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  H.C.R. No. 145
 
 
 
HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
         WHEREAS, The Amistad International Reservoir, situated on
  the Texas-Mexico border near Del Rio, supplies water to numerous
  area communities for municipal, industrial, and agricultural
  purposes; yet, with a salt content near the upper limit of the Texas
  standard for drinking water, the reservoir may become an unusable
  resource for all; and
         WHEREAS, Two of its main tributaries, the Rio Grande and the
  Pecos River, are heavily saturated with salt due to the composition
  of the surrounding land, which was once part of a great inland sea;
  when dry land emerged, salt from the sea was trapped in the soil and
  in underground aquifers; originating in New Mexico, the Pecos
  River, in particular, is one of the most saline waterways in North
  America and accounts for almost 30 percent of the salt loading of
  the reservoir; and
         WHEREAS, The upper limit of Texas drinking water standards
  for minerals including salt is 1,000 milligrams per liter; when
  that limit is exceeded, municipalities that rely on water released
  into the Rio Grande from the Amistad Reservoir will face costly
  treatment methods to meet state standards; moreover, the elevated
  levels of salt may force farmers to discontinue the growth of
  certain crops; while fresh water inflow from runoff could help
  alleviate the salinity, the potential for such runoff is limited;
  and
         WHEREAS, The Amistad International Reservoir is shared by the
  United States and Mexico, in accordance with the terms of a 1944
  treaty; for that reason and because the reservoir's holdings derive
  from multiple states, it is incumbent on the national government to
  take the lead in addressing this urgent problem; and
         WHEREAS, Congress began that process by enacting Section 729
  of the Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) of 1986 and by
  developing a program under Section 5056 of WRDA of 2007,
  Pub. L. No. 110-114, that directs the secretary of the army to
  rehabilitate and enhance fish and wildlife habitats and to
  implement long-term monitoring, data collection and analysis,
  applied research, and adaptive management within the Rio Grande
  Basin; and
         WHEREAS, Past studies must be evaluated to determine a
  strategy for moving forward; in addition, it is imperative that
  funding and continuing authority for Section 5056 of WRDA of 2007,
  which was extended until 2019 in Section 4006 of the Water Resources
  Reform and Development Act (WRRDA) of 2014, be fully funded so that
  efforts to solve the salt problem in the reservoir can continue;
  now, therefore, be it
         RESOLVED, That the 84th Legislature of the State of Texas
  hereby recognize the secretary of the army for the work on the
  Amistad International Reservoir and for the effort to continue to
  find funds to carry out work related to Section 4006 of the Water
  Resources Reform and Development Act of 2014.
 
  Nevárez
 
 
Straus González Otto
 
Allen Guerra Paddie
 
Alonzo Guillen Parker
 
Alvarado Gutierrez Paul
 
Anchia Harless Peña
 
Anderson of Dallas Hernandez Phelan
 
Anderson of McLennan Herrero Phillips
 
Ashby Howard Pickett
 
Aycock Huberty Price
 
Bell Hughes Raney
 
Bernal Hunter Raymond
 
Blanco Isaac Reynolds
 
Bohac Israel Riddle
 
Bonnen of Brazoria Johnson Rinaldi
 
Bonnen of Galveston Kacal Rodriguez of Bexar
 
Burkett Keffer Rodriguez of Travis
 
Burns Keough Romero, Jr.
 
Burrows King of Hemphill Rose
 
Button King of Parker Sanford
 
Canales King of Taylor Schaefer
 
Capriglione King of Uvalde Schofield
 
Clardy Klick Schubert
 
Coleman Koop Shaheen
 
Collier Krause Sheets
 
Cook Kuempel Sheffield
 
Craddick Landgraf Simmons
 
Crownover Larson Simpson
 
Cyrier Laubenberg Smith
 
Dale Leach Smithee
 
Darby Longoria Spitzer
 
Davis of Dallas Lozano Springer
 
Davis of Harris Lucio III Stephenson
 
Deshotel Márquez Stickland
 
Dukes Martinez Thompson of Brazoria
 
Dutton Martinez Fischer Thompson of Harris
 
Elkins McClendon Tinderholt
 
Faircloth Metcalf Turner of Collin
 
Fallon Meyer Turner of Harris
 
Farias Miles Turner of Tarrant
 
Farney Miller of Comal VanDeaver
 
Farrar Miller of Fort Bend Villalba
 
Fletcher Minjarez Vo
 
Flynn Moody Walle
 
Frank Morrison White of Bell
 
Frullo Muñoz, Jr. White of Tyler
 
Galindo Murphy Workman
 
Geren Murr Wray
 
Giddings Naishtat Wu
 
Goldman Nevárez Zedler
 
Gonzales Oliveira Zerwas
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
 
         I certify that H.C.R. No. 145 was adopted by the House on May
  31, 2015, by a non-record vote.
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
 
         I certify that H.C.R. No. 145 was adopted by the Senate on June
  1, 2015, by the following vote
  : Yeas 31, Nays 0.
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate   
  APPROVED: __________________
                  Date       
   
           __________________
                Governor