** REVISION ** — HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES — NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

** REVISION **
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

 

COMMITTEE:    Natural Resources 

TIME & DATE:  10:00 AM (MDT)
Tuesday, October 6, 2026 

PLACE:       El Paso, TX (See details below) 
CHAIR:       Rep. Cody Harris 

 

Public Access to Meeting Location at:

Research Center Auditorium

Texas A&M AgriLife Research Center

1380 A and M Cir

El Paso, TX 79927

 

The committee will meet to hear invited and public testimony on the following interim charges:

 

Agency Oversight - Pursuant to the broad oversight responsibilities granted to the Committee under Section 301.014, Government Code, and the House Rules of Procedure, monitor the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, under the Committee’s jurisdiction, including for fraud, waste, and abuse, where applicable.

 

Rio Grande Compact - Evaluate the impact of groundwater pumping in southern New Mexico on the availability of surface water supply in the El Paso region. Study the history and merit of claims made by the State of Texas arising from the 1938 Rio Grande Compact and evaluate the Compact Decree pending before the U.S. Supreme Court. Determine if the Compact Decree fairly provides for Texas to receive from New Mexico its equitable apportionment of water. Identify any additional areas of dispute arising from the Rio Grande Compact left unresolved by the Compact Decree.

 

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Public testimony may be limited to two (2) minutes per witness.

Public testimony period will be for one (1) hour.

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The committee will hear invited testimony only on the following charge:

 

Innovative Water Supply Strategies: Study the feasibility of the various project types eligible under the New Water Supply for Texas Fund. Identify project impediments and strategies to increase their implementation and contribution to the state's overall water supply.

 

Online submission of public comments will be available on the following topics:

 

Agency Oversight: The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality

Rio Grande Compact

Innovative Water Supply Strategies

 

 

Registration:

Registration to testify will only be available on-site. Invited witnesses must fill out a witness registration card at the hearing and return it to committee staff.

 

Texas residents who wish to electronically submit comments related to

agenda items on this notice without testifying in person can do so until

the hearing is adjourned by visiting:

https://comments.house.texas.gov/home?c=c390

 

A live video broadcast of this hearing will be unavailable at this time.

 

 

 

**         See Committee Coordinator for previous versions         **
of this notice.


NOTICE OF ASSISTANCE AT PUBLIC MEETINGS

Persons with disabilities who plan to attend this meeting and who may need assistance, such as a sign language interpreter, are requested to contact Stacey Nicchio at (512) 463-0850, 72 hours prior to the meeting so that appropriate arrangements can be made.