1-1 By: Haley S.C.R. No. 72
1-2 (In the Senate - Filed April 20, 1993; April 20, 1993, read
1-3 first time and referred to Committee on Administration;
1-4 April 23, 1993, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 4,
1-5 Nays 0; April 23, 1993, sent to printer.)
1-6 COMMITTEE VOTE
1-7 Yea Nay PNV Absent
1-8 Haley x
1-9 Moncrief x
1-10 Ellis x
1-11 Montford x
1-12 Shapiro x
1-13 Truan x
1-14 Turner x
1-15 SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
1-16 WHEREAS, The United States, Canada, and Mexico have recently
1-17 entered into a three-way agreement designed to promote and enhance
1-18 economic development opportunities for businesses in all three
1-19 countries; and
1-20 WHEREAS, A significant factor in any economic plan is the
1-21 improvement of transportation systems; and
1-22 WHEREAS, The United States Congress is currently considering
1-23 measures to establish a major transportation route to be known as
1-24 Interstate 69 which will connect Canada and Mexico through the
1-25 heartland of the United States; and
1-26 WHEREAS, Interstate 69 will run from the Canadian-United
1-27 States border at Port Huron, Michigan, to the Mexican-United States
1-28 border at Laredo, Texas, winding through eight states; and
1-29 WHEREAS, The United States Congress is currently debating
1-30 measures which will determine the location of Interstate 69; and
1-31 WHEREAS, In determining the location of Interstate 69, the
1-32 United States Congress should be guided by cost-effectiveness and
1-33 timeliness of completion; and
1-34 WHEREAS, The Interstate 69 Association, which is comprised of
1-35 local community and business leaders and members of chambers of
1-36 commerce from the eight states that would be affected by
1-37 construction of the interstate, have stated that Interstate 69
1-38 should cross the Louisiana-Texas border via United States 84 at
1-39 Joaquin, Texas; it would then continue along United States 84 until
1-40 reaching United States 59 at Tenaha, then follow United States 59
1-41 corridor to Houston and continue along 59 until reaching the
1-42 Mexican border at Laredo; now, therefore, be it
1-43 RESOLVED, That the 73rd Legislature of the State of Texas
1-44 hereby memorialize the Congress of the United States to take all
1-45 necessary action to ensure that Interstate 69 will enter Texas at
1-46 Joaquin and follow along the least congested and most feasible
1-47 route between the Louisiana-Texas and Texas-Mexico borders; and, be
1-48 it further
1-49 RESOLVED, That official copies of this resolution be prepared
1-50 and forwarded to the President of the United States, to the
1-51 President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of
1-52 Representatives of the United States Congress, and to all members
1-53 of the Texas delegation to the Congress with the request that this
1-54 resolution be officially entered in the Congressional Record as a
1-55 memorial to the Congress of the United States of America.
1-56 * * * * *
1-57 Austin,
1-58 Texas
1-59 April 23, 1993
1-60 Hon. Bob Bullock
1-61 President of the Senate
1-62 Sir:
1-63 We, your Committee on Administration to which was referred S.C.R.
1-64 No. 72, have had the same under consideration, and I am instructed
1-65 to report it back to the Senate with the recommendation that it do
1-66 pass and be printed.
1-67 Haley,
1-68 Chairman
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2-2 WITNESSES
2-3 No witnesses appeared on S.C.R. No. 72.