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| THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA |
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION |
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| INTRODUCED BY LONGIETTI, BOYD, CARROLL, COHEN, D. COSTA, DALEY, DAVIS, DENLINGER, GEIST, GIBBONS, GOODMAN, HORNAMAN, JOSEPHS, KIRKLAND, KOTIK, KULA, MAHONEY, MURT, MYERS, M. O'BRIEN, O'NEILL, READSHAW, K. SMITH, STEVENSON, STURLA AND WAGNER, MARCH 17, 2011 |
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| REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, MARCH 17, 2011 |
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| A RESOLUTION |
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1 | Memorializing the Congress of the United States to return orphan |
2 | transportation earmarks to the states. |
3 | WHEREAS, Congress has specifically earmarked highway and mass |
4 | transit funds for special projects and transportation-related |
5 | exhibits and research since the 1982 highway reauthorization |
6 | bill; and |
7 | WHEREAS, While certain districts benefit from congressionally |
8 | directed highway projects and improvements, orphan earmark funds |
9 | impede projects in other districts and reduce Federal gas tax |
10 | revenue received by the states; and |
11 | WHEREAS, Earmarked funding often remains unspent after |
12 | project completion; and |
13 | WHEREAS, Earmarked funding may be directed toward nonviable |
14 | projects; and |
15 | WHEREAS, In some cases earmarked funding, once secured, |
16 | cannot be directed toward existing projects having other funding |
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1 | sources; and |
2 | WHEREAS, Sponsors of orphan earmarks have no authority to |
3 | redistribute funds; and |
4 | WHEREAS, An estimated $13 billion, nearly 1 in 3 highway |
5 | dollars earmarked since 1991, has been set aside, remaining |
6 | unspent; and |
7 | WHEREAS, Federal funding to the states has been reduced by an |
8 | estimated $7.5 billion due to orphan earmarks; and |
9 | WHEREAS, Transportation infrastructure projects addressing |
10 | structurally deficient highways and bridges in the Commonwealth |
11 | of Pennsylvania remain unfunded; and |
12 | WHEREAS, Reduced Federal transportation funding to the |
13 | Commonwealth of Pennsylvania has amounted to $392 million; |
14 | therefore be it |
15 | RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the |
16 | Commonwealth of Pennsylvania memorialize the Congress of the |
17 | United States to return orphan transportation earmarks to the |
18 | states; and be it further |
19 | RESOLVED, That a copy of this resolution be transmitted to |
20 | the presiding officers of each house of Congress and to the |
21 | members of Congress from Pennsylvania. |
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