PRINTER'S NO. 3036
No. 193 Session of 1980
INTRODUCED BY W. D. HUTCHINSON AND BURNS, MARCH 5, 1980
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON FEDERAL-STATE RELATIONS, MARCH 7, 1980
In the House of Representatives, March 5, 1980
1 The northeastern quadrant of the United States is currently
2 undergoing a period of significant unemployment and economic
3 recession.
4 The Federal Government can help ease the problems facing the
5 people of the northeast by channeling government contracts into
6 this area to create jobs, generate tax revenues and encourage
7 local manufacturing facilities.
8 The United States Department of Revenue is presently limited
9 in considering local economic conditions when granting contracts
10 because of the so called "Maybank Amendment."
11 The United States Department of Defense, unlike other Federal
12 agencies, is prohibited from using procurement procedures as a
13 way of assisting local communities to overcome temporary
14 economic difficulties; therefore be it
15 RESOLVED, (the Senate concurring) That the General Assembly
16 of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania call upon the Congress of
17 the United States to repeal the so called "Maybank Amendment" so
1 that the United States Department of Defense can consider local
2 economic conditions when awarding contracts so that government
3 procurement can be used as a means of stimulating the economies
4 of areas which now suffer from high unemployment and other
5 conditions; and be it further
6 RESOLVED, That copies of this resolution be sent to the
7 United States Senate, the House of Representatives, and to each
8 United States Senator and Representative from Pennsylvania.
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