S.C.R. No. 87
                             SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
    1-1        WHEREAS, Chronic fatigue and immune dysfunction syndrome is
    1-2  the medical term for a group of symptoms that include debilitating
    1-3  fatigue, fever, depression, and a reduced ability to undertake
    1-4  normal daily activities or to function productively; and
    1-5        WHEREAS, The disease affects people of all ages, interrupting
    1-6  the education and employment of those afflicted and imposing
    1-7  enormous social costs ranging from burdensome medical expenses to
    1-8  increased demand for disability payments and other social services;
    1-9  and
   1-10        WHEREAS, The syndrome was first recognized 10 years ago, but
   1-11  there has been little effort to find either a cause or a cure for
   1-12  the disease, with the result that patients are often misdiagnosed,
   1-13  receive inadequate medical treatment, and can face difficulty in
   1-14  receiving social services and public assistance; and
   1-15        WHEREAS, Both present and future generations would benefit
   1-16  greatly if the resources of government were marshalled to eliminate
   1-17  the personal and social costs of this insidious and debilitating
   1-18  disease; now, therefore, be it
   1-19        RESOLVED, That the 74th Legislature of the State of Texas
   1-20  hereby memorialize the Congress of the United States to increase
   1-21  federal funding for research relating to chronic fatigue and immune
   1-22  dysfunction syndrome; and, be it further
   1-23        RESOLVED, That the Texas Secretary of State forward official
   1-24  copies of this resolution to the President of the United States, to
    2-1  the speaker of the house of representatives and to the president of
    2-2  the senate of the United States Congress, and to all members of the
    2-3  Texas delegation to the congress, with the request that this
    2-4  resolution be officially entered in the Congressional Record as a
    2-5  memorial to the Congress of the United States of America.