H.C.R. No. 188
                              HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
    1-1        WHEREAS, Texas is proud to be home to the National
    1-2  Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA) Johnson Space Center
    1-3  and is a state where thousands of Texans have taken part in NASA's
    1-4  goals, vision, missions, and accomplishments in furthering space
    1-5  exploration; and
    1-6        WHEREAS, The approach of an integrated design and development
    1-7  team concept implemented at Johnson Space Center has a proven
    1-8  record of accomplishment in the Mercury, Gemini, Apollo, and
    1-9  Shuttle programs, and the International Space Station program was
   1-10  purposely located at Johnson Space Center to take advantage of the
   1-11  integrated product team concept that has been so successful in
   1-12  previous NASA programs; and
   1-13        WHEREAS, The human space integration missions at Johnson
   1-14  Space Center, including spacecraft engineering, space shuttle
   1-15  operations program management, the shuttle orbiter project, and
   1-16  science programs, are vital to NASA's human space program; and
   1-17        WHEREAS, A proposed plan developed by NASA to consolidate
   1-18  operations portends an action that would severely impact Johnson
   1-19  Space Center and the Texas economy; and
   1-20        WHEREAS, If the proposal is implemented, Texas stands to lose
   1-21  thousands of primary and secondary jobs associated with the
   1-22  aerospace industry and Johnson Space Center, thousands of
   1-23  secondary, retail, and support jobs, and a significant share of
   1-24  investment opportunities and associated investment benefits; and
    2-1        WHEREAS, Texas was affected negatively as a consequence of
    2-2  NASA's 1994 restructuring, downsizing, and space station redesign
    2-3  at Johnson Space Center; and
    2-4        WHEREAS, Texans support the general goal of reducing
    2-5  government waste and jobs; how the goal is achieved in the case of
    2-6  NASA's proposed reorganization is a key point that needs
    2-7  clarification; now, therefore, be it
    2-8        RESOLVED, That the 74th Legislature of the State of Texas
    2-9  respectfully urge the Congress of the United States to review fully
   2-10  NASA's proposed reorganization plan and to analyze the cost/benefit
   2-11  of the plan, including proposed mission transfers and relocations,
   2-12  with the purpose of preserving and protecting the United States'
   2-13  leadership in space technology and exploration; and, be it further
   2-14        RESOLVED, That the Texas secretary of state forward official
   2-15  copies of this resolution to the administrator of the National
   2-16  Aeronautics and Space Administration, to the president of the
   2-17  United States, to the speaker of the house of representatives and
   2-18  president of the senate of the United States Congress, and to all
   2-19  members of the Texas congressional delegation with the request that
   2-20  it be officially entered in the Congressional Record of the United
   2-21  States of America.