Bill

HR 742

Georgia Southern University Clay Target Team; winning the 2024 and 2025 ACUI/SCTP Collegiate Clay Target Championships; commend

2025-2026 Regular Session Introduced by James Burchett and 3 co-sponsors

Formal House resolution congratulates Georgia Southern University's Clay Target Team for winning the 2024 and 2025 ACUI/SCTP Collegiate Championships; ceremonial only, no funds.

House Read and Adopted

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Bill Summary · HR 742

Summary — H.R. 742 (House Resolution 742)

Title: Georgia Southern University Clay Target Team; winning the 2024 and 2025 ACUI/SCTP Collegiate Clay Target Championships; commend
Bill type: House Resolution (ceremonial)
Bill No.: H.R. 742
Introduced: January 28, 2025
Status: Adopted by the House (May 23, 2025)

Purpose / Intent

This resolution congratulates the Georgia Southern University (GSU) Clay Target Team for its national championships in 2024 and 2025 at the ACUI/SCTP Collegiate Clay Target Championships. It is a ceremonial expression of recognition and does not create binding legal obligations, appropriate spending, or regulatory changes.

Key provisions

Formally congratulates the GSU Clay Target Team for:
- Winning the 2024 ACUI/SCTP Collegiate Clay Target Championship (Division II) — including Classic All‑American (CAA) and All‑Division American Skeet champion titles.
- Winning the 2025 ACUI/SCTP Collegiate Clay Target Championship — capturing the team's fourth High Overall Division National Championship and marking back‑to‑back national titles (2024 and 2025).
Highlights individual and team achievements (see section below).
Directs the Clerk of the House of Representatives to prepare and make available an appropriate copy of the resolution for distribution to the team.
Does not appropriate funds, change law, or establish any program.

Achievements and facts cited in the resolution

Team shot a record 497 of 500 targets at the National Shooting Complex in San Antonio, TX, competing against 106 collegiate teams and nearly 1,200 student‑athletes from 34 states.
Individual highlights:
- Senior Tate Skipper: perfect 100/100 in American Skeet; won a shoot‑off to become High Overall Skeet Champion.
- Senior Andrew Cohen: perfect 100/100 in skeet and High Overall Champion for the CAA event (291/300).
- Sophomore Cheyenne Anderson: 2nd in High Overall Lady (Div. II) and 3rd in sporting clays.
- Freshman Blake Reed: GSU’s first perfect 100 in American Trap; 3rd in High Overall.
- Junior Landon DeLoach: 2nd in sporting clays.
Credits Head Coach Marty Fischer and commends team’s preparation and skill.

Procedural timeline

Introduced: January 28, 2025 (referred to House Committee on Energy and Commerce per record)
Filed: April 1, 2025
Considered on Local & Consent Calendars: April 7, 2025
House First Readers / Hopper: March 25, 2025
Placed on Congratulatory & Memorial Resolutions Calendar; Laid before the House and Adopted: May 23, 2025 (non‑record vote; reported enrolled)

Impact

Purely honorary: provides public recognition and formal congratulations to the team and the university community.
No fiscal impact, regulatory change, or programmatic effect.

Note on an anomaly in the provided text

The provided version content begins with a line naming the “Protecting Resources Of Taxpayers to Eliminate Childhood Transgender Surgeries Act of 2025 (PROTECTS Act of 2025),” which is unrelated to the body of the resolution congratulating the GSU team. That appears to be a clerical or transcription anomaly and is inconsistent with the remainder of the resolution adopted by the House.

Compiled from official sources — confirm details with the bill’s official record.