H.R. No. 1835

	R E S O L U T I O N
	WHEREAS, Many airports, especially those in congested urban
	areas, are near or over their capacities, and such inadequate
	infrastructure causes long delays, reduced customer service,
	negative impacts on the economy, and bottlenecks throughout our
	entire national air transportation system; and
	WHEREAS, Implementation of the Next Generation Air
	Transportation System (NextGen) would help make air travel even
	safer and more convenient and environmentally friendly by enhancing
	the efficiency of airports and airspace procedures; and
	WHEREAS, The long list of airport improvements encompassed in
	NextGen includes performance-based navigation flight procedures,
	improved surface management systems, reduced aircraft exhaust
	emissions, and technology upgrades that bolster all-weather access
	to airports; and
	WHEREAS, Airport operators must be involved in the
	development of NextGen capabilities in and around their airports
	from inception to execution to ensure noise and other environmental
	factors that affect their communities are appropriately
	considered; and
	WHEREAS, The latest Future Airport Capacity Task study
	prepared by the FAA indicates that many of the nation's busiest
	airports, including George Bush International Airport in Houston,
	will require new runways to meet projected capacity needs in the
	coming years even with NextGen, and these findings highlight the
	critical importance of taking all reasonable steps to reduce
	airport congestion; and
	WHEREAS, Airports across the nation are ready to work with
	the FAA, industry partners, the communities they serve, and the
	U.S. Congress to implement NextGen in order to equip our air
	transportation system to meet the demands of the 21st century; now,
	therefore, be it
	RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 84th Texas
	Legislature hereby express its support for the implementation of
	the Next Generation Air Transportation System; and, be it further
	RESOLVED, That the chief clerk forward official copies of
	this resolution to the president of the United States, to the
	administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration, to the
	president of the Senate and speaker of the House of Representatives
	of the United States Congress, and to all the members of the Texas
	delegation to Congress with the request that this resolution be
	entered in the Congressional Record as a memorial to the Congress of
	the United States of America.
	Capriglione
	______________________________
	Speaker of the House
	I certify that H.R. No. 1835 was adopted by the House on May
	23, 2015, by the following vote:  Yeas 125, Nays 4, 2 present, not
	voting.
	______________________________
	Chief Clerk of the House