SRC-AXB S.C.R. 38 76(R)   BILL ANALYSIS


Senate Research Center   S.C.R. 38
76R8110  SMZ-DBy: Shapleigh
Veterans Affairs
4/8/1999
As Filed


DIGEST 

Currently, the McGregor Range is the nation's principal training facility
for air defense systems, and is crucial to the development and testing of
missile defense systems.  McGregor Range is a large tract of
federally-owned land within Fort Bliss and is scheduled to be returned to
public use after November 6, 2001.  S.C.R. 38 expresses the 76th
Legislature's support for the continued use of McGregor Range for military
purposes. 

PURPOSE

As proposed, S.C.R. 38 submits the following resolutions:

That the 76th Legislature of Texas support the United States Congress in
ensuring the military's use of the McGregor Range land beyond 2001.  

That the secretary of state forward an official copy of this resolution to
the President of the United States, the speaker of the house of
representatives and the president of the senate of the United States
Congress, and all members of the Texas delegation in congress with the
request that this resolution be entered in the Congressional Record as a
memorial to the Congress of the United States of America.