PRINTER'S NO. 3288
No. 393 Session of 1998
INTRODUCED BY DeLUCA, PETRARCA, MANDERINO, LESCOVITZ,
WOJNAROSKI, L. I. COHEN, DeWEESE, TIGUE, GEORGE, LEVDANSKY,
PESCI, HERMAN, BROWNE, KAISER, TRELLO, VAN HORNE, BELFANTI,
GEIST, KIRKLAND, HALUSKA, McCALL, FAIRCHILD, SHANER, LUCYK,
McNAUGHTON, BAKER, HERSHEY, FICHTER, WALKO, RAMOS, ORIE, COY,
OLASZ, PIPPY, CALTAGIRONE, BELARDI, ITKIN, ROSS, READSHAW,
MASLAND, CORRIGAN, B. SMITH, SERAFINI, ARGALL, RUBLEY, EGOLF,
ROBERTS, JAROLIN, SANTONI, SATHER, CAPPABIANCA, MELIO,
DEMPSEY, YOUNGBLOOD, CIVERA, HASAY AND LYNCH, MARCH 25, 1998
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
MARCH 25, 1998
A RESOLUTION
1 Declaring that March 31, 1998, be observed as "National CCC
2 Recognition Day" in Pennsylvania.
3 WHEREAS, On March 31, 1933, the 73rd Congress passed and
4 President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Emergency
5 Conservation Work Act creating the greatest socioeconomic
6 program in the history of the nation, the Civilian Conservation
7 Corps; and
8 WHEREAS, Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) enrollees 17 to 23
9 years of age planted billions of trees and seedlings on public
10 lands and farms and in Federal, state and municipal parks; and
11 WHEREAS, The Federal Government has collected and continues
12 to collect millions of dollars in fees from lumber companies
13 harvesting these trees; and
14 WHEREAS, Thousands of farmers received assistance in land
1 conservation and contour farming practices, preventing millions
2 of tons of topsoil erosion and tripling crop production; and
3 WHEREAS, The many lodges, cabins, shelters and trails built
4 in Federal and state parks have provided countless hours of
5 recreation and enjoyment to millions of visitors; and
6 WHEREAS, The CCC concept could be a valuable complement to
7 today's AmeriCorps and Job Corps by performing needed work in
8 national forests and Federal, state and municipal parks,
9 providing assistance in disasterous floods and forest fires and
10 rehabilitating our decaying cities; and
11 WHEREAS, As in the 1930s, a new CCC would provide job
12 training for youths, instilling a work ethic and self-discipline
13 and providing workfare assistance to their families; therefore
14 be it
15 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives declare that
16 March 31, 1998, be observed as "National CCC Recognition Day" in
17 Pennsylvania to honor the more than 1 million living former CCC
18 members now in their 70s and 80s and to spark public and
19 legislative discussion on the benefits that a new CCC could
20 bring to American youths and their families.
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