PRINTER'S NO. 2697
No. 162 Session of 1980
INTRODUCED BY SELTZER, DININNI, TADDONIO AND PITTS
JANUARY 14, 1980
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON RULES, JANUARY 14, 1980
In the House of Representatives, January 14, 1980
1 WHEREAS, Pennsylvania is the Keystone State of the
2 northeastern United States railroad network and the center of
3 our Nation's railroad industry; and
4 WHEREAS, Pennsylvania'a major and long established railroad
5 corridor links the great American cities of Philadelphia and
6 Pittsburgh and presently serves millions of people along its
7 path; and
8 WHEREAS, Pennsylvania coal is a vital and available energy
9 resource in our effort to conserve and use energy efficiently
10 for the transportation of our Nation's citizens, with excellent
11 applicability to electrified railroad service; and
12 WHEREAS, Pennsylvania has committed itself to railroad
13 passenger service and has filed 403(b) applications to expand
14 that service; therefore be it
15 RESOLVED (the Senate concurring), That the General Assembly
16 of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania declares its continued and
17 expanding commitment to railroad passenger service and strongly
1 urges the Congress of the United States, the United States
2 Department of Transportation and Amtrak to include the
3 Philadelphia to Pittsburgh railroad corridor in their "Emerging
4 Corridors" program; and be it further
5 RESOLVED, That upon adoption, copies of this resolution be
6 transmitted by the Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives
7 to:
8 (1) every member of the Pennsylvania Congressional
9 delegation;
10 (2) the chairman and ranking minority member of the
11 Interstate and Foreign Commerce Committee of the Unites
12 States House of Representatives;
13 (3) all members of the Subcommittee of Transportation
14 and Commerce of the Interstate and Foreign Commerce Committee
15 of the United States House of Representatives;
16 (4) the Secretary of the United States Department of
17 Transportation; and
18 (5) the President of the National Rail Passenger Service
19 Corporation (Amtrak).
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