PRINTER'S NO. 3522
No. 281 Session of 1976
INTRODUCED BY KATZ, CIANCIULLI, GREENFIELD, GIAMMARCO, WODJAK,
SALVATORE, HAMILTON, GRIECO, BURNS, TURNER, CIMINI, LEVI,
ZELLER, WHELAN, ZEARFOSS, GALLEN, HASAY, WEIDNER, FREIND,
RYAN, SIRIANNI, GLEESON, CAPUTO, PERRI, GARZIA, STAPLETON,
GILLESPIE, O'KEEFE, PIEVSKY AND DOYLE, JUNE 16, 1976
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON RULES, JUNE 16, 1976
In the House of Representatives, June 16, 1976
1 WHEREAS, Numerous recent Federal court decisions which
2 ordered the forced busing of large groups of school children
3 outside of local communities and neighborhoods to allegedly
4 improve educational quality and eliminate the remaining vestiges
5 of de facto and de jure segregation have fostered violence and
6 extreme disruption of long standing neighborhoods and
7 communities and virtually eliminated the long standing American
8 tradition of free choice; and
9 WHEREAS, The vast majority of American citizens are disgusted
10 and deeply disturbed at this unusual intrusion of the Federal
11 court system into their private lives, viewing such intrusion as
12 a total denial of those basic principles set forth in the
13 Declaration of Independence and the Constitution and Bill of
14 Rights of the United States of America; and
15 WHEREAS, The Congress of the United States may regulate the
16 jurisdiction of the Federal courts by virtue of Article III of
1 the Constitution; and
2 WHEREAS, Congressman McDonald of Georgia introduced
3 legislation relating to the jurisdiction of the Federal courts
4 in busing cases and also introduced an appropriate discharge
5 resolution seeking to bring this legislation to the attention of
6 the entire Nation; and
7 WHEREAS, This House of Representatives is desirous of having
8 this issue fully examined and considered by Congress; therefore
9 be it
10 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the
11 Commonwealth of Pennsylvania respectfully requests that all
12 members of the Pennsylvania Congressional Delegation sign the
13 discharge petition for House Bill 12365 and support the
14 discharge petition and legislation on the floor of Congress; and
15 be it further
16 RESOLVED, That the Chief Clerk of the House of
17 Representatives send copies of this resolution to all members of
18 the United States House of Representatives and United States
19 Senate, to the President of the United States and to the
20 secretary of every school board in the Commonwealth of
21 Pennsylvania.
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