PRINTER'S NO. 1735
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No.
113
Session of
2021
INTRODUCED BY NEILSON, ISAACSON, HOHENSTEIN, GALLOWAY, DALEY,
FREEMAN, PASHINSKI, SCHLOSSBERG, McNEILL, GUENST, CIRESI,
MALAGARI, ZABEL, HILL-EVANS, SNYDER, O'MARA, MERSKI,
SCHWEYER, DRISCOLL, McCLINTON, DELLOSO, LEE, SCHLEGEL CULVER,
D. WILLIAMS, MERCURI, SHUSTERMAN, HERRIN, SCHMITT, SANCHEZ
AND PISCIOTTANO, JUNE 8, 2021
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE, JUNE 8, 2021
A RESOLUTION
Urging the Congress of the United States to establish a national
infrastructure bank.
WHEREAS, Our nation and our State are in the midst of an
infrastructure crisis that is exacerbated by a substantial
shortfall in infrastructure spending; and
WHEREAS, The 2017 Infrastructure Report Card from the
American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) gave the United
States a cumulative grade of "D+" across 16 categories and
estimated that the nation needs a $4.59 trillion investment in
infrastructure by 2025 just to bring this grade up to a "B"; and
WHEREAS, ASCE found that continuing on this trajectory and
failing to invest in improvements by 2025 will have serious
economic consequences, including $3.9 trillion in losses to the
national gross domestic product and job losses of more than 2.5
million; and
WHEREAS, The infrastructure crisis in the Commonwealth of
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