Amend CSHB 11 (senate committee printing) by adding the following appropriately numbered SECTION to the bill and renumbering the remaining SECTIONS of the bill as appropriate:

SECTION ___.  (a) The lieutenant governor and the speaker of the house of representatives shall create a joint interim committee to study border security.

(b)  The committee shall be composed of 10 members as follows:

(1)  five members of the senate appointed by the lieutenant governor; and

(2)  five members of the house of representatives appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives.

(c)  The lieutenant governor and speaker of the house of representatives shall each designate a co-chair from among the committee members.

(d)  The committee shall submit a full report, including findings and recommendations, to the 85th Legislature before it convenes in regular session in January of 2017.

(e)  The lieutenant governor and the speaker of the house of representatives shall appoint the members of the committee created under this section as soon as possible after the effective date of this Act.