Land Cmr. George P. Bush statement on Senate confirmation of Ryan Zinke as Interior Secretary
AUSTIN - Today Land Commissioner George P. Bush released the following statement congratulating U.S. Representative Ryan Zinke (R-MT) on his confirmation as Secretary of the Department of the Interior:"I'd like to congratulate Congressman Zinke on his confirmation as Interior Secretary. As Texas Land Commissioner, I look forward to working together with him to address issues such as the Red River land dispute and finding sensible conservative solutions for other federal and state land management related matters."### Read More
Commissioner George P. Bush Announces 2nd Annual Save Texas History Top Texan Tournament
AUSTIN - Today Texas Land Commissioner George P. Bush announced the Texas General Land Office's (GLO) Save Texas History program will launch its 2nd Annual Top Texan Tournament tomorrow, March 2nd, in commemoration of Texas Independence Day and Texas History Month."Our second annual Top Texan Tournament is a chance to learn more about the men and women who have shaped our great state," said Commissioner George P. Bush. "Whether they're presidents, war heroes, or founding fathers, we have a history of greatness here in Texas. Read More
Cmr. George P. Bush announces approval of GLO's 2015 State of Texas Action Plan for disaster recovery funding
AUSTIN -Texas Land Commissioner George P. Bush is pleased to announce that the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has approved the 2015 State of Texas Action Plan detailing eligible uses and allocation of available Community Development Block Grants for Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) funds to assist communities with long-term recovery from the floods and other disasters of 2015. "Communities in Texas faced tremendous losses from flood disasters in 2015 and 2016," said Commissioner Bush. Read More
Texas Land Cmr. George P. Bush applauds President Trump's rollback of WOTUS regulations
AUSTIN - Today Texas Land Commissioner George P. Bush released the following statement in support of President Donald Trump's executive order instructing the Environmental Protection Agency and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to rewrite the "Waters of the U.S." (WOTUS) rules that granted the federal government broad and vague powers to regulate rivers, streams and wetlands including those on private property. Read More
George P. Bush commends Senate hearing on modernization of the Endangered Species Act
AUSTIN − Today Texas Land Commissioner George P. Bush praised Chairman John Barrasso and the members of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works for holding a hearing entitled "Oversight: Modernization of the Endangered Species Act." Here is the statement by Commissioner Bush: "I commend Chairman John Barrasso and the members of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works for holding a hearing on how to improve effectiveness and prevent the potential for abuse of the Endangered Species Act. Read More
George P. Bush applauds House passage of the Red River Gradient Boundary Survey Act
AUSTIN − Today Texas Land Commissioner George P. Bush applauded passage of the "Red River Gradient Boundary Survey Act" by the U.S. House of Representatives. The bill, authored by U.S. Congressman Mac Thornberry (R-Clarendon), seeks to end questions about the federal government's ownership of disputed land along the Red River. U.S. Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) has filed the companion bill in the Senate. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) and Rep. Tom Cole (OK-04) are original cosponsors of the legislation. Read More
8th Vessel Turn-In Program tops a mile of boats and a million dollars in potential savings!
AUSTIN - Last week, the Texas General Land Office (GLO) partnered with the City of Corpus Christi and Texas Parks & Wildlife Department (TPWD) to offer local coastal Texans the opportunity to remove inoperable and derelict vessels through the Vessel Turn-In Program (VTIP) free of charge. Designed to provide owners with a voluntary method of disposal, interested boat owners were encouraged to participate by delivering derelict vessels to a convenient drop off point between February 7th and 11th, 2017. Read More
Cmr. George P. Bush announces VLB to receive VA grants for Veteran Cemeteries in Killeen and Mission
AUSTIN - Today Land Commissioner George P. Bush announced that the Veterans Administration notified the General Land Office's (GLO) Veterans Land Board (VLB) that it will receive more than one million dollars in grant funding for the Central Texas State Veterans Cemetery in Killeen and the Rio Grande Valley State Veterans Cemetery in Mission. Read More
RECORD BREAKING 1,451 volunteers pick up 72,481 pounds of trash from Texas beaches during 2017 Adopt-A-Beach Winter Cleanups!
AUSTIN - The results for Friday's South Padre Island Winter Cleanup and Saturday's Coastal Bend Winter Cleanup organized by the Adopt-A-Beach program of the Texas General Land Office are in. At the Winter Texan Cleanup at Andy Bowie Park on South Padre Island, 721 volunteers showed up to remove 54,075 pounds of trash from five miles of Texas coastline. Read More
Land Cmr. George P. Bush applauds creation of Select Committee on Texas Ports, Innovation, and Infrastructure
AUSTIN - Today Land Commissioner George P. Bush released the following statement relating to Texas House Speaker Joe Straus' appointment of 11 House Members to the newly created Select Committee on Texas Ports, Innovation, and Infrastructure:"I applaud Texas Speaker Joe Straus for creating and appointing 11 dedicated members of the House to the Select Committee on Texas Ports, Innovation, and Infrastructure. Read More