PRINTER'S NO. 2554
No. 155 Session of 1979
INTRODUCED BY KLINGAMAN, W. W. FOSTER, BELARDI, SERAFINI,
KOWALYSHYN, MUSTO, McCALL, COSLETT, B. F. O'BRIEN, SHUPNIK,
GATSKI, ZITTERMAN, GOODMAN, WARGO, SIRIANNI,
W. D. HUTCHINSON AND HASAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1979
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON FEDERAL-STATE RELATIONS,
NOVEMBER 28, 1979
In the House of Representatives, November 28, 1979
1 The United States Railway Association and the Federal
2 Railroad Administration issued a joint staff report in
3 September, 1979. It is being used to obtain additional Federal
4 funds and to permit ConRail to abandon lines and remove trackage
5 that could be used by competitors. The report did not take into
6 account the impact thereof on communities and industries
7 involved, the energy crisis, environmental policy or National
8 defense.
9 ConRail will abandon service and remove facilities before
10 thousands of communities will have an opportunity to assess the
11 impact of the alternatives set forth in the report. Immediate
12 action by Congress is needed to correct this situation;
13 therefore be it
14 RESOLVED (the Senate concurring), That the General Assembly
15 of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania memorialize the Congress of
16 the United States to enact legislation to (1) prohibit the
1 further removal of trackage and other railroad facilities until
2 it approves a specific rail plan after studies of the impact
3 thereof on communities and National defense; (2) institute a
4 Senate investigation of the use of Federal funds by ConRail and
5 its alleged efforts to solidify its monopolistic position by the
6 elimination of trackage and routes having competitive potential;
7 (3) withhold further appropriations from ConRail until it agrees
8 to cease abandoning facilities and reducing services until
9 Congress has provided measures adequate to control such
10 activities of ConRail; and (4) reject the above report and
11 require the making of a new one without the assistance of
12 ConRail which evaluates the alternatives proposed with the total
13 impact detailed for each alternative; and be it further
14 RESOLVED, That copies of this resolution be delivered to the
15 presiding officers of the Congress of the United States and to
16 each Senator and Representative from Pennsylvania.
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