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1 1 HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. ___
1 2 BY HAHN, SIEGRIST, SCHRADER, EDDIE, MEYER, DREES,
1 3 BOGGESS, FREVERT, GREIG, GREINER, HEATON, HUSEMAN,
1 4 HOUSER, KLEMME, KOENIGS, KREIMAN, MAY, MERTZ, MUNDIE,
1 5 REYNOLDS-KNIGHT, SCHERRMAN, TEIG, WELTER, O'BRIEN,
1 6 LORD, RAYHONS, DRAKE, BRADLEY, DOLECHECK, BRAND,
1 7 WEIGEL, FOEGE, THOMAS, MYERS, BUKTA, COHOON, DOTZLER,
1 8 FALCK, KINZER, WHITEAD, WARNSTADT, OSTERHAUS, BERNAU,
1