Amend SCR 6 by striking all below the fifth WHEREAS clause (Committee printing page 1, lines 36-51) and substituting the following: WHEREAS, The Texas Transportation Commission in May 2000 provided the project with a Priority 2 status to prepare plans, specifications, and estimates; subsequent phases of the 10-year, $100-million project should also be completed to enable the III Armored Corps to deploy troops and equipment from Fort Hood to the ports of Corpus Christi and Beaumont in the time frame required by the U.S. Department of Defense; and WHEREAS, The U.S. Department of Defense has determined that the expansion of State Highway 195 is of strategic importance and necessary for the deployment of forces from Fort Hood, the department should therefore provide funding to support the expansion; now, therefore, be it RESOLVED, That the 77th Legislature of the State of Texas hereby encourage the Texas Transportation Commission to support the expansion of State Highway 195 to ensure its use by the III Armored Corps as the southern convoy route to Texas' ports; and, be it further RESOLVED, That the secretary of state forward an official copy of this resolution to the chair of the Texas Transportation Commission and to all members of the Texas delegation to Congress.