PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 2715 PRINTER'S NO. 2930
No. 319 Session of 1999
INTRODUCED BY SOLOBAY, MICHLOVIC, SEMMEL, DeLUCA, SAYLOR, BAKER,
TRELLO, MELIO, 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,
GORDNER, FREEMAN, PLATTS, E. Z. TAYLOR, STAIRS, ROONEY,
MAYERNIK AND SEYFERT, DECEMBER 1, 1999
AS AMENDED, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, FEBRUARY 7, 2000
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 UNITED STATES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AND SENATE <--
11 to pass and enact the Firefighter Investment and Response
12 Enhancement Act (H.R. No.1168) AND/OR SIMILAR LEGISLATION in <--
13 order to provide direly needed funding for fire departments; and
14 be it further
15 RESOLVED, That copies of this resolution be transmitted to
16 the presiding officers of each house of Congress and to each
17 member of Congress from Pennsylvania.
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