85R631 KSM-D
 
  By: Springer H.C.R. No. 30
 
 
 
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
         WHEREAS, The Red River Boundary Compact of 2000 set the
  boundary between Texas and Oklahoma at the vegetation line on the
  south bank of the Red River, with the exception of the Texoma area,
  where the boundary is established pursuant to procedures outlined
  in the agreement; and
         WHEREAS, In 2013, the United States Bureau of Land Management
  began developing a resource management plan for the use of land
  along a 116-mile stretch of the Red River; it claims that as many as
  90,000 acres in Texas may actually be part of federal lands and
  would therefore be public land under a 1923 Supreme Court ruling;
  and
         WHEREAS, Many Texas residents have held title to this land
  for generations, and they have been paying property taxes on the
  land while cultivating and maintaining it; the boundary between the
  states was settled in 2000 for legal jurisdiction, when the U.S.
  Congress ratified the compact, but now, confusion over the boundary
  threatens the value of this privately owned land and makes it
  difficult for property owners to make informed decisions concerning
  its disposition and their livelihoods; and
         WHEREAS, Private property rights are the bedrock of a free
  society, and the actions of the Bureau of Land Management with
  regard to land covered by the Red River Boundary Compact are an
  egregious example of federal overreach; now, therefore, be it
         RESOLVED, That the 85th Legislature of the State of Texas
  hereby respectfully urge the United States Congress to direct the
  Bureau of Land Management to affirm the provisions of the Red River
  Boundary Compact and to acknowledge that the vegetation line on the
  south bank of the Red River forms the boundary between Oklahoma and
  Texas; and, be it further
         RESOLVED, That the Texas secretary of state forward official
  copies of this resolution to the president of the United States, to
  the secretary of the United States Department of the Interior, to
  the director of the United States Bureau of Land Management, to the
  president of the Senate and the 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.