar investments in Russia until investigations into Russian interference with U.S. elections have been completed. |
House: State & Federal Power & Responsibility, Select
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Referred to State & Federal Power & Responsibility, Select |
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HJR 39 |
85-0 (2017) |
Author: Miller, Rick | et. al.
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Applying to the Congress of the United States to call a convention under Article V of the United States Constitution for the limited purpose of proposing one or more amendments to the constitution to impose fiscal restraints on the federal government, to limit the power and jurisdiction of the federal government, and to limit the terms of office of federal officials and members of Congress. |
House: State & Federal Power & Responsibility, Select
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Left pending in committee |
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HJR 44 |
85-0 (2017) |
Author: Workman, Paul | et. al.
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Applying to the Congress of the United States to call a convention under Article V of the United States Constitution for the limited purpose of proposing an amendment to the constitution to provide for a federal balanced budget. |
House: State & Federal Power & Responsibility, Select
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Committee report sent to Calendars |
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HJR 77 |
85-0 (2017) |
Author: Klick, Stephanie
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Rescinding the 1899 application of the 26th Texas Legislature to the United States Congress to call an unrestricted national convention under Article V of the United States Constitution for proposing undisclosed amendments to that Constitution. |
House: State & Federal Power & Responsibility, Select
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Referred to State & Federal Power & Responsibility, Select |
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HJR 78 |
85-0 (2017) |
Author: Klick, Stephanie
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Rescinding the 1901 and 1911 applications to the United States Congress to call a national convention under Article V of the United States Constitution for the direct election of U.S. Senators. |
House: State & Federal Power & Responsibility, Select
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Referred to State & Federal Power & Responsibility, Select |
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HJR 80 |
85-0 (2017) |
Author: Cain, Briscoe | et. al.
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Applying to the Congress of the United States to call a convention under Article V of the United States Constitution for the limited purpose of proposing an amendment to the constitution to limit the terms of office of members of Congress. |
House: State & Federal Power & Responsibility, Select
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Referred to State & Federal Power & Responsibility, Select |
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HJR 104 |
85-0 (2017) |
Author: Shaheen, Matt
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Urging the Congress of the United States to propose for ratification an amendment to the United States Constitution which would prohibit, with one exception, the practice of abortion within the United States or in any place subject to their jurisdiction or, in the alternative, applying to Congress to call a convention, pursuant to Article V of that Constitution, for the specific and limited purpose of proposing such an amendment to that Constitution for ratification. |
House: State & Federal Power & Responsibility, Select
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Referred to State & Federal Power & Responsibility, Select |
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HJR 120 |
85-0 (2017) |
Author: Hinojosa, Gina | et. al.
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Applying to Congress for a limited national convention for the exclusive purpose of proposing an amendment to the United States Constitution to restore balance and integrity to our elections. |
House: State & Federal Power & Responsibility, Select
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Referred to State & Federal Power & Responsibility, Select |
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HR 408 |
85-0 (2017) |
Author: Gutierrez, Roland
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Urging Congress to preserve the North American Free Trade Agreement. |
House: International Trade & Intergovernmental Affairs
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Committee report sent to Calendars |
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HR 603 |
85-0 (2017) |
Author: Anchía, Rafael | et. al.
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Condemning recent acts of anti-Semitism in the United States. |
House: State Affairs
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Referred to State Affairs |
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HR 1025 |
85-0 (2017) |
Author: Canales, Terry | et. al.
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Urging Congress to recognize the importance of trade between Texas and Mexico. |
House: International Trade & Intergovernmental Affairs
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Reported enrolled |
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HR 1833 |
85-0 (2017) |
Author: Craddick, Tom | et. al.
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Urging Congress to enact legislation to expand and extend the current federal tax credit for carbon capture, utilization, and storage under Section 45Q of the Internal Revenue Code. |
House: State & Federal Power & Responsibility, Select
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Reported enrolled |
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HR 2217 |
85-0 (2017) |
Author: Isaac, Jason
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Urging Congress to amend the Controlled Substances Act to exclude cannabidiol and cannabidiol-rich plants from the definition of "marijuana." |
House: Public Health
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Referred to Public Health |
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SCR 1 |
85-0 (2017) |
Author: Buckingham, Dawn | et. al.
Sponsor: Workman, Paul
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Calling on Congress to repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. |
House: State & Federal Power & Responsibility, Select
Senate: Health & Human Services
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Committee report sent to Calendars |
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SCR 2 |
85-0 (2017) |
Author: Hall, Bob
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Urging Congress to propose and submit to the states for ratification the Parental Rights Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. |
Senate: State Affairs
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Referred to State Affairs |
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SCR 3 |
85-0 (2017) |
Author: Creighton, Brandon | et. al.
Sponsor: Phelan, Dade
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Claiming sovereignty under the Tenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution over all powers not otherwise enumerated and granted to the federal government by the U.S. Constitution, serving notice to the federal government to halt and reverse certain mandates, and providing that certain federal legislation be prohibited or repealed. |
House: State & Federal Power & Responsibility, Select
Senate: State Affairs
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Committee report sent to Calendars |
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SCR 9 |
85-0 (2017) |
Author: Lucio, Jr., Eddie
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Urging Congress to explore and negotiate the creation of a binational framework allowing the United States and Mexico to address the threat of communicable diseases. |
Senate: Health & Human Services
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Referred to Health & Human Services |
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SCR 22 |
85-0 (2017) |
Author: Lucio, Jr., Eddie
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Urging Congress to recognize the importance of trade between Texas and Mexico. |
Senate: Natural Resources & Economic Development
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Referred to Natural Resources & Economic Development |
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SCR 24 |
85-0 (2017) |
Author: Perry, Charles
Sponsor: Klick, Stephanie
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Urging the United States Congress to continue joint federal-state funding of Texas Medicaid while transferring administration of the program to the Texas Legislature. |
House: State & Federal Power & Responsibility, Select
Senate: Health & Human Services
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Committee report sent to Calendars |
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SCR 26 |
85-0 (2017) |
Author: Estes, Craig | et. al.
Sponsor: Darby, Drew
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Urging Congress to review federal regulations on the oil and gas industry. |
House: State & Federal Power & Responsibility, Select
Senate: Natural Resources & Economic Development
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Signed by the Governor |
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SCR 31 |
85-0 (2017) |
Author: Uresti, Carlos | et. al.
|
Expressing opposition to using eminent domain for the construction of a wall or fence along the U.S.-Mexico border. |
Senate: State Affairs
|
Referred to State Affairs |
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SCR 32 |
85-0 (2017) |
Author: Taylor, Larry | et. al.
|
Urging Congress to provide sufficient federal funding for the construction of a storm surge barrier along the Texas coast. |
Senate: Natural Resources & Economic Development
|
Received from the Senate |
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SCR 34 |
85-0 (2017) |
Author: Kolkhorst, Lois
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Urging Congress to ensure the fair allocation of Medicare funding for graduate medical education to all states. |
Senate: Higher Education
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Referred to Higher Education |
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SCR 35 |
85-0 (2017) |
Author: Estes, Craig | et. al.
Sponsor: Flynn, Dan
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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. |
House: State & Federal Power & Responsibility, Select
Senate: Veteran Affairs & Border Security
|
Committee report sent to Calendars |
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SCR 36 |
85-0 (2017) |
Author: Hinojosa, Juan
|
Encouraging Congress to pass legislation allowing the State of Texas to manage the Gulf of Mexico red snapper fishery out to 200 nautical miles. |
Senate: Agriculture, Water & Rural Affairs
|
Left pending in committee |
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SCR 37 |
85-0 (2017) |
Author: Hinojosa, Juan | et. al.
Sponsor: Martinez, Armando
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Urging Congress to increase appropriations from the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund to properly maintain ship channels. |
House: Transportation
Senate: Transportation
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Signed by the Governor |
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SCR 38 |
85-0 (2017) |
Author: Hinojosa, Juan | et. al.
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Urging Congress to continue to support NAFTA. |
Senate: Business & Commerce
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Referred to Business & Commerce |
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SCR 39 |
85-0 (2017) |
Author: Burton, Konni
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Urging Congress to reduce the amount of paperwork required of teachers by federal law. |
Senate: Education
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Referred to Education |
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SCR 40 |
85-0 (2017) |
Author: Lucio, Jr., Eddie
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Urging Congress to preserve federal funding for community health centers. |
Senate: Health & Human Services
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Referred to Health & Human Services |
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SCR 41 |
85-0 (2017) |
Author: Taylor, Larry | et. al.
Sponsor: Paul, Dennis
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Urging Congress to direct the Department of Defense to relocate the United States Africa Command to Ellington Field Joint Reserve Base in Houston. |
House: State & Federal Power & Responsibility, Select
Senate: Veteran Affairs & Border Security
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Signed by the Governor |
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SCR 47 |
85-0 (2017) |
Author: Hughes, Bryan
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Urging Congress to propose and submit to the states for ratification a regulation freedom amendment to the U.S. Constitution. |
House: State & Federal Power & Responsibility, Select
Senate: State Affairs
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Referred to State & Federal Power & Responsibility, Select |
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SCR 52 |
85-0 (2017) |
Author: Creighton, Brandon
Sponsor: Metcalf, Will | et. al.
|
Urging Congress to pass S.2896, the Care Veterans Deserve Act of 2016. |
House: State & Federal Power & Responsibility, Select
Senate: Veteran Affairs & Border Security
|
Signed by the Governor |
|
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SJR 2 |
85-0 (2017) |
Author: Birdwell, Brian | et. al.
Sponsor: Miller, Rick | et. al.
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Applying to the Congress of the United States to call a convention under Article V of the United States Constitution for the limited purpose of proposing one or more amendments to the constitution to impose fiscal restraints on the federal government, to limit the power and jurisdiction of the federal government, and to limit the terms of office of federal officials and members of Congress. |
House: State & Federal Power & Responsibility, Select
Senate: State Affairs
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Filed with the Secretary of State |
|
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SJR 37 |
85-0 (2017) |
Author: Nichols, Robert
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Applying to the Congress of the United States to call a convention under Article V of the United States Constitution for the limited purpose of proposing an amendment to the constitution to impose term limits for justices of the United States Supreme Court and to allow the states to overturn a decision of the United States Supreme Court. |
Senate: State Affairs
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Referred to State Affairs |
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SJR 38 |
85-0 (2017) |
Author: Estes, Craig | et. al.
Sponsor: Darby, Drew
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Rescinding certain applications made by the Texas Legislature to the United States Congress to call a national convention under Article V of the United States Constitution for proposing any amendment to that Constitution. |
House: State & Federal Power & Responsibility, Select
Senate: State Affairs
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Filed with the Secretary of State |
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SJR 40 |
85-0 (2017) |
Author: Huffines, Don
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Applying to the Congress of the United States to call a convention under Article V of the United States Constitution for the limited purpose of proposing an amendment to the constitution to limit the terms of office of members of Congress. |
Senate: State Affairs
|
Referred to State Affairs |
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SR 712 |
85-0 (2017) |
Author: Seliger, Kel
|
Urging Congress to enact legislation to expand and extend the current federal tax credit for carbon capture, utilization, and storage under Section 45Q of the Internal Revenue Code. |
Senate: Business & Commerce
|
Record vote |
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HCR 16 |
85-1 (2017) |
Author: Raymond, Richard Peña
|
Urging the U.S. Congress to propose and submit to the states for ratification a federal balanced budget amendment to the U.S. Constitution. |
House: State & Federal Power & Responsibility, Select
|
Committee report sent to Calendars |
|
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HCR 17 |
85-1 (2017) |
Author: Reynolds, Ron
|
Urging Congress to preserve the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. |
House: State & Federal Power & Responsibility, Select
|
Referred to State & Federal Power & Responsibility, Select |
|
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HCR 18 |
85-1 (2017) |
Author: Herrero, Abel
|
Urging Congress to repeal the Government Pension Offset and the Windfall Elimination Provision of the Social Security Act. |
House: State & Federal Power & Responsibility, Select
|
Committee report sent to Calendars |
|
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HCR 22 |
85-1 (2017) |
Author: Reynolds, Ron
|
Urging the U.S. Congress to impeach President Donald John Trump. |
House: State & Federal Power & Responsibility, Select
|
Referred to State & Federal Power & Responsibility, Select |
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HCR 23 |
85-1 (2017) |
Author: Reynolds, Ron
|
Urging Congress to restore and strengthen the Voting Rights Act of 1965. |
House: State & Federal Power & Responsibility, Select
|
Referred to State & Federal Power & Responsibility, Select |
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HCR 24 |
85-1 (2017) |
Author: Anchía, Rafael
|
Urging Congress to enact and fund comprehensive immigration reform that creates a road map to citizenship for undocumented immigrants, promotes economic growth, and strengthens national security. |
House: State & Federal Power & Responsibility, Select
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Referred to State & Federal Power & Responsibility, Select |
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HCR 25 |
85-1 (2017) |
Author: Turner, Chris
|
Urging the United States Congress to bar investments in Russia until investigations into Russian interference with U.S. elections have been completed. |
House: State & Federal Power & Responsibility, Select
|
Referred to State & Federal Power & Responsibility, Select |
|
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HCR 31 |
85-1 (2017) |
Author: Anchía, Rafael
|
Calling for the reversal of the U.S. attorney general's order issued on July 19, 2017, for the repeal of the civil asset forfeiture program, and for the program's replacement with a criminal asset forfeiture process. |
House: State & Federal Power & Responsibility, Select
|
Referred to State & Federal Power & Responsibility, Select |
|
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HCR 32 |
85-1 (2017) |
Author: Nevárez, Poncho
|
Urging Congress to pass the Steve Gleason Enduring Voices Act of 2017. |
House: State & Federal Power & Responsibility, Select
|
Referred to State & Federal Power & Responsibility, Select |
|
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HCR 33 |
85-1 (2017) |
Author: Nevárez, Poncho
|
Urging Congress to waive the Social Security Disability Insurance five-month waiting period for patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. |
House: State & Federal Power & Responsibility, Select
|
Referred to State & Federal Power & Responsibility, Select |
|
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HR 221 |
85-1 (2017) |
Author: Isaac, Jason
|
Urging Congress to support statehood for Puerto Rico. |
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Filed |
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HR 381 |
85-1 (2017) |
Author: Collier, Nicole
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Urging Congress to declare Juneteenth a national holiday. |
|
Filed |
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HCR 26 |
84-0 (2015) |
Author: Flynn, Dan | et. al.
|
Urging the United States Congress to repeal the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. |
House: State & Federal Power & Responsibility, Select
Senate: Business & Commerce
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Referred to Business & Commerce |
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HCR 27 |
84-0 (2015) |
Author: Stephenson, Phil | et. al.
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Urging the U.S. Congress to abolish the current income-based system of taxation and to enact a national retail sales tax, and urging repeal of the Sixteenth Amendment. |
House: State & Federal Power & Responsibility, Select
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Committee report sent to Calendars |
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HCR 29 |
84-0 (2015) |
Author: Bell, Cecil | et. al.
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Declaring that presidential executive orders cannot interfere with states' rights. |
House: State & Federal Power & Responsibility, Select
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Left pending in committee |
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HCR 32 |
84-0 (2015) |
Author: Raymond, Richard Peña | et. al.
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Urging the U.S. Congress to propose and submit to the states for ratification a federal balanced budget amendment to the U.S. Constitution. |
House: State & Federal Power & Responsibility, Select
|
Considered in Calendars |
|
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HCR 36 |
84-0 (2015) |
Author: Burkett, Cindy | et. al.
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Urging Congress to propose and submit to the states for ratification the Parental Rights Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. |
House: State & Federal Power & Responsibility, Select
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Received from the House |
|
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HCR 46 |
84-0 (2015) |
Author: Farias, Joe | et. al.
Sponsor: Rodríguez, José
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Urging Congress to require the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs to provide VA services to incarcerated veterans detained in state hospitals and to consider expanding such services to all incarcerated veterans. |
House: Defense & Veterans' Affairs
Senate: Veteran Affairs & Military Installations
|
Signed by the Governor |
|
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HCR 49 |
84-0 (2015) |
Author: Thompson, Senfronia
|
Urging Congress to propose and submit to the states an amendment to the U.S. Constitution that overturns Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, establishing that the spending of money to influence elections shall not be construed as speech under the First Amendment, and clarifying that only natural persons are protected by constitutional rights. |
House: State & Federal Power & Responsibility, Select
|
Left pending in committee |
|
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HCR 54 |
84-0 (2015) |
Author: King, Phil
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Memorializing Congress to propose and submit to the states for ratification a "Regulation Freedom Amendment" to the U.S. Constitution. |
House: State & Federal Power & Responsibility, Select
|
Considered in Calendars |
|
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HCR 57 |
84-0 (2015) |
Author: Anchía, Rafael | et. al.
|
Urging the U.S. Congress to end the ban on crude oil exports. |
House: International Trade & Intergovernmental Affairs
|
Laid on the table subject to call |
|
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HCR 59 |
84-0 (2015) |
Author: Metcalf, Will | et. al.
|
Urging Congress to propose an amendment to the U.S. Constitution to provide for a balanced federal budget, except during a war. |
House: State & Federal Power & Responsibility, Select
|
Considered in Calendars |
|
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HCR 61 |
84-0 (2015) |
Author: Flynn, Dan | et. al.
|
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. |
House: State & Federal Power & Responsibility, Select
|
Laid on the table subject to call |
|
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HCR 63 |
84-0 (2015) |
Author: Wu, Gene | et. al.
|
Urging the U.S. Congress to expedite natural gas exports. |
House: International Trade & Intergovernmental Affairs
|
Laid on the table subject to call |
|
|
HCR 67 |
84-0 (2015) |
Author: Huberty, Dan
|
Claiming sovereignty under the Tenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution over all powers not otherwise enumerated and granted to the federal government by the U.S. Constitution, serving notice to the federal government to halt and reverse certain mandates, and providing that certain federal legislation be prohibited or repealed. |
House: State & Federal Power & Responsibility, Select
|
Left pending in committee |
|
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HCR 68 |
84-0 (2015) |
Author: Springer, Drew
|
Urging the U.S. Congress to designate the Chisholm Trail and the Great Western Trail as National Historic Trails. |
House: Culture, Recreation & Tourism
|
Referred to Culture, Recreation & Tourism |
|
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HCR 73 |
84-0 (2015) |
Author: Tinderholt, Tony
|
Urging the United States Congress to provide Department of Homeland Security funds for the protection of the Texas electric grid. |
House: State Affairs
|
Referred to State Affairs |
|
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HCR 80 |
84-0 (2015) |
Author: Peña, Gilbert | et. al.
Sponsor: Estes, Craig
|
Petitioning Congress to provide funding for repairs to the Battleship Texas. |
House: Culture, Recreation & Tourism
Senate: Natural Resources & Economic Development
|
Signed by the Governor |
|
|
HCR 82 |
84-0 (2015) |
Author: Herrero, Abel
|
Urging Congress to repeal the Government Pension Offset and the Windfall Elimination Provision of the Social Security Act. |
House: State & Federal Power & Responsibility, Select
|
Committee report sent to Calendars |
|
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HCR 89 |
84-0 (2015) |
Author: Phelan, Dade | et. al.
|
Urging Congress to repeal the health insurance tax. |
House: State & Federal Power & Responsibility, Select
|
Committee report sent to Calendars |
|
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HCR 91 |
84-0 (2015) |
Author: Clardy, Travis
|
Urging the president to abandon the budget proposal redirecting offshore drilling revenue due to Texas, Louisiana, Alabama, and Mississippi under the Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act. |
House: State & Federal Power & Responsibility, Select
|
Considered in Calendars |
|
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HCR 94 |
84-0 (2015) |
Author: Springer, Drew
Sponsor: Estes, Craig
|
Urging the U.S. Congress to designate the Chisholm Trail and the Great Western Trail as National Historic Trails. |
House: Culture, Recreation & Tourism
Senate: Administration
|
Signed by the Governor |
|
|
HCR 109 |
84-0 (2015) |
Author: Paul, Dennis | et. al.
|
Urging Congress to encourage the Department of Defense to relocate the United States Africa Command to Ellington Field Joint Reserve Base in Houston. |
House: State & Federal Power & Responsibility, Select
|
Laid on the table subject to call |
|
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HCR 112 |
84-0 (2015) |
Author: Springer, Drew
|
Urging Congress to direct the U.S. Department of Agriculture to revise existing policies that promote the waste of water after an irrigated crop has been declared a failure. |
House: State & Federal Power & Responsibility, Select
|
Committee report sent to Calendars |
|
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HCR 113 |
84-0 (2015) |
Author: Springer, Drew | et. al.
|
Urging the United States Congress to direct the Bureau of Land Management to affirm the provisions of the Red River Boundary Compact and acknowledge that the vegetation line on the south bank of the Red River forms the boundary between Oklahoma and Texas. |
House: State & Federal Power & Responsibility, Select
|
Committee report sent to Calendars |
|
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HCR 117 |
84-0 (2015) |
Author: Martinez, Armando
|
Urging the United States Congress to pass the Equal Treatment of Public Servants Act. |
House: State & Federal Power & Responsibility, Select
|
Referred to State & Federal Power & Responsibility, Select |
|
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HCR 120 |
84-0 (2015) |
Author: Nevárez, Poncho | et. al.
|
Urging Congress to reauthorize the Water Resources Development Act of 2007, Section 5056, and to appropriate sufficient funds so that efforts to solve the salt problem in the Amistad International Reservoir can continue. |
House: State & Federal Power & Responsibility, Select
|
Committee report sent to Calendars |
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HJR 77 |
84-0 (2015) |
Author: Miller, Rick | et. al.
Sponsor: Bettencourt, Paul | et. al.
|
Applying to the Congress of the United States to call a convention under Article V of the United States Constitution for the limited purpose of proposing one or more amendments to the constitution to impose fiscal restraints on the federal government, to limit the power and jurisdiction of the federal government, and to limit the terms of office of federal officials and members of Congress. |
House: State & Federal Power & Responsibility, Select
Senate: State Affairs
|
Left pending in committee |
|
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HJR 78 |
84-0 (2015) |
Author: Workman, Paul | et. al.
|
Applying to the Congress of the United States to call a convention under Article V of the United States Constitution for the limited purpose of proposing an amendment to the constitution to impose fiscal restraints on the federal government. |
House: State & Federal Power & Responsibility, Select
|
Considered in Calendars |
|
|
HJR 79 |
84-0 (2015) |
Author: Workman, Paul | et. al.
|
Applying to the Congress of the United States to call a convention under Article V of the United States Constitution for the limited purpose of proposing an amendment to the constitution to provide for a federal balanced budget. |
House: State & Federal Power & Responsibility, Select
Senate: State Affairs
|
Referred to State Affairs |
|
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HJR 146 |
84-0 (2015) |
Author: Peña, Gilbert | et. al.
|
Applying to Congress to call a convention, to propose an amendment to the United States Constitution urging the restoration of free and fair elections. |
House: State & Federal Power & Responsibility, Select
|
Left pending in committee |
|
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HR 704 |
84-0 (2015) |
Author: Workman, Paul
|
Urging the federal government to return title to all federal public lands within the western states to the states where the land is located. |
House: State & Federal Power & Responsibility, Select
|
Considered in Calendars |
|
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HR 1145 |
84-0 (2015) |
Author: Lozano, J. M.
|
Urging Congress to expedite the permitting process for the export of liquefied natural gas. |
House: Energy Resources
|
Referred to Energy Resources |
|
|
HR 1215 |
84-0 (2015) |
Author: Capriglione, Giovanni
|
Petitioning Congress to instruct the Transportation Security Administration to accept concealed handgun licenses as valid forms of identification. |
House: Homeland Security & Public Safety
|
Reported enrolled |
|
|
HR 1508 |
84-0 (2015) |
Author: King, Tracy | et. al.
|
Expressing support for the use of sound science to study and regulate modern agricultural technologies and opposition to legislative or regulatory action that may result in unnecessary restrictions on the technologies. |
House: State & Federal Power & Responsibility, Select
|
Reported enrolled |
|
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HR 1605 |
84-0 (2015) |
Author: Faircloth, Wayne
|
Expressing a commitment to the elimination of illegal fishing and urging Congress to take action to end illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing in our sovereign waters. |
House: State & Federal Power & Responsibility, Select
|
Reported enrolled |
|
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HR 1835 |
84-0 (2015) |
Author: Capriglione, Giovanni
|
Expressing support for the implementation of the Next Generation Air Transportation System. |
House: State & Federal Power & Responsibility, Select
|
Reported enrolled |
|
|
HR 2505 |
84-0 (2015) |
Author: Davis, Sarah
|
Condemning anti-Semitism and expressing opposition to the international Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions movement. |
House: State Affairs
|
Referred to State Affairs |
|
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SCR 1 |
84-0 (2015) |
Author: Creighton, Brandon | et. al.
Sponsor: Huberty, Dan
|
Claiming sovereignty under the Tenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution over all powers not otherwise enumerated and granted to the federal government by the U.S. Constitution, serving notice to the federal government to halt and reverse certain mandates, and providing that certain federal legislation be prohibited or repealed. |
House: State & Federal Power & Responsibility, Select
Senate: State Affairs
|
Committee report sent to Calendars |
|
|
SCR 2 |
84-0 (2015) |
Author: Ellis, Rodney
|
Urging Congress to propose and submit to the states an amendment to the U.S. Constitution that overturns Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, establishing that the spending of money to influence elections shall not be construed as speech under the First Amendment, and clarifying that only natural persons are protected by constitutional rights. |
Senate: State Affairs
|
Referred to State Affairs |
|
|
SCR 5 |
84-0 (2015) |
Author: Estes, Craig | et. al.
Sponsor: Flynn, Dan
|
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. |
House: State & Federal Power & Responsibility, Select
Senate: Veteran Affairs & Military Installations
|
Signed by the Governor |
|
|
SCR 6 |
84-0 (2015) |
Author: Hall, Bob | et. al.
|
Urging Congress to propose and submit to the states for ratification the Parental Rights Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. |
Senate: State Affairs
|
Co-author authorized |
|
|
SCR 8 |
84-0 (2015) |
Author: Burton, Konni
|
Urging Congress to reduce the amount of paperwork required of teachers by federal law. |
Senate: Education
|
Referred to Education |
|
|
SCR 12 |
84-0 (2015) |
Author: Burton, Konni
|
Urging Congress to propose an amendment to the U.S. Constitution to provide for a balanced federal budget except during a time of national emergency. |
Senate: State Affairs
|
Referred to State Affairs |
|
|
SCR 13 |
84-0 (2015) |
Author: Seliger, Kel | et. al.
Sponsor: Anchía, Rafael
|
Urging the U.S. Congress to end the ban on crude oil exports. |
House: International Trade & Intergovernmental Affairs
Senate: Natural Resources & Economic Development
|
Signed by the Governor |
|
|
SCR 20 |
84-0 (2015) |
Author: Hall, Bob
|
Urging the United States Congress to provide Department of Homeland Security funds for the protection of the Texas electric grid. |
Senate: Natural Resources & Economic Development
|
Referred to Natural Resources & Economic Development |
|
|
SCR 23 |
84-0 (2015) |
Author: Hall, Bob
|
Urging Congress to propose and submit to the states for ratification a regulation freedom amendment to the U.S. Constitution. |
Senate: State Affairs
|
Referred to State Affairs |
|
|
SCR 27 |
84-0 (2015) |
Author: Hancock, Kelly
|
Expressing opposition to EPA-proposed guidelines regarding carbon dioxide emissions from existing fossil fuel-fired power plants under Section 111(d) of the Clean Air Act. |
Senate: Natural Resources & Economic Development
|
Left pending in committee |
|
|
SCR 29 |
84-0 (2015) |
Author: Rodríguez, José | et. al.
|
Urging Congress to update Voting Rights Act provisions to protect against voter discrimination. |
Senate: State Affairs
|
Referred to State Affairs |
|
|
SCR 32 |
84-0 (2015) |
Author: Bettencourt, Paul
Sponsor: Wu, Gene
|
Urging Congress to expedite natural gas exports. |
House: International Trade & Intergovernmental Affairs
Senate: Natural Resources & Economic Development
|
Signed by the Governor |
|
|
SCR 37 |
84-0 (2015) |
Author: Taylor, Larry | et. al.
