PRINTER'S NO. 534
No. 45 Session of 1975
INTRODUCED BY MESSRS. MISCEVICH AND ABRAHAM, FEBRUARY 18, 1975
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON RULES, FEBRUARY, 18, 1975
In the House of Representatives, February 18, 1975
1 WHEREAS, The administration of President Ford has proposed
2 that the Congress of the United States consider enacting a
3 Waterways User Tax under the guise of conserving energy; and
4 WHEREAS, The effect of such taxation would substantially fuel
5 the fires of inflation by greatly increasing the cost of raw
6 materials and finished products transported by barges; and
7 WHEREAS, The users of public canals already are taxed for the
8 costs of canal and lock construction; therefore be it
9 RESOLVED (the Senate concurring), That the General Assembly
10 of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania memorialize the Congress of
11 the United States to defeat the proposed Waterways User Tax
12 program; and be it further
13 RESOLVED, That copies of this resolution be transmitted to
14 the President of the United States, to the presiding officers of
15 each house of the Congress of the United States and to each
16 senator and representative from Pennsylvania in the Congress of
17 the United States.
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