PRINTER'S NO. 2700
No. 199 Session of 1984
INTRODUCED BY PRATT, FEE, GRUITZA, COLAFELLA, POTT, HALUSKA,
BELFANTI, FARGO, OLASZ, HERMAN, ALDERETTE, KUKOVICH, GEIST,
COLE, LLOYD, RUDY, McVERRY, FISCHER, WOZNIAK, McINTYRE,
BATTISTO, PETRARCA, DALEY AND ROBBINS, MARCH 20, 1984
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON RULES, MARCH 21, 1984
A RESOLUTION
1 Memorializing Congress to pass legislation permitting the use of
2 Federal highway funds for the construction of toll roads and
3 bridges.
4 WHEREAS, Existing Federal law prohibits the use of Federal
5 highway funds by states for the construction of toll roads and
6 bridges; and
7 WHEREAS, Pennsylvania is contemplating the construction of
8 major highways and bridges as toll roads and bridges; and
9 WHEREAS, The utilization of Federal funds would greatly aid
10 this endeavor to the betterment of travel conditions for all
11 citizens of the United States and the improvement of the
12 national economy and the economy of the Commonwealth of
13 Pennsylvania; therefore be it
14 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the
15 Commonwealth of Pennsylvania memorialize the Congress of the
16 United States to enact legislation which would permit the
17 utilization of Federal highway fund money for the construction
1 of toll roads and bridges; and be it further
2 RESOLVED, That copies of this resolution be transmitted to
3 the presiding officers of each house of Congress and to each
4 member of Congress from Pennsylvania.
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