Sponsor: Paul, Dennis
|
Urging Congress to encourage the Department of Defense to relocate the United States Africa Command to Ellington Field Joint Reserve Base in Houston. |
House: State & Federal Power & Responsibility, Select
Senate: Veteran Affairs & Military Installations
|
Signed by the Governor |
|
|
SJR 63 |
84-0 (2015) |
Author: Perry, Charles
|
Applying to the Congress of the United States to call a convention under Article V of the United States Constitution for the limited purpose of proposing one or more amendments to the constitution to impose fiscal restraints on the federal government, to limit the power and jurisdiction of the federal government, and to limit the terms of office of federal officials and members of Congress. |
Senate: State Affairs
|
Referred to State Affairs |
|
|
SR 451 |
84-0 (2015) |
Author: Taylor, Larry
|
Urging Congress to direct the Department of Defense to relocate the United States Africa Command to Ellington Field Joint Reserve Base in Houston. |
Senate: Veteran Affairs & Military Installations
|
Referred to Vet Affairs & Military Installations |
|
|
SR 642 |
84-0 (2015) |
Author: Perry, Charles | et. al.
|
Expressing support for the study and regulation of modern agricultural technologies. |
Senate: Agriculture, Water & Rural Affairs
|
Record vote |
|
|
HCR 21 |
83-0 (2013) |
Author: Thompson, Senfronia
|
Urging the United States Congress to propose and submit to the states for ratification an amendment to the United States Constitution that overturns Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, establishing that the spending of money to influence elections shall not be construed as speech under the First Amendment, and clarifying that only natural persons are protected by constitutional rights. |
House: Federalism & Fiscal Responsibility, Select
|
Referred to Federalism & Fiscal Responsibility, Select |
|
|
HCR 25 |
83-0 (2013) |
Author: Burnam, Lon
|
Urging Congress to propose and submit to the states for ratification an amendment to the United States Constitution for the purpose of addressing concerns raised by the decision of the United States Supreme Court in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission. |
House: Federalism & Fiscal Responsibility, Select
|
Referred to Federalism & Fiscal Responsibility, Select |
|
|
HCR 26 |
83-0 (2013) |
Author: Flynn, Dan | et. al.
|
Urging the United States Congress to repeal the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. |
House: Federalism & Fiscal Responsibility, Select
|
Committee report sent to Calendars |
|
|
HCR 32 |
83-0 (2013) |
Author: Stickland, Jonathan
|
Urging Congress and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to cease imposing contraception mandates on private businesses. |
House: Federalism & Fiscal Responsibility, Select
|
Left pending in committee |
|
|
HCR 38 |
83-0 (2013) |
Author: Burkett, Cindy | et. al.
|
Urging Congress to propose and submit to the states for ratification the Parental Rights Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. |
House: Federalism & Fiscal Responsibility, Select
|
Committee report sent to Calendars |
|
|
HCR 42 |
83-0 (2013) |
Author: Johnson, Eric
|
Urging Congress to designate election day as a national holiday. |
House: Elections
|
Referred to Elections |
|
|
HCR 44 |
83-0 (2013) |
Author: Anchía, Rafael | et. al.
|
Urging the United States Congress to swiftly enact and fund comprehensive immigration reform that creates a road map to citizenship for some 11 million undocumented immigrants, promotes economic growth, and strengthens national security. |
House: State Affairs
|
Committee report sent to Calendars |
|
|
HCR 45 |
83-0 (2013) |
Author: Herrero, Abel
|
Urging Congress to repeal the Government Pension Offset and the Windfall Elimination Provision of the Social Security Act. |
House: Federalism & Fiscal Responsibility, Select
|
Referred to Federalism & Fiscal Responsibility, Select |
|
|
HCR 46 |
83-0 (2013) |
Author: Ashby, Trent
|
Urging the Congress of the United States to propose and submit to the states for ratification an amendment to the United States Constitution providing that, except during a national emergency or a war declared by the Congress of the United States pursuant to Article I, Section 8, Clause 11, United States Constitution, or other national emergency, the total of all federal appropriations for a fiscal year may not exceed the total of all estimated federal revenue for that fiscal year. |
House: Federalism & Fiscal Responsibility, Select
|
Referred to Federalism & Fiscal Responsibility, Select |
|
|
HCR 50 |
83-0 (2013) |
Author: Creighton, Brandon | et. al.
|
Claiming sovereignty under the Tenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution over all powers not otherwise enumerated and granted to the federal government by the U.S. Constitution, serving notice to the federal government to halt and reverse certain mandates, and providing that certain federal legislation be prohibited or repealed. |
House: Federalism & Fiscal Responsibility, Select
|
Considered in Calendars |
|
|
HCR 60 |
83-0 (2013) |
Author: Zerwas, John
|
Urging the United States Congress to modify the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to allow cost-sharing payments and premium tax credits to be made available to the Texas political subdivision health care benefit pools on the same basis as those for health plans participating in the new federal exchange. |
House: Federalism & Fiscal Responsibility, Select
|
Committee report sent to Calendars |
|
|
HCR 61 |
83-0 (2013) |
Author: Raymond, Richard Peña | et. al.
|
Urging the U.S. Congress to propose and submit to the states for ratification a federal balanced budget amendment to the U.S. Constitution. |
House: Federalism & Fiscal Responsibility, Select
|
Committee report sent to Calendars |
|
|
HCR 63 |
83-0 (2013) |
Author: Sanford, Scott | et. al.
|
Asserting sovereignty under the Tenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution and beseeching the federal government to immediately cease and desist from the promulgation of mandates that infringe on the Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms or that are otherwise beyond the scope of its constitutionally delegated powers. |
House: Federalism & Fiscal Responsibility, Select
|
Considered in Calendars |
|
|
HCR 71 |
83-0 (2013) |
Author: Bell, Cecil
|
Urging the United States Congress to request that the U.S. Postmaster General designate a ZIP code that includes all properties within the city of Prairie View. |
House: Urban Affairs
Senate: Intergovernmental Relations
|
Referred to Intergovernmental Relations |
|
|
HCR 77 |
83-0 (2013) |
Author: White, James | et. al.
|
Reaffirming Texas' sovereignty under the Texas Constitution and the Tenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. |
House: Federalism & Fiscal Responsibility, Select
|
Referred to Federalism & Fiscal Responsibility, Select |
|
|
HCR 86 |
83-0 (2013) |
Author: Toth, Steve | et. al.
|
Urging the president of the United States to refrain from issuing executive orders that exceed his authority and that violate the U.S. Constitution. |
House: Federalism & Fiscal Responsibility, Select
|
Referred to Federalism & Fiscal Responsibility, Select |
|
|
HCR 106 |
83-0 (2013) |
Author: Nevárez, Poncho
|
Urging the United States Congress to enact legislation to provide sufficient manpower, infrastructure, and technology to ensure the security and efficiency of land ports of entry on the southwestern border. |
House: International Trade & Intergovernmental Affairs
|
Received from the House |
|
|
HCR 117 |
83-0 (2013) |
Author: Miles, Borris | et. al.
|
Expressing support for the Voting Rights Act and urging the United States Congress to protect every citizen's right to participate in the political process by making permanent the provisions of Section 5 of that legislation. |
House: Elections
|
Referred to Elections |
|
|
HCR 119 |
83-0 (2013) |
Author: Huberty, Dan | et. al.
|
Urging the United States Congress to rewrite the Elementary and Secondary Education Act in order to lessen the burden of over-testing and teaching to the test. |
House: Federalism & Fiscal Responsibility, Select
|
Referred to Federalism & Fiscal Responsibility, Select |
|
|
HCR 123 |
83-0 (2013) |
Author: Raymond, Richard Peña
|
Urging the United States Congress to revise Department of Homeland Security funding formulas for Targeted Infrastructure Capability grants to include a separate threat assessment for strategically located border communities, irrespective of population. |
House: International Trade & Intergovernmental Affairs
|
Referred to International Trade & Intergovernmental Affairs |
|
|
HJR 55 |
83-0 (2013) |
Author: Murphy, Jim
|
Applying to the Congress of the United States to call a convention to propose an amendment to the United States Constitution to require the approval of a majority of the state legislatures before Congress may increase the federal debt. |
House: Federalism & Fiscal Responsibility, Select
|
Referred to Federalism & Fiscal Responsibility, Select |
|
|
HJR 94 |
83-0 (2013) |
Author: Burnam, Lon | et. al.
|
Urging Congress to call a convention to propose amendments to the United States Constitution to address concerns raised by the decision of the United States Supreme Court in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission and related cases and events. |
House: Federalism & Fiscal Responsibility, Select
|
Referred to Federalism & Fiscal Responsibility, Select |
|
|
HJR 101 |
83-0 (2013) |
Author: Elkins, Gary
|
Rescinding the application of the 26th Texas Legislature made in the year 1899 to the United States Congress to call an unrestricted national convention, pursuant to Article V of the United States Constitution, for proposing undisclosed amendments to that Constitution. |
House: Federalism & Fiscal Responsibility, Select
|
Corrected committee report sent to Calendars |
|
|
HR 230 |
83-0 (2013) |
Author: Strama, Mark
|
Expressing opposition to the United States Supreme Court decision in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission and urging the United States Congress to propose and send to the states for ratification an amendment to the United States Constitution restoring republican democracy to the people of the United States. |
House: Federalism & Fiscal Responsibility, Select
|
Referred to Federalism & Fiscal Responsibility, Select |
|
|
HR 710 |
83-0 (2013) |
Author: Rodriguez, Eddie
|
Urging the United States Congress to amend existing laws and regulations governing animal slaughter and meat processing to accommodate small farms and ranches. |
House: Agriculture & Livestock
|
Referred to Agriculture & Livestock |
|
|
HR 1373 |
83-0 (2013) |
Author: Alonzo, Roberto
|
Urging the United States Congress to pass the DREAM Act. |
House: State Affairs
|
Referred to State Affairs |
|
|
HR 1786 |
83-0 (2013) |
Author: Smith, Wayne
|
Urging the United States Congress to direct the Department of Defense and the Department of Veterans Affairs to undertake a study of urotrauma among members of the military. |
House: Defense & Veterans' Affairs
|
Referred to Defense & Veterans' Affairs |
|
|
HR 2853 |
83-0 (2013) |
Author: Keffer, Jim
|
Urging the U.S. Department of the Interior to withdraw the U.S. Bureau of Land Management's proposed rule to regulate hydraulic fracturing on federal and tribal lands. |
House: Energy Resources
|
Referred to Energy Resources |
|
|
SCR 2 |
83-0 (2013) |
Author: Ellis, Rodney | et. al.
|
Urging the United States Congress to propose and submit to the states for ratification an amendment to the United States Constitution that overturns Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, establishing that the spending of money to influence elections shall not be construed as speech under the First Amendment, and clarifying that only natural persons are protected by constitutional rights. |
Senate: State Affairs
|
Co-author authorized |
|
|
SCR 3 |
83-0 (2013) |
Author: Lucio, Jr., Eddie
|
Urging Congress to rename the Harlingen Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic as the Kay Bailey Hutchison Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic at Harlingen. |
Senate: Administration
|
Referred to Administration |
|
|
SCR 6 |
83-0 (2013) |
Author: Estes, Craig | et. al.
Sponsor: Creighton, Brandon
|
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. |
House: Federalism & Fiscal Responsibility, Select
Senate: Agriculture, Rural Affairs & Homeland Security
|
Committee report sent to Calendars |
|
|
SCR 15 |
83-0 (2013) |
Author: Uresti, Carlos | et. al.
|
Urging Congress to enact comprehensive immigration reform. |
Senate: Agriculture, Rural Affairs & Homeland Security
|
Left pending in committee |
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SCR 17 |
83-0 (2013) |
Author: Hinojosa, Juan
Sponsor: Smith, Wayne
|
Urging Congress to restore the presumption of a service connection for Agent Orange exposure to United States Navy and United States Air Force veterans who served on the inland waterways, in the territorial waters, and in the airspace of the Republic of Vietnam and to institute a presumption of connection to employment for civilians exposed to Agent Orange in their workplaces. |
House: Defense & Veterans' Affairs
Senate: Veteran Affairs & Military Installations
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Signed by the Governor |
|
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SCR 27 |
83-0 (2013) |
Author: Rodríguez, José
Sponsor: Márquez, Marisa
|
Urging Congress to reauthorize Section 5056 of the Water Resources Development Act of 2007 and to appropriate sufficient funds for the Rio Grande Environmental Management Program. |
House: International Trade & Intergovernmental Affairs
Senate: Natural Resources
|
Signed by the Governor |
|
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SJR 53 |
83-0 (2013) |
Author: Estes, Craig
|
Rescinding every application made at any time by the Legislature of the State of Texas to the United States Congress to call a national convention, pursuant to Article V of the United States Constitution, for proposing any amendment or amendments to that Constitution. |
Senate: State Affairs
|
Left pending in committee |
|
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HCR 3 |
83-1 (2013) |
Author: Anchía, Rafael
|
Urging the United States Congress to swiftly enact and fund comprehensive immigration reform that creates a road map to citizenship for some 11 million undocumented immigrants, promotes economic growth, and strengthens national security. |
|
Filed |
|
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HCR 4 |
83-1 (2013) |
Author: Miles, Borris
|
Expressing support for the Voting Rights Act and urging the United States Congress to protect every citizen's right to participate in the political process by making permanent the provisions of Section 5 of that legislation. |
|
Filed |
|
|
SCR 4 |
83-1 (2013) |
Author: Uresti, Carlos
|
Urging the U.S. Congress to enact comprehensive immigration reform. |
|
Filed |
|
|
HCR 16 |
82-0 (2011) |
Author: Creighton, Brandon
|
Affirming that the State of Texas claims sovereignty under the Tenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States over all powers not otherwise enumerated and granted to the federal government by the Constitution of the United States, serving notice to the federal government to cease and desist certain mandates, and providing that certain federal legislation be prohibited or repealed. |
House: State Sovereignty, Select
|
Referred to State Sovereignty, Select |
|
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HCR 17 |
82-0 (2011) |
Author: Creighton, Brandon
|
Urging Congress to call a constitutional convention for the purpose of proposing a constitutional amendment that permits the repeal of any federal law or regulation by vote of two-thirds of the state legislatures. |
House: State Sovereignty, Select
|
Referred to State Sovereignty, Select |
|
|
HCR 18 |
82-0 (2011) |
Author: Creighton, Brandon | et. al.
Sponsor: Shapiro, Florence | et. al.
|
Urging Congress to propose and submit to the states an amendment to the United States Constitution providing for a federal balanced budget. |
House: State Sovereignty, Select
Senate: State Affairs
|
Signed by the Governor |
|
|
HCR 19 |
82-0 (2011) |
Author: Truitt, Vicki
|
Memorializing the United States Congress to propose and submit to the states for ratification an amendment to the United States Constitution providing that any provision of law or regulation of the United States can be repealed if two-thirds of the state legislatures approve resolutions for that purpose and requesting that the legislatures of the other states join this state in urging Congress to propose and submit to the states for ratification a "Repeal Amendment." |
House: State Sovereignty, Select
|
Referred to State Sovereignty, Select |
|
|
HCR 21 |
82-0 (2011) |
Author: Gallego, Pete
|
Urging Congress to reauthorize the Water Resources Development Act of 2007, Section 5056, and to appropriate sufficient funds so that efforts to solve the salt problem in the Amistad International Reservoir can continue. |
House: State Sovereignty, Select
|
Received from the House |
|
|
HCR 23 |
82-0 (2011) |
Author: Raymond, Richard Pena
|
Memorializing Congress to propose and submit to the states for ratification an amendment to the United States Constitution to provide for a federal balanced budget. |
House: State Sovereignty, Select
|
Referred to State Sovereignty, Select |
|
|
HCR 25 |
82-0 (2011) |
Author: Smith, Todd
|
Urging Congress to remove confidentiality mandates for minors from family planning services programs operating under Title X of the Public Health Service Act and Medicaid. |
House: Public Health
|
Referred to Public Health |
|
|
HCR 27 |
82-0 (2011) |
Author: Christian, Wayne | et. al.
|
Expressing opposition to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. |
House: State Sovereignty, Select
|
Considered in Calendars |
|
|
HCR 34 |
82-0 (2011) |
Author: Raymond, Richard Pena
|
Urging the United States Congress not to privatize the social security program. |
House: Appropriations
|
Referred to Appropriations |
|
|
HCR 37 |
82-0 (2011) |
Author: Guillen, Ryan
|
Urging the United States Congress to revise the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 so that the State of Texas may exclude the assessment scores of recently arrived limited English proficiency students from adequate yearly progress determinations for a period of three years following the students' initial enrollment and so that the exclusion period for LEP students who enter Texas schools in grades 10 and higher concludes prior to the students' final year of schooling. |
House: State Affairs
|
Left pending in committee |
|
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HCR 39 |
82-0 (2011) |
Author: Elkins, Gary
|
Urging Congress to propose and submit to the states for ratification a federal balanced budget amendment and to cap the maximum federal income tax rate at 15 percent. |
House: Ways & Means
|
Referred to Ways & Means |
|
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HCR 42 |
82-0 (2011) |
Author: Madden, Jerry
Sponsor: Williams, Tommy | et. al.
|
Expressing support for the current FBI effort to reevaluate existing policies, standards, and protocols for forensic DNA testing laboratories and expressing support for any new policies, standards, and protocols that would hold public and private labs to the same standards, audits, and review process, urging Congress to pass any necessary federal legislation that ensures continued quality in forensic science while holding public and private lab DNA analysis to the same standards, and encouraging Texas law enforcement agencies to use forensic science review methods that will eliminate DNA testing backlogs. |
House: Corrections
Senate: Transportation & Homeland Security
|
Signed by the Governor |
|
|
HCR 50 |
82-0 (2011) |
Author: Creighton, Brandon | et. al.
Sponsor: Patrick, Dan | et. al.
|
Affirming the pride of all Texans in both our one and indivisible national union and our one and indivisible state, claiming sovereignty under the Tenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States over all powers not otherwise enumerated and granted to the federal government by the U.S. Constitution, serving notice to the federal government to cease and desist from certain mandates, and providing that certain federal legislation be prohibited or repealed. |
House: State Sovereignty, Select
Senate: State Affairs
|
Not again placed on intent calendar |
|
|
HCR 54 |
82-0 (2011) |
Author: Workman, Paul
|
Urging the United States Congress to reaffirm its commitment to the Tenth Amendment of the United States Constitution, to abolish the Department of Education, the Federal Highway Administration, the Department of Commerce, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, the Department of Health and Human Services, and the Department of Labor, to reduce the federal income tax by an amount equal to the cost savings associated with the abolition of these agencies, to commit to never usurping the rights of the states in future legislation, and to refrain from exempting itself from any legislation it so passes. |
House: State Sovereignty, Select
|
Referred to State Sovereignty, Select |
|
|
HCR 60 |
82-0 (2011) |
Author: Burkett, Cindy | et. al.
|
Urging Congress to propose and submit to the states for ratification the Parental Rights Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. |
House: State Sovereignty, Select
Senate: State Affairs
|
Referred to State Affairs |
|
|
HCR 61 |
82-0 (2011) |
Author: Callegari, Bill | et. al.
|
Expressing opposition to federal interference in state management of Texas' water resources. |
House: State Sovereignty, Select
|
Considered in Calendars |
|
|
HCR 66 |
82-0 (2011) |
Author: Hancock, Kelly | et. al.
|
Urging the United States Congress to prevent the Environmental Protection Agency from regulating greenhouse gases for stationary sources. |
House: Environmental Regulation
|
Received from the House |
|
|
HCR 78 |
82-0 (2011) |
Author: Price, Walter "Four" | et. al.
|
Expressing opposition to federal regulation of intrastate water resources. |
House: State Sovereignty, Select
|
Considered in Calendars |
|
|
HCR 80 |
82-0 (2011) |
Author: Simpson, David | et. al.
|
Expressing strong opposition to unwarranted and unreasonable searches of air passengers by the Transportation Security Administration and urging the administration to cease such searches immediately. |
House: Transportation
|
Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) |
|
|
HCR 81 |
82-0 (2011) |
Author: Isaac, Jason | et. al.
|
Expressing opposition to federal regulation of hazardous waste, water, and clean air and of the production, exploration, drilling, development, operation, transportation, and processing of oil, natural gas, petroleum, and petroleum products in the State of Texas. |
House: State Sovereignty, Select
|
Considered in Calendars |
|
|
HCR 85 |
82-0 (2011) |
Author: Price, Walter "Four" | et. al.
|
Urging the United States Congress to enact legislation to require that any subsequent law cite the constitutional section authorizing Congress to enact the law, state the extent and reasons for any preemption of state, local, or tribal law, include factual findings if the authority cited is the power to regulate interstate commerce, prohibit federal agency regulations from interfering with state or local powers without express statutory authority, and require the voluntary inclusion of states in federal rulemaking. |
House: State Sovereignty, Select
|
Considered in Calendars |
|
|
HCR 87 |
82-0 (2011) |
Author: Veasey, Marc | et. al.
|
Urging Congress to expand the Healthy Incentives Pilot for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program recipients to communities across the country. |
House: Human Services
|
Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal |
|
|
HCR 88 |
82-0 (2011) |
Author: Garza, John | et. al.
|
Urging Congress to enact an overhaul of the immigration system to promote economic prosperity and national security. |
House: State Affairs
|
Committee report sent to Calendars |
|
|
HCR 89 |
82-0 (2011) |
Author: Smith, Wayne
|
Urging Congress to enact federal legislation to modernize the Toxic Substances Control Act of 1976. |
House: Environmental Regulation
|
No action taken in committee |
|
|
HCR 90 |
82-0 (2011) |
Author: Miller, Sid
Sponsor: Hinojosa, Juan
|
Urging Congress to provide a comprehensive public alert warning system. |
House: Homeland Security & Public Safety
Senate: Administration
|
Signed by the Governor |
|
|
HCR 91 |
82-0 (2011) |
Author: Martinez Fischer, Trey
|
Urging Congress to propose and submit to the states for ratification an amendment to the United States Constitution that provides that corporations are not persons under the laws of the United States. |
House: Elections
|
Referred to Elections |
|
|
HCR 92 |
82-0 (2011) |
Author: Martinez Fischer, Trey
|
Urging Congress to enact legislation authorizing Texas and other states to enter into interstate compacts concerning groundwater. |
House: Natural Resources
|
Referred to Natural Resources |
|
|
HCR 94 |
82-0 (2011) |
Author: Flynn, Dan | et. al.
|
Urging Congress to repeal the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. |
House: State Sovereignty, Select
Senate: Business & Commerce
|
Referred to Business & Commerce |
|
|
HCR 96 |
82-0 (2011) |
Author: Veasey, Marc | et. al.
|
Urging the United States Congress to divert funds from corn subsidies to the production of fruits and vegetables. |
House: Public Health
|
Left pending in committee |
|
|
HCR 97 |
82-0 (2011) |
Author: Hunter, Todd
|
Memorializing the U.S. Congress to propose and submit to the states for ratification a constitutional amendment requiring term limits for members of the U.S. House of Representatives. |
House: State Affairs
|
Referred to State Affairs |
|
|
HCR 102 |
82-0 (2011) |
Author: Morrison, Geanie
|
Memorializing the United States Congress to enact comprehensive legislation to protect religious liberty and individual conscience rights of all participants involved in accessing or providing health care. |
House: Public Health
|
Referred to Public Health |
|
|
HCR 129 |
82-0 (2011) |
Author: Patrick, Diane | et. al.
Sponsor: Zaffirini, Judith
|
Notifying the U.S. Department of Education that certain career schools or colleges are legally authorized by the state of Texas to operate educational programs beyond secondary education. |
House: Higher Education
Senate: Higher Education
|
Signed by the Governor |
|
|
HCR 146 |
82-0 (2011) |
Author: Gonzales, Veronica | et. al.
|
Urging Congress to enact legislation to provide sufficient manpower, infrastructure, and technology to ensure the security and efficiency of land ports of entry on the southwestern border. |
House: Border & Intergovernmental Affairs
|
Committee report sent to Calendars |
|
|
HCR 158 |
82-0 (2011) |
Author: Hartnett, Will | et. al.
|
Urging the federal government to grant a conditional green card to certain noncitizens to allow them to enlist in the United States armed forces and urging the federal government to award citizenship to these immigrants upon the completion of four years of honorable military service. |
House: State Affairs
|
Received from the House |
|
|
HJR 130 |
82-0 (2011) |
Author: Branch, Dan
Sponsor: Birdwell, Brian
|
Meeting requirements of the United States Department of Education concerning federal student aid by naming private institutions of higher education in the State of Texas that are authorized to operate educational programs beyond secondary education, including programs leading to a degree or certificate. |
House: Higher Education
Senate: Higher Education
|
Signed by the Governor |
|
|
HR 243 |
82-0 (2011) |
Author: Howard, Charlie
|
Expressing opposition to H.R. 3424 and to any other tax proposal that would limit the use of reinsurance by non-U.S.-based insurance companies. |
House: State Sovereignty, Select
|
Reported enrolled |
|
|
HR 306 |
82-0 (2011) |
Author: Marquez, Marisa | et. al.
|
Expressing support for the conservation of Castner Range. |
House: Culture, Recreation & Tourism
|
Reported enrolled |
|
|
HR 523 |
82-0 (2011) |
Author: Aliseda, Jose
|
Honoring the legacy of community service of the post office in Campbellton and urging Congress to direct the U.S. Postal Service to continue operating the Campbellton Post Office in Atascosa County. |
House: County Affairs
|
Reported enrolled |
|
|
HR 691 |
82-0 (2011) |
Author: White, James | et. al.
|
Urging the U.S. senators from Texas to support passage of the Cut Federal Spending Act of 2011. |
House: State Sovereignty, Select
|
Left pending in committee |
|
|
HR 784 |
82-0 (2011) |
Author: Legler, Ken
|
Urging the United States Congress to fully support operations and joint force structure at Ellington Field Joint Reserve Base. |
House: Defense & Veterans' Affairs
|
Reported enrolled |
|
|
HR 1483 |
82-0 (2011) |
Author: Vo, Hubert
|
Endorsing the inclusion of Taiwan in the United States Visa Waiver Program. |
House: Border & Intergovernmental Affairs
|
Reported enrolled |
|
|
HR 1684 |
82-0 (2011) |
Author: Farias, Joe
|
Commending President Barack Obama, intelligence personnel, and members of the armed forces for the successful completion of their operation. |
|
Filed |
|
|
HR 1694 |
82-0 (2011) |
Author: Farias, Joe | et. al.
|
Commending President Barack Obama, intelligence personnel, and members of the armed forces for the successful completion of their operation. |
|
Reported enrolled |
|
|
HR 1955 |
82-0 (2011) |
Author: Chisum, Warren | et. al.
|
Urging the United States Fish and Wildlife Service to withdraw its proposal to list the dunes sagebrush lizard under the Endangered Species Act of 1973. |
House: Culture, Recreation & Tourism
|
Reported enrolled |
|
|
HR 1971 |
82-0 (2011) |
Author: Kolkhorst, Lois
|
Urging the nation's commander in chief, the executive branch of the federal government, and the United States Congress to assign top priority to alleviating the backlog of disability claims by U.S. veterans. |
House: Defense & Veterans' Affairs
|
Referred to Defense & Veterans' Affairs |
|
|
SCR 1 |
82-0 (2011) |
Author: Hegar, Glenn | et. al.
|
Claiming sovereignty under the Tenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States over all powers not otherwise enumerated and granted to the federal government by the United States Constitution, serving notice to the federal government to cease and desist certain mandates, affirming that the right to keep and bear arms was reserved to the states, and providing that all compulsory federal legislation be prohibited or repealed. |
Senate: State Affairs
|
Co-author authorized |
|
|
SCR 2 |
82-0 (2011) |
Author: Uresti, Carlos
Sponsor: Gallego, Pete
|
Urging Congress to reauthorize the Water Resources Development Act of 2007, Section 5056, and to appropriate sufficient funds so that efforts to solve the salt problem in the Amistad International Reservoir can continue. |
House: Natural Resources
Senate: Natural Resources
|
Signed by the Governor |
|
|
SCR 4 |
82-0 (2011) |
Author: Huffman, Joan
|
Urging the government of the Republic of Turkey to uphold and safeguard religious and human rights, cease discrimination against the Ecumenical Patriarchate and recognize its international status, grant the Ecumenical Patriarchate the authority to determine ecclesiastical succession and the right to train clergy of all nationalities, and respect the property rights of the Ecumenical Patriarchate and the human rights of its personnel. |
|
Filed |
|
|
SCR 9 |
82-0 (2011) |
Author: Lucio, Jr., Eddie
|
Urging the United States Congress to amend the list of allowable foods under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program to eliminate sweetened drinks and snack foods of minimal nutritional value. |
Senate: Health & Human Services
|
Referred to Health & Human Services |
|
|
SCR 14 |
82-0 (2011) |
Author: Patrick, Dan | et. al.
|
Affirming the pride of all Texans in both our one and indivisible national union and our one and indivisible state, claiming sovereignty under the Tenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States over all powers not otherwise enumerated and granted to the federal government by the U.S. Constitution, serving notice to the federal government to cease and desist from certain mandates, and providing that certain federal legislation be prohibited or repealed. |
Senate: State Affairs
|
Left pending in committee |
|
|
SCR 20 |
82-0 (2011) |
Author: Fraser, Troy | et. al.
|
Urging the United States Congress to prevent the Environmental Protection Agency from regulating greenhouse gases for stationary sources. |
Senate: Natural Resources
|
Not again placed on intent calendar |
|
|
SCR 26 |
82-0 (2011) |
Author: Lucio, Jr., Eddie
|
Urging Congress to ensure that Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits are adequate for the purchase of a healthy diet. |
Senate: Health & Human Services
|
Left pending in committee |
|
|
SCR 32 |
82-0 (2011) |
Author: Seliger, Kel
|
Expressing opposition to federal regulation of intrastate water resources. |
House: State Sovereignty, Select
Senate: Natural Resources
|
Referred to State Sovereignty, Select |
|
|
SCR 33 |
82-0 (2011) |
Author: Lucio, Jr., Eddie
|
Urging Congress to consider removal of the border wall in places where the border is already adequately guarded. |
Senate: Transportation & Homeland Security
|
Referred to Transportation & Homeland Sec. |
|
|
SCR 36 |
82-0 (2011) |
Author: Williams, Tommy | et. al.
