PRINTER'S NO. 2303
No. 187 Session of 1995
INTRODUCED BY COY, FLEAGLE, NAILOR, MASLAND, EGOLF, KREBS,
VANCE, ZUG, EVANS, M. COHEN, VEON, DeWEESE AND ITKIN,
JUNE 27, 1995
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
JUNE 27, 1995
A RESOLUTION
1 Urging the Governor and his Administration to utilize all
2 economic redevelopment programs currently available to
3 mitigate the employment devastation wreaked by BRACC base
4 closure decisions relating to this Commonwealth.
5 WHEREAS, On Thursday, June 22, 1995, the Base Realignment and
6 Closure Commission (BRACC) voted 5-3 to cut 1,994 jobs from the
7 Letterkenny Army Depot; and
8 WHEREAS, This decision will have a dramatic and negative
9 effect on the people and the communities of the greater
10 Chambersburg area; and
11 WHEREAS, The BRACC decisions have had and will have a similar
12 impact upon other communities within this Commonwealth; and
13 WHEREAS, In order to minimize the impact of the BRACC
14 decisions, the sum total resources of the government of the
15 Commonwealth must be focused toward providing assistance to
16 these affected communities; therefore be it
17 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives urge the Governor
18 and his Administration to:
1 (1) Target economic development assistance to those
2 areas of this Commonwealth directly affected by the BRACC
3 decisions.
4 (2) Target job training program assistance to those
5 areas of this Commonwealth directly affected by the BRACC
6 decisions.
7 (3) Encourage the Governor's Response Team to give those
8 areas of this Commonwealth directly affected by the BRACC
9 decisions priority when encouraging companies to locate
10 within our borders.
11 (4) Give priority to those areas of this Commonwealth
12 directly affected by the BRACC decisions when determining the
13 location of State facilities.
14 (5) Conduct a review of all State government programs
15 designed to assist individuals and communities affected by
16 BRACC decisions.
17 (6) Make appropriate recommendations, if by rule or by
18 statute, regarding necessary programmatic changes to target
19 appropriate assistance to those communities and individuals.
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