By Jackson H.C.R. No. 188 74R11963 CCK-F HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 1-1 WHEREAS, The recent proposal to consolidate and downsize the 1-2 operations of the Johnson Space Center, as contained in a white 1-3 paper issued by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration 1-4 (NASA), portends an action that would severely impact the Texas 1-5 economy; and 1-6 WHEREAS, The economic impact of the breakup and transfer of 1-7 this valuable resource to other states is expected to exceed $1 1-8 billion; other long-term consequences are incalculable, and the 1-9 reorganization plan has no demonstrated cost savings; and 1-10 WHEREAS, If the proposal is implemented, this state stands to 1-11 lose thousands of jobs associated with the aerospace industry; cuts 1-12 of the magnitude contemplated for the center would cost the greater 1-13 Houston area and Texas from 3,500 to 7,000 primary jobs and up to 1-14 21,000 secondary, retail, and support jobs; and 1-15 WHEREAS, Already, Texas has been affected negatively as a 1-16 consequence of previous NASA restructuring and downsizing; in 1994 1-17 alone, more than 2,000 direct Johnson Space Center jobs were 1-18 eliminated because of space station redesign; and 1-19 WHEREAS, Every dollar invested in the space program yields up 1-20 to seven dollars in new products, technologies, and processes of 1-21 everyday value to the citizenry, and the relocation of Johnson 1-22 Space Center positions outside the state would reduce Texas' share 1-23 of present and future investment opportunities and associated 1-24 investment benefits; and 2-1 WHEREAS, The approach of integrated design and development 2-2 has a proven record of accomplishment in the Mercury, Gemini, 2-3 Apollo, and Shuttle programs; the International Space Station was 2-4 purposely located at the center to promote integration and is on 2-5 budget and on time, and the breakup of the integrated engineering, 2-6 operations, and management functions that support the shuttle and 2-7 space station, and that once put men on the moon, could well signal 2-8 the end of human spaceflight and the eventual closure of the 2-9 Johnson Space Center; now, therefore, be it 2-10 RESOLVED, That the 74th Legislature of the State of Texas 2-11 hereby reject the contentions contained in the NASA white paper 2-12 regarding the Johnson Space Center and respectfully urge the 2-13 Congress of the United States to countermand the NASA proposal to 2-14 consolidate and downsize the operations of the center; and, be it 2-15 further 2-16 RESOLVED, That the Texas secretary of state forward official 2-17 copies of this resolution to the administrator of NASA, to the 2-18 president of the United States, to the speaker of the house of 2-19 representatives and president of the senate of the United States 2-20 Congress, and to all members of the Texas delegation to the 2-21 congress with the request that it be officially entered in the 2-22 Congressional Record as a memorial to the Congress of the United 2-23 States.