|
Urging the members of the Texas congressional delegation to provide to the legislature a cost analysis of the exact funding necessary for full enforcement of all immigration laws in Texas and to immediately report back to the legislature as to the status of that funding and directing the lieutenant governor and the speaker of the house to send a delegation of members from both chambers to meet with members of Congress and members of the executive branch to discuss the border security crisis. |
House: State Affairs
Senate: Transportation & Homeland Security
|
Referred to State Affairs |
|
|
SR 506 |
82-0 (2011) |
Author: Rodriguez, Jose
|
Expressing support for the conservation of Castner Range. |
Senate: Veteran Affairs & Military Installations
|
Reported enrolled |
|
|
SR 740 |
82-0 (2011) |
Author: Van de Putte, Leticia
|
Advocating that the United States Department of Defense name Lackland Air Force Base to the next list of the F-35 base locations. |
|
Again read |
|
|
SR 1050 |
82-0 (2011) |
Author: Whitmire, John
|
Urging the nation's commander in chief, the executive branch of the federal government, and the United States Congress to assign top priority to alleviating the backlog of disability claims by United States veterans. |
|
Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
|
|
HCR 5 |
82-1 (2011) |
Author: Harper-Brown, Linda | et. al.
|
Urging Congress to take appropriate action to ensure acceptable treatment of the public by personnel of the Transportation Security Administration. |
House: State Affairs
|
Received from the House |
|
|
HCR 11 |
82-1 (2011) |
Author: Hartnett, Will
|
Urging the federal government to grant a conditional green card to certain noncitizens to allow them to enlist in the United States armed forces and urging the federal government to award citizenship to these immigrants upon the completion of four years of honorable military service. |
House: State Affairs
|
Referred to State Affairs |
|
|
HCR 13 |
82-1 (2011) |
Author: Garza, John
|
Urging Congress to enact an overhaul of the immigration system. |
House: State Affairs
|
Referred to State Affairs |
|
|
SCR 2 |
82-1 (2011) |
Author: Van de Putte, Leticia
|
Urging the federal government to grant a conditional green card to certain noncitizens to allow them to enlist in the United States armed forces and urging the federal government to award citizenship to these immigrants upon the completion of four years of honorable military service. |
|
Filed |
|
|
HCR 50 |
81-0 (2009) |
Author: Creighton, Brandon | et. al.
|
Affirming that the State of Texas claims sovereignty under the Tenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States over all powers not otherwise enumerated and granted to the federal government by the U.S. Constitution, serving notice to the federal government to cease and desist certain mandates, and providing that certain federal legislation be prohibited or repealed. |
House: State Affairs
|
Received from the House |
|
|
HCR 54 |
81-0 (2009) |
Author: Truitt, Vicki | et. al.
|
Urging the United States Congress to enact legislation facilitating a technology-based solution that allows consumers to subscribe to Internet services that exclude adult content. |
House: Technology, Economic Development & Workforce
Senate: Economic Development
|
Referred to Economic Development |
|
|
HCR 61 |
81-0 (2009) |
Author: Herrero, Abel | et. al.
|
Urging congress to repeal the Government Pension Offset and the Windfall Elimination Provision of the Social Security Act. |
House: Pensions, Investments & Financial Services
Senate: State Affairs
|
Referred to State Affairs |
|
|
HCR 64 |
81-0 (2009) |
Author: Isett, Carl | et. al.
|
Urging the Congress of the United States to oppose any efforts to adopt the Employee Free Choice Act or any similar legislation. |
House: Technology, Economic Development & Workforce
|
Left pending in committee |
|
|
HCR 66 |
81-0 (2009) |
Author: Berman, Leo | et. al.
|
Memorializing Congress in defense of the Tenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, affirming the right of states to nullify acts of Congress, executive orders, and judicial orders, and asserting that any act, executive order, or judicial order that assumes a power not delegated to the federal government by the U.S. Constitution and which diminishes the liberty of any state or citizen shall constitute a nullification of the Constitution. |
House: State Affairs
|
Referred to State Affairs |
|
|
HCR 67 |
81-0 (2009) |
Author: Farabee, David | et. al.
|
Urging the United States Congress to maintain state regulatory coverage of hydraulic fracturing. |
House: Energy Resources
Senate: Natural Resources
|
Referred to Natural Resources |
|
|
HCR 73 |
81-0 (2009) |
Author: Raymond, Richard | et. al.
|
Memorializing Congress to propose and submit to the states for ratification an amendment to the United States Constitution to provide for a federal balanced budget. |
House: Appropriations
|
Referred to Appropriations |
|
|
HCR 74 |
81-0 (2009) |
Author: Raymond, Richard
|
Memorializing the United States Congress not to privatize the Social Security program. |
House: Appropriations
|
Referred to Appropriations |
|
|
HCR 75 |
81-0 (2009) |
Author: Lucio III, Eddie | et. al.
|
Urging congress to explore alternatives to border security in South Texas other than the fencing described in the Secure Fence Act. |
House: Border & Intergovernmental Affairs
|
Considered in Calendars |
|
|
HCR 76 |
81-0 (2009) |
Author: Berman, Leo | et. al.
|
Memorializing Congress in defense of the Tenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, affirming the right of states to nullify acts of Congress, executive orders, and judicial orders, and calling for the creation of a joint committee to communicate with other states about the limits of federal power. |
House: State Affairs
|
Referred to State Affairs |
|
|
HCR 79 |
81-0 (2009) |
Author: Guillen, Ryan | et. al.
Sponsor: Zaffirini, Judith
|
Memorializing Congress to refine Department of Homeland Security policy to consider risk levels as well as population size in assessing the financial needs of first responders in border communities along the international boundary created by the Rio Grande. |
House: Border & Intergovernmental Affairs
Senate: International Relations & Trade
|
Signed by the Governor |
|
|
HCR 86 |
81-0 (2009) |
Author: Peña, Aaron | et. al.
Sponsor: Lucio, Jr., Eddie | et. al.
|
Memorializing Congress in support of establishing a veterans hospital in the Rio Grande Valley. |
House: Defense & Veterans' Affairs
Senate: Veteran Affairs & Military Installations
|
Signed by the Governor |
|
|
HCR 91 |
81-0 (2009) |
Author: Smith, Todd
|
Urging Congress to remove confidentiality mandates for minors from family planning services programs operating under Title X of the Public Health Services Act and Medicaid. |
House: Public Health
|
Left pending in committee |
|
|
HCR 96 |
81-0 (2009) |
Author: Lucio III, Eddie
|
Memorializing Congress in support of establishing a veterans hospital in the Rio Grande Valley. |
House: Defense & Veterans' Affairs
|
Referred to Defense & Veterans' Affairs |
|
|
HCR 120 |
81-0 (2009) |
Author: Guillen, Ryan | et. al.
Sponsor: Uresti, Carlos
|
Memorializing the United States Congress to make eradication of the fever tick in South Texas a priority and provide appropriate funding and resources. |
House: Agriculture & Livestock
Senate: Natural Resources
|
Signed by the Governor |
|
|
HCR 125 |
81-0 (2009) |
Author: Guillen, Ryan
|
Urging the U.S. Congress to increase COPS grants for smaller communities and less populated counties in the South Texas High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area. |
House: Border & Intergovernmental Affairs
Senate: Criminal Justice
|
Referred to Criminal Justice |
|
|
HCR 148 |
81-0 (2009) |
Author: Veasey, Marc
|
Memorializing Congress to ensure that women in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facilities receive full access to the medical care to which they are entitled. |
House: State Affairs
|
Referred to State Affairs |
|
|
HCR 166 |
81-0 (2009) |
Author: Chavez, Norma
|
Memorializing the United States Congress to normalize trade relations with Cuba. |
House: Border & Intergovernmental Affairs
|
Left pending in committee |
|
|
HCR 171 |
81-0 (2009) |
Author: Guillen, Ryan
|
Memorializing Congress to direct the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to establish a public health region for the counties along the Texas-Mexico border. |
House: Border & Intergovernmental Affairs
Senate: Health & Human Services
|
Referred to Health & Human Services |
|
|
HCR 180 |
81-0 (2009) |
Author: Isett, Carl | et. al.
|
Expressing the intention of the Texas Legislature not to implement the federal REAL ID Act of 2005. |
House: State Affairs
|
Referred to State Affairs |
|
|
HCR 183 |
81-0 (2009) |
Author: Farabee, David | et. al.
Sponsor: Uresti, Carlos
|
Urging Congress to reject provisions of President Barack Obama's budget that would eliminate certain deductions presently available to the oil and natural gas exploration industry. |
House: Energy Resources
|
Signed by the Governor |
|
|
HCR 193 |
81-0 (2009) |
Author: Bonnen, Dennis
|
Expressing support of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, in Istanbul, urging intervention by the United States, the European Union, and the United Nations to stop institutional discrimination against the Ecumenical Patriarchate, and calling on the government of Turkey to safeguard religious rights within its borders, including those of the Ecumenical Patriarchate. |
House: State Affairs
|
Referred to State Affairs |
|
|
HR 701 |
81-0 (2009) |
Author: Davis, John | et. al.
|
Urging Congress to fully fund the National Aeronautics and Space Administration budget request in support of the U.S. Space Exploration Policy, as submitted to Congress for Fiscal Year 2010. |
House: Appropriations
|
Referred to Appropriations |
|
|
HR 1085 |
81-0 (2009) |
Author: Mallory Caraway, Barbara
|
Urging Congress to enact legislation facilitating the ability of cities to access appropriate financing for critically needed municipal projects. |
House: Urban Affairs
|
Reported enrolled |
|
|
HR 1702 |
81-0 (2009) |
Author: Lucio III, Eddie
|
Urging the United States Congress to repeal mandatory country of origin labeling provisions. |
House: State Affairs
|
Referred to State Affairs |
|
|
SCR 10 |
81-0 (2009) |
Author: Shapleigh, Eliot
Sponsor: Gonzales, Veronica
|
Urging Congress to provide emergency funding and resources to begin immediately addressing increasing delays at United States ports of entry on the Texas-Mexico border. |
House: Border & Intergovernmental Affairs
Senate: International Relations & Trade
|
Signed by the Governor |
|
|
SCR 21 |
81-0 (2009) |
Author: Estes, Craig
|
Urging the Texas congressional delegation to take action to prohibit the use of federal funds to transfer enemy combatants detained at Guantanamo Bay to any facility in Texas or to build or modify facilities for any such enemy combatants in the state. |
Senate: Veteran Affairs & Military Installations
|
Referred to Veteran Affairs & Military Instal |
|
|
SCR 22 |
81-0 (2009) |
Author: Lucio, Jr., Eddie | et. al.
Sponsor: Pickett, Joseph | et. al.
|
Urging Congress to reopen consideration of the case to posthumously award the Medal of Honor to World War I hero Marcelino Serna. |
House: Defense & Veterans' Affairs
Senate: Veteran Affairs & Military Installations
|
Signed by the Governor |
|
|
SCR 35 |
81-0 (2009) |
Author: Nichols, Robert | et. al.
|
Affirming that the State of Texas claims sovereignty under the Tenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States over all powers not otherwise enumerated and granted to the federal government by the United States Constitution, serving notice to the federal government to cease and desist certain mandates, and providing that certain federal legislation be prohibited or repealed. |
Senate: State Affairs
|
Co-author authorized |
|
|
SCR 38 |
81-0 (2009) |
Author: Hinojosa, Juan
Sponsor: Farias, Joe
|
Memorializing Congress to restore the presumption of a service connection for Agent Orange exposure to veterans who served on the inland waterways, territorial waters, and in the airspace of the Republic of Vietnam. |
House: Defense & Veterans' Affairs
Senate: Veteran Affairs & Military Installations
|
Signed by the Governor |
|
|
SCR 39 |
81-0 (2009) |
Author: Hegar, Glenn | et. al.
|
Affirming that the State of Texas claims sovereignty under the Tenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States over all powers not otherwise enumerated and granted to the federal government by the United States Constitution, serving notice to the federal government to cease and desist certain mandates, and providing that certain federal legislation be prohibited or repealed. |
Senate: State Affairs
|
Co-author authorized |
|
|
SCR 48 |
81-0 (2009) |
Author: Van de Putte, Leticia
|
Urging Congress to repeal the Government Pension Offset and the Windfall Elimination Provision of the Social Security Act. |
Senate: State Affairs
|
Referred to State Affairs |
|
|
SCR 51 |
81-0 (2009) |
Author: Patrick, Dan
|
Urging the Congress of the United States to oppose any efforts to adopt the Employee Free Choice Act or any similar legislation. |
Senate: State Affairs
|
Referred to State Affairs |
|
|
SCR 54 |
81-0 (2009) |
Author: Estes, Craig | et. al.
|
Memorializing Congress to cease and desist attempting to enact federal legislation impinging on the individual right of every American to keep and bear arms and urging Congress to oppose passage of the Blair Holt's Firearm Licensing and Record of Sale Act of 2009. |
House: Border & Intergovernmental Affairs
Senate: Criminal Justice
|
Referred to Border & Intergovernmental Affairs |
|
|
SCR 70 |
81-0 (2009) |
Author: Huffman, Joan | et. al.
|
Expressing support of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, in Istanbul, urging intervention by the United States, the European Union, and the United Nations to stop institutional discrimination against the Ecumenical Patriarchate, and calling on the government of Turkey to safeguard religious rights within its borders, including those of the Ecumenical Patriarchate. |
House: State Affairs
Senate: State Affairs
|
Referred to State Affairs |
|
|
SCR 73 |
81-0 (2009) |
Author: Averitt, Kip
Sponsor: Swinford, David
|
Memorializing the United States Congress to maintain the Federal Family Education Loan Program. |
House: Higher Education
Senate: Higher Education
|
Signed by the Governor |
|
|
HCR 1 |
80-0 (2007) |
Author: Garcia, Juan
Sponsor: Van de Putte, Leticia
|
Memorializing Congress to support legislation for veterans' health care budget reform. |
House: Defense Affairs & State-Federal Relations
|
Signed by the Governor |
|
|
HCR 13 |
80-0 (2007) |
Author: Raymond, Richard
|
Memorializing the United States Congress not to privatize the social security program. |
House: State Affairs
|
Referred to State Affairs |
|
|
HCR 16 |
80-0 (2007) |
Author: West, George
Sponsor: Seliger, Kel
|
Urging the U.S. Congress to honor the sacrifice and service of the U.S. Merchant Marine in World War II by passing the Belated Thank You to the Merchant Mariners of World War II Act of 2005. |
House: Defense Affairs & State-Federal Relations
Senate: Veteran Affairs & Military Installations
|
Signed by the Governor |
|
|
HCR 28 |
80-0 (2007) |
Author: Menendez, Jose
|
Urging Congress to amend the Department of Housing and Urban Development Act to prohibit the inclusion of the military basic allowance for housing as income for purposes of determining eligibility for federally assisted low-income housing programs. |
House: Defense Affairs & State-Federal Relations
|
Committee report sent to Calendars |
|
|
HCR 29 |
80-0 (2007) |
Author: Bonnen, Dennis
|
Memorializing the U.S. Congress to pass H.R. 1146 to withdraw the United States from membership in the United Nations. |
House: Border & International Affairs
|
Referred to Border and International Affairs |
|
|
HCR 35 |
80-0 (2007) |
Author: Rodriguez, Eddie | et. al.
Sponsor: Ellis, Rodney
|
Urging the United States Congress to enact legislation to eliminate the 24-month Medicare waiting period for participants in Social Security Disability Insurance. |
House: Public Health
Senate: State Affairs
|
Signed by the Governor |
|
|
HCR 51 |
80-0 (2007) |
Author: Noriega, Rick
|
Urging Congress to repeal the Government Pension Offset provision and the Windfall Elimination Provision of the Social Security Act. |
House: State Affairs
|
Referred to State Affairs |
|
|
HCR 61 |
80-0 (2007) |
Author: Coleman, Garnet
|
Expressing opposition to sending additional troops to Iraq. |
House: Defense Affairs & State-Federal Relations
|
Referred to Defense Affairs & State-Fed Rel |
|
|
HCR 67 |
80-0 (2007) |
Author: Leibowitz, David | et. al.
Sponsor: Seliger, Kel
|
Urging Congress to provide further drought relief for Texas. |
House: Agriculture & Livestock
Senate: Natural Resources
|
Signed by the Governor |
|
|
HCR 87 |
80-0 (2007) |
Author: Smith, Todd
|
Urging Congress to remove confidentiality mandates for minors from family planning services programs operating under Title X of the Public Health Services Act and Medicaid. |
House: State Affairs
|
Referred to State Affairs |
|
|
HCR 91 |
80-0 (2007) |
Author: Villarreal, Mike
|
Requesting that Congress improve public safety by implementing and enforcing stricter federal rail regulations. |
House: Transportation
|
Referred to Transportation |
|
|
HCR 107 |
80-0 (2007) |
Author: McClendon, Ruth
|
Memorializing Congress to eliminate the Medicaid Estate Recovery Program. |
House: Appropriations
|
Referred directly to subcommittee by chair |
|
|
HCR 108 |
80-0 (2007) |
Author: Vo, Hubert | et. al.
|
Memorializing Congress to approve sufficient funds for Texas' block grant allocation for the State Children's Health Insurance Program to enable the state to increase enrollment levels. |
House: Human Services
|
Referred to Human Services |
|
|
HCR 125 |
80-0 (2007) |
Author: Martinez, Armando | et. al.
Sponsor: Lucio, Jr., Eddie
|
Requesting Congress to restore full funding to the Community Oriented Policing Services program to assist Texas law enforcement in patrolling the border. |
House: Border & International Affairs
Senate: Transportation & Homeland Security
|
Signed by the Governor |
|
|
HCR 126 |
80-0 (2007) |
Author: Turner, Sylvester | et. al.
|
Urging congress to timely reauthorize the State Children's Health Insurance Program. |
House: Human Services
|
Referred to Human Services |
|
|
HCR 134 |
80-0 (2007) |
Author: Coleman, Garnet
|
Urging Congress to reauthorize the State Children's Health Insurance Program. |
House: Human Services
|
Referred to Human Services |
|
|
HCR 141 |
80-0 (2007) |
Author: Martinez, Armando
|
Urging the United States Congress to appropriate funds to ensure that the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services can provide an immigration and naturalization processing system that is both efficient and secure. |
House: State Affairs
|
Referred to State Affairs |
|
|
HCR 149 |
80-0 (2007) |
Author: Bonnen, Dennis
|
Urging Congress and the Environmental Protection Agency to recognize that the State of Texas has done everything in its power to meet the current attainment deadline for the eight-hour ozone standard. |
House: Environmental Regulation
|
Left pending in committee |
|
|
HCR 172 |
80-0 (2007) |
Author: Corte, Jr., Frank
|
Memorializing Congress to fund the REAL ID Act of 2005. |
House: Defense Affairs & State-Federal Relations
|
Left pending in committee |
|
|
HCR 197 |
80-0 (2007) |
Author: Eiland, Craig
|
Urging Congress to oppose the establishment of a federal insurance regulatory system. |
House: Insurance
|
Referred to Insurance |
|
|
HCR 200 |
80-0 (2007) |
Author: Escobar, Juan
|
Memorializing Congress to reopen consideration of posthumously awarding WWI hero Marcelino Serna the Medal of Honor. |
House: Defense Affairs & State-Federal Relations
|
Received from the House |
|
|
HCR 206 |
80-0 (2007) |
Author: White Delisi, Dianne
|
Respectfully encouraging congress to direct the secretary of the United States Department of Health and Human Services to withdraw proposed rule CMS-2258-P. |
House: Public Health
|
Received from the House |
|
|
HCR 249 |
80-0 (2007) |
Author: Thompson, Senfronia | et. al.
|
Urging Congress and the Federal Aviation Administration to reexamine federal policies on the mitigation of aircraft noise. |
House: Transportation
|
Committee report sent to Calendars |
|
|
HCR 255 |
80-0 (2007) |
Author: Morrison, Geanie
|
Urging Congress to restore federal maintenance and dredging funds for the Victoria Barge Canal. |
House: Transportation
|
Referred to Transportation |
|
|
HCR 281 |
80-0 (2007) |
Author: Gonzalez Toureilles, Yvonne | et. al.
|
Requesting that Congress and the Texas Legislature adopt the terms "undocumented worker, person, or immigrant" as replacements to the term "illegal alien" in official discourse. |
|
Filed |
|
|
HR 184 |
80-0 (2007) |
Author: Coleman, Garnet | et. al.
|
Expressing opposition to sending additional troops to Iraq. |
House: Defense Affairs & State-Federal Relations
|
Referred to Defense Affairs & State-Fed Rel |
|
|
HR 1576 |
80-0 (2007) |
Author: Chavez, Norma
|
Encouraging the president of the United States and Congress to enact a free trade agreement between the United States and Taiwan. |
House: Border & International Affairs
|
Committee report sent to Calendars |
|
|
HR 1681 |
80-0 (2007) |
Author: Flynn, Dan
|
Requesting Congress to pass and the president to sign legislation to revive previous authority on the use of national guard forces. |
House: Defense Affairs & State-Federal Relations
|
Referred to Defense Affairs & State-Fed Rel |
|
|
HR 2137 |
80-0 (2007) |
Author: Morrison, Geanie
|
Urging Congress to restore federal maintenance and dredging funds for the Victoria Barge Canal. |
House: Environmental Regulation
|
Referred to Environmental Regulation |
|
|
HR 2182 |
80-0 (2007) |
Author: Escobar, Juan | et. al.
|
Urging Congress to support the construction of a veterans hospital in the Rio Grande Valley. |
House: Defense Affairs & State-Federal Relations
|
Referred to Defense Affairs & State-Fed Rel |
|
|
SCR 23 |
80-0 (2007) |
Author: Uresti, Carlos
|
Urging Congress to ensure the timely reauthorization of the federal State Children's Health Insurance Program. |
Senate: Health & Human Services
|
Referred to Health & Human Services |
|
|
SCR 28 |
80-0 (2007) |
Author: Watson, Kirk | et. al.
Sponsor: Truitt, Vicki | et. al.
|
Urging the Texas congressional delegation to support legislation to expand telemedicine/telehealth services. |
House: Public Health
Senate: Health & Human Services
|
Committee report sent to Calendars |
|
|
SCR 33 |
80-0 (2007) |
Author: Gallegos, Jr., Mario
|
Urging Congress to repeal the Government Pension Offset provision and the Windfall Elimination Provision of the Social Security Act. |
Senate: State Affairs
|
Referred to State Affairs |
|
|
SCR 37 |
80-0 (2007) |
Author: Van de Putte, Leticia
Sponsor: Garcia, Juan
|
Memorializing congress to support legislation assuring veterans health care funding and expressing gratitude for their service in the United States Armed Forces. |
House: Defense Affairs & State-Federal Relations
Senate: Veteran Affairs & Military Installations
|
Committee report sent to Calendars |
|
|
SCR 43 |
80-0 (2007) |
Author: Lucio, Jr., Eddie
|
Memorializing Congress to enact the Secure Border Crossing Card Entry Act of 2007. |
House: State Affairs
Senate: International Relations & Trade
|
Referred to State Affairs |
|
|
SCR 45 |
80-0 (2007) |
Author: Carona, John
|
Memorializing Congress to fund the REAL ID Act of 2005. |
Senate: Transportation & Homeland Security
|
Referred to Transportation & Homeland Sec. |
|
|
SCR 46 |
80-0 (2007) |
Author: Averitt, Kip
Sponsor: Dunnam, Jim | et. al.
|
Requesting Congress to authorize the Secretary of the United States Department of Veterans Affairs to convey the Thomas T. Connally Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Marlin, Texas, to the State of Texas. |
House: Defense Affairs & State-Federal Relations
Senate: Veteran Affairs & Military Installations
|
Signed by the Governor |
|
|
SCR 60 |
80-0 (2007) |
Author: Averitt, Kip
Sponsor: Eiland, Craig
|
Urging Congress to maintain the states as the sole regulators of the business of insurance and to oppose the establishment of a federal insurance regulatory system. |
House: Insurance
Senate: Business & Commerce
|
Signed by the Governor |
|
|
SCR 64 |
80-0 (2007) |
Author: Van de Putte, Leticia
|
Urging Congress to ensure state control of the National Guard. |
Senate: State Affairs
|
Referred to State Affairs |
|
|
SR 594 |
80-0 (2007) |
Author: Van de Putte, Leticia
|
Memorializing the Congress of the United States to support legislation for veterans' health care budget reform. |
|
Reported enrolled |
|
|
SR 1084 |
80-0 (2007) |
Author: Hegar, Glenn
|
Urging Congress to restore federal maintenance and dredging funds for the Victoria Barge Canal. |
|
Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
|
|
HCR 1 |
79-0 (2005) |
Author: McClendon, Ruth | et. al.
|
Memorializing Congress to eliminate the Medicaid Estate Recovery Program. |
House: Public Health
|
Referred to Public Health |
|
|
HCR 7 |
79-0 (2005) |
Author: Cook, Robert | et. al.
|
Memorializing Congress to preserve the community development block grant program and its funding at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. |
House: Urban Affairs
|
Received from the House |
|
|
HCR 13 |
79-0 (2005) |
Author: Chavez, Norma | et. al.
Sponsor: Lucio, Jr., Eddie
|
Memorializing Congress to allow Mexican visitors the same six-month length of stay afforded to Canadian travelers. |
House: Border & International Affairs
Senate: International Relations & Trade
|
Signed by the Governor |
|
|
HCR 14 |
79-0 (2005) |
Author: Van Arsdale, Corbin
|
Memorializing Congress to propose an amendment to reform Clause 7, Section 9, Article I, United States Constitution, relating to the federal budget. |
House: State Affairs
|
Left pending in committee |
|
|
HCR 37 |
79-0 (2005) |
Author: Delisi, Dianne
Sponsor: Nelson, Jane
|
Memorializing Congress to increase the presence of federal health and human services agencies, improve coordination of health and human services programs, and increase related funding in Texas. |
House: Public Health
Senate: Health & Human Services
|
Signed by the Governor |
|
|
HCR 48 |
79-0 (2005) |
Author: Rodriguez, Eddie | et. al.
|
Urging the United States Congress to enact legislation to eliminate the 24-month Medicare waiting period for participants in Social Security Disability Insurance. |
House: Public Health
|
Left pending in committee |
|
|
HCR 49 |
79-0 (2005) |
Author: Davis, John | et. al.
