PRINTER'S NO. 2715
No. 319 Session of 1999
INTRODUCED BY SOLOBAY, MICHLOVIC, SEMMEL, DeLUCA, SAYLOR, BAKER, TRELLO, MELIO, PESCI, BARRAR, HARHAI, M. COHEN, TRAVAGLIO, YUDICHAK, MANN, ROBERTS, SHANER, MARSICO, BARD, PETRARCA, CORRIGAN, STEVENSON, FICHTER, WILT, BASTIAN, SCRIMENTI, SANTONI, ARGALL, KELLER, FLICK, STEELMAN, STABACK, TIGUE, DAILEY, HORSEY, GEORGE, MARKOSEK, SATHER, GODSHALL, LEVDANSKY, NAILOR, YOUNGBLOOD, COY, DeWEESE, BELARDI, LAUGHLIN, STURLA, TRICH, TANGRETTI, DALEY, LESCOVITZ, SAINATO, GIGLIOTTI, JAMES, COSTA, EACHUS, WILLIAMS, RUFFING, WALKO, VAN HORNE, WOJNAROSKI, READSHAW, KAISER, DERMODY, GRUCELA, ARMSTRONG AND GORDNER, DECEMBER 1, 1999
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON INTERGOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS, DECEMBER 1, 1999
A RESOLUTION 1 Urging the Congress of the United States to pass the Firefighter 2 Investment and Response Enhancement Act. 3 WHEREAS, Fire departments and their volunteer members and 4 employees are an essential element in preserving the public 5 order and safety in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania; and 6 WHEREAS, Firefighters throughout the Commonwealth of 7 Pennsylvania make great sacrifices on behalf of their fellow 8 Pennsylvanians on a daily basis; and 9 WHEREAS, Federal, State and local government all share an 10 unspoken obligation to protect the health and safety of 11 firefighters as well as the entirety of the general public; and 12 WHEREAS, This obligation requires that fire departments have 13 the financial resources to purchase necessary equipment and
1 other items; and 2 WHEREAS, Fire departments constantly find themselves under 3 increased financial constraints in the effort to provide 4 exemplary public protection; and 5 WHEREAS, State and local governments continue to bear the 6 overwhelming burden for funding fire departments throughout the 7 Commonwealth of Pennsylvania; therefore be it 8 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 9 Commonwealth of Pennsylvania strongly urge the Congress of the 10 United States to pass and enact the firefighter Investment and 11 Response Enhancement Act (H.R. No.1168) in order to provide 12 direly needed funding for fire departments; and be it further 13 RESOLVED, That copies of this resolution be transmitted to 14 the presiding officers of each house of Congress and to each 15 member of Congress from Pennsylvania. K5L82SFL/19990H0319R2715 - 2 -