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SENATE RESOLUTION
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WHEREAS, Hurricane Harvey struck the Texas coast on |
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August 25, 2017, causing an estimated $125 billion in damage; |
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and |
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WHEREAS, The second most destructive storm in American |
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history, the hurricane impacted approximately 30 percent of the |
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population of Texas, destroying homes, damaging infrastructure, |
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and displacing thousands of families along the coast; and |
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WHEREAS, The Federal Emergency Management Agency received |
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nearly 800,000 applications from affected Texans for some form of |
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assistance; as many as 83 percent of the people whose homes |
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flooded did not have flood insurance, creating unprecedented |
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demand for state and federal disaster recovery assistance; and |
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WHEREAS, The FEMA application process is so duplicative |
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and confusing, and the United States Department of Housing and |
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Urban Development regulations are so complex, that many |
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survivors give up trying to navigate the system and, therefore, |
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receive no assistance; and |
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WHEREAS, Consolidating funding for recovery housing |
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programs into a single Disaster Housing Response and Recovery |
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Block Grant would increase efficiency, save taxpayer dollars, |
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and speed the recovery process by combining FEMA's short-term |
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programs and HUD's long-term programs; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 86th |
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Legislature, hereby respectfully urge the United States Congress |
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to enact legislation to consolidate disaster recovery housing |
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funding into a single Disaster Housing Response and Recovery |
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Block Grant; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That the secretary of the senate forward |
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official copies of this resolution to the president of the United |
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States, to the president of the Senate and the speaker of the |
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House of Representatives of the United States Congress, and to |
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all the members of the Texas delegation to Congress with the |
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request that this resolution be entered in the Congressional |
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Record as a memorial to the Congress of the United States of |
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America. |
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President of the Senate |
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I hereby certify that the |
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above Resolution was adopted by |
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the Senate on May 24, 2019, by the |
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following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. |
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Secretary of the Senate |