Sponsor: Jackson, Mike
|
Urging the United States Congress to fully fund NASA's budget request for fiscal year 2006. |
House: State Affairs
Senate: State Affairs
|
Signed by the Governor |
|
|
HCR 54 |
79-0 (2005) |
Author: Raymond, Richard | et. al.
|
Memorializing the United States Congress not to privatize the social security program. |
House: State Affairs
|
Referred to State Affairs |
|
|
HCR 63 |
79-0 (2005) |
Author: Noriega, Melissa | et. al.
|
Memorializing Congress to repeal the Government Pension Offset provision and the Windfall Elimination Provision of the Social Security Act. |
House: State Affairs
Senate: State Affairs
|
Referred to State Affairs |
|
|
HCR 69 |
79-0 (2005) |
Author: Chavez, Norma
|
Requesting the U.S. Congress to enact the Agricultural Job Opportunity, Benefits, and Security Act to significantly reform immigration law as it relates to agriculture. |
House: Border & International Affairs
|
Postponed |
|
|
HCR 91 |
79-0 (2005) |
Author: Raymond, Richard
|
Memorializing Congress to maintain its support for the U.S. Department of Education's Upward Bound programs. |
House: Public Education
|
Referred to Public Education |
|
|
HCR 101 |
79-0 (2005) |
Author: Veasey, Marc
|
Memorializing the 109th Congress to pass HR40 establishing a commission to study reparations proposals for African Americans. |
House: State Affairs
|
Referred to State Affairs |
|
|
HCR 121 |
79-0 (2005) |
Author: Burnam, Lon
|
Memorializing Congress to direct the Office of Global Security Risk within the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to publish a list of U.S. companies that conduct business in countries that are involved in terrorist activities. |
House: Defense Affairs & State-Federal Relations
|
Committee report sent to Calendars |
|
|
HCR 137 |
79-0 (2005) |
Author: Martinez, Armando | et. al.
|
Urging the U.S. Congress to press for NAFTA reforms to provide preference protections for produce grown in South Texas and marketed in the same area. |
House: Economic Development
|
Committee report sent to Calendars |
|
|
HCR 138 |
79-0 (2005) |
Author: Martinez, Armando
Sponsor: Hinojosa, Juan
|
Memorializing Congress and the Department of Veterans Affairs to support the veterans of South Texas by building a veterans hospital in Weslaco, Texas. |
House: Defense Affairs & State-Federal Relations
Senate: Veteran Affairs & Military Installations
|
Signed by the Governor |
|
|
HCR 166 |
79-0 (2005) |
Author: Chisum, Warren
Sponsor: Staples, Todd
|
Memorializing congress to increase funding to the fully authorized level and include advance funds for the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program and to pursue a more equitable funding allocation formula for the program. |
House: Energy Resources
|
Signed by the Governor |
|
|
HCR 171 |
79-0 (2005) |
Author: Chavez, Norma
|
Memorializing Congress to direct the Federal Railroad Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation, to issue mandatory safety regulations for remote control locomotive operations along the Texas-Mexico border, including prohibitions relating to hazardous materials. |
House: Transportation
|
Referred to Transportation |
|
|
HR 106 |
79-0 (2005) |
Author: Giddings, Helen | et. al.
|
Memorializing Congress to posthumously bestow the Congressional Medal of Honor upon Doris "Dorie" Miller and to request the U.S. Postal Service to issue a commemorative postage stamp to honor Miller. |
House: Rules & Resolutions
|
Reported enrolled |
|
|
HR 570 |
79-0 (2005) |
Author: Bonnen, Dennis
|
Memorializing congress to express its commitment to clean air and economic development by passing the Clear Skies Act of 2005. |
House: Environmental Regulation
|
Referred to Environmental Regulation |
|
|
HR 1300 |
79-0 (2005) |
Author: Giddings, Helen
|
Memorializing Congress to enact legislation relating to the assessment of penalties by a financial institution for an insufficient funds check. |
House: Business & Industry
|
Reported enrolled |
|
|
SCR 2 |
79-0 (2005) |
Author: Staples, Todd
Sponsor: Berman, Leo
|
Memorializing Congress to enact legislation to provide for federal deployment of the Strategic National Stockpile within Mexico to protect United States border states. |
House: Defense Affairs & State-Federal Relations
Senate: Transportation & Homeland Security
|
Signed by the Governor |
|
|
SCR 5 |
79-0 (2005) |
Author: Gallegos, Jr., Mario
|
Memorializing Congress to repeal the Government Pension Offset provision and the Windfall Elimination Provision of the Social Security Act. |
Senate: State Affairs
|
Referred to State Affairs |
|
|
SCR 6 |
79-0 (2005) |
Author: Fraser, Troy
Sponsor: West, George
|
Memoralizing Congress to establish a domestic energy policy to ensure an adequate supply of natural gas, the appropriate infrastructure, promote greater energy efficiency, and open new areas for environmentally responsible natural gas production. |
House: Energy Resources
Senate: Business & Commerce
|
Signed by the Governor |
|
|
SCR 10 |
79-0 (2005) |
Author: Staples, Todd
|
Memorializing congress to include Texas' transportation priorities in legislation to reauthorize TEA-21. |
House: Transportation
Senate: Transportation & Homeland Security
|
Referred to Transportation |
|
|
SCR 18 |
79-0 (2005) |
Author: Madla, Frank | et. al.
Sponsor: Casteel, Carter
|
Memorializing Congress to enact legislation to provide funding to support the protection and growth of the Texas wine industry. |
House: Agriculture & Livestock
Senate: Intergovernmental Relations
|
Signed by the Governor |
|
|
SCR 23 |
79-0 (2005) |
Author: Williams, Tommy | et. al.
|
Memorializing congress to permanently repeal the federal death tax in 2005. |
Senate: Finance
|
Referred to Finance |
|
|
SCR 24 |
79-0 (2005) |
Author: West, Royce | et. al.
|
Memorializing Congress to support federal efforts to simplify the Free Application for Federal Student Aid and to support legislation requiring a new formula for distributing federal campus-based funds among institutions. |
Senate: Education
|
No action taken in committee |
|
|
SCR 27 |
79-0 (2005) |
Author: West, Royce | et. al.
Sponsor: Branch, Dan
|
Memorializing Congress to eliminate current caps on funded Medicare resident training slots and related limits on costs per resident used to determine Medicare graduate medical education reimbursement payments. |
House: Higher Education
Senate: Education
|
Signed by the Governor |
|
|
SCR 34 |
79-0 (2005) |
Author: Shapleigh, Eliot
|
Memorializing Congress to recognize the Lipan Apache Band of Texas as a federally acknowledged Indian tribe. |
Senate: State Affairs
|
Referred to State Affairs |
|
|
SCR 38 |
79-0 (2005) |
Author: West, Royce
|
Memorializing the United States Congress to reaffirm its commitment to protecting the rights of minorities by reauthorizing Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act in 2007. |
Senate: State Affairs
|
Referred to State Affairs |
|
|
HCR 31 |
79-3 (2006) |
Author: Uresti, Carlos
|
Urging Congress to pass legislation to change the name of the Department of the Navy to the Department of the Navy and Marine Corps and the title of the Secretary of the Navy to Secretary of the Navy and Marine Corps. |
House: Defense Affairs & State-Federal Relations
|
Referred to Defense Affairs & State-Fed Rel |
|
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HCR 43 |
79-3 (2006) |
Author: Berman, Leo | et. al.
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Urging Congress to enact the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Visitor Center Deadline Act. |
House: State Affairs
|
Committee report sent to Calendars |
|
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SCR 9 |
79-3 (2006) |
Author: Staples, Todd | et. al.
Sponsor: Farabee, David
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Memorializing Congress to permanently extend the federal income tax deductibility of state and local sales taxes. |
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Received from the Senate |
|
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SCR 11 |
79-3 (2006) |
Author: Hinojosa, Juan | et. al.
Sponsor: Gallego, Pete | et. al.
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Memorializing Congress to reauthorize certain provisions of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. |
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Filed |
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|
SR 9 |
79-3 (2006) |
Author: Van de Putte, Leticia
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Urging the United States Congress to address problems in the Department of Veterans Affairs and to enact legislation that assures predictable and adequate funding of the Veterans Health Administration. |
|
Read & adopted |
|
|
HCR 11 |
78-0 (2003) |
Author: Corte, Frank
|
Memorializing the congress to pursue research to quantify health risks and develop uniform exposure guidelines applicable to molds and mold aggregations that contribute to "sick buildings." |
House: State Affairs
|
Left pending in committee |
|
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HCR 13 |
78-0 (2003) |
Author: West, George | et. al.
Sponsor: Shapiro, Florence
|
Urging congress to enact the Protect Children From E-Mail Smut Act of 2001. |
House: State Affairs
Senate: State Affairs
|
Signed by the Governor |
|
|
HCR 14 |
78-0 (2003) |
Author: West, George | et. al.
Sponsor: Shapiro, Florence
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Urging congress to enact the Child Modeling Exploitation Prevention Act of 2002. |
House: State Affairs
Senate: State Affairs
|
Signed by the Governor |
|
|
HCR 17 |
78-0 (2003) |
Author: Berman, Leo | et. al.
|
Memorializing congress to repeal the Government Pension Offset enacted in 1977. |
House: Pensions & Investments
|
Committee report sent to Calendars |
|
|
HCR 28 |
78-0 (2003) |
Author: Lewis, Glenn
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Memorializing the 108th Congress to pass HR40 establishing a commission to study reparations proposals for African Americans. |
House: State Affairs
|
Left pending in committee |
|
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HCR 44 |
78-0 (2003) |
Author: Cook, Robert
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Urging Congress to recognize the impact of proposed Medicare fee reductions by passing H.J.R. 3 and to update the physician Medicare payment formula. |
House: Public Health
|
Referred to Public Health |
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HCR 56 |
78-0 (2003) |
Author: Delisi, Dianne
Sponsor: Nelson, Jane
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Urging the secretary of the United States Department of Health and Human Services to authorize any section 1115 demonstration waivers. |
House: State Health Care Expenditures, Select
Senate: Health & Human Services
|
Signed by the Governor |
|
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HCR 57 |
78-0 (2003) |
Author: Delisi, Dianne
Sponsor: Nelson, Jane
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Urging congress to enact the Children First SCHIP Improvement Act of 2003 and enact legislation further extending the availability of 2000 and 2001 SCHIP allotments until 2005. |
House: State Health Care Expenditures, Select
Senate: Health & Human Services
|
Signed by the Governor |
|
|
HCR 58 |
78-0 (2003) |
Author: Delisi, Dianne
Sponsor: Nelson, Jane
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Urging congress to enact legislation to pass federal funds on to states via block grants for public welfare and Medicaid purposes. |
House: State Health Care Expenditures, Select
|
Signed by the Governor |
|
|
HCR 68 |
78-0 (2003) |
Author: Taylor, Larry
|
Memorializing Congress to support efforts to build and deploy a national missile defense system as rapidly as possible. |
House: Defense Affairs and State-Federal Relations
|
No action taken in committee |
|
|
HCR 69 |
78-0 (2003) |
Author: Taylor, Larry
|
Memorializing Congress to support and pass President Bush's 2002 Economic Growth and Tax Relief Plan. |
House: State Affairs
|
Left pending in committee |
|
|
HCR 70 |
78-0 (2003) |
Author: Taylor, Larry
|
Memorializing Congress to pass legislation immediately and permanently repealing the death tax. |
House: Ways & Means
|
Referred to Ways & Means |
|
|
HCR 74 |
78-0 (2003) |
Author: Burnam, Lon
|
Respectfully urging the Congress of the United States to enact legislation to adopt the Universal Living Wage so as to help the homeless get off the streets and enable working citizens to obtain safe, decent, and affordable housing. |
House: State Affairs
|
Referred to State Affairs |
|
|
HCR 75 |
78-0 (2003) |
Author: Eissler, Rob | et. al.
|
Memorializing the U.S. Congress to support President Bush's policies of war on terrorism, homeland security, and disarmament action against Iraq. |
House: Defense Affairs and State-Federal Relations
Senate: State Affairs
|
Referred to State Affairs |
|
|
HCR 82 |
78-0 (2003) |
Author: Campbell, Scott | et. al.
Sponsor: Barrientos, Gonzalo
|
Memorializing Congress to increase Texas' share of revenue from the federal fuel tax to 95 percent. |
House: Transportation
Senate: Infrastructure Development and Security
|
Signed by the Governor |
|
|
HCR 90 |
78-0 (2003) |
Author: Eissler, Rob
Sponsor: Staples, Todd
|
Memorializing congress to expand the medical savings account program to allow states to design such programs for their employees. |
House: Insurance
Senate: State Affairs
|
Signed by the Governor |
|
|
HCR 93 |
78-0 (2003) |
Author: Dutton, Jr., Harold V.
|
Memorializing Congress to request that U.S. Department of Justice investigate the Houston Police Department Crime Laboratory and review past criminal cases. |
House: Criminal Jurisprudence
|
Left pending in committee |
|
|
HCR 101 |
78-0 (2003) |
Author: Capelo, Jaime
Sponsor: Van de Putte, Leticia
|
Requesting that Congress enact a Medicare prescription drug benefit. |
House: Public Health
Senate: Veteran Affairs & Military Installations
|
Signed by the Governor |
|
|
HCR 151 |
78-0 (2003) |
Author: Chavez, Norma
Sponsor: Lucio, Jr., Eddie
|
Urging Congress to reinstate funding for the Community Adjustment and Investment Program. |
House: Border and International Affairs
Senate: International Relations and Trade
|
Sent to the Governor |
|
|
HCR 156 |
78-0 (2003) |
Author: Noriega, Rick | et. al.
Sponsor: Van de Putte, Leticia
|
Memorializing congress to enact the Citizenship For America's Troops Act to allow citizenship through service in the U.S. Armed Forces. |
House: Defense Affairs and State-Federal Relations
Senate: Veteran Affairs & Military Installations
|
Signed by the Governor |
|
|
HCR 158 |
78-0 (2003) |
Author: Chavez, Norma | et. al.
|
Urging Congress to enact legislation to designate March 31 as a national holiday honoring Cesar Chavez. |
House: State Affairs
|
Referred to State Affairs |
|
|
HCR 161 |
78-0 (2003) |
Author: Isett, Carl
Sponsor: Van de Putte, Leticia
|
Urging congress to change veterans' mortgage bonds to cover all veterans who have served on active duty. |
House: Defense Affairs and State-Federal Relations
Senate: Veteran Affairs & Military Installations
|
Signed by the Governor |
|
|
HCR 186 |
78-0 (2003) |
Author: Gallego, Pete
Sponsor: Madla, Frank
|
Expressing support and encouragement for the reopening of the bridge and border crossing at La Linda to accommodate trade and tourism between Texas and Coahuila, Mexico. |
House: Border and International Affairs
Senate: International Relations and Trade
|
Signed by the Governor |
|
|
HCR 194 |
78-0 (2003) |
Author: Miller, Sid | et. al.
|
Memorializing congress to limit the appellate jurisdiction of the federal courts regarding the recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance in public schools. |
House: State Affairs
Senate: State Affairs
|
Referred to State Affairs |
|
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HCR 199 |
78-0 (2003) |
Author: Gutierrez, Roberto
Sponsor: Van de Putte, Leticia
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Requesting that congress enact legislation to define the political status options available to U.S. citizens of Puerto Rico. |
House: State Affairs
Senate: Veteran Affairs & Military Installations
|
Committee report printed and distributed |
|
|
HCR 204 |
78-0 (2003) |
Author: Chavez, Norma
Sponsor: Lucio, Jr., Eddie
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Urging Congress to reinstate funding for the EPA Border Fund to $75 million for fiscal year 2004. |
House: Border and International Affairs
Senate: International Relations and Trade
|
Signed by the Governor |
|
|
HCR 208 |
78-0 (2003) |
Author: Gallego, Pete
|
Requesting congress to direct the National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior, to acquire concurrent legislative jurisdiction for Big Bend National Park and the Rio Grande Wild and Scenic River. |
House: State Cultural and Recreational Resources
|
Received from the House |
|
|
HCR 218 |
78-0 (2003) |
Author: Chavez, Norma
|
Memorializing congress to urge the EPA to redesignate El Paso from a nonattainment area to an attainment area. |
House: Environmental Regulation
|
Received from the House |
|
|
HCR 246 |
78-0 (2003) |
Author: Hilderbran, Harvey
|
Memorializing the U.S. congress to provide funding or statutory relief relating to naturally occurring materials and associated regulatory effects on small community water systems. |
House: Environmental Regulation
|
Received from the House |
|
|
HCR 247 |
78-0 (2003) |
Author: Delisi, Dianne
|
Memorializing the congress of the United States to modify the Federal Internal Revenue Code to allow retirees to pay for health care costs on a pre-tax basis. |
House: State Health Care Expenditures, Select
|
Received from the House |
|
|
HR 526 |
78-0 (2003) |
Author: Elkins, Gary
|
Relating to a U.S. constitutional amendment to prohibit courts from mandating states or political subdivisions to levy or increase taxes. |
House: State Affairs
|
Reported enrolled |
|
|
SCR 1 |
78-0 (2003) |
Author: Estes, Craig | et. al.
Sponsor: Wilson, Ron
|
Memorializing Congress to restore the federal income tax deductibility of state and local sales taxes. |
House: Ways & Means
Senate: Finance
|
Signed by the Governor |
|
|
SCR 6 |
78-0 (2003) |
Author: Averitt, Kip
Sponsor: Hopson, Chuck
|
Memorializing Congress to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide that the volume cap for private activity bonds not apply to bonds for water and wastewater facilities. |
House: Urban Affairs
Senate: Intergovernmental Relations
|
Signed by the Governor |
|
|
SCR 10 |
78-0 (2003) |
Author: Deuell, Bob
|
Memorializing Congress to repeal the Government Pension Offset enacted in 1977. |
Senate: State Affairs
|
Referred to State Affairs |
|
|
SCR 13 |
78-0 (2003) |
Author: Shapleigh, Eliot
|
Urging the Congress and the Texas delegation to support continued enforcement of Title IX. |
Senate: State Affairs
|
Referred to State Affairs |
|
|
SCR 14 |
78-0 (2003) |
Author: Shapleigh, Eliot
Sponsor: Capelo, Jaime | et. al.
|
Memorializing Congress to take actions to improve access to childhood vaccines. |
House: Public Health
Senate: Health & Human Services
|
Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar |
|
|
SCR 20 |
78-0 (2003) |
Author: Shapleigh, Eliot
Sponsor: Chavez, Norma
|
Memorializing Congress to fund one-stop border vehicle inspection facilities. |
House: Border and International Affairs
Senate: International Relations and Trade
|
Sent to the Governor |
|
|
SCR 21 |
78-0 (2003) |
Author: Shapleigh, Eliot | et. al.
Sponsor: Chavez, Norma
|
Memorializing Congress to require the United States-Mexico Border Health Commission to coordinate a benchmark health study of each of the adjoining states. |
House: Border and International Affairs
Senate: International Relations and Trade
|
Signed by the Governor |
|
|
SCR 30 |
78-0 (2003) |
Author: Ellis, Rodney
|
Memorializing Congress to request that the Department of Justice investigate the Houston Police Department Crime Laboratory and review past criminal cases. |
Senate: Criminal Justice
|
Referred to Criminal Justice |
|
|
SCR 37 |
78-0 (2003) |
Author: Madla, Frank
|
Encouraging the United States and Mexican federal governments to reopen the bridge and border crossing at La Linda, Coahuila, Mexico. |
House: Border and International Affairs
Senate: International Relations and Trade
|
Referred to Border and International Affairs |
|
|
SR 373 |
78-0 (2003) |
Author: Wentworth, Jeff
|
Memorializing Congress to prohibit federal courts from ordering or instructing any state or political subdivision thereof to levy or increase taxes. |
Senate: State Affairs
|
Reported enrolled |
|
|
HCR 6 |
78-1 (2003) |
Author: Chisum, Warren | et. al.
|
Encouraging the United States congress to adopt a constitutional amendment banning any marriage except a union between a man and a woman. |
House: State Affairs
|
Referred to State Affairs |
|
|
HCR 3 |
78-2 (2003) |
Author: Chisum, Warren
|
Encouraging the United States Congress to adopt a constitutional amendment banning any marriage except a union between a man and a woman. |
House: State Affairs
|
Referred to State Affairs |
|
|
HCR 1 |
78-3 (2003) |
Author: Chavez, Norma
|
Memorializing congress to urge the EPA to redesignate El Paso from a nonattainment area to an attainment area. |
House: Environmental Regulation
Senate: Natural Resources
|
Referred to Natural Resources |
|
|
HCR 2 |
78-3 (2003) |
Author: Chisum, Warren
|
Encouraging the United States Congress to adopt a constitutional amendment banning any marriage except a union between a man and a woman. |
House: State Affairs
|
Referred to State Affairs |
|
|
HCR 1 |
78-4 (2003) |
Author: Van Arsdale, Corbin
|
Memorializing the Congress of the United States to enact legislation proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to marriage. |
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
|
Referred to Juvenile Justice & Family Issues |
|
|
HCR 11 |
78-4 (2003) |
Author: Chisum, Warren | et. al.
|
Memorializing Congress to increase funding and include advance funds for the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program and to pursue a more equitable funding allocation formula for the program. |
House: Energy Resources
|
Committee report sent to Calendars |
|
|
SCR 6 |
78-4 (2003) |
Author: Jackson, Mike
|
Memorializing Congress to fully fund the National Aeronautics and Space Administration in support of the Space Exploration Vision. |
Senate: Natural Resources
|
Committee report printed and distributed |
|
|
SR 159 |
78-4 (2003) |
Author: Staples, Todd
|
Memorializing Congress to increase funding and include advance funds for the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program and to pursue a more equitable funding allocation formula for the program. |
Senate: Natural Resources
|
Adopted |
|
|
SR 196 |
78-4 (2003) |
Author: Jackson, Mike
|
Memorializing Congress to fully fund the National Aeronautics and Space Administration in support of the Space Exploration Vision. |
|
Adopted |
|
|
HCR 5 |
77-0 (2001) |
Author: Haggerty, Pat
|
Memorializing congress to authorize an additional 16 federal judges and commensurate staff to handle the current and anticipated caseloads along the Texas-Mexico border and to fully reimburse local governments for the costs incurred in prosecuting and incarcerating federal defendants. |
House: Corrections
|
Laid on the table subject to call |
|
|
HCR 8 |
77-0 (2001) |
Author: Marchant, Kenny
Sponsor: Moncrief, Mike
|
Memorializing congress to increase funding for research of Duchenne muscular dystrophy. |
House: Public Health
Senate: Health & Human Services
|
Signed by the Governor |
|
|
HCR 40 |
77-0 (2001) |
Author: Turner, Bob | et. al.
|
In honor of the Tap Pilam-Coahuiltecan Nation. |
House: State, Federal & International Relations
|
Left pending in committee |
|
|
HCR 75 |
77-0 (2001) |
Author: Najera, Manny
|
Memorializing congress to amend federal law pertaining to membership on policy committees of metropolitan planning organizations and allow inclusion of persons representing another nation to enable MPOs along the border to work closely with their counterparts in Mexico. |
House: Transportation
|
Companion considered in lieu of in committee |
|
|
HCR 77 |
77-0 (2001) |
Author: Madden, Jerry | et. al.
Sponsor: Armbrister, Kenneth
|
Memorializing congress to revise certain provisions of Public Law 106-230. |
House: Elections
Senate: State Affairs
|
Signed by the Governor |
|
|
HCR 79 |
77-0 (2001) |
Author: Gutierrez, Roberto | et. al.
|
Urging congress to take steps to further the creation of port authorities along the Texas-Mexico border. |
House: State, Federal & International Relations
|
Laid on the table subject to call |
|
|
HCR 83 |
77-0 (2001) |
Author: Maxey, Glen | et. al.
|
Encouraging U.S. Congress to provide tax credits to individuals buying private health insurance. |
House: Insurance
|
Referred to Insurance |
|
|
HCR 84 |
77-0 (2001) |
Author: Maxey, Glen | et. al.
Sponsor: Ellis, Rodney
|
Memorializing congress to expand the number of community health centers and other community-based safety-net programs serving the poor and medically underserved communities. |
House: Public Health
Senate: Health & Human Services
|
Signed by the Governor |
|
|
HCR 85 |
77-0 (2001) |
Author: Chavez, Norma
|
Memorializing congress to fund county and municipal inspections of overweight traffic within 20 miles of the border. |
House: State, Federal & International Relations
|
Laid on the table subject to call |
|
|
HCR 89 |
77-0 (2001) |
Author: Oliveira, Rene
|
Urging the congress of the United States and the United States Department of Transportation to give priority funding to the construction of the Rio Grande Valley segment of Interstate 69. |
House: Transportation
Senate: State Affairs
|
Referred to State Affairs |
|
|
HCR 90 |
77-0 (2001) |
Author: Madden, Jerry | et. al.
|
Memorializing congress to modify the Clean Air Act to allow states to consider costs in comparing alternatives relating to SIP requirements. |
House: Environmental Regulation
|
Left pending in committee |
|
|
HCR 98 |
77-0 (2001) |
Author: Christian, Wayne | et. al.
Sponsor: Staples, Todd
|
Memorializing congress to extend the U.S.-Canada Softwood Lumber Agreement. |
House: Agriculture & Livestock
Senate: Natural Resources
|
Signed by the Governor |
|
|
HCR 104 |
77-0 (2001) |
Author: Jones, Jesse
Sponsor: Barrientos, Gonzalo
|
Memorializing congress to pass legislation relating to giving a tax credit for jury service. |
House: Judicial Affairs
Senate: Jurisprudence
|
Signed by the Governor |
|
|
HCR 115 |
77-0 (2001) |
Author: Isett, Carl | et. al.
|
Memorializing congress to expand the use of medical savings accounts. |
House: Insurance
|
Referred to Insurance |
|
|
HCR 117 |
77-0 (2001) |
Author: Madden, Jerry
|
Memorializing congress to amend the Motor Voter Law. |
House: Elections
Senate: State Affairs
|
Referred to State Affairs |
|
|
HCR 132 |
77-0 (2001) |
Author: Chavez, Norma | et. al.
|
Memorializing congress to enact legislation designating March 31 as a national holiday honoring Cesar Chavez. |
House: State Affairs
|
Left pending in committee |
|
|
HCR 138 |
77-0 (2001) |
Author: Wohlgemuth, Arlene | et. al.
Sponsor: Harris, Chris
|
Urging congress to provide Medicaid funds to Texas in the form of a block grant. |
House: Public Health
Senate: Finance
|
Not again placed on intent calendar |
|
|
HCR 139 |
77-0 (2001) |
Author: Wohlgemuth, Arlene | et. al.
|
Memorializing congress to provide tax credits to individuals for the purchase of private health insurance. |
House: Ways & Means
|
Received from the House |
|
|
HCR 186 |
77-0 (2001) |
Author: Berman, Leo | et. al.
|
Memorializing congress to repeal the Government Pension Offset enacted in 1977. |
House: Pensions & Investments
Senate: State Affairs
|
Referred to State Affairs |
|
|
HCR 190 |
77-0 (2001) |
Author: Talton, Robert
|
Memorializing congress to declare its intent that the general tax and regulatory laws of the U.S. shall not apply to the churches of this nation. |
House: State Affairs
|
No action taken in committee |
|
|
HCR 198 |
77-0 (2001) |
Author: Grusendorf, Kent
|
Memorializing Congress to support President Bush's tax proposals. |
House: Ways & Means
|
Referred to Ways & Means |
|
|
HCR 201 |
77-0 (2001) |
Author: Hunter, Bob
Sponsor: Truan, Carlos
|
Memorializing the U.S. Congress to take appropriate action to prevent further desecration of the SS Leopoldville or any of its contents. |
House: State, Federal & International Relations
Senate: Veteran Affairs & Military Installations
|
Signed by the Governor |
|
|
HCR 205 |
77-0 (2001) |
Author: Cook, Robert
|
Memorializing Congress to repeal the regulation relating to the three-shell limit and the magazine plug requirement contained in Title 50 C.F.R. 20.21. |
House: State Recreational Resources
|
Left pending in committee |
|
|
HCR 207 |
77-0 (2001) |
Author: Grusendorf, Kent | et. al.
|
Requesting the Texas delegation to the U.S. Congress to support and work to pass the tax relief plan introduced by President Bush. |
House: Ways & Means
|
Left pending in committee |
|
|
HCR 210 |
77-0 (2001) |
Author: Haggerty, Pat
Sponsor: Armbrister, Kenneth
|
Urging congress to enact the Railroad Retirement and Survivors' Improvement Act of 2001. |
House: Pensions & Investments
Senate: State Affairs
|
Signed by the Governor |
|
|
HCR 213 |
77-0 (2001) |
Author: Chavez, Norma
|
Memorializing congress to urge the Environmental Protection Agency to redesignate El Paso from a nonattainment to an attainment area. |
House: Environmental Regulation
|
Received from the House |
|
|
HCR 214 |
77-0 (2001) |
Author: Chavez, Norma | et. al.
Sponsor: Shapleigh, Eliot
|
Memorializing Congress to establish a separate Federal Medical Assistance Percentage for the Texas-Mexico border region. |
House: Public Health
Senate: Business & Commerce
|
Signed by the Governor |
|
|
HCR 222 |
77-0 (2001) |
Author: Delisi, Dianne
|
Requesting the Texas delegation to the Congress of the United States to support and work to pass, retroactive tax relief that would refund a portion of the 2001 non-Social Security budget surplus to the American people. |
House: Ways & Means
|
Referred to Ways & Means |
|
|
HCR 226 |
77-0 (2001) |
Author: Williams, Thomas | et. al.
Sponsor: Bernsen, David
|
Memorializing congress to modify the tax code to allow for the issuance of tax-exempt industrial revenue bonds for air pollution control facilities in nonattainment areas. |
House: Environmental Regulation
Senate: Natural Resources
|
Signed by the Governor |
|
|
HCR 233 |
77-0 (2001) |
Author: Bonnen, Dennis | et. al.
|
Memorializing congress to address issues pertaining to the Clean Air Act of 1990 as it pertains to Brazoria County. |
House: Environmental Regulation
Senate: Natural Resources
|
Referred to Natural Resources |
|
|
HCR 234 |
77-0 (2001) |
Author: Swinford, David | et. al.
|
Urging congress to recognize the importance of the development of the Ports-to-Plains Corridor. |
House: Transportation
|
Received from the House |
|
|
HCR 247 |
77-0 (2001) |
Author: Hilderbran, Harvey | et. al.
|
Memorializing congress to repeal the Government Pension Offset. |
House: Pensions & Investments
|
Received from the House |
|
|
HCR 256 |
77-0 (2001) |
Author: Gallego, Pete
Sponsor: Madla, Frank
|
Memorializing Congress to relocate the U.S. Border Patrol training academy to the southwest Texas border region. |
House: State, Federal & International Relations
Senate: State Affairs
|
Signed by the Governor |
|
|
HCR 262 |
77-0 (2001) |
Author: Chisum, Warren
|
Urging federal and state reconsideration of the necessity of designating the Arkansas River shiner as a threatened species and the necessity of designating critical habitat in Texas for the Arkansas River shiner. |
House: State Recreational Resources
|
Returned to Local & Consent Calendars Comm. |
|
|
HCR 274 |
77-0 (2001) |
Author: Menendez, Jose | et. al.
|
Memorializing congress to remove trade, financial, and travel restrictions relating to Cuba. |
House: State, Federal & International Relations
Senate: Natural Resources
|
Referred to Natural Resources |
|
|
HCR 275 |
77-0 (2001) |
Author: Counts, David | et. al.
|
Memorializing the United States Congress to clarify its intent regarding U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs guidelines for veterans care in the several states. |
House: State, Federal & International Relations
|
Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar |
|
|
HCR 295 |
77-0 (2001) |
Author: Counts, David
|
Urging congress to maintain states' authority to regulate the business of insurance. |
House: Insurance
|
Referred to Insurance |
|
|
HCR 307 |
77-0 (2001) |
Author: Solis, Jim
|
Memorializing the United States Congress to create a United States Department of Agriculture U.S. Hispanic Nutrition Education and Research Center. |
House: Public Health
|
Referred to Public Health |
|
|
HR 442 |
77-0 (2001) |
Author: Chavez, Norma
|
Memorializing congress to urge the EPA to redesignate El Paso from a nonattainment area to an attainment area. |
House: Environmental Regulation
|
Referred to Environmental Regulation |
|
|
HR 485 |
77-0 (2001) |
Author: Hunter, Bob | et. al.
