PRINTER'S NO. 1809
No. 188 Session of 1999
INTRODUCED BY DeLUCA, BEBKO-JONES, BELARDI, BROWNE, CIVERA, M. COHEN, COLAFELLA, CORRIGAN, FRANKEL, FREEMAN, GIGLIOTTI, HERSHEY, LAUGHLIN, MARKOSEK, MELIO, ORIE, PESCI, PISTELLA, READSHAW, ROBINSON, SOLOBAY, STEVENSON, TIGUE, TRELLO, WALKO, WASHINGTON AND YOUNGBLOOD, MAY 12, 1999
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON RULES, MAY 12, 1999
A RESOLUTION 1 Memorializing the Governor to allocate a portion of 2 Pennsylvania's share of the proceeds from the tobacco 3 industry litigation settlement to establish and fund a 4 compact with other states participating in the tobacco 5 industry litigation settlement utilizing their settlement 6 proceeds to fund cancer research grants. 7 WHEREAS, Tobacco use causes an estimated one in five deaths 8 in this Commonwealth annually; and 9 WHEREAS, Tobacco use is the leading cause of death in the 10 United States, claiming more lives than AIDS, car accidents, 11 alcohol, homicides, illegal drugs, suicides and fire combined; 12 and 13 WHEREAS, The Commonwealth and 45 other states are on the 14 brink of reaching a historic $11.2 billion litigation settlement 15 with the tobacco industry that will carry over for the next 25 16 years; and 17 WHEREAS, Cancer research is an appropriate use for some of 18 the proceeds from the tobacco industry litigation settlement,
1 and such use would benefit the citizens of this Commonwealth; 2 and 3 WHEREAS, An effective system for the allocation of cancer 4 research grants currently exists on the national level; and 5 WHEREAS, Other states participating in the tobacco industry 6 litigation settlement may share the Commonwealth's interest in 7 advancing medical research for cancer; therefore be it 8 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives memorialize the 9 Governor to allocate a portion of Pennsylvania's share of the 10 proceeds from the tobacco industry litigation settlement to 11 establish and fund a compact with the other states participating 12 in the tobacco industry litigation settlement utilizing their 13 settlement proceeds to fund cancer research grants; and be it 14 further 15 RESOLVED, That the research grants funded through that 16 compact advance a valid scientific purpose and not be duplicated 17 among the participating states; and be it further 18 RESOLVED, That the process for allocating research grants be 19 equitable in apportioning the funds to ensure that no state's 20 share exceeds that state's contribution. C23L81DMS/19990H0188R1809 - 2 -