severity as to render essential the Commonwealth's
supplementation of county and municipal efforts and resources
and the activation of all applicable State, county and municipal
emergency response plans; and
WHEREAS, Recovery and rebuilding efforts in response to the
damage caused by the collapse remain ongoing; and
WHEREAS, On February 9, 2022, the Senate and the House of
Representatives both adopted House Resolution No. 173 which
extended in whole the declaration of disaster emergency until
March 31, 2022; and
WHEREAS, Extending the disaster declaration will ensure that
the Department of Transportation is eligible to receive and will
continue to seek emergency relief funding from the Federal
Government to assist the City of Pittsburgh; therefore be it
RESOLVED (the Senate concurring), That the General Assembly
of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, in accordance with section
20(c) of Article IV of the Constitution of Pennsylvania, extend
in whole until September 30, 2022, the disaster emergency
declared on January 28, 2022, and extended in whole until March
31, 2022, in response to the collapse of the Forbes Avenue/Fern
Hollow Bridge in the City of Pittsburgh, Allegheny County,
except as terminated or extended, in whole or in part, by the
General Assembly; and be it further
RESOLVED, That, upon adoption of this concurrent resolution
by both chambers of the General Assembly, the Secretary of the
Senate and the Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives
notify the Governor of the General Assembly's action; and be it
further
RESOLVED, That the Secretary of the Senate and the Chief
Clerk of the House of Representatives transmit this concurrent
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