IV 
110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. CON. RES. 429 
Recognizing the importance of the United States wine industry to the 
American economy. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 25, 2008 
Mr. CONAWAY (for himself, Mr. RODRIGUEZ, Mr. BARTLETT of Maryland, Mr. 
BILBRAY, Mr. BOUSTANY, Mr. BROWN of South Carolina, Mr. BURTON 
of Indiana, Mr. CARTER, Mr. CULBERSON, Mr. DOGGETT, Mr. FEENEY, 
Mr. GOHMERT, Ms. GRANGER, Mr. GENE
GREEN
of Texas, Mr. 
HENSARLING, Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas, Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas, 
Mr. KUHL of New York, Mr. LUCAS, Mr. MCCARTHY of California, Mr. 
GARY G. MILLER of California, Mr. NUNES, Mr. PAUL, Mr. POMEROY, 
Mr. SESSIONS, Mr. SHUSTER, Mr. TERRY, Mr. TIAHRT, Mr. WILSON of 
South Carolina, Mr. BARTON of Texas, Mrs. BLACKBURN, Mr. BRADY of 
Texas, Mr. BURGESS, Mr. CALVERT, Mr. CUELLAR, Mr. DAVIS of Ken-
tucky, Mr. EDWARDS of Texas, Mr. GONZALEZ, Mr. AL GREEN of Texas, 
Mr. HALL of Texas, Mr. HINOJOSA, Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of 
Texas, Mr. KELLER of Florida, Mr. LAMPSON, Mr. MARCHANT, Mr. 
MCCAUL of Texas, Mr. NEUGEBAUER, Mr. ORTIZ, Mr. POE, Mr. REYES, 
Mr. ROSKAM, Mr. SHIMKUS, Mr. SMITH of Texas, Mr. THORNBERRY, Mr. 
WALBERG, and Mr. YOUNG of Alaska) submitted the following concurrent 
resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Gov-
ernment Reform 
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 
Recognizing the importance of the United States wine 
industry to the American economy. 
Whereas the United States is one of the largest wine pro-
ducing countries in the world, with the United States 
wine, grape, and grape products industry representing 
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more than 1 percent of the $13,800,000,000 American 
economy in 2007; 
Whereas the wine and winegrape industry of Texas has an 
economic impact of $1,000,000,000 on the economy of 
Texas; 
Whereas since 2000, the wine and winegrape industry of 
Texas has experienced tremendous growth, with nearly 
90 percent of that growth resulting from an increase in 
the number and revenue of small wineries producing less 
than 5,000 gallons of wine each year; and 
Whereas in 2005, the wine and winegrape industry of 
Texas— 
(1) included 113 wineries and 220 commercial grow-
ers of winegrapes on 2,900 acres; 
(2) produced over 626,000 cases of wine; 
(3) provided the equivalent of 8,000 full-time jobs 
and paid over $234,000,000 in wages to workers; 
(4) generated revenue from wineries that produced 
an economic impact of $91,500,000 on the economy of 
Texas; 
(5) generated over $10,000,000 in revenue from 
vineyards in Texas; 
(6) attracted over 868,000 tourists to Texas, who 
spent over $220,000,000; and 
(7) generated over $69,000,000 in Federal, State, 
and local taxes: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate 
concurring), That Congress— 
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(1) recognizes the importance of the United 
States wine, winegrape, and grape products industry 
to the American economy; and 
(2) directs the Secretary of the Senate to trans-
mit a copy of this resolution to the Commissioner of 
the Texas Department of Agriculture and the Texas 
Wine and Grape Growers Association in Grapevine, 
Texas. 
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