PRINTER'S NO. 1348
No. 112 Session of 2001
INTRODUCED BY BOSCOLA, MELLOW, O'PAKE, BODACK, MUSTO, LOGAN,
KITCHEN, HELFRICK, TARTAGLIONE, ORIE, COSTA, WAGNER,
ERICKSON, MURPHY AND PUNT, OCTOBER 1, 2001
REFERRED TO INTERGOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS, OCTOBER 1, 2001
A RESOLUTION
1 Urging the President and Congress of the United States to
2 require that in using Federal funds for the reconstruction of
3 the buildings damaged in the terrorist attacks against the
4 United States on September 11, 2001, only products,
5 especially steel, made in the United States be used.
6 WHEREAS, On September 11, 2001, terrorists hijacked and
7 destroyed four civilian aircraft, crashing two of them into the
8 towers of the World Trade Center in New York City and a third
9 into the Pentagon outside Washington, D.C.; and
10 WHEREAS, The fourth aircraft crashed without any survivors in
11 Somerset County, Pennsylvania; and
12 WHEREAS, The President and Congress of the United States have
13 appropriated billions of dollars of emergency aid for emergency
14 activities and for the victims of the attacks; and
15 WHEREAS, Some of the emergency aid may be used to reconstruct
16 the buildings damaged in the attacks; and
17 WHEREAS, The reconstruction efforts using Federal moneys
18 should require that the products, especially steel, be made in
19 the United States; therefore be it
1 RESOLVED, That the Senate of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
2 urge the President and Congress of the United States to require
3 that in using Federal funds for the reconstruction of the
4 buildings damaged in the terrorist attacks against the United
5 States on September 11, 2001, only products, especially steel,
6 made in the United States be used; and be it further
7 RESOLVED, That copies of this resolution be transmitted to
8 the President of the United States, presiding officers of each
9 house of Congress and to each member of Congress from
10 Pennsylvania.
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