Amend CSHB 1 (house committee report) as follows:
(1) In Article V of the bill, following the provisions related to the Texas Military Department, add the following appropriately numbered rider:
____. Enhanced Border Communications. Included in the amounts appropriated under Strategy A.1.1, STATE ACTIVE DUTY-DISASTER, is $10,000,000 in each year of the biennium for the purpose of enhancing border communications. Texas Military Department in collaboration with the Texas Parks and Wildlife and the Texas Department of Public Safety will use funds appropriated to establish a meshed communications network in LTE denied areas using mobile networking, satellite and cellular backhaul technologies. The network shall be operable across multiple border participants and compatible with networks funded by Federal sources including the U.S. Customs and Border Patrol Surveillance and Communications Towers Program.