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. Out of the funds appropriated under Strategy A.1.1, STATE ACTIVE DUTY-DISASTER, the Texas Miliary Department in collaboration with the Texas Parks and Wildlife and the Texas Department of Public Safety shall 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.