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Memorializing the Congress of the United States to propose and submit to the states for ratification an amendment to the United States Constitution to prohibit federal courts from ordering or instructing any state or political subdivision thereof, or an official of any state or political subdivision, to levy or increase taxes. |
House: State Affairs
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Left pending in committee |
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HR 1077 |
77-0 (2001) |
Author: Berman, Leo
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Memorializing congress to repeal the Government Pension Offset enacted in 1977. |
House: Pensions & Investments
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Committee report sent to Calendars |
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SCR 5 |
77-0 (2001) |
Author: Shapleigh, Eliot | et. al.
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Memorializing Congress to amend federal law pertaining to membership on policy committees of metropolitan planning organizations (MPOs) and allow inclusion of persons representing another nation to enable MPOs along the border to work closely with their counterparts in Mexico. |
House: Transportation
Senate: Business & Commerce
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Left pending in committee |
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SCR 9 |
77-0 (2001) |
Author: Shapleigh, Eliot | et. al.
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Memorializing Congress to take steps to further the creation of port authorities on the Texas-Mexico border. |
Senate: Business & Commerce
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Co-author authorized |
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SCR 10 |
77-0 (2001) |
Author: Shapleigh, Eliot | et. al.
Sponsor: Chavez, Norma
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Memorializing Congress to fund county and municipal inspections of overweight traffic within 20 miles of the border. |
House: State, Federal & International Relations
Senate: Business & Commerce
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Signed by the Governor |
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SCR 12 |
77-0 (2001) |
Author: Shapleigh, Eliot | et. al.
Sponsor: Haggerty, Pat
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Memorializing Congress to authorize an additional 16 federal judges and commensurate staff to handle the current and anticipated caseloads along the Texas-Mexico border and to fully reimburse local governments for the costs incurred in prosecuting and incarcerating federal defendants. |
House: Corrections
Senate: Business & Commerce
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Signed by the Governor |
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SCR 16 |
77-0 (2001) |
Author: Sibley, David | et. al.
Sponsor: Gallego, Pete
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Requesting the United States Secretary of Commerce to appoint a federal official to coordinate activities along the United States-Mexico and the United States-Canada borders; and to examine current practices and look at new initiatives to ease the flow of trade, to improve the infrastructures necessary to move commerce, and to redress the negative impacts on the health and safety of our citizens. |
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Signed by the Governor |
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SCR 19 |
77-0 (2001) |
Author: Shapleigh, Eliot
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Memorializing Congress to expand the use of medical savings accounts. |
Senate: Business & Commerce
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Referred to Business & Commerce |
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SCR 21 |
77-0 (2001) |
Author: Lucio, Jr., Eddie | et. al.
Sponsor: Wise, Miguel | et. al.
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Memorializing Congress to develop a treaty or agreement with Mexico to address health issues of mutual concern. |
House: Public Health
Senate: Business & Commerce
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Signed by the Governor |
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SCR 22 |
77-0 (2001) |
Author: Brown, J. E.
Sponsor: Chisum, Warren | et. al.
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Requesting the United States Environmental Protection Agency to provide maximum flexibility to the states in dealing with federal environmental programs. |
House: Environmental Regulation
Senate: Natural Resources
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Signed by the Governor |
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SCR 25 |
77-0 (2001) |
Author: Lucio, Jr., Eddie | et. al.
Sponsor: Pickett, Joseph
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Memorializing Congress to recognize the impact on Texas of the federal policy of opening the border to Mexican trucks in accordance with provisions of the North American Free Trade Agreement. |
House: Transportation
Senate: Business & Commerce
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Filed without the Governor's signature |
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SCR 27 |
77-0 (2001) |
Author: Ellis, Rodney
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Memorializing Congress to expand the number of community-based safety-net programs serving the poor and medically underserved communities. |
Senate: Health & Human Services
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Referred to Health & Human Services |
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SCR 28 |
77-0 (2001) |
Author: Brown, J. E. | et. al.
Sponsor: Cook, Robert
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Memorializing Congress to repeal the regulation relating to the three-shell limit and the magazine plug requirement contained in Title 50 C.F.R. 20.21. |
House: State Recreational Resources
Senate: Natural Resources
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Signed by the Governor |
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SCR 34 |
77-0 (2001) |
Author: Brown, J. E.
Sponsor: Lewis, Ron
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Expressing support for the Minerals Management Service to proceed with the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) lease in the eastern Gulf of Mexico. |
House: Energy Resources
Senate: Natural Resources
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Signed by the Governor |
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SCR 35 |
77-0 (2001) |
Author: Brown, J. E.
Sponsor: Chisum, Warren | et. al.
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Memorializing Congress to require federally-controlled emission sources to meet the same reduction schedule as state-controlled sources. |
House: Environmental Regulation
Senate: Natural Resources
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Signed by the Governor |
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SCR 36 |
77-0 (2001) |
Author: Brown, J. E.
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Memorializing Congress to direct the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to extend the federal ambient air quality attainment dates until the effects of federally-controlled emissions can be measured. |
Senate: Natural Resources
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Referred to Natural Resources |
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SCR 37 |
77-0 (2001) |
Author: Nelson, Jane
Sponsor: Smithee, John
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Memorializing Congress to provide tax credits to individuals buying private health insurance. |
House: Insurance
Senate: Business & Commerce
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Signed by the Governor |
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SCR 40 |
77-0 (2001) |
Author: Sibley, David | et. al.
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Memorializing Congress to support the request of the Raytheon Company to carry out the C-130 avionics modernization program at its Waco facility. |
Senate: Business & Commerce
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Referred to Business & Commerce |
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SCR 51 |
77-0 (2001) |
Author: Bivins, Teel
Sponsor: Chisum, Warren
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Urging federal and state reconsideration of the necessity of designating the Arkansas River shiner as a threatened species and the necessity of designating critical habitat in Texas for the Arkansas River shiner. |
House: State Recreational Resources
Senate: Natural Resources
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Signed by the Governor |
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SCR 54 |
77-0 (2001) |
Author: Bernsen, David
Sponsor: Menendez, Jose | et. al.
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Memorializing Congress to remove trade, financial, and travel restrictions relating to Cuba. |
House: State, Federal & International Relations
Senate: Natural Resources
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Filed without the Governor's signature |
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SR 286 |
77-0 (2001) |
Author: Wentworth, Jeff
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Memorializing Congress to propose and submit to the states for ratification an amendment to the United States Constitution to prohibit federal courts from ordering or instructing any state or political subdivision thereof, or an official of any state or political subdivision, to levy or increase taxes. |
Senate: State Affairs
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Left pending in committee |
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SR 1206 |
77-0 (2001) |
Author: Sibley, David | et. al.
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Memorializing Congress to bestow the Congressional Medal of Honor on Doris "Dorie" Miller. |
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Reported enrolled |
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HCR 9 |
76-0 (1999) |
Author: Junell, Robert | et. al.
Sponsor: Ratliff, Bill
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Memorializing Congress to not make federal claims against the proceeds of the Texas tobacco settlement. |
Senate: State Affairs
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Signed by the Governor |
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HCR 11 |
76-0 (1999) |
Author: Thompson, Senfronia
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Memorializing the congress to ratify the United Nations Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women. |
House: State Affairs
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Referred to State Affairs |
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HCR 13 |
76-0 (1999) |
Author: Talton, Robert
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Claiming state sovereignty under the 10th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. |
House: State Affairs
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Referred to State Affairs |
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HCR 18 |
76-0 (1999) |
Author: Oliveira, Rene
Sponsor: Lucio, Jr., Eddie
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Urging the United States Department of Transportation to provide additional funding for the Texas Department of Public Safety to increase manpower at the border to perform truck inspections. |
House: State, Federal & International Relations
Senate: Border Affairs - Special
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Signed by the Governor |
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HCR 34 |
76-0 (1999) |
Author: Wohlgemuth, Arlene | et. al.
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Encouraging Congress to replace the current social security system with a fully funded system and to create incentives for workers to save for their retirement. |
House: Economic Development
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Referred to Economic Development |
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HCR 59 |
76-0 (1999) |
Author: Eiland, Craig | et. al.
Sponsor: Jackson, Mike
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Memorializing congress to pass the Conservation and Reinvestment Act of 1999. |
House: Energy Resources
Senate: Natural Resources
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Signed by the Governor |
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HCR 102 |
76-0 (1999) |
Author: Hilderbran, Harvey
Sponsor: Wentworth, Jeff
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Memorializing the U.S. Congress to act to ensure the future of the Kerrville Veterans Administration Medical Center. |
House: Public Health
Senate: Veteran Affairs & Military Installations
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Signed by the Governor |
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HCR 108 |
76-0 (1999) |
Author: Puente, Robert | et. al.
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Urging the United States Department of Transportation to provide additional funding for the Texas Department of Public Safety to increase manpower at the border to perform truck inspections. |
House: State, Federal & International Relations
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No action taken in committee |
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HCR 119 |
76-0 (1999) |
Author: Lewis, Glenn
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Urging Congress to propose and submit for ratification a federal constitutional amendment to protect the rights of crime victims. |
House: Criminal Jurisprudence
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Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence |
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HCR 125 |
76-0 (1999) |
Author: Isett, Carl
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Memorializing the U.S. Congress to allow Texas and other states to obtain waivers from Social Security. |
House: Pensions & Investments
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Left pending in committee |
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HCR 128 |
76-0 (1999) |
Author: Burnam, Lon | et. al.
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Petitioning Congress to pass legislation to strengthen the oversight power and authority of the Postal Rate Commission. |
House: State Affairs
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Committee report sent to Calendars |
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HCR 131 |
76-0 (1999) |
Author: Pickett, Joseph
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Urging the United States Department of Transportation to designate U.S. Highway 54 as a high priority corridor pursuant to the National Highway System Designation Act of 1995. |
House: Transportation
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Referred to Transportation |
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HCR 132 |
76-0 (1999) |
Author: Palmer, Sue
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Memorializing the U.S. Congress to repeal the Federal Unemployment Tax Act (FUTA) and to transfer control of workforce development programs to the states. |
House: Economic Development
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Referred to Economic Development |
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HCR 133 |
76-0 (1999) |
Author: Haggerty, Pat | et. al.
Sponsor: Shapleigh, Eliot
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Showing the Legislature's support for the renewal of the McGregor Range Military Land Withdrawal (P.L. 99-606). |
House: State, Federal & International Relations
Senate: Veteran Affairs & Military Installations
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Signed by the Governor |
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HCR 141 |
76-0 (1999) |
Author: Solis, Juan
Sponsor: Truan, Carlos
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Memorializing congress to maintain their commitment to the veterans of America. |
House: State, Federal & International Relations
Senate: Veteran Affairs & Military Installations
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Signed by the Governor |
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HCR 156 |
76-0 (1999) |
Author: Swinford, David
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Urging the United States Congress and the Surface Transportation Board to review recommendations by the Railroad Advisory Committee regarding service by rail carriers. |
House: Transportation
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Left pending in committee |
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HCR 206 |
76-0 (1999) |
Author: Oliveira, Rene
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Memorializing Congress to initiate discussions with the Mexican government to begin implementing guidelines governing duty-free allowance for Mexican residents along the U.S.-Mexico border. |
House: State, Federal & International Relations
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Referred to State, Fed. & International Rel. |
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HCR 249 |
76-0 (1999) |
Author: Telford, Barry
Sponsor: Ratliff, Bill
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Memorializing the U.S. Congress and urging the president, in considering Social Security reform legislation, to refrain from the inclusion of mandatory coverage for employees of previously noncovered state and local governments. |
House: Pensions & Investments
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Signed by the Governor |
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HCR 266 |
76-0 (1999) |
Author: Gallego, Pete
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Memorializing Congress to take action on designating an international peace park in the Big Bend area. |
House: State Recreational Resources
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Subcommittee members named |
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HCR 291 |
76-0 (1999) |
Author: Davis, Yvonne
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Memorializing Congress to reauthorize the Ryan White CARE Act. |
House: Public Health
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Referred to Public Health |
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HR 573 |
76-0 (1999) |
Author: Shields, John | et. al.
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Memorializing the Congress of the United States to propose and submit to the states for ratification an amendment to the United States Constitution to prohibit federal courts from ordering or instructing any state or political subdivision thereof, or an official of any state or political subdivision, to levy or increase taxes. |
House: State Affairs
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Referred to State Affairs |
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HR 922 |
76-0 (1999) |
Author: McClendon, Ruth
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Memorializing the congress to take steps to ensure that modern procedures are employed in conducting the 2000 census. |
House: Redistricting
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Referred to Redistricting |
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HR 943 |
76-0 (1999) |
Author: Allen, Ray
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Memorializing Congress to fully fund the SCAAP program. |
House: Corrections
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Referred to Corrections |
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HR 953 |
76-0 (1999) |
Author: Burnam, Lon
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Memorializing Congress to strengthen oversight of the Postal Rate Commission. |
House: State Affairs
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Referred to State Affairs |
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HR 1003 |
76-0 (1999) |
Author: Reyna, Arthur | et. al.
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Memorializing the United States Congress to strengthen the oversight power and authority of the Postal Rate Commission. |
House: State Affairs
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Committee report sent to Calendars |
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HR 1048 |
76-0 (1999) |
Author: Ehrhardt, Harryette | et. al.
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Memorializing the U.S. Congress to support legislation providing for an immediate increase of the per capita tax-exempt private activity bond cap. |
House: Urban Affairs
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Committee report printed and distributed |
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SCR 2 |
76-0 (1999) |
Author: Truan, Carlos | et. al.
Sponsor: Flores, Kino
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Memorializing the U.S. Congress to provide for more customs inspection lanes and officials and for 24-hour customs operations, at border crossings between Texas and Mexico. |
House: State, Federal & International Relations
Senate: Border Affairs - Special
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Signed by the Governor |
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SCR 7 |
76-0 (1999) |
Author: Moncrief, Mike | et. al.
Sponsor: Hilderbran, Harvey | et. al.
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Memorializing Congress to provide lifetime healthcare for military retirees over the age of 65. |
House: Public Health
Senate: Veteran Affairs & Military Installations
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Signed by the Governor |
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SCR 38 |
76-0 (1999) |
Author: Shapleigh, Eliot | et. al.
Sponsor: Haggerty, Pat | et. al.
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Showing the Legislature's support for the renewal of the McGregor Range Military Land Withdrawal (P.L. 99-606). |
House: State, Federal & International Relations
Senate: Veteran Affairs & Military Installations
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Signed by the Governor |
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SCR 43 |
76-0 (1999) |
Author: Brown, J. E.
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Memorializing Congress to remove or restrict the use of trade sanctions on agricultural products. |
Senate: Natural Resources
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Referred to s/c on Agriculture by President |
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SCR 50 |
76-0 (1999) |
Author: Shapleigh, Eliot
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Urging the United States Department of Transportation to designate U.S. Highway 54 as a high priority corridor pursuant to the National Highway System Designation Act of 1995. |
Senate: Border Affairs - Special
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Referred to Border Affairs |
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SCR 75 |
76-0 (1999) |
Author: Lucio, Jr., Eddie
Sponsor: Wise, Miguel
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Memorializing congress to take certain actions regarding qualification of reimbursement under Medicaid. |
House: Public Health
Senate: Border Affairs - Special
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Signed by the Governor |
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SR 950 |
76-0 (1999) |
Author: Luna, Gregory
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Memorializing the federal government to ensure that modern scientific procedures be employed in conducting the 2000 census, and that accurate population figures be provided to the states as the official federal decennial census. |
Senate: State Affairs
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No action taken in committee |
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SR 1088 |
76-0 (1999) |
Author: Carona, John
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Memorializing the U.S. Congress to support legislation providing for an immediate increase of the per capita tax-exempt private activity bond cap. |
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Reported enrolled |
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SR 1106 |
76-0 (1999) |
Author: Carona, John
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Memorializing Congress to fully fund the State Criminal Alien Assistance Program (SCAAP). |
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Reported enrolled |
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SR 1108 |
76-0 (1999) |
Author: Fraser, Troy
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Memorializing the United States Congress to pass legislation to strengthen the oversight power and the authority of the Postal Rate Commission. |
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Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
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HCR 13 |
75-0 (1997) |
Author: Danburg, Debra
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Memorializing the U.S. Congress to submit to the states an environmental amendment to the U.S. Constitution. |
House: Environmental Regulation
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Referred to Environmental Regulation |
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HCR 38 |
75-0 (1997) |
Author: Alexander, Clyde
Sponsor: Cain, David | et. al.
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Memorializing Congress to support the STEP 21 program, a streamlined transportation efficiency program for the 21st century. |
House: Transportation
Senate: State Affairs
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Signed by the Governor |
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HCR 94 |
75-0 (1997) |
Author: Ehrhardt, Harryette
Sponsor: West, Royce
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Commending the efforts of the United States to address the misuse of explosive materials. |
House: Public Safety
Senate: State Affairs
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Signed by the Governor |
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HCR 102 |
75-0 (1997) |
Author: Palmer, Sue
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Memorializing the United States Congress and president to overrule the U.S. Department of Labor policy barring the local use of nonstate employees in administering federal funds under House Bill 1863. |
House: Economic Development
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Left pending in committee |
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HCR 109 |
75-0 (1997) |
Author: Cuellar, Henry
Sponsor: Truan, Carlos
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Memorializing Congress to direct the Federal Emergency Management Agency to update federally designated flood zone maps every 10 years. |
House: Insurance
Senate: Natural Resources
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Signed by the Governor |
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HCR 113 |
75-0 (1997) |
Author: Palmer, Sue
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Memorializing the U.S. Congress to repeal the Federal Unemployment Tax Act (FUTA) and to transfer control of workforce development programs to the states. |
House: Economic Development
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Received from the House |
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HCR 126 |
75-0 (1997) |
Author: Finnell, Charles
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Relating to requesting the Texas congressional delegation to sponsor legislation regulating the speed at which a train may travel through a municipality. |
House: Transportation
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Left pending in committee |
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HCR 137 |
75-0 (1997) |
Author: Chavez, Norma
Sponsor: Shapleigh, Eliot
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Memorializing Congress to create a NAFTA Trade Impact Fund. |
House: State, Federal & International Relations
Senate: International Relations, Trade & Technology
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Signed by the Governor |
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HCR 141 |
75-0 (1997) |
Author: Ehrhardt, Harryette
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Memorializing the U.S. Congress to preserve and maintain the Low Income Housing Tax Credit Program. |
House: Urban Affairs
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Referred to Urban Affairs |
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HCR 187 |
75-0 (1997) |
Author: Oliveira, Rene
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Memorializing Congress to name the federal courthouse in Brownsville in honor of Judge Reynaldo G. Garza. |
House: State Affairs
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No action taken in committee |
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HCR 211 |
75-0 (1997) |
Author: Marchant, Kenny
Sponsor: Wentworth, Jeff
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Memorializing congress to pass legislation to increase volume caps and index them to inflation. |
House: Financial Institutions
Senate: Finance
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Signed by the Governor |
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HCR 217 |
75-0 (1997) |
Author: Denny, Mary | et. al.
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Memorializing Congress to restore the federal income tax deductibility of state sales taxes. |
House: Ways & Means
Senate: Finance
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Referred to Finance |
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HCR 314 |
75-0 (1997) |
Author: Tillery, Dale
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Memorializing Congress to express legislative support for an Audie Murphy commemorative stamp. |
House: State Affairs
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Referred to State Affairs |
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HR 1011 |
75-0 (1997) |
Author: Wilson, Ron
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Memorializing Congress to direct the appropriate federal agencies to promote the preservation of our rain forests. |
House: Natural Resources
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Referred to Natural Resources |
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SCR 19 |
75-0 (1997) |
Author: Truan, Carlos | et. al.
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Requesting the United States Congress to encourage citizenship of legal immigrants by encouraging schools and institutions of higher education to provide enhanced citizenship training. |
House: Human Services
Senate: Health & Human Services
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Referred to Human Services |
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SCR 21 |
75-0 (1997) |
Author: Truan, Carlos
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Memorializing the Congress of the United States to amend federal law to allow legal aliens access to Medicaid benefits. |
Senate: Health & Human Services
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No action taken in committee |
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SCR 22 |
75-0 (1997) |
Author: Truan, Carlos
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Memorializing the Congress of the United States to amend federal law to allow legal aliens access to Supplemental Security Income. |
Senate: Health & Human Services
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No action taken in committee |
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SCR 34 |
75-0 (1997) |
Author: Moncrief, Mike
Sponsor: Coleman, Garnet
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Memorializing Congress to improve patient access to quality health care by facilitating the rapid review and approval of new drugs, biological products, and medical devices. |
House: Public Health
Senate: Health & Human Services
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Signed by the Governor |
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HCR 11 |
74-0 (1995) |
Author: Talton, Robert | et. al.
|
Claiming sovereignty under the Tenth Amendment to the United States Constitution over all powers not otherwise enumerated and granted to the federal government by the United States Constitution. |
House: State Affairs
|
Coauthor Authorized |
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HCR 12 |
74-0 (1995) |
Author: Talton, Robert
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Urging the Congress of the United States to amend the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990 to exempt school districts from the employee trip reduction provisions required in extreme and severe nonattainment areas. |
House: Environmental Regulation
Senate: Natural Resources
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Referred to Natural Resources |
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HCR 13 |
74-0 (1995) |
Author: Kubiak, Dan | et. al.
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Urging the Congress of the United States to cease funding for the Endangered Species Act. |
House: Land and Resource Management
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Referred to Land and Resource Management |
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HCR 17 |
74-0 (1995) |
Author: Park, Carolyn
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Claiming sovereignty under the Tenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States over all powers not otherwise enumerated and granted to the federal government by the United States Constitution. |
House: State Affairs
|
Referred to State Affairs |
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HCR 23 |
74-0 (1995) |
Author: Raymond, Richard | et. al.
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Memorializing the Congress of the United States to propose an amendment to the Constitution requiring a balanced budget. |
House: State Affairs
|
Referred to State Affairs |
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HCR 24 |
74-0 (1995) |
Author: Brimer, Kim | et. al.
Sponsor: Harris, Chris
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Requesting the United States Congress to reconsider the requirement of stormwater discharge permits for cities having a population of fewer than 100,000. |
House: Environmental Regulation
Senate: Natural Resources
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Signed by the Governor |
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HCR 39 |
74-0 (1995) |
Author: Edwards, Al
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Urging the president and the Congress of the United States to continue financial support of Amtrak. |
House: Transportation
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Left pending in committee |
|
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HCR 40 |
74-0 (1995) |
Author: Craddick, Tom
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Requesting the Congress of the United States to cease the appropriation of United States funds for any military activity not authorized by the congress. |
House: State Affairs
|
Referred to State Affairs |
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HCR 46 |
74-0 (1995) |
Author: King, Tracy
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Memorializing the Congress to encourage the National Weather Service to update the Hondo radar facility. |
House: Public Safety
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Left pending in committee |
|
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HCR 65 |
74-0 (1995) |
Author: Turner, Bob | et. al.
Sponsor: Wentworth, Jeff
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Urging the Congress of the United States to amend the federal Endangered Species Act. |
House: Land and Resource Management
Senate: Natural Resources
|
Signed by the Governor |
|
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HCR 66 |
74-0 (1995) |
Author: Johnson, Jerry
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Requesting the United States Congress to consolidate federal workforce development programs and provide workforce development funding in the form of block grants. |
House: Economic Development
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Referred to Economic Development |
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HCR 120 |
74-0 (1995) |
Author: Hill, Fred
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Memorializing the Congress of the United States to take all necessary action to prevent American military personnel from being placed under the command of foreign commanders. |
House: State Affairs
|
Referred to State Affairs |
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HCR 127 |
74-0 (1995) |
Author: Finnell, Charles | et. al.
Sponsor: Armbrister, Kenneth
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Memorializing the Congress of the United States to permit states to establish a 65 mph speed limit on certain highways. |
House: Transportation
Senate: State Affairs
|
Signed by the Governor |
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HCR 173 |
74-0 (1995) |
Author: Counts, David
Sponsor: Brown, J.E.
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Urging the United States Congress to extend to noncorporate farmers, entities, and individuals the Internal Revenue Code tax incentive for charitable donations. |
House: Ways & Means
Senate: Natural Resources
|
Signed by the Governor |
|
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HCR 185 |
74-0 (1995) |
Author: Danburg, Debra | et. al.
|
Memorializing congress regarding the National Voter Registration Act. |
House: Elections
Senate: State Affairs
|
Referred to State Affairs |
|
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HCR 188 |
74-0 (1995) |
Author: Jackson, Mike
Sponsor: Brown, J.E.
|
Rejecting NASA contentions regarding the Johnson Space Center and memorializing congress to countermand the NASA proposal to consolidate and downsize the operations of the center. |
House: Economic Development
|
Signed by the Governor |
|
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HR 38 |
74-0 (1995) |
Author: Yarbrough, Ken | et. al.
|
Requesting the Congress of the United States to continue its efforts to determine the location and status of all United States military personnel still missing in Southeast Asia. |
House: State Affairs
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Reported enrolled |
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HR 587 |
74-0 (1995) |
Author: Coleman, Garnet
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Relating to federal funding formulas and how they affect the State of Texas. |
House: Human Services
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No action taken in committee |
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SCR 2 |
74-0 (1995) |
Author: Moncrief, Mike
|
Petitioning the Congress of the United States to award to the Texas Council on Family Violence the National Domestic Violence Hotline Grant to set up a national hotline for victims of domestic violence. |
Senate: Criminal Justice
|
Referred to Criminal Justice |
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SCR 4 |
74-0 (1995) |
Author: Shapiro, Florence
|
Memorializing the Congress of the United States to recognize the importance of state sovereignty and to reduce the impact of unfunded federal mandates. |
Senate: State Affairs
|
Referred to State Affairs |
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SCR 24 |
74-0 (1995) |
Author: Patterson, Jerry | et. al.
Sponsor: Krusee, Mike
|
Memorializing the Congress to propose an amendment to the United States Constitution exempting desecration of the American flag from protection by First Amendment. |
Senate: State Affairs
|
Signed by the Governor |
|
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SCR 38 |
74-0 (1995) |
Author: Moncrief, Mike
Sponsor: Naishtat, Elliott
|
Memorializing the Congress of the United States to enact legislation to amend the food stamp program by adding a special provision to allow food stamp workers to reissue food stamp benefits to family members fleeing from domestic violence. |
House: Human Services
Senate: Health & Human Services
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Signed by the Governor |
|
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SCR 61 |
74-0 (1995) |
Author: Harris, Chris
|
Requesting the United States Congress to reconsider the requirement of stormwater discharge permits for cities having a population of fewer than 100,000. |
Senate: Natural Resources
|
Withdrawn from intent calendar |
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SCR 80 |
74-0 (1995) |
Author: Armbrister, Kenneth | et. al.
Sponsor: Hunter, Todd
|
Encouraging and urging the Congress to adopt legislation facilitating acquisition of the Bureau of Reclamation interests. |
House: Natural Resources
Senate: Natural Resources
|
Signed by the Governor |
|
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SCR 87 |
74-0 (1995) |
Author: Brown, J.E.
Sponsor: Hilbert, Paul | et. al.
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Memorializing the Congress of the United States to increase federal funding for research relating to chronic fatigue syndrome. |
House: Public Health
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Signed by the Governor |
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SCR 91 |
74-0 (1995) |
Author: Cain, David
Sponsor: Alexander, Clyde
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Urging Congress to enact H.R. 842, the "Truth in Budgeting Act." |
House: State Affairs
Senate: State Affairs
|
Committee report sent to Calendars |
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SCR 138 |
74-0 (1995) |
Author: Montford, John
|
Urging the United States Congress to extend to noncorporate farmers, entities, and individuals the Internal Revenue Code tax incentive for charitable donations. |
Senate: Finance
|
Referred to Finance |
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SCR 161 |
74-0 (1995) |
Author: Nixon, Drew
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Encouraging the U.S. Congress to allow cities greater discretion in water testing. |
Senate: Natural Resources
|
Placed on intent calendar |
|
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SR 55 |
74-0 (1995) |
Author: Whitmire, John
|
Requesting the Congress of the United States to continue its efforts to determine the location and status of all United States military personnel still missing in Southeast Asia. |
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Reported enrolled |
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SR 212 |
74-0 (1995) |
Author: Sibley, David
|
Requesting that the Congress of the United States report to the Texas Legislature all the states which choose to opt out of interstate branch banking before June 1, 1997. |
Senate: State Affairs
|
Placed on Reg. Order of Business Calendar |
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HCR 47 |
73-0 (1993) |
Author: Thompson, Senfronia
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Encouraging the president of the United States and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the United States Senate to designate the ratification of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women as a high priority for this nation. |
House: State Affairs
|
Considered in Calendars |
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HCR 52 |
73-0 (1993) |
Author: Hilderbran, Harvey | et. al.
Sponsor: Sims, Bill
|
Requesting the United States Congress to revise the federal Endangered Species Act. |
House: Agriculture & Wildlife Management
Senate: Natural Resources
|
Withdrawn from intent calendar |
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HCR 67 |
73-0 (1993) |
Author: Eckels, Robert
|
Applying to the Congress of the United States to call a convention for the specific purpose of proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to grant item veto authority to the president of the United States. |
House: State Affairs
|
Referred to State Affairs |
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HCR 85 |
73-0 (1993) |
Author: Shields, John
|
Requesting the Congress of the United States to enact legislation authorizing states to require out-of-state mail order businesses to collect and remit sales and use taxes on sales to customers within the state. |
House: Ways & Means
|
Considered in Calendars |
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HCR 88 |
73-0 (1993) |
Author: Chisum, Warren
|
Requesting the Congress of the United States to call a convention to propose an amendment to the Constitution to limit the terms of members of the Senate and House of Representatives. |
House: State Affairs
|
Committee report sent to Calendars |
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HCR 125 |
73-0 (1993) |
Author: Craddick, Tom
Sponsor: Shelley, Dan
|
Urging the Congress of the United States not to adopt the administration's proposed inland waterways fuel tax increase. |
House: Ways & Means
Senate: Finance
|
Placed on intent calendar |
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HCR 127 |
73-0 (1993) |
Author: McCoulskey, Huey
Sponsor: Armbrister, Kenneth
|
Memorializing the Congress of the United States to enact legislation to authorize the United States Department of Agriculture to sell processed, previously-redeemed, discontinued, and no-longer negotiable food stamps to the public for numismatic purposes. |
House: State Affairs
Senate: Health & Human Services
|
Signed by the Governor |
|
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HCR 130 |
73-0 (1993) |
Author: Patterson, Pete | et. al.
|
Urging the president and United States Congress to thoroughly investigate the national farm credit system, and to consider enactment or implementation of a moratorium on farm foreclosure actions. |
House: Agriculture & Wildlife Management
Senate: Natural Resources
|
Referred to Natural Resources |
|
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HCR 133 |
73-0 (1993) |
Author: Johnson, Jerry | et. al.
|
Memorializing the Congress of the United States to take all necessary action to ensure that Interstate 69 will enter Texas at Joaquin and follow along the least congested and most feasible route between the Louisiana- Texas and Texas-Mexico borders. |
House: Transportation
|
Committee report sent to Calendars |
|
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HCR 143 |
73-0 (1993) |
Author: Eckels, Robert | et. al.
|
Urging the Congress of the United States not to adopt the administration's proposed BTU energy tax. |
House: Ways & Means
|
Committee report sent to Calendars |
|
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HCR 145 |
73-0 (1993) |
Author: Turner, Bob | et. al.
Sponsor: Bivins, Teel
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Requesting the Congress of the United States to enact the appropriate changes in the Internal Revenue Code to allow employers to set up tax-free medical savings accounts to control medical care spending. |
House: Public Health
|
Signed by the Governor |
|
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HCR 149 |
73-0 (1993) |
Author: Turner, Sylvester
|
Encouraging the president of the United States to forward the Convention on the Rights of the Child to the United States Senate for consideration of ratification. |
House: State Affairs
|
Referred to State Affairs |
|
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HCR 152 |
73-0 (1993) |
Author: Tallas, Jim
|
Urging the Congress of the United States to cease mandating programs that state governments are required to fund. |
House: State Affairs
|
Referred to State Affairs |
|
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HR 323 |
73-0 (1993) |
Author: Willis, Doyle | et. al.
|
Urging the President of the United States and the Congress to declassify all information relating to American military personnel and civilians who remain missing from the Korean War. |
House: State Affairs
|
Referred to State Affairs |
|
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HR 883 |
73-0 (1993) |
Author: Johnson, Jerry
|
Urging the Congress of the United States to ensure that Interstate 69 will enter Texas at Joaquin and follow the most feasible route. |
|
Filed |
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SCR 65 |
73-0 (1993) |
Author: Sibley, David
|
Memorializing the Congress of the United States to continue full funding for the continued operation of the Superconducting Super Collider. |
Senate: Administration
|
Referred to Administration |
|
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SCR 72 |
73-0 (1993) |
Author: Haley, Bill
|
Memorializing the Congress of the United States to take all necessary action to ensure that Interstate 69 will enter Texas at Joaquin and follow along the least congested and most feasible route between the Louisiana-Texas and Texas-Mexico borders. |
Senate: Administration
|
Removed from local & uncontested calendar |
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SCR 79 |
73-0 (1993) |
Author: Parker, Carl
Sponsor: Uher, D.R. | et. al.
|
Requesting the speaker of the house of representatives to appoint five members of the house of representatives and the lieutenant governor to appoint five members of the senate to form a delegation to travel to Washington, D.C., to meet with the members of the Texas delegation to Congress to express opposition to the proposed Clinton energy policy and urge them to reconsider support of this plan. |
House: State Affairs
Senate: State Affairs
|
Signed by the Governor |
|
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SR 146 |
73-0 (1993) |
Author: Luna, Gregory
|
Urging the President of the United States and Congress to declassify all information relating to American military personnel and civilians who remain missing from the Korean War. |
|
Reported enrolled |
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HCR 12 |
72-0 (1991) |
Author: Finnell, Charles | et. al.
|
Memorializing Congress to establish a maximum speed of 65 mph on all divided highways. |
House: Transportation
Senate: Administration
|
Referred to Administration |
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HCR 28 |
72-0 (1991) |
Author: Holzheauser, Steve
|
Memorializing Congress to establish a maximum speed of 65 miles per hour on divided four-lane highways. |
House: Transportation
|
Left pending in committee |
|
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HCR 52 |
72-0 (1991) |
Author: Williamson, Richard
|
Applying to Congress for a convention for the purpose of proposing alterations in the U. S. Constitution to affect twelve year terms for justices of the Supreme Court and for judges of federal courts. |
House: State Affairs
|
Referred to State Affairs |
|
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HCR 57 |
72-0 (1991) |
Author: Puente, Robert
|
Memorializing the Congress of the United States to streamline the federal financial aid process. |
House: Higher Education
|
Referred to Higher Education |
|
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HCR 68 |
72-0 (1991) |
Author: Cuellar, Henry
|
Memorializing the President and Congress to extend the territorial limits of the United States and coastal states. |
House: State, Federal & International Relations
Senate: Administration
|
Referred to Administration |
|
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HCR 69 |
72-0 (1991) |
Author: Cuellar, Henry
|
Requesting the Congress of the United States to endorse the concept of international youth connections. |
House: State, Federal & International Relations
|
Received from the House |
|
|
HCR 70 |
72-0 (1991) |
Author: Cuellar, Henry
|
Memorializing the Congress of the United States to give favorable consideration to establishing a free trade agreement between Mexico and the United States. |
House: State, Federal & International Relations
|
Referred to State, Federal & Intl. Relations |
|
|
HCR 85 |
72-0 (1991) |
Author: Lewis, Ron
|
Memorializing the Congress of the United States to oppose further consideration or endorsement of a broad-based energy tax. |
House: Ways & Means
|
Referred to Ways & Means |
|
|
HCR 100 |
72-0 (1991) |
Author: Granoff, Al
|
Memorializing the Congress of the United States to enact legislation requiring the United States Postal Service to provide for a period of not less than 60 days from the date of passage of rate change to the date that the change becomes effective. |
House: State Affairs
|
Withdrawn from schedule |
|
|
HCR 108 |
72-0 (1991) |
Author: Smith, Ashley
|
Memorializing Congress to make the research & development tax credit permanent. |
House: Ways & Means
|
Referred directly to subcommittee by chair |
|
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HCR 119 |
72-0 (1991) |
Author: Granoff, Al | et. al.
|
Memorializing the President of the United States to direct the agencies of federal government to undertake the initiatives for implementing a free trade agreement. |
House: State, Federal & International Relations
Senate: Administration
|
Referred to Administration |
|
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HCR 121 |
72-0 (1991) |
Author: Granoff, Al | et. al.
|
Memorializing the Congress of the United States to extend the administration's authority to negotiate all trade agreements on fast track. |
House: State, Federal & International Relations
Senate: Administration
|
Referred to Administration |
|
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HCR 160 |
72-0 (1991) |
Author: Jackson, Mike
Sponsor: Brooks, Chet
|
Supporting the passage of H.R. 1223 by the Congress of the United States, directing the Secretary of the Army to remove a railroad swing bridge crossing Clear Creek, Texas. |
House: Transportation
Senate: State Affairs
|
Signed by the Governor |
|
|
HCR 177 |
72-0 (1991) |
Author: Williamson, Richard
Sponsor: Glasgow, Bob
|
Urging the United States Congress to amend Section 3104(a), Title 38, of the United States Code to permit full concurrent receipt of military longevity retired pay and service-connected disability compensation benefits. |
House: State Affairs
Senate: State Affairs
|
Signed by the Governor |
|
|
HCR 190 |
72-0 (1991) |
Author: McDonald, Nancy
|
Memorializing the Congress of the United States to honor its commitment to restore previously deferred federal funding for the State Legalization Assistance Grant. |
House: State Affairs
|
Received from the House |
|
|
HCR 197 |
72-0 (1991) |
Author: Von Dohlen, Tim | et. al.
Sponsor: Turner, Jim
|
Expressing the support for the creation of the Center for the Study of Western Hemispheric Trade in the State of Texas and urging the passage of S.B. 423. |
House: State, Federal & International Relations
Senate: Administration
|
Signed by the Governor |
|
|
HCR 234 |
72-0 (1991) |
Author: Willis, Doyle
Sponsor: Brooks, Chet
|
Requesting the United States Congress to resolve questions regarding United States military prisoners of war and personnel missing in action by appointing a select committee to assist the United States Senate Foreign Relations Committee in obtaining information in government files. |
House: State Affairs
Senate: Administration
|
Signed by the Governor |
|
|
HR 386 |
72-0 (1991) |
Author: Goodman, Toby
|
Urging the Congress of the United States to reject any effort to impose government-mandated standards on the automotive industry. |
House: Energy
|
Reported enrolled |
|
|
SCR 8 |
72-0 (1991) |
Author: Sims, Bill
Sponsor: Johnson, Jerry
|
Encouraging the Congress of the United States to appropriate adequate resources to finance Employment Security programs. |
House: Labor and Employment Relations
Senate: Economic Development
|
1st Printing sent to Calendars |
|
|
SCR 157 |
72-0 (1991) |
Author: Whitmire, John
|
Urging Congress to fully fund the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's space station Freedom. |
Senate: Economic Development
|
Referred to Economic Development |
|
|
SR 358 |
72-0 (1991) |
Author: Harris, Chris
|
Urging the Congress of the United States to reject any effort to impose government-mandated standards on the automotive industry. |
Senate: Administration
|
Referred to Administration |
|
|
SR 847 |
72-0 (1991) |
Author: Lucio, Eddie
|
Memorializing Congress to honor its commitment to restore previously deferred federal funding for the State Legalization Impact Assistance Grant. |
Senate: State Affairs
|
Referred to State Affairs |
|
|
HCR 5 |
72-1 (1991) |
Author: McDonald, Nancy
|
Memorializing the Congress of the United States to honor its commitment to restore previously deferred federal funding for the State Legalization Impact Assistance Grant. |
House: State Affairs
|
Referred to State Affairs |
|
|
HCR 11 |
72-1 (1991) |
Author: Willis, Doyle
|
Requesting the Congress of the United States to reject the recommendation of the Base Closure and Realignment Commission regarding base closures in Texas. |
House: State Affairs
|
1st Printing sent to Calendars |
|
|
HR 215 |
72-1 (1991) |
Author: Williamson, Richard
|
Memorializing U.S. Congress to pass the "Communications Competitiveness and Infrastructure Modernization Act of 1991". |
House: State Affairs
|
Referred to State Affairs |
|
|
HCR 11 |
72-2 (1991) |
Author: Von Dohlen, Tim | et. al.
|
Urging the Congress of the United States to enact legislation pursuant to Article III, Section 1, of the United States Constitution that limits the jurisdiction of federal courts in matters involving state penal institutions to the enforcement of consent decrees not going beyond the minimum standards prescribed by the United States Constitution. |
|
Filed |
|
|
HR 4 |
72-2 (1991) |
Author: Williamson, Richard
|
Memorializing the Congress of the United States to pass the "Communications Competitiveness and Infrastructure Modernization Act of 1991". |
House: State Affairs
|
Reported enrolled |
|
|
HCR 1 |
72-3 (1992) |
Author: Wolens, Steven
Sponsor: Barrientos, Gonzalo
|
Requesting the Congress of the United States to immediately make public all files pertaining to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy used by the Warren Commission and the House Select Committee on Assassinations. |
House: Business & Commerce
|
Signed by the Governor |
|
|
HCR 21 |
72-4 (1992) |
Author: Von Dohlen, Tim
|
Requesting the United States Congress to enact legislation providing for an income tax deduction for interest paid on student loans afforded under state and federal programs. |
House: Ways & Means
|
Referred to Ways & Means |
|
|
SCR 10 |
72-4 (1992) |
Author: Rosson, Peggy
Sponsor: Haggerty, Pat
|
Urging the President of the United States to declassify all information relating to American military personnel and civilians who remain missing in Southeast Asia, except for that information that would reveal the methods, resources, and identities of intelligence operatives. |
|
Signed by the Governor |
|
|
HCR 13 |
71-0 (1989) |
Author: Robinson, Phyllis | et. al.
Sponsor: Armbrister, Kenneth
|
Memorializing Congress to increase Medicare compensation to rural hospitals. |
House: Public Health
Senate: Health & Human Services
|
Signed by the Governor |
|
|
HCR 18 |
71-0 (1989) |
Author: Hunter, Todd
|
Memorializing Congress to reject any recommendations to close the Naval Station Ingleside. |
House: State Affairs
Senate: State Affairs
|
Referred to State Affairs |
|
|
HCR 19 |
71-0 (1989) |
Author: Edwards, Al
|
Memorializing Congress not to reduce funding of Amtrak service. |
House: Transportation
Senate: State Affairs
|
Referred to State Affairs |
|
|
HCR 22 |
71-0 (1989) |
Author: Larry, Jerald | et. al.
Sponsor: Johnson, Eddie
|
Honoring Seaman Dorris Miller and supporting legislation to award him the Congressional Medal of Honor for his heroism in World War II. |
House: Rules and Resolutions
|
Signed by the Governor |
|
|
HCR 23 |
71-0 (1989) |
Author: Earley, Robert
|
Memorializing Congress to propose a constitutional amendment prohibiting a federal tax on income from obligations issued by states. |
House: State Affairs
|
Laid on table subj. to call in comm. |
|
|
HCR 26 |
71-0 (1989) |
Author: Warner, Larry
|
Memorializing the United States Senate to ratify the International Bill of Rights and four other human rights conventions. |
House: State Affairs
|
1st Printing sent to Comm. on Cal. |
|
|
HCR 45 |
71-0 (1989) |
Author: Craddick, Tom
|
Memorializing Congress to enact legislation opening the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil and gas production. |
House: Energy
Senate: Natural Resources
|
Referred to Natural Resources |
|
|
HCR 49 |
71-0 (1989) |
Author: Wallace III, Ralph
|
Memorializing Congress to reject any tax on bank or thrift deposits. |
House: Financial Institutions
|
Referred to Financial Institutions |
|
|
HCR 72 |
71-0 (1989) |
Author: Shine, Hugh
|
Memorializing Congress to enact the proposed reduction in capital gain taxation. |
House: Ways & Means
|
Referred to Ways & Means |
|
|
HCR 77 |
71-0 (1989) |
Author: Willy, John
Sponsor: Brown, J.E.
|
Memorializing Congress to exclude the coastal mainland of Brazoria County from the Coastal Barrier Resource System. |
House: Natural Resources
Senate: Natural Resources
|
Signed by the Governor |
|
|
HCR 85 |
71-0 (1989) |
Author: Perry, Rick
|
Supporting the national energy strategy proposed by the South/West Energy Council. |
House: Energy
Senate: Natural Resources
|
Referred to Natural Resources |
|
|
HCR 88 |
71-0 (1989) |
Author: Shine, Hugh
|
Requesting Congress to consider reducing the amount of insurance available to certain savings and loan institutions. |
House: Financial Institutions
|
Reported from s/c favorably w/sub. |
|
|
HCR 96 |
71-0 (1989) |
Author: Shea, Gwyn
|
Requesting Congress to increase the income tax exemption for dependent children. |
House: Ways & Means
Senate: Health & Human Services
|
Referred to Health & Human Services |
|
|
HCR 106 |
71-0 (1989) |
Author: Luna, Gregory | et. al.
|
Memorializing Congress to lower the age of eligibility for participation in JTPA-funded programs for dropout prevention. |
House: Public Education
Senate: Education
|
Referred to Education |
|
|
HCR 184 |
71-0 (1989) |
Author: Finnell, Charles
|
Requesting the United States Congress to oppose any reduction in Medicare hospital payments. |
House: Public Health
|
Withdrawn from calendar |
|
|
HCR 186 |
71-0 (1989) |
Author: Granoff, Al
Sponsor: Lyon, Ted
|
Requesting Congress to reimburse the state for payment claims made under Title IV-E of the Social Security Act. |
House: Human Services
Senate: Health & Human Services
|
Reported favorably w/o amendments |
|
|
HCR 187 |
71-0 (1989) |
Author: Gibson, Bruce
|
Memorializing Congress to continue the Southwest Plan to revitalize the savings and loan industry. |
House: Financial Institutions
|
1st Printing sent to Local&Consent Cal. |
|
|
HCR 196 |
71-0 (1989) |
Author: Cuellar, Henry
|
Requesting Congress to increase funding and authority of Legal Services Corporation regarding services to victims of domestic violence. |
House: Criminal Jurisprudence
|
1st Printing sent to Comm. on Cal. |
|
|
HCR 201 |
71-0 (1989) |
Author: Pennington, Randy
Sponsor: Brown, J.E.
|
Requesting Congress to grant funds for the launch of Space Station Freedom before 1996. |
House: Science & Technology
Senate: Economic Development
|
Signed by the Governor |
|
|
HCR 204 |
71-0 (1989) |
Author: Kuempel, Edmund | et. al.
|
Affirming that the Tenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution is an operational force governing the powers of the states and the federal government. |
House: State Affairs
|
Received from House |
|
|
HCR 224 |
71-0 (1989) |
Author: Cuellar, Renato | et. al.
|
Requesting Congress to provide for the establishment and operation of a Veterans' Administration Hospital in the Rio Grande Valley of Texas. |
House: Public Health
Senate: Health & Human Services
|
Referred to Health & Human Services |
|
|
HCR 265 |
71-0 (1989) |
Author: VanderVoort, Ken
Sponsor: Brooks, Chet
|
Memorializing Congress to reconsider the surtax provision of the Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Act. |
House: Retirement and Aging
Senate: Health & Human Services
|
Signed by the Governor |
|
|
HR 66 |
71-0 (1989) |
Author: Grusendorf, Kent | et. al.
|
Calling on the Texas Congressional delegation to pursue legislation providing an income tax deduction for state sales tax. |
House: Ways & Means
|
Reported enrolled |
|
|
HR 553 |
71-0 (1989) |
Author: Hunter, Todd | et. al.
|
Memorializing Congress to take steps to increase funding for the Padre Island National Seashore. |
House: Environmental Affairs
|
Reported enrolled |
|
|
SCR 5 |
71-0 (1989) |
Author: Johnson, Eddie
Sponsor: Earley, Robert
|
Urging Congress to amend the United States Constitution to prohibit the United States from levying income taxes on income derived from obligations of the states and their political subdivisions. |
House: State Affairs
Senate: State Affairs
|
Signed by the Governor |
|
|
SCR 15 |
71-0 (1989) |
Author: Montford, John
|
Urging the Texas congressional delegation to oppose imposition of a federal motor fuel tax increase to achieve deficit reduction. |
Senate: State Affairs
|
Reported favorably w/o amendments |
|
|
SCR 16 |
71-0 (1989) |
Author: Montford, John
|
Urging the Texas congressional delegation to support the removal of the transportation trust funds from the federal budget. |
Senate: State Affairs
|
Referred to State Affairs |
|
|
SCR 26 |
71-0 (1989) |
Author: Barrientos, Gonzalo | et. al.
|
Memorializing Congress to lower the age of eligibility for participation in JTPA-funded programs for dropout prevention. |
Senate: Education
|
No action taken in committee |
|
|
SCR 71 |
71-0 (1989) |
Author: Brown, J.E.
|
Requesting the Congress of the United States to grant the National Aeronautics and Space Administration funds for Space Station Freedom. |
Senate: State Affairs
|
Referred to State Affairs |
|
|
SCR 75 |
71-0 (1989) |
Author: Santiesteban, H. | et. al.
|
Requesting the United States Congress to establish a single nationwide definition of wetlands. |
Senate: Natural Resources
|
Reported favorably with substitute |
|
|
SCR 80 |
71-0 (1989) |
Author: Harris, O.H.
|
Memorializing Congress to continue the program begun in the Southwest Plan. |
Senate: Economic Development
|
Referred to Economic Development |
|
|
SCR 145 |
71-0 (1989) |
Author: Brooks, Chet
|
Requesting Congress to continue the full funding of the National Sea Grant College Program. |
Senate: Education
|
No action taken in committee |
|
|
SCR 148 |
71-0 (1989) |
Author: Parmer, Hugh
Sponsor: Willis, Doyle
|
Memorializing Congress to maintain a strong federal commitment to hypersonics research. |
Senate: Economic Development
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Signed by the Governor |
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SCR 149 |
71-0 (1989) |
Author: Sims, Bill
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Memorializing Congress to release resources to Texas Employment Commission. |
Senate: Economic Development
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Referred to Economic Development |
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SR 784 |
71-0 (1989) |
Author: Brooks, Chet
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Requesting Congress to continue full funding of the National Sea Grant College Program. |
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Read & adopted |
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HCR 7 |
71-1 (1989) |
Author: Cuellar, Renato | et. al.
Sponsor: Truan, Carlos | et. al.
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Requesting Congress to provide for the establishment and operation of a Veteran's Administration Hospital in the Rio Grande Valley of Texas. |
House: Public Health
Senate: Health & Human Services
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Signed by the Governor |
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HCR 15 |
71-1 (1989) |
Author: Cain, David
Sponsor: Montford, John
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Urging Congress not to increase the federal motor fuels tax. |
House: Transportation
Senate: State Affairs
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Signed by the Governor |
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HCR 18 |
71-1 (1989) |
Author: Johnson, Sam | et. al.
Sponsor: Brown, J.E. | et. al.
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Calling on Congress to submit to the states a constitutional amendment protecting the American flag from willful burning or destruction. |
Senate: State Affairs
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Signed by the Governor |
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HCR 21 |
71-1 (1989) |
Author: Harrison, Dudley
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Requesting Congress to adopt a single definition of "wetlands." |
House: Agriculture & Livestock
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1st Printing sent to Comm. on Cal. |
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HCR 32 |
71-1 (1989) |
Author: Dutton, Jr., Harold V.
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Requesting Congress to require that American flags be manufactured using fire-retardant materials. |
House: State Affairs
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Referred to State Affairs |
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SCR 12 |
71-1 (1989) |
Author: Uribe, Hector | et. al.
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Requesting Congress to provide for the establishment of a Veterans' Administration Hospital in the Rio Grande Valley. |
Senate: Health & Human Services
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Reported favorably w/o amendments |
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SR 146 |
71-1 (1989) |
Author: Brooks, Chet
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Requesting the Texas congressional delegation to support the creation of new Medicaid options and requirements. |
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Read & adopted |
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HCR 3 |
71-2 (1989) |
Author: Hammond, Bill
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Petitioning Congress to call a constitutional convention to propose an amendment limiting the terms of members of Congress. |
House: State Affairs
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Referred to State Affairs |
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HCR 7 |
71-3 (1990) |
Author: Hammond, Bill
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Petitioning Congress to call a constitutional convention to propose an amendment limiting the terms of members of Congress. |
House: State Affairs
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Referred to State Affairs |
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HCR 13 |
71-3 (1990) |
Author: Shine, Hugh
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Memorializing Congress to enact reductions in the capital gains tax. |
House: Ways & Means
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Referred to Ways & Means |
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HCR 17 |
71-3 (1990) |
Author: Shine, Hugh
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Memorializing Congress to reinstate the itemized deduction of sales taxes for federal income tax purposes. |
House: Ways & Means
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Referred to Ways & Means |
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HCR 51 |
71-3 (1990) |
Author: Collazo, Jr., Frank
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Memorializing Congress not to increase the wage base used to calculate the federal unemployment tax. |
House: Labor and Employment Relations
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Referred to Labor & Employment Rel. |
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SR 58 |
71-3 (1990) |
Author: Truan, Carlos | et. al.
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Memorializing Congress to approve the colonias loan program. |
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Read & adopted |
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HCR 6 |
71-4 (1990) |
Author: Collazo, Jr., Frank
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Memorializing Congress not to increase the wage base used to calculate the federal unemployment tax. |
House: Labor and Employment Relations
Senate: Economic Development
|
Referred to Economic Development |
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SR 10 |
71-4 (1990) |
Author: Edwards, Chet
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Requesting the Texas Congressional delegation to seek the distribution of voter registration cards by federal census takers. |
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Filed |
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HCR 2 |
71-5 (1990) |
Author: Black, Layton
Sponsor: Sims, Bill
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Requesting Congress to retain the production incentive program of the National Wool Act. |
House: Agriculture & Livestock
Senate: Administration
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Signed by the Governor |
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HCR 22 |
71-6 (1990) |
Author: Hury, James
Sponsor: Caperton, Kent
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Requesting President Bush and the U.S. Congress to reject proposals to increase federal excise taxes on beer, wine, cigarettes and gasoline. |
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Signed by the Governor |
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HCR 4 |
70-0 (1987) |
Author: Hudson, David
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Requesting Congress to enact legislation that will deter hostile takeovers of corporations. |
House: Business & Commerce
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Referred to subcommittee |
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HCR 13 |
70-0 (1987) |
Author: Cain, David
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Requesting Congress to reauthorize the Federal-aid Highway Program. |
House: Transportation
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Referred to Transportation |
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HCR 25 |
70-0 (1987) |
Author: Kubiak, L.B.
Sponsor: Brooks, Chet
|
Requesting Congress to include respite care among programs of the Older Americans Act. |
House: Retirement and Aging
Senate: Health & Human Services
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Signed by the Governor |
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HCR 53 |
70-0 (1987) |
Author: Richardson, Bob
Sponsor: Edwards, Chet
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Memorializing Congress to support construction of the Superconducting Super Collider in Texas. |
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Signed by the Governor |
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HCR 69 |
70-0 (1987) |
Author: Hackney, Clint
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Rescinding petition for a constitutional convention to propose a federal balanced budget amendment. |
House: State Affairs
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Pending in committee |
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HCR 77 |
70-0 (1987) |
Author: Patterson, Pete
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Memorializing Congress to initiate an amendment to the United States Constitution to provide for the appointment of federal district court judges to terms of six years. |
House: Judicial Affairs
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HCR 88 |
70-0 (1987) |
Author: Williamson, Richard
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Applying to Congress for a convention for the purpose of proposing alterations in the U.S. Constitution to affect twelve-year terms for justices of the Supreme Court and for judges of federal courts. |
House: Judicial Affairs
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Referred to Judicial Affairs |
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HCR 93 |
70-0 (1987) |
Author: Watson, Ed
Sponsor: Green, Gene
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Requesting Congress to define clearly the U.S. Coast Guard jurisdiction over control of air emissions from marine vessels. |
House: Environmental Affairs
Senate: Natural Resources
|
Signed by the Governor |
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HCR 96 |
70-0 (1987) |
Author: Clark, Jerry
Sponsor: Jones, Grant
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Expressing opposition to federal preemption of state regulation of wastes generated by oil and gas exploration and production. |
House: Environmental Affairs
Senate: Natural Resources
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Signed by the Governor |
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HCR 130 |
70-0 (1987) |
Author: Moreno, Alex
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Requesting Congress to provide judicial review of decisions of the FDIC, FSLIC, and Federal Home Loan Bank Board. |
House: Financial Institutions
Senate: Economic Development
|
Referred to Economic Development |
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HCR 183 |
70-0 (1987) |
Author: Whaley, Foster
Sponsor: Farabee, Ray
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Expressing support for the proposed Farm Credit Relief, Reform and Local Control Act of 1987. |
House: Agriculture & Livestock
Senate: Natural Resources
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Signed by the Governor |
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HR 121 |
70-0 (1987) |
Author: Lucio, Jr., Eddie
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Memorializing Congress to ensure that Mexican commercial vehicles are subject to safety standards and highway user fees comparable to those under which American carriers must operate. |
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HR 687 |
70-0 (1987) |
Author: Shaw, Larry
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Urge President Reagan and Congress to immediately declare Saragosa a Major Disaster area and expedite all necessary grants and loans to the people of Saragosa. |
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SCR 3 |
70-0 (1987) |
Author: Harris, O.H.
Sponsor: Cain, David
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Requesting Congress to reauthorize the Federal-aid Highway Program. |
House: Transportation
Senate: State Affairs
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Signed by the Governor |
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SCR 40 |
70-0 (1987) |
Author: Lyon, Ted
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Requesting Congress to propose legislation designed to halt the hostile takeovers of American corporations. |
Senate: Economic Development
|
Referred to Economic Development |
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SCR 106 |
70-0 (1987) |
Author: Henderson, Don
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Granting John R. Phenix and Associates, Inc., permission to sue the State of Texas and the University of Houston. |
Senate: Jurisprudence
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Referred to Jurisprudence |
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HCR 10 |
70-2 (1987) |
Author: Thompson, Senfronia
Sponsor: Brooks, Chet
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Requesting Congress to enact legislation to establish and fund the Medical Manhattan Project on AIDS. |
House: Public Health
Senate: Health & Human Services
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Signed by the Governor |
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HCR 53 |
70-2 (1987) |
Author: Ceverha, Bill
Sponsor: Harris, O.H.
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Urging the United States government to use its powers to cause the withdrawal of Soviet and Cuban forces from Angola. |
Senate: Administration, Special
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Left as pending business in comm. |
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HCR 56 |
70-2 (1987) |
Author: Stiles, Mark
Sponsor: Jones, Grant
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Memorializing Congress to reinstate the deduction for state and local sales taxes. |
House: Ways & Means
Senate: Finance
|
Tagged in committee |
|
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HCR 58 |
70-2 (1987) |
Author: Clark, Jerry
Sponsor: Jones, Grant
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Urging Congress to permit development of energy reserves in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. |
House: Energy
Senate: Finance
|
Tagged in committee |
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HCR 26 |
69-0 (1985) |
Author: Stiles, Mark
Sponsor: Parker, Carl
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Expressing support for the basing of a Navy battleship task force as a Texas port. |
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Signed by the Governor |
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HCR 42 |
69-0 (1985) |
Author: Jackson, Lee
Sponsor: Harris, O.H.
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Memorializing Congress to pursue a nonnuclear defensive system in space. |
House: State Affairs
Senate: State Affairs
|
Filed w/o the Governor's signature |
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HCR 55 |
69-0 (1985) |
Author: Ceverha, Bill
|
Requesting Congress to propose a constitutional amendment that provides the president with line item veto authority. |
House: State Affairs
|
Laid on table subj. to call in comm. |
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HCR 70 |
69-0 (1985) |
Author: Cain, David
|
Urging Congress to enact interstate cost estimate legislation. |
House: State, Federal & International Relations
Senate: Finance
|
Referred to Finance |
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HCR 89 |
69-0 (1985) |
Author: Earley, Robert
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Requesting Congress to propose a constitutional amendment reserving to the states exclusive jurisdiction over the issue of voluntary prayer in public schools. |
House: State Affairs
|
Laid on table subj. to call in comm. |
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HCR 96 |
69-0 (1985) |
Author: Carriker, Steve
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Declaring Texas to be in a state of economic emergency due to an agricultural depression and requesting Congress to use the 1985 federal farm bill to restructure the financial burden currently facing agricultural producers and businesses and to manage agricultural production in order to achieve commodity prices that return not less than the costs of the commodity's production. |
House: Agriculture & Livestock
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1st Printing sent to Local&Consent Cal. |
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HCR 106 |
69-0 (1985) |
Author: McWilliams, Jim
Sponsor: Lyon, Ted
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Calling on the Congress of the United States to pass and send to the President an Act authorizing and imposing a temporary tariff on all imports of foreign crude oil and foreign petrochemical products. |
House: Energy
Senate: Natural Resources
|
Filed w/o the Governor's signature |
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HCR 123 |
69-0 (1985) |
Author: Staniswalis, Chip
Sponsor: Sarpalius, Bill
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Requesting Congress to modify federal liability under the Price-Anderson Act regarding handling of high-level nuclear waste. |
House: Environmental Affairs
Senate: Natural Resources
|
Postponed in committee |
|
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HCR 127 |
69-0 (1985) |
Author: Clemons, Billy
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Directing Congress to provide sufficient funding through appropriation of those amounts of money necessary to keep Amtrak in fiscal year 1986 in at least as sound position operationally and financially as it has been in fiscal year 1985. |
House: Transportation
|
Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal |
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HCR 129 |
69-0 (1985) |
Author: Wallace III, Ralph
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Requesting Congress to make available funds for compensation of victims of the wartime relocation and internment of civilians. |
House: State Affairs
|
Laid on table subj. to call in comm. |
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HCR 132 |
69-0 (1985) |
Author: Oliveira, René
Sponsor: Uribe, Hector
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Urging Congress to review enforcement of the 1981 amendments to the Lacey Act. |
House: Environmental Affairs
Senate: Natural Resources
|
Referred to Natural Resources |
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HCR 146 |
69-0 (1985) |
Author: Lee, Don
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Requesting Congress to enact legislation imposing a moratorium on the issuance of permits for the at sea incineration of certain hazardous wastes. |
House: Environmental Affairs
|
Referred to subcommittee |
|
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HCR 151 |
69-0 (1985) |
Author: Hudson III, Samuel
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Requesting Congress to implement a "Marshall Plan" approach for emergency food and development assistance to Africa. |
House: State, Federal & International Relations
|
No action taken in committee |
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HCR 163 |
69-0 (1985) |
Author: Bush, Bob
|
Requesting Congress to continue funding Amtrak. |
House: Transportation
|
Referred to Transportation |
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HCR 172 |
69-0 (1985) |
Author: Criss, Lloyd
Sponsor: Blake, Roy
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Memorializing Congress to encourage the Internal Revenue Service to speed its future collection and crediting of the tax charges to Texas employers through the loss of .3% of the FUTA credit to which these employers were subjected last November 10. |
House: Labor & Employment Relations
Senate: Finance
|
Signed by the Governor |
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HCR 173 |
69-0 (1985) |
Author: Adkisson, Tommy
Sponsor: Lyon, Ted
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Requesting Congress to extend renewable energy and conservation tax incentives. |
House: Energy
Senate: Natural Resources
|
Signed by the Governor |
|
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HCR 174 |
69-0 (1985) |
Author: Millsap, Mike
|
Requesting Congress to exempt state and local governmental employees from the Fair Labor Standards Act. |
House: State Affairs
Senate: State Affairs
|
Referred to State Affairs |
|
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HR 113 |
69-0 (1985) |
Author: Willy, John
|
Requesting Congress to submit to the states a balanced budget amendment. |
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SCR 6 |
69-0 (1985) |
Author: Jones, Grant
Sponsor: Saunders, Robert
|
Requesting acceleration of federal research efforts regarding control and eradication of fire ants. |
House: Agriculture & Livestock
Senate: Natural Resources
|
Signed by the Governor |
|
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SCR 43 |
69-0 (1985) |
Author: Harris, O.H.
|
Memorializing Congress to pursue a nonnuclear defensive system in space. |
Senate: State Affairs
|
Co-author authorized |
|
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SCR 47 |
69-0 (1985) |
Author: Traeger, John
Sponsor: Cain, David
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Memorialize the United States Congress to take prompt action to enact Interstate Cost Estimate legislation. |
House: Transportation
Senate: Finance
|
Signed by the Governor |
|
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SCR 72 |
69-0 (1985) |
Author: Truan, Carlos
Sponsor: Lee, Don
|
Requesting that Congress amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act. |
House: Retirement & Aging
Senate: Health & Human Resources
|
Signed by the Governor |
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SCR 87 |
69-0 (1985) |
Author: Sarpalius, Bill
|
Requesting the Congress of the U.S. to clarify the authority of the U.S. Department of Energy through a new title under the Price-Anderson Act which will provide for the strict liability on the part of the federal government. |
House: Environmental Affairs
Senate: Natural Resources
|
Referred to Environmental Affairs |
|
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SCR 88 |
69-0 (1985) |
Author: Parmer, Hugh
|
Declaring that withholding of federal appropriations by the Office of Management and Budget is injurious to citizens of Texas. |
Senate: Health & Human Resources
|
Reported favorably w/o amendments |
|
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SCR 105 |
69-0 (1985) |
Author: Uribe, Hector
|
Requesting Congress to enact legislation imposing a moratorium on the issuance of permits for the at sea incineration of certain hazardous wastes. |
Senate: Natural Resources
|
Referred to Natural Resources |
|
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SCR 112 |
69-0 (1985) |
Author: Barrientos, Gonzalo
|
Memorializing Congress to provide sufficient funding to keep Amtrak in at least as sound a position operationally and financially in FY86 as it has been in FY85. |
Senate: State Affairs
|
Postponed in committee |
|
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SCR 161 |
69-0 (1985) |
Author: Barrientos, Gonzalo
|
Requesting Congress to make available funds for compensation of victims of the wartime relocation and internment of civilians. |
Senate: State Affairs
|
Referred to State Affairs |
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HCR 11 |
69-2 (1986) |
Author: Staniswalis, Chip
Sponsor: Sarpalius, Bill
|
Requesting Congress to amend the Price-Anderson Act regarding high-level radioactive waste. |
House: Environmental Affairs
Senate: Natural Resources
|
Motion withdrawn |
|
|
HCR 17 |
69-2 (1986) |
Author: Givens, Ron
|
Memorializing Congress to enact HR864, relating to veteran benefits for former prisoners of war. |
House: State Affairs
|
Referred to State Affairs |
|
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HR 3 |
69-2 (1986) |
Author: Pennington, Randy
|
Memorializing Congress to ensure that all tasks related to manned space flights remain assigned to the Johnson Space Center. |
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HR 48 |
69-2 (1986) |
Author: Hury, James
|
Requesting Congress to enact H.R. 5021 by Rep. Jack Brooks, relating to collecting sales tax on out-of-state mail order companies. |
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SCR 5 |
69-2 (1986) |
Author: Sharp, John
Sponsor: McKinney, Mike
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Requesting Congress to pass an act imposing an import fee on crude oil imported into the United States. |
Senate: State Affairs
|
Signed by the Governor |
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SCR 12 |
69-2 (1986) |
Author: Santiesteban, H.
Sponsor: Hury, James
|
Requesting Congress to enact H.R. 5021 by Congressman Jack Brooks, relating to collecting sales tax on out-of-state mail orders. |
Senate: Finance
|
Signed by the Governor |
|
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SCR 15 |
69-2 (1986) |
Author: Krier, Cynthia
|
Urging the Texas Congressional delegation to use all means at their disposal to retain the income tax deduction for sales taxes. |
Senate: Finance
|
Reported favorably w/o amendments |
|
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SCR 19 |
69-2 (1986) |
Author: Jones, Grant
|
Creating the Task Force on State Tax Policies; requiring that the Task Force make a report to the 70th Legislature. |
Senate: Jurisprudence
|
Referred to Jurisprudence |
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SR 87 |
69-2 (1986) |
Author: Green, Gene
|
Memorializing Congress that the interests and concerns of Safeway employees be carefully addressed in pending acquisition of the corporation by Kohlberg, Kravis, Roberts, & Company. |
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HCR 28 |
69-3 (1986) |
Author: Shaw, Larry
|
Requesting Congress to approve legislation to allow states to set a 65 mph speed limit on rural interstate highways. |
House: Transportation
|
Coauthor authorized |
|
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SCR 10 |
69-3 (1986) |
Author: Krier, Cynthia
|
Urging the members of the Texas delegation of Congress to oppose certain provisions in the tax reform package. |
House: Ways & Means
Senate: Finance
|
Referred to Ways & Means |
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HCR 2 |
68-0 (1983) |
Author: Thompson, Senfronia
|
Memorializing Congress of the United States and the government of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics to implement an immediate bilateral agreement on nuclear armaments. |
House: State Affairs
|
Referred to Committee on State Affairs |
|
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HCR 3 |
68-0 (1983) |
Author: Turner, Jim
|
Requesting Congress to call a constitutional convention to propose an amendment relating to prayer in public schools. |
House: State Affairs
|
Coauthor authorized |
|
|
HCR 22 |
68-0 (1983) |
Author: Patrick, Kae
Sponsor: Traeger, John
|
Memorializing the President and Congress of the United States to redouble their efforts to secure the release of the Americans still listed as prisoners of war or missing in action in Southeast Asia. |
House: State Affairs
Senate: State Affairs
|
Removed from local & uncontested calendar |
|
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HCR 67 |
68-0 (1983) |
Author: Carriker, Steve
|
Petitioning the United States Congress to eliminate the authority of the Internal Revenue Service to withhold from the earnings of savers and investors on their savings and investments. |
House: State Affairs
Senate: Economic Development
|
Referred to Committee on Economic Development |
|
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HCR 97 |
68-0 (1983) |
Author: Russell, Sam
Sponsor: Howard, Ed
|
Memorializing Congress to enact legislation to prevent the unwarranted diversion of European steel exports to the United States to pipe and tube products. |
House: Business & Commerce
Senate: Economic Development
|
Signed by the Governor |
|
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HCR 106 |
68-0 (1983) |
Author: Mankins, Jimmy
|
Memorializing Congress to halt the practice of federal judges and monitors charging unjustified and excessive fees to oversee operation of prison systems. |
House: Law Enforcement
Senate: State Affairs
|
Referred to Committee on State Affairs |
|
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HCR 115 |
68-0 (1983) |
Author: Shaw, Larry
|
Memorializing Congress to enact S. 636, the proposed Veterans Administration Adjudication Procedure and Judicial Review Act. |
House: State Affairs
Senate: State Affairs
|
Referred to Committee on State Affairs |
|
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HCR 123 |
68-0 (1983) |
Author: Luna III, Albert
|
Memorializing Congress to repeal IRS regulation requiring restaurants to withhold income on estimated tips. |
House: Labor and Employment Relations
Senate: Economic Development
|
Referred to Committee on Economic Development |
|
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HCR 130 |
68-0 (1983) |
Author: Polumbo, Anthony
Sponsor: Brooks, Chet
|
Requesting Congress to prevent certain EPA actions. |
House: Environmental Affairs
Senate: Natural Resources
|
Signed by the Governor |
|
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HCR 133 |
68-0 (1983) |
Author: Willis, Doyle
|
Memorializing Congress to enact HCR8 providing for burial of the Unknown Soldier of the Vietnam Conflict. |
House: State Affairs
|
Referred to Committee on State Affairs |
|
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HCR 141 |
68-0 (1983) |
Author: Hall, Tip
Sponsor: Sarpalius, Bill
|
Memorializing Congress to enact House Bill 1190 relating to a deferral of Farmers Home Administration loan payments. |
House: Agriculture & Livestock
Senate: Natural Resources
|
Signed by the Governor |
|
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HCR 163 |
68-0 (1983) |
Author: Hill, Anita
|
Memorializing Congress to enact a national public safety telecommunications policy. |
House: State Affairs
|
No action taken |
|
|
HCR 170 |
68-0 (1983) |
Author: Ceverha, Bill
Sponsor: Brown, J.E.
|
Memorializing Congress to enact a national public safety telecommunications policy. |
House: State Affairs
Senate: State Affairs
|
Removed from local & uncontested calendar |
|
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HCR 180 |
68-0 (1983) |
Author: Evans, Larry
|
Memorializing Congress to establish by statute the authority of the Consumer Product Safety Commission's jurisdiction over tobacco products as an ignition source. |
House: Insurance
|
Comm. report printed & sent to Comm. on Local & Consent Cal. |
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HCR 181 |
68-0 (1983) |
Author: Hernandez, Joe
|
Requesting the Texas Delegation to Congress to support the proposed Railroad Retirement Solvency Act of 1983. |
House: Business & Commerce
|
Coauthor authorized |
|
|
HCR 198 |
68-0 (1983) |
Author: Hall, Lanny
Sponsor: McFarland, Bob
|
Memorializing Congress to adopt legislation creating a national commission to study neurofibromatosis. |
House: Public Health
Senate: Administration, Special
|
Removed from local & uncontested calendar |
|
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HCR 218 |
68-0 (1983) |
Author: Danburg, Debra
|
Memorializing Congress to propose an Equal Rights Amendment. |
House: State Affairs
|
Coauthor authorized |
|
|
HR 110 |
68-0 (1983) |
Author: Turner, Jim
|
Memorializing Congress to countermand the proposed closing by the United States Army Corps of Engineers of 59 lakeside parks in Texas. |
House: Environmental Affairs
|
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HR 324 |
68-0 (1983) |
Author: Finnell, Charles
|
Opposing the enactment of any federal law which would regulate in any way the administration of state and local retirement systems and plans or affect the fiduciary duties of trustees of those systems and plans. |
House: Retirement and Aging
|
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HR 326 |
68-0 (1983) |
Author: Finnell, Charles
|
Relating to opposing the enactment of any federal law which would regulate in any way the administration of state and local retirement systems and plans or affect the fiduciary duties of trustees of those systems and plans. |
House: Retirement and Aging
|
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HR 330 |
68-0 (1983) |
Author: Armbrister, Kenneth
|
Calling upon Congress to initiate development of a beam-weapon missile defense system. |
House: State Affairs
|
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HR 451 |
68-0 (1983) |
Author: Hill, Gerald
|
Authorizing the Texas Legislature to take appropriate action to oppose enactment of Senate Bill 66, 98th Congress and any future legislation which would preempt regulatory authority of local governments over cable television. |
House: Urban Affairs
|
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SCR 75 |
68-0 (1983) |
Author: Washington, Craig
|
Requesting Congress to submit again an equal rights amendment to the states. |
Senate: State Affairs
|
No action taken |
|
|
SCR 78 |
68-0 (1983) |
Author: Blake, Roy
|
Memorializing Congress to control influx of illegal aliens. |
Senate: State Affairs
|
Referred to Committee on State Affairs |
|
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SCR 141 |
68-0 (1983) |
Author: Truan, Carlos
|
Memorializing Congress to continue to adequately fund the Corpus Christi Army Depot in view of its vital contribution to the defense of the United States. |
Senate: Administration, Special
|
Referred to Committee on Administration |
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SR 476 |
68-0 (1983) |
Author: Harris, O.H.
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Memorializing Congress to repeal Section 310(b) of the Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 1982. |
Senate: Economic Development
|
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SR 615 |
68-0 (1983) |
Author: Sims, Bill
|
Memorializing Congress not to repeal or amend the Economic Recovery Act of 1981. |
Senate: Natural Resources
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HCR 12 |
68-2 (1984) |
Author: Hudson, David
Sponsor: Traeger, John
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Requesting Congress not to enact HR 5143 and HR 5144, relating to regulation of state and local public pension systems. |
House: Retirement and Aging
Senate: Intergovernmental Relations
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Signed by the Governor |
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HCR 38 |
68-2 (1984) |
Author: Salinas, Froy
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Requesting Congress not to adopt the Simpson-Mazzoli bill. |
House: State Affairs
|
Referred to Committee on State Affairs |
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HCR 68 |
68-2 (1984) |
Author: Ceverha, Bill
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Requesting Congress to propose a constitutional amendment that would grant the president power to veto individual line items in spending bills. |
House: State Affairs
|
Record vote |
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HCR 2 |
67-0 (1981) |
Author: Wieting, Leroy J.
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Applying to Congress to call a constitutional convention relating to assignment of students to particular public schools. |
House: State Affairs
|
Referred to Committee on State Affairs |
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HCR 24 |
67-0 (1981) |
Author: Garcia, A. C. "Tony"
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Memorializing Congress to provide financial assistance to school districts adversely affected by enrollment of children of undocumented workers. |
House: State Affairs
|
Referred to Committee on State Affairs |
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HCR 27 |
67-0 (1981) |
Author: Riley, Ken
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Requesting Congress to call a constitutional convention to propose a constitutional amendment guaranteeing a right to life for the unborn. |
House: State Affairs
|
Referred to subcommittee |
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HCR 28 |
67-0 (1981) |
Author: Riley, Ken
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Memorializing Congress to impeach U.S. District Judge William Wayne Justice. |
House: State Affairs
|
Reported from subcommittee favorably without amendments |
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HCR 32 |
67-0 (1981) |
Author: Kubiak, Dan
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Requesting Congress to implement the 1977 farm program. |
House: Agriculture & Livestock
|
Comm. report printed & sent to Comm. on Local & Consent Cal. |
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HCR 33 |
67-0 (1981) |
Author: Bock II, Bennie
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Requesting Congress to call a constitutional convention to limit length of congressional sessions. |
House: State Affairs
|
Referred to subcommittee |
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HCR 43 |
67-0 (1981) |
Author: Kubiak, Dan
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Memorializing Congress to seek implementation of the 1977 farm program. |
House: Agriculture & Livestock
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Referred to Committee on Agriculture & Livestock |
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HCR 56 |
67-0 (1981) |
Author: Pennington, Randy
Sponsor: Brown, J.E.
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Requesting Congress to expedite the Clear Creek Flood Control Project. |
House: Natural Resources
Senate: Natural Resources
|
Reported from committee favorably without amendments |
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HCR 65 |
67-0 (1981) |
Author: Bush, Bob
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Requesting Congress to propose a constitutional amendment providing for voter review of federal judges. |
House: State Affairs
|
No action taken |
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HCR 106 |
67-0 (1981) |
Author: Edwards, Al
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Memorializing Congress not to reduce Amtrak funding. |
House: Transportation
|
Referred to Committee on Transportation |
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HCR 126 |
67-0 (1981) |
Author: Benedict, Jerry L.
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Memorializing Congress regarding policies affecting veterans exposed to hazardous chemicals. |
House: State Affairs
|
Coauthor authorized |
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HCR 129 |
67-0 (1981) |
Author: Hanna, Joe
Sponsor: Meier, Bill
|
Memorializing Congress to repeal Section 301 of the Powerplant and Industrial Fuel Use Act of 1978. |
House: Energy Resources
Senate: Natural Resources
|
Reported from committee favorably without amendments |
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HCR 156 |
67-0 (1981) |
Author: Hall, W. N. "Billy"
Sponsor: Traeger, John
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Requesting Congress to repeal certain restrictions on natural gas use in the Powerplant & Industrial Fuel Use Act of 1978. |
House: Energy Resources
Senate: Natural Resources
|
Signed by the Governor |
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HCR 174 |
67-0 (1981) |
Author: Presnal, Bill
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Memorializing Congress to adopt President Reagan's proposed budget for 1982. |
House: State Affairs
|
Referred to Committee on State Affairs |
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HCR 207 |
67-0 (1981) |
Author: Washington, Craig
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Memorializing Congress to provide tax deduction for adoption fees and costs. |
House: Rules
Senate: State Affairs
|
Referred to Committee on State Affairs |
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SCR 4 |
67-0 (1981) |
Author: Mengden, Walter
|
Memorializing Congress to initiate a constitutional amendment providing for election of federal district court judges. |
Senate: Jurisprudence
|
No action taken |
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SCR 22 |
67-0 (1981) |
Author: Mengden, Walter
|
Requesting Congress to propose a constitutional amendment relating to right-to-work. |
Senate: Economic Development
|
Reported from committee favorably without amendments |
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SCR 32 |
67-0 (1981) |
Author: Mengden, Walter
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Requesting Congress to propose legislation providing for "sunset" review of federal agencies. |
Senate: State Affairs
|
Referred to Committee on State Affairs |
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SCR 38 |
67-0 (1981) |
Author: Traeger, John
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Memorializing Congress to repeal national speed limit of 55 mph. |
Senate: State Affairs
|
Motion lost to suspend reg order (to consider on 2nd reading) |
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SCR 53 |
67-0 (1981) |
Author: Sarpalius, Bill
Sponsor: Buchanan, J. W.
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Memorializing Congress not to adopt the split-basing mode for the depolyment of the M-X missile system. |
House: State Affairs
Senate: State Affairs
|
Signed by the Governor |
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SCR 62 |
67-0 (1981) |
Author: Brown, J.E.
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Memorializing the President of the United States of America and the Congress to increase the exemption from taxation of interest on savings accounts. |
House: Financial Institutions
Senate: Economic Development
|
Referred to Committee on Financial Institutions |
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SCR 71 |
67-0 (1981) |
Author: Short, E.L.
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Memorializing Congress to adpot H.R. 1645 terminating the Department of Energy. |
Senate: Natural Resources
|
Referred to Committee on Natural Resources |
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SCR 73 |
67-0 (1981) |
Author: Mengden, Walter
|
Memorializing Congress to initiate a constitutional amendment providing for intitiative and referendum. |
Senate: Jurisprudence
|
Referred to subcommittee |
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SCR 74 |
67-0 (1981) |
Author: Mengden, Walter
|
Memorializing Congress to adopt the Kemp-Roth tax cut proposal. |
Senate: State Affairs
|
Referred to Committee on State Affairs |
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SCR 75 |
67-0 (1981) |
Author: Mengden, Walter
|
Memorializing Congress to repeal part of voting rights act. |
Senate: State Affairs
|
Referred to Committee on State Affairs |
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SCR 89 |
67-0 (1981) |
Author: Meier, Bill
|
Resolved by the House of Representatives, the Senate concurring, That the 67th Texas Legislature hereby respectfully memorialize the Congress of the United States to repeal Section 301 of the Powerplant and Industrial Fuel Use Act of 1978; and, be it further. |
Senate: Natural Resources
|
Referred to Committee on Natural Resources |
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SCR 95 |
67-0 (1981) |
Author: Traeger, John
|
Memorializing the Congress of the United State to repeal the restrictions on natural gas. |
Senate: Natural Resources
|
Considered by committee in public hearing |
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HCR 30 |
67-1 (1981) |
Author: Smith, Carlyle
|
Memorializing Congress to propose to the states an amendment to the United States Constitution providing for initiative and referendum at the federal level. |
House: State Affairs
|
Referred to subcommittee |
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HCR 36 |
67-1 (1981) |
Author: Kubiak, Dan
|
Requesting President Reagan and the Congress to study alternative methods by which the Federal Reserve Board can control inflation. |
House: Agriculture & Livestock
|
Referred to Committee on Agriculture & Livestock |
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HCR 37 |
67-1 (1981) |
Author: Criss, Lloyd
|
Memorializing Congress to oppose any reduction in social security benefits. |
House: Human Services
|
Referred to Committee on Human Services |
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HR 20 |
67-1 (1981) |
Author: Patterson, Pete
|
Requesting Congress to enact H 4145 and H 4186 amending the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. |
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SCR 11 |
67-1 (1981) |
Author: Mengden, Walter
|
Memorializing Congress to propose a constitutional amendment providing for initiative and referendum at the federal level. |
Senate: Jurisprudence
|
No action taken |
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HCR 10 |
67-2 (1982) |
Author: Smith, Carlyle
|
Requesting Congress to propose a constitutional amendment providing for initiative and referendum. |
House: State Affairs
|
Referred to Committee on State Affairs |
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HCR 12 |
67-2 (1982) |
Author: Clark, Bill
|
Expressing opposition to certain proposed federal legislation that would provide for federal control of state pension systems. |
House: Employment Practices
|
Laid on the table subject to call |
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HCR 26 |
67-2 (1982) |
Author: Craddick, Tom
|
Memorializing Congress to exempt dams under the NPDES permit program of the Clean Water Act. |
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House passage reported |
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HR 14 |
67-2 (1982) |
Author: Laney, James
|
Urging the President and Congress to preserve expectations and rights of persons earning railroad retirement benefits in preparing the 1983 fiscal budget. |
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HR 17 |
67-2 (1982) |
Author: Blythe, W.J. "Bill"
|
Expressing opposition to certain proposed federal legislation that would provide for federal control of state pension systems. |
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SCR 2 |
67-2 (1982) |
Author: Mengden, Walter
|
Requesting Congress to propose a constitutional amendment providing for initiative and referendum. |
Senate: Jurisprudence
|
Referred to Committee on Jurisprudence |
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SCR 7 |
67-2 (1982) |
Author: Caperton, Kent
Sponsor: Blythe, W.J. "Bill"
|
Expressing opposition to certain proposed federal legislation that would provide for federal control of state pension systems. |
House: Employment Practices
Senate: Administration, Special
|
Signed by the Governor |
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SR 83 |
67-2 (1982) |
Author: Uribe, Hector
|
Urging the President and Congress to proceed with utmost caution to preserve the reasonable expectations and rights of those who have earned or presently are earning railroad retirement benefits. |
Senate: Administration, Special
|
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HCR 4 |
67-3 (1982) |
Author: Von Dohlen, Tim
Sponsor: Brooks, Chet
|
Commending all components of the Texas State Aging Network and memorializing Congress regarding funding of programs for elderly citizens. |
House: State Affairs
|
Effective immediately |
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HCR 3 |
66-0 (1979) |
Author: Grant, Ben Z.
|
Memorializing Congress about slow IRS processing of estate returns. |
House: Ways & Means
Senate: State Affairs
|
Referred to Committee on State Affairs |
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HCR 21 |
66-0 (1979) |
Author: Smothers, Clay
|
Memorializing Congress and the President to take swift action against foreign students who destroy property and violate laws. |
Senate: Jurisprudence
|
Referred to Committee on Jurisprudence |
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HCR 22 |
66-0 (1979) |
Author: Smothers, Clay
|
Rescinding ratification of the proposed amendment to the U.S Constitution relating to equal rights for men and women. |
House: Constitutional Amendments
|
Referred to Committee on Constitutional Amendments |
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HCR 28 |
66-0 (1979) |
Author: Whitehead, Emmett
Sponsor: Mengden, Walter
|
Memorializing Congress to initiate an amendment to the U.S. Constitution providing for election of federal district judges. |
House: State Affairs
Senate: Jurisprudence
|
Scheduled for public hearing on . . . . . . |
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HCR 31 |
66-0 (1979) |
Author: Kubiak, Dan
Sponsor: Patman, W.N. "Bill"
|
Memorializing Congress to instruct the secretary of agriculture to implement the 1977 farm program to the fullest extent. |
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Signed by the Governor |
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HCR 38 |
66-0 (1979) |
Author: Head, Fred
|
Memorializing Congress to repeal 23 U.S.C. 154 relating to the 55 m.p.h. speed limit. |
House: Transportation
|
Referred to subcommittee |
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HCR 39 |
66-0 (1979) |
Author: Lalor, Lance
Sponsor: Schwartz, A.R. "Babe"
|
Memorializing the United States government to urge the German Federal Republic toa bolish or extend the statute of limitations relating to Nazi war crimes. |
House: State Affairs
Senate: Jurisprudence
|
Signed by the Governor |
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HCR 61 |
66-0 (1979) |
Author: Head, Fred
|
Memorializing Congress to eliminate disparity in Medicare and Medicaid payment to rural urban areas. |
House: State Affairs
|
Referred to Committee on State Affairs |
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HCR 71 |
66-0 (1979) |
Author: Edwards, Al
Sponsor: Jones, Gene
|
Memorializing Congress to halt elimination of passenger train service. |
House: Transportation
Senate: Administration
|
Signed by the Governor |
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HCR 72 |
66-0 (1979) |
Author: Chavez, Melchor
|
Petitioning Congress to call a constitutional convention to propose an amendment prohibiting federal deficit spending. |
House: State Affairs
|
Reported from subcommittee favorably without amendments |
|
|
HCR 78 |
66-0 (1979) |
Author: Chavez, Melchor
|
Memorializing Congress to change general election date to first Saturday in November. |
House: Elections
|
Referred to subcommittee |
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HCR 79 |
66-0 (1979) |
Author: Harrison, Jr., W.O. "Bill"
Sponsor: Truan, Carlos
|
Memorializing Congress to maintain the operation of the naval air station in Corpus Christi. |
House: Rules
Senate: Administration
|
Signed by the Governor |
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HCR 128 |
66-0 (1979) |
Author: Bryant, John W.
|
Memorializing Congress to adopt Senator Bentsen's legislation ending revenue sharing for state governments. |
House: Appropriations
Senate: Finance
|
Referred to Committee on Finance |
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HCR 152 |
66-0 (1979) |
Author: Whitehead, Emmett
|
Memorializing Congress to disqualify any person who transfers assets for the purpose of qualifying for medical assistance. |
House: Health Services
|
Referred to Committee on Health Services |
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HCR 193 |
66-0 (1979) |
Author: Grant, Ben Z.
Sponsor: Howard, Ed
|
Urging the U.S. Congress to repeal Section 1023 of the Internal Revenue Code. |
House: Ways & Means
Senate: Finance
|
Signed by the Governor |
|
|
HR 40 |
66-0 (1979) |
Author: Browder, Jim
|
Memorializing Congress not to amend the McCarran-Ferguson Act. |
House: Insurance
|
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SCR 13 |
66-0 (1979) |
Author: Mengden, Walter
|
Memorializing Congress to initiate amendment to U.S. Constitution to provide for election of federal district judges. |
Senate: Jurisprudence
|
Scheduled for public hearing on . . . . . . |
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SCR 20 |
66-0 (1979) |
Author: Brooks, Chet
|
Memorializing Congress to aid the severely handicapped by legislative action. |
House: State Affairs
Senate: Human Resources
|
Signed by the Governor |
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|
SCR 27 |
66-0 (1979) |
Author: Traeger, John
Sponsor: Head, Fred
|
Memorializing Congress regarding repeal of 23 U.S.C. Section 154, requiring the 55mph speed limit. |
House: Transportation
Senate: State Affairs
|
Sent to Local and Consent Calendar Committee |
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SCR 28 |
66-0 (1979) |
Author: Mengden, Walter
Sponsor: Hanna, Joe
|
Memorializing the President and Congress to launch an all-out energy production and conservation effort. |
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Signed by the Governor |
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SCR 29 |
66-0 (1979) |
Author: Jones, Grant
Sponsor: Simpson, Bob
|
Memorializing Congress not to amend the McCarran-Ferguson Act. |
House: Insurance
Senate: Economic Development
|
Signed by the Governor |
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SCR 67 |
66-0 (1979) |
Author: Moore, W.T. "Bill"
Sponsor: Heatly, W.S. "Bill"
|
Memorializing Congress to retain law requiring fiber content labels on textiles and apparel products. |
House: Agriculture & Livestock
Senate: State Affairs
|
Signed by the Governor |
|
|
SCR 88 |
66-0 (1979) |
Author: Mengden, Walter
|
Memorializing Congress to initiate an amendment providing for initiative and referendum on the federal level. |
Senate: Jurisprudence
|
Referred to Committee on Jurisprudence |
|
|
HCR 10 |
65-0 (1977) |
Author: Head, Fred
|
Proposing to the Congress of the United States an amendment to the Constitution of the United States concerning not allowing federal appropriations to exceed federal revenue. |
House: Ways & Means
|
Referred to subcommittee |
|
|
HCR 12 |
65-0 (1977) |
Author: Whitehead, Emmett
|
Memorializing Congress to propose an amendment to the United States Constitution to provide for the election of federal district court judges by the people of the district. |
House: Judiciary
|
Referred to Committee on Judiciary |
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HCR 13 |
65-0 (1977) |
Author: Polumbo, Anthony
|
Memorializing Congress to propose an amendment to the United States Constitution to provide for selection of federal judges by popular election. |
House: Judiciary
|
Referred to subcommittee |
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HCR 17 |
65-0 (1977) |
Author: Nowlin, James
|
Memorializing Congress to deregulate prices of interstate natural gas. |
House: Energy Resources
|
Assigned to Resolutions Calendar |
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|
HCR 21 |
65-0 (1977) |
Author: Grant, Ben Z.
|
Memorializing Congress to prohibit federal preemption of state workmen's compensation programs. |
House: Judiciary
|
Referred to Committee on Judiciary |
|
|
HCR 22 |
65-0 (1977) |
Author: Nowlin, James
|
Memorializing Congress not to repeal "right-to-work" -- sec. 14b Taft-Hartley. |
House: State Affairs
|
Laid on the table subject to call |
|
|
HCR 28 |
65-0 (1977) |
Author: Bigham, John R.
|
Memorializing Congress to raise speed limit to 60 mph. on certain highways. |
House: Transportation
|
Referred to Committee on Transportation |
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|
HCR 31 |
65-0 (1977) |
Author: Donaldson, Jerry "Nub"
Sponsor: Moore, W.T. "Bill"
|
Memorializing Congress to propose constitutional amendment to require U.S. to have a balanced budget or alternately requesting that Congress call a constitutional convention for the specific and exclusive purpose of proposing an amendment to the federal constitution requiring a balanced budget. |
House: Ways & Means
Senate: State Affairs
|
Signed by the Governor |
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|
HCR 34 |
65-0 (1977) |
Author: Grant, Ben Z.
Sponsor: Aikin, Jr., A.M.
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Memorializing Congress to prohibit federal preemption of workmen's compensation programs. |
House: Judiciary
Senate: Jurisprudence
|
Reported from committee favorably |
|
|
HCR 40 |
65-0 (1977) |
Author: Green, Forrest
|
Memorializing Congress to initiate an amendment to the U.S. Constitution to prohibit federal deficit spending. |
House: Constitutional Amendments
|
Referred to Committee on Constitutional Amendments |
|
|
HCR 57 |
65-0 (1977) |
Author: Smothers, Clay
|
Memorializing Congress to oppose repeal of Section 14(b) of Taft-Hartley Act of 1947. |
House: State Affairs
|
Considered by subcommittee in formal meeting |
|
|
HCR 59 |
65-0 (1977) |
Author: Briscoe, Leonard
|
Memorializing Congress to provide for creation of an energy stamp program. |
House: Energy Resources
|
Considered by committee in public hearing |
|
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HCR 61 |
65-0 (1977) |
Author: Lewis, Gibson
|
Memorializing Congress to not repeal Section 14(b) of the Taft-Hartley Act, preserving the authority of states concerning right-to-work laws. |
House: State Affairs
|
Referred to Committee on State Affairs |
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HCR 101 |
65-0 (1977) |
Author: Von Dohlen, Tim
Sponsor: Patman, W.N. "Bill"
|
Memorializing Congress to amend Federal Meat Inspection Act and Poultry Products Inspection Act relating to state inspection to meet federal standards. |
House: Agriculture & Livestock
Senate: Natural Resources
|
Signed by the Governor |
|
|
HCR 102 |
65-0 (1977) |
Author: Von Dohlen, Tim
Sponsor: Sherman, Max
|
Memorializing Congress to mandate oil and gas exploration throughout fifty states and territorial waters. |
House: Energy Resources
Senate: Natural Resources
|
Signed by the Governor |
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HCR 103 |
65-0 (1977) |
Author: Ribak, Abraham D.
|
Memorializing Congress to end all enforcement programs of the Civil Rights Act which call for preferential treatment to be accorded any group of individuals at the expense of another group. |
House: State Affairs
|
Referred to Committee on State Affairs |
|
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HCR 135 |
65-0 (1977) |
Author: Robbins, Joe
|
Memorializing Congress relative to legislation should the Equal Rights Amendment be adopted. |
House: Constitutional Amendments
|
Coauthor authorized |
|
|
HCR 136 |
65-0 (1977) |
Author: Whitmire, John
|
Memorializing Congress to recall, reconsider, and block any attempt or effort on part of federal government to ban sale or use of saccharine. |
House: Health & Welfare
|
Referred to Committee on Health and Welfare |
|
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HCR 138 |
65-0 (1977) |
Author: Wilson, John
|
Memorializing Congress regarding modification of Section 103 of the Internal Revenue Code to provide for issuance of tax-exempt public bonds for conversion of electrical generating capacity from natural gas. |
House: Ways & Means
|
Referred to Committee on Ways & Means |
|
|
HCR 140 |
65-0 (1977) |
Author: Finnell, Charles
|
Memorializing Congress to oppose extension of federal price controls over intrastate natural gas supplies. |
House: Energy Resources
Senate: Natural Resources
|
Referred to Committee on Natural Resources |
|
|
HCR 141 |
65-0 (1977) |
Author: Wilson, John
|
Memorializing Congress to adopt reclamation tax on coal only on a local option basis. |
House: Energy Resources
|
Assigned to Resolutions Calendar |
|
|
HCR 143 |
65-0 (1977) |
Author: Lalor, Lance
|
Memorializing Congress to prohibit participation in foreign boycotts. |
House: State Affairs
|
Considered by subcommittee in formal meeting |
|
|
HCR 154 |
65-0 (1977) |
Author: Henderson, Don
|
Memorializing Congress to establish post office at Klein, Texas. |
House: State Affairs
|
Referred to Committee on State Affairs |
|
|
HCR 167 |
65-0 (1977) |
Author: Allen, Joe
|
Memorializing Congress to adopt a national energy policy that will use the free market system. |
House: Energy Resources
|
Reported from committee favorably with amendments |
|
|
HCR 178 |
65-0 (1977) |
Author: Hartung, Frank
|
Memorializing Congress in regard to a constitutional amendment requiring a balanced federal budget. |
House: Ways & Means
|
Referred to Committee on Ways & Means |
|
|
HR 18 |
65-0 (1977) |
Author: Grant, Ben Z.
|
Relating to memorializing Congress to allow workmen's compensation programs to remain under state direction. |
House: Judiciary
|
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|
HR 28 |
65-0 (1977) |
Author: Powers, Pike
|
Urging Congress and the executive branch of federal government to evaluate all aspects of public financing of transportation facilities. |
House: Natural Resources
|
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|
HR 39 |
65-0 (1977) |
Author: Bush, Bob
|
Relating to memorializing Congress to prohibit retired military personnel from drawing pensions while in federal employment with salary. |
House: State Affairs
|
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|
HR 68 |
65-0 (1977) |
Author: Craddick, Tom
|
Relating to memorializing Congress to implement an IRS Employee Review Procedure based on evaluations from audited taxpayers. |
House: Ways & Means
|
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|
SCR 4 |
65-0 (1977) |
Author: Mengden, Walter
Sponsor: Smothers, Clay
|
To memorialize the Congress of the United State to oppose repeal of Section 14(b) of the Taft-Hartley Act of 1947. |
House: State Affairs
Senate: State Affairs
|
Signed by Governor |
|
|
SCR 11 |
65-0 (1977) |
Author: Mengden, Walter
|
To memorialize the Congress of the United States to propose an amendment to the U.S. Constitution to prohibit deficit spending by the federal government, except in times of genuine emergency, when authorized by a 4/5th vote of each house of Congress. |
Senate: Finance
|
Referred to Committee on Finance |
|
|
SCR 41 |
65-0 (1977) |
Author: Patman, W.N. "Bill"
|
Memorializing Congress to remove state employees' and teachers' contributions to retirement system from taxable income base. |
Senate: State Affairs
|
Referred to Committee on State Affairs |
|
|
SCR 51 |
65-0 (1977) |
Author: Harris, O.H.
Sponsor: Kaster, James J.
|
Memorializing the United States Government, the Executive Departments concerned and the Civil Aeronautics Board, to permit international flights between Dallas/Fort Worth Regional Airport and Europe. |
|
Signed by Governor |
|
|
SCR 72 |
65-0 (1977) |
Author: Mengden, Walter
|
Memorializing Congress to provide for election of federal district judges. |
Senate: Jurisprudence
|
Referred to Committee on Jurisprudence |
|
|
SCR 91 |
65-0 (1977) |
Author: Mengden, Walter
Sponsor: Henderson, Don
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Memorializing Congress to request the United States Postal Service to establish a Post Office at Klein, Texas. |
House: Transportation
Senate: Intergovernmental Relations
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Signed by Governor |
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SCR 103 |
65-0 (1977) |
Author: Mengden, Walter
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Memorializing Congress to adopt national energy policy emphasizing development and production of energy sources. |
House: Energy Resources
Senate: Natural Resources
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Referred to Committee on Energy Resources |
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SCR 116 |
65-0 (1977) |
Author: Aikin, Jr., A.M.
Sponsor: Ragsdale, Paul
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In memory of Governor Coke R. Stevenson. |
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Signed by Governor |
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SR 68 |
65-0 (1977) |
Author: Mengden, Walter | et. al.
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Requesting the Senate of the United States to reject the nomination of F. Ray Marshall to be Secretary of Labor. |
Senate: Administration
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SR 82 |
65-0 (1977) |
Author: Schwartz, A.R. "Babe"
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Urging the Congress and Executive Branch of the United States to evaluate public financing of transportation facilities. |
Senate: Natural Resources
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SR 724 |
65-0 (1977) |
Author: Brooks, Chet
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Memorializing U.S. Congress to resolve that cancer is a leading national problem and to provide leadership to find a coordinated solution. |
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SR 758 |
65-0 (1977) |
Author: Mengden, Walter
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Memorializing Congress to adopt a national energy program. |
Senate: Natural Resources
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HCR 13 |
65-2 (1978) |
Author: Von Dohlen, Tim
Sponsor: Hance, Kent
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Memorializing Congress to initiate a constitutional amendment requiring a balanced federal budget. |
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Signed by the Governor |
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SR 104 |
65-2 (1978) |
Author: Mengden, Walter
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Memorializing the Congress of the United States not to enact the equalization tax on lower tier or "old" oil. |
Senate: Natural Resources
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HCR 9 |
64-0 (1975) |
Author: Reynolds, Richard F.
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Relating to memorializing Congress to call a constitutional convention to adopt an amendment providing for a debt ceiling under certain circumstances. |
House: State Affairs
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Referred to subcommittee |
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HCR 10 |
64-0 (1975) |
Author: Reynolds, Richard F.
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Relating to requesting Congress to call a constitutional convention to adopt an amendment for the election of the comptroller. |
House: State Affairs
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Referred to subcommittee |
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HCR 11 |
64-0 (1975) |
Author: Whitehead, Emmett
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Memorializing congress to initiate an amendment regarding the election of federal district judges. |
House: Judicial Affairs
Senate: Jurisprudence
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Referred to Committee on Jurisprudence |
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HCR 13 |
64-0 (1975) |
Author: Green, Forrest
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Relating to requesting congress to propose a constitutional amendment to require a balanced budget. |
House: State Affairs
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Referred to subcommittee |
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HCR 24 |
64-0 (1975) |
Author: Bigham, John R.
Sponsor: Patman, W.N. "Bill"
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Memorializing Congress to enact price subsidies and import restrictions to relieve Texas farmers and ranchers. |
House: Agriculture & Livestock
Senate: Natural Resources
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Signed by Governor |
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HCR 34 |
64-0 (1975) |
Author: Hubenak, Joe A.
Sponsor: Gammage, R.A. "Bob"
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Memorializing congress to instruct the Federal Insurance Administration to remap the flood plan of certain counties. |
House: State Affairs
Senate: Administration
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Signed by Governor |
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HCR 35 |
64-0 (1975) |
Author: Newton, Jon P.
Sponsor: Sherman, Max
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Memorializing the Texas Delegation to Congress regarding energy policy. |
House: Energy Resources
Senate: Natural Resources
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Signed by Governor |
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HCR 52 |
64-0 (1975) |
Author: Clark, Jim
Sponsor: Williams, Lindon
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Relating to memorializing Congress to enact legislation to require all states to develop oil and gas resources. |
House: Energy Resources
Senate: Natural Resources
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Read second time |
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HCR 56 |
64-0 (1975) |
Author: Clark, Jim
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Relating to memorializing Congress regarding necessity of reducing influx of illegal aliens by providing that stringent penalties be imposed on their employers. |
House: State Affairs
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Referred to subcommittee |
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HCR 71 |
64-0 (1975) |
Author: Barrientos, Gonzalo
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Relating to memorializing the Texas delegation to Congress regarding energy policy. |
House: Energy Resources
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Referred to Committee on Energy Resources |
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HCR 100 |
64-0 (1975) |
Author: Hubenak, Joe A.
Sponsor: Adams, Don
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Relating memorializing Congress to assure funding for imported fire ant eradication program. |
House: Agriculture & Livestock
Senate: Natural Resources
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Reported from committee favorably |
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HCR 105 |
64-0 (1975) |
Author: Nugent, James E.
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Relating to memorializing Congress to prevent a ban on the manufacture of firearms and ammunition. |
House: State Affairs
Senate: State Affairs
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Referred to Committee on State Affairs |
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HR 22 |
64-0 (1975) |
Author: Hoestenbach, John
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Memorializing the Congress of the United States to balance the federal budget as a means of flighting inflation. |
House: State Affairs
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HR 28 |
64-0 (1975) |
Author: Nowlin, James
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Relating to memorializing Congress to halt the unethical practice by strikers obtaining certain public funds. |
House: State Affairs
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HR 102 |
64-0 (1975) |
Author: Donaldson, Jerry "Nub"
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Memorializing Congress to postpone consideration of the Department of Army's request for funds to purchase land in Coryell County, Texas. |
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HR 133 |
64-0 (1975) |
Author: Head, Fred
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Memorializing Congress to ban importation of foreign beef and beef products for at least a six-month period. |
House: Agriculture & Livestock
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HR 168 |
64-0 (1975) |
Author: Nabers, Lynn
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Memorializing Congress not to enact HR77, HR1488, or any other legislation which would result in public employee unions striking, imposing union shops, or instituting compulsory dues check off. |
House: State Affairs
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SCR 16 |
64-0 (1975) |
Author: McKinnon, Mike
Sponsor: Newton, Jon P.
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Petitioning the Congress and the President of the United States to take all measures necessary to insure that the United States Department of Defense not change the status of MIA's from that of "missing in action" to "killed in action" until all information as to the circumstances and particulars supporting such action has been made available to the next of kin and they are afforded the opportunity to rebut such information; requesting that Senator John Tower, Senator Lloyd H. Bentsen, and the full congressional delegation from Texas use the power of their offices to insure that the department of defense and the service branches adhere to proper procedures when reviewing the status of MIA's; providing that copies of this resolution be prepared and sent to the President of the United States, to the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives of the United States of Congress, to all members of the Texas delegation to the United States Congress, and to the secretary of defense. |
House: State Affairs
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Signed by Governor |
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SCR 20 |
64-0 (1975) |
Author: Longoria, Raul
Sponsor: Chavez, Melchor
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Respectfully memorializing the Congress of the United States to declare a moratorium on the enforcement of wasteful environmental standards until the current energy crisis has subsided; providing for copies of this resolution to be prepared and forwarded to the President of the United States, to the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives of the United States Congress, and to all members of the Texas delegation to the congress with the request that this resolution be entered officially in the Congressional Record as a memorial to the Congress of the United States. |
House: State Affairs
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Defeat by House reported |
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SCR 23 |
64-0 (1975) |
Author: Sherman, Max
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Memorializing the Texas Delegation to the 94th Congress of the United States of America; requesting all state officials to cooperate fully with the Congressional delegation and to supply the members of the delegation with all relevant material regarding the impact of the citizens of Texas of existing and proposed energy policies. |
Senate: Natural Resources
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Reported from committee favorably |
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SCR 29 |
64-0 (1975) |
Author: Ogg, Jack
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Realizing the desperate need for finding new oil reserves, the need to halt, rather than hasten, the unemployment rate, and the need to protect not only the working man in Texas but also the citizens of the rest of the Country who are dependent upon Texas oil; and that the Congress of the United States discontinue all efforts to end the oil depletion allowance; providing for a copy of this resolution to be forwarded to the President and Vice-President of the United States, and to each Senator and Representative in Congress from Texas with the request that this Resolution be officially entered into the Congressional Record as a Memorial to the Congress. |
Senate: Natural Resources
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Referred to Committee on Natural Resources |
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SCR 31 |
64-0 (1975) |
Author: Andujar, Betty
Sponsor: Lewis, Gibson
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Urging the Congress of the United States to approve S. 1306 to support the operating and capital needs of the Rock Island Railroad; providing for a copy of this resolution to be transmitted to the Secretary of Transportation, the President of the United States, the members of the Texas Congressional Delegation, Senator Warren G. Magnuson, Chairman, Senate Committee on Commerce, and Congressman Harley O. Staggers, Chairman, House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. |
House: Transportation
Senate: Economic Development
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Signed by Governor |
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SCR 38 |
64-0 (1975) |
Author: Traeger, John
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Memorializing the Congress of the United States to prevent any ban on the manufacture of firearms ammunition by the Federal Consumer Products Safety Commission; providing that official copies of this resolution be prepared and forwarded to the President of the United States, to the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives of the United States Congress, and to all members of the Texas delegation to the congress with the request that this resolution be entered officially in the Congressional Record as a memorial to the Congress of the United States. |
House: State Affairs
Senate: Administration
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Referred to Committee on State Affairs |
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SCR 50 |
64-0 (1975) |
Author: Sherman, Max
Sponsor: Laney, James
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Memorializing the Congress of the United States to instruct the Federal Power Commission to restore natural gas for irrigation purposes to a No. 2 commercial priority before there is extensive and lasting damage to the economy of the Panhandle and South Plains of Texas and serious disruption of the national economy; providing that official copies of this resolution be prepared and forwarded to the President of the United States, to the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives of the United States Congress, and to all members of the Texas delegation of the Congress with the request that this resolution be officially entered in the Congressional Record as a memeorial to the Congress of the Unite States of America; providing that official copies of this resolution also be prepared and forwarded to the Federal Power Commission as an expression of the views of the 64th Legislature of the State of Texas. |
House: Energy Resources
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Signed by Governor |
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SCR 82 |
64-0 (1975) |
Author: Schwartz, A.R. "Babe"
Sponsor: Sullivant, Bill
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Memorializing the Congress of the United States, requesting that the congress amend and revise the Federal Water Pollution Control Act Amendments of 1972 as may be required to insure that the Environmental Protection Agency and the United States Corps of Engineers comply with the intent of congress that they are to recognize and rely upon the states in the exercise of primary responsibility for development, use, restoration, preservation, and enhancement of land and water resources; authorizing and requesting that Dolph Briscoe, Governor of the State of Texas, take all actions proper and necessary to assure the administrative and judicial protection of the equitable and reasonable authority of the State of Texas in exercising its primary responsibility for its land and water resources; declaring unalterable opposition to the expansion of federal authority over land and water resource management as would follow from implementation of the proposed rules as published. |
House: Environmental Affairs
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Signed by Governor |
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SCR 88 |
64-0 (1975) |
Author: Longoria, Raul
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Memorializing the Congress of the United States to provide financial aid to school districts along the border with Mexico where a large proportion of non-citizen students are enrolled in the school systems as compensation for the increased costs of educating these alien children; providing that copies of this resolution be prepared and forwarded to the President of the United States, to the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives of the United States Congress, and to all members of the Texas delegation to the congress with the request that this resolution be entered officially in the Congressional Record as a memorial to the Congress of the United States. |
House: Public Education
Senate: Administration
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Referred to Committee on Public Education |
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SCR 100 |
64-0 (1975) |
Author: Meier, Bill
Sponsor: Geiger, Richard S.
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Expressing to members of the Texas members of the United States Congress and to teh congress as a whole that the State of Texas believes that the explicit mandate of the United States Congress has been ignored in the selection of a Navy combat fighter which is not a derivative of the Air Force air combat fighter and that this unfair action on the part of the Department of Defense may be detrimental to the best defensive posture of the United States, to the economic well-being of the citizens of the United States and to the citizens of the State of Texas, and that appropriate action be taken by the Congress of the United States to assure fairness and compliance with its stated direction. |
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Signed by Governor |
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SR 282 |
64-0 (1975) |
Author: Jones, Grant
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Memorializing Congress to postpone consideration of Department of Army's acquisition of land in Coryell County. |
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SR 402 |
64-0 (1975) |
Author: Mengden, Walter | et. al.
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Memorializing Congress to act favorably and expeditiously on the Bentsen-Eckhart bill to provide immediate relief for the subsidence-stricken Brownwood Addition of Baytown, Texas. |
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HCR 12 |
63-0 (1973) |
Author: Kubiak, Dan
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Requesting that the Congress of the United States take immediate action to insure that the highway program and its funding are continued and that the Highway Trust Fund be preserved intact for the intended purpose of highway construction. |
House: Transportation
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Committee hearing notice posted |
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HCR 13 |
63-0 (1973) |
Author: Kubiak, Dan
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Resolving that the Legislature of the State of Texas hereby memorialize the Congress of the United States to reinstate the Rural Environmental Assistance Program. |
House: Agriculture & Livestock
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Subcommittee hearing notice posted |
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HCR 44 |
63-0 (1973) |
Author: Lewis, Gibson
Sponsor: Meier, Bill
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Memorializing Congress to redo Social Security benefits at age 65. |
House: Human Resources
Senate: Human Resources
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Filed without Governor's signature |
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HCR 53 |
63-0 (1973) |
Author: Allen, Joe
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Memorializing the Congress of the United States of America to pass legislation creating a Big Thicket National Park. |
House: Environmental Affairs
Senate: Administration
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Rereferred to committee |
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HCR 57 |
63-0 (1973) |
Author: Jones, Luther
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Memorializing the Congress of the United States to assure that adequate funding continue for programs relating to human resource at the community level. |
House: Human Resources
Senate: Finance
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Referred to Committee on Finance |
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HCR 74 |
63-0 (1973) |
Author: Nichols, R.C. "Nick"
Sponsor: Wallace, Jim
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Memorializing the Congress of the United States to enact the Retirement Income Security for Employees Act of 1973. |
House: Judiciary
Senate: Administration
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Signed by the Governor |
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HCR 76 |
63-0 (1973) |
Author: Rodriguez, Lindsey
Sponsor: Mauzy, Oscar
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Memorializing Congress and the Veterans Administration to locate a V.A. Hospital or Recuperation Center in Weslaco. |
House: Education
Senate: Education
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Filed without Governor's signature |
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HCR 80 |
63-0 (1973) |
Author: Green, Gene
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Memorializing the Congress of the United States to take immediate action to reverse the recently issued regulations of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare which prohibit the use of privately-donated funds |
