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This resolution directs the Texas Facilities Commission to name a new state building in the Texas Capitol Complex Master Plan after Mickey Leland, a prominent Texas legislator and U.S. Congressman. The resolution honors Leland's significant public service, highlighting his achievements as a state representative from 1972 to 1978 and a U.S. Representative from 1978 to 1989. Leland was a pioneering African American politician who made important contributions to health care policy, hunger relief, and civil rights. He founded the House Select Committee on Hunger, served as chair of the Congressional Black Caucus, and worked on issues like AIDS awareness and international humanitarian efforts. The resolution recognizes Leland's legacy by proposing to name the new state building at the northwest corner of Congress Avenue and 15th Street in his honor, and it instructs the secretary of state to forward an official copy of the resolution to the Texas Facilities Commission's leadership.

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