PRINTER'S NO. 1392
No. 64 Session of 1993
INTRODUCED BY B. SMITH, MAITLAND, WAUGH, BARLEY, NAILOR, ARGALL,
ARMSTRONG, BAKER, BROWN, BUNT, BUSH, CESSAR, CLARK, CLYMER,
CORNELL, DURHAM, EGOLF, FAIRCHILD, FARGO, FLEAGLE, FLICK,
GANNON, GEIST, GERLACH, GLADECK, GODSHALL, HERMAN, HERSHEY,
HESS, HUTCHINSON, KENNEY, KING, LAUB, LEH, MARSICO, MILLER,
NICKOL, O'BRIEN, PERZEL, PETTIT, PHILLIPS, PITTS, PLATTS,
ROHRER, RYAN, SAURMAN, SAYLOR, SCHULER, SEMMEL, SERAFINI,
STAIRS, STRITTMATTER, J. TAYLOR, VANCE AND M. N. WRIGHT,
APRIL 19, 1993
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON RULES, APRIL 19, 1993
A RESOLUTION
1 To encourage agricultural export development.
2 WHEREAS, Agriculture represents this Commonwealth's number-
3 one industry, producing over $3.5 billion of annual cash
4 receipts for 1991, the most recent reporting year; and
5 WHEREAS, Agriculture encompasses more than production of food
6 and fiber; it includes production of hardwoods, food processing
7 and marketing; equipment and implement sales, agronomic
8 supplies, livestock fee; breeding, raising and sales of horses
9 and equipment; the raising, breeding and sales of companion
10 animals; and the commerce of agricultural products between
11 states and countries; and
12 WHEREAS, Pennsylvania enjoys many factors which make it a
13 favorable location for domestic and international trade of
14 agricultural goods; and
1 WHEREAS, Current efforts to improve export of Commonwealth
2 goods, especially agricultural commodities such as processed
3 food, have not focused upon this Commonwealth's agricultural
4 operations, which are relatively small in size and lack the
5 resources of larger multinational businesses; and
6 WHEREAS, The Pennsylvania Export Partnership Program was
7 established in the 1991-1992 legislative session to further
8 development of Commonwealth products abroad with special
9 emphasis on small- and medium-sized firms; therefore be it
10 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives affirm the
11 importance of agricultural exports by the following actions:
12 (1) by recommending that the Governor seek from the
13 General Assembly an appropriation to the Department of
14 Commerce to be placed in the Regional Export Matching Grant
15 Program for the regional stimulation of international
16 agricultural exports; and
17 (2) by the passage of additional legislation to indicate
18 the use of these funds for agricultural export development
19 and the promulgation of regulations pursuant thereto;
20 and be it further
21 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives support full
22 funding for the activity of the Pennsylvania Export Partnership
23 Advisory Board as the catalyst for improved agricultural export
24 for Commonwealth producers and agricultural processors; and be
25 it further
26 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives appoint a
27 bipartisan select committee, determined by the Speaker and
28 Minority Leader, to monitor the startup of the Export
29 Partnership Advisory Board, to evaluate the effectiveness of the
30 programs within the Commonwealth related to exporting and to
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1 make recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly
2 for improvement of the various exporting programs by September
3 1, 1994.
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