PRINTER'S NO. 1412
No. 74 Session of 1979
INTRODUCED BY KOLTER, IRVIS, MANDERINO, LAUGHLIN, PETRARCA,
WHITE, B. D. CLARK, MILANOVICH, MRKONIC, AUSTIN,
DAWIDA, ITKIN, PISTELLA, SEVENTY, BARBER, J. J. JOHNSON,
DUMAS, SHADDING, OLIVER, ZELLER, DeMEDIO, LEVIN,
McMONAGLE, PUCCIARELLI, RICHARDSON, COHEN, KERNICK,
GRABOWSKI, KNIGHT, NOVAK, FEE, COWELL, RODGERS, RITTER,
COCHRAN, LIVENGOOD, STEIGHNER AND WARGO, MAY 8, 1979
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON FEDERAL-STATE RELATIONS,
MAY 8, 1979
In the House of Representatives, May 8, 1979
1 WHEREAS, The General Assembly has declared that it is the
2 policy of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania that all public
3 officers and agencies should, at all times, aid and promote the
4 development of the steel industry of the United States in order
5 to stimulate and improve the economic well-being of the
6 Commonwealth and its citizens; and
7 WHEREAS, Such declaration has been expressed as a statutory
8 mandate in the act of March 3, 1978 (P.L.6, No.3), known as the
9 "Steel Products Procurement Act;" and
10 WHEREAS, Purchasing by certain Commonwealth and local
11 agencies which operate programs sponsored or funded in whole or
12 in part by the Federal Government, is subject to control by
13 Federal regulations which in many instances require purchase
14 from the lowest bidder regardless of the origin of the products
1 purchased; and
2 WHEREAS, These regulations may have the effect of requiring a
3 state or local agency to violate the "Steel Products Procurement
4 Act;" therefore be it
5 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the
6 Commonwealth of Pennsylvania hereby memorializes the President
7 of the United States and his cabinet officers to modify existing
8 Federal regulations so as to allow state and local agencies to
9 conform to the Commonwealth law; and be it further
10 RESOLVED, That copies of this resolution be immediately
11 transmitted to the President of the United States and to all of
12 his cabinet officers.
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