PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 1618 PRINTER'S NO. 1982
No. 72 Session of 1981
INTRODUCED BY PETRARCA, DeMEDIO, MORRIS, OLASZ, SEVENTY,
A. K. HUTCHINSON, BELFANTI, WAMBACH, WOZNIAK, KOLTER, McCALL,
CORDISCO, IRVIS, HASAY, MANMILLER, VROON, GEORGE, BROWN,
PISTELLA, JACKSON, R. R. FISCHER TELEK, MRKONIC, WARGO,
ITKIN, McINTYRE, MOWERY, KENNEDY, BITTLE, NOYE, SMITH,
PICCOLA, DININNI, MOEHLMANN, FOSTER, ANDERSON, LEHR AND DORR,
MAY 12, 1981
AS REPORTED FROM COMMITTEE ON RULES, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
AS AMENDED, JUNE 23, 1981
In the House of Representatives, May 12, 1981
1 WHEREAS, The Department of Defense is considering the <--
2 deactivation of Fort Indiantown Gap Military Reservation by
3 shifting 13 military and 270 civilian employees to Fort Meade,
4 Maryland and eliminating the remaining 128 military and 310
5 civilian jobs; and
6 WHEREAS, THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE IS CONSIDERING EITHER THE <--
7 COMPLETE TERMINATION OF UNITED STATES ARMY OCCUPANCY OF FORT
8 INDIANTOWN GAP MILITARY RESERVATION BY SHIFTING 12 MILITARY AND
9 253 CIVILIAN PERSONNEL TO FORT MEADE, MARYLAND, AND ELIMINATING
10 THE REMAINING POSITIONS OF 143 MILITARY AND 568 CIVILIAN
11 PERSONNEL; OR THE REDUCTION OF THE UNITED STATES ARMY COMPLEMENT
12 BY SHIFTING ONE MILITARY AND 184 CIVILIAN PERSONNEL TO FORT
13 MEADE, AND ELIMINATING THE POSITIONS OF 36 MILITARY AND 321
14 CIVILIAN PERSONNEL; AND
1 WHEREAS, THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE IS CONSIDERING A TRANSFER
2 OF THE HELICOPTER MAINTENANCE COMPLEMENT OF 13 MILITARY AND 260
3 CIVILIAN PERSONNEL FROM THE NEW CUMBERLAND ARMY DEPOT TO THE AIR
4 NAVAL STATION AT CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS; AND
5 WHEREAS, The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania has suffered
6 undetermined economic losses from the nuclear reactor accident
7 at Three Mile Island, adjacent to the Fort Indiantown Gap
8 Military Reservation AND THE NEW CUMBERLAND ARMY DEPOT; <--
9 therefore be it
10 RESOLVED (the Senate concurring), That the General Assembly
11 of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania hereby memorializes the
12 Congress of the United States to take appropriate legislative
13 action to prevent the above moves planned by the Department of
14 Defense; and be it further
15 RESOLVED, That copies of the resolution be transmitted to the
16 presiding officers of the Senate and the House of
17 Representatives of the Congress of the United States and to each
18 Senator and Representative from Pennsylvania in the Congress of
19 the United States.
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