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Resolution on Securing Advanced Technologies Developed in Texas

Calls for state funding contracts for advanced technologies to include incentives based on the number of American citizens hired.

WHEREAS, Texas has a proud history of scientific and technological developments and achievements such as the invention of the tricone drill bit, being the home of NASA, and the invention of the integrated circuit; and

WHEREAS, Texas continues to be a hub of technological development and is increasingly so in recent years–claiming the #1 state in the nation for tech job growth [1]; and

WHEREAS, many of the advanced technologies that are or will be developed or produced here in Texas, including, but not limited to, semiconductors, quantum technologies, or AI are vital to the dominance of the United States on the world stage and the prominence of Texas as a state; and

WHEREAS, state funding for the development and production of advanced technologies is available through legislation such as the Texas CHIPS Act [2] (e.g. creating programs such as the Texas Semiconductor Innovation Fund), and programs such as the Texas Quantum Initiative [3] suggests future state funding will be available for quantum technologies; and

WHEREAS, there have been a number of espionage attempts in the United States by foreign actors [4,5], including one potential attempt at a prominent Texas university [6]; and

WHEREAS, Americans and those who go through the process to become American citizens are much more loyal to America and thus much less likely to commit espionage; and

THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that The Young Republicans of Texas call on state leaders to allocate new state funding contracts or renew state funding contracts for advanced technologies with incentives based on the number of American citizens hired for the production and development of advanced technologies.

Bibliography

  1. “Top Texas Touts: Jobs”, Texas Office of the Governor, July 8th, 2026, https://gov.texas.gov/top-texas-touts-jobs

  2. “Texas House Bill 5174”, Texas 88th Legislature, June 9th, 2023, https://legiscan.com/TX/bill/HB5174/2023

  3. “Texas House Bill 4751”, Texas 89th Legislature, June 20th, 2025, https://legiscan.com/TX/bill/HB4751/2025

  4. “Former U.S. Navy Sailor Sentenced to 200 Months for Spying for China”, Office of Public Affairs, U.S. Department of Justice, January 12th, 2026, https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/former-us-navy-sailor-sentenced-200-months-spying-china

  5. “Resident of China Sentenced to 24 Months in Prison for Conspiring to Send Leading Electric Vehicle Company’s Trade Secrets”, Archive, U.S. Department of Justice, December 16th, 2024, https://www.justice.gov/archives/opa/pr/resident-china-sentenced-24-months-prison-conspiring-send-leading-electric-vehicle-companys

  6. “Former Texas A&M Professor Pleads Guilty After Hiding Connections to China”, Texas Scorecard, September 26th, 2022, https://texasscorecard.com/state/former-texas-am-professor-pleads-guilty-after-hiding-connections-to-china/