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I, ROGER WILLIAMS, Secretary of State of the State of Texas, DOHEREBY CERTIFY that the attached is a true and correct copy of HouseConcurrent Resolution Number 49, passed by the 79th Legislature, RegularSession, 2005, as signed by the Governor on June 18, 2005, and filed inthis office on June 18, 2005.

Date issued: July 13, 2005

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pay t r i b u t e t o N a t i o n a l A e r on a u t i c s and Spac e A dm in i s t r a t io n( N A S A ) , whose i n t r e p i d e x p l o r a t i o n s o f spa c e and impor t a n ts c i e n t i f i c d i s c o v er i e s have i n s p i re d and b e n e f i t e d t h e p e op le ofo ur n a t i o n and s t a t e ; and

WHEREAS , The Spac e Exp lo r a t io n V i s io n ha s s e t a g o a l o fr e t u r n i n g t h e Space S h u t t l e t o f l i g h t , c o m pl e ti n g a ss em bl y o f t h eI n t e r n a t i o n a l Space S t a t i o n , d e ve l op i n g t h e Crew E x p l o r a t i o nV e h i c l e , r e t u r n i n g humans t o t h e m o o n , and p ur su in g humane x p l o r a t i o n o f Mars and the s o l a r system; and

W H E R E A S , N A S A ' s landmark achievement i n p u t t i n g t h e f i r s t manon th e moon, a s t r on a u t N e i l A rms tr ong , on Ju l y 2 0 , 1969, c a p t u r e dt h e i m a gi n at i on o f peo ple eve rywhere; and

WHEREAS, T h i s major accomplishment us he red i n new ande x c i t i n g t e c h n o l o g i c a l ad va nc es t h a t have b e n e f i t e d o ur n a t i o n ' ss e c u r i t y and c e l l u l a r c om mu ni cat io ns ; N A SA h a s a l s o advanced ourh e a l th c a r e sy s t e m th r ough th e de ve lopmen t of M R I and CAT s c a nt e c h n o l o g y , f e t a l h e a r t m o n i t o r s , p rogram mable h e a r t p a ce m ak er s,an d o t h e r i m p o r t a n t m ed i c a l d e v i c e s ; an d

WHEREAS, Through edu ca t i on programs l i k e Texas AerospaceS c h o l a r s , t h e NASA Explo re r Schoo ls , and th e Network of E duca torA s t r o n a u t T e a c h e r s , NASA is n u r t u r i n g a new genera t ion o f e x p l o r e r san d s c i e n t i s t s who c a n c o n t r i b u t e t o our n a t i o n ' s e x c e l l e n c e ; and

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H . C . R . N o . 49S t a r S t a t e , by em plo yin g n e a r l y 3 ,0 00 c i v i l s e r v a n t s anda p p r o x i m a t e l y 13,000 c o n t r a c t o r s a t t h e Johnson Space Cente r and byawarding a l m o s t $4 b i l l i o n w orth of NASA con t r a c t s annua l ly ; smallb u s i n e s s e s a c r o s s T exas w i t h t e c h n i c a l c h a l l e n g e s hav e b e n e f i t e df ro m t h e s u p p o r t o f t h e a e ro s p a c e i n d u s t r y , N A S A , and t h e S t a t e ofTexas ' s up por t o f t h e Techno logy O u t r each P rogram, r e s u l t i n g i n newb u s i n e s s v e n t u r e s w i t h i n t h e s t a t e ; and

WHEREAS, The S pace E x p l o r a t i o n V i s io n h a s t h e p o t e n t i a l t of u r t h e r d r i v e i n n o v a t i o n , d ev e lo p me nt , a nd ad va nc em en t i n t h ea e r o s pa c e and o t h e r h i g h te ch n ol og y i n d u s t r i e s a c r o s s t h e n a t i o na nd i n t h e S t a t e of T e x as ; a nd

W H E R E A S , The e x t r a o r d i n a r y c o n t r i b u t i o n s of N A S A t o s c i e n c eand t e c h n ol o gy a r e t h e p r i d e o f o ur s t a t e , and t h e S pa ce E x p l o r a t i o nV i s i o n i s t r u l y d e se rv in g o f l e g i s l a t i v e r e c o g n i t i o n ; now,t h e r e f o r e , be it

R E S O L V E D , Tha t t he 7 9 t h L e g i s l a t u r e o f t h e S t a t e o f T e x a sh e re b y r e s p e c t f u l l y u r g e a l l members of t h e Uni ted S t a t e s Congresst o f u l l y fund t h e N a t i o n a l A ero nau t i c s and Space A dm i n i s t r a t i onb u dg et r e q u e s t i n s u p p o r t of t h e S pace E x p l o r a t i o n V i s i o n , ass u b m i t t e d t o t h e c o ng re ss f o r f i s c a l y ea r 2006, t o e n a b l e t h e U n i te dS t a t e s , and t h e S t a t e o f T ex as , t o r em ain l e a d e r s i n t h e e x p l o r a t i o nand development of sp ac e; an d, be it f u r t h e r

R E S O L V E D , T ha t t h e Te xa s s e c r e t a r y o f s t a t e fo rw ard o f f i c i a lc o p i e s o f t h i s r e so l u t i o n t o t h e a d m i n i s t r a t o r of t h e N a t i o n a lA e r o n a u t i c s a nd S pac e A d m i n i s t r a t i o n , t o t h e p r e s i d e n t o f t h eU n i t e d S t a t e s , t o t h e s p e a k e r o f t h e h o u s e o f r e p r e s e n t a t i v e s a n dt h e p r e s id e n t of t h e s e n a t e of t h e U ni te d S t a t e s C o ng re ss , and t o

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P r e s i d e n t of t h e S e n at e Speaker of t h e HouseI c e r t i f y t h a t H . C . R . No. 49 w a s ad op ted by t h e House on May

9, 2005, by a non- r e c o r d vo te .

I c e r t i f y t h a t H . C . R . N o . 49 w a s adopt ed by t h e Se na te on May25, 2005, by a v iva - voc e vo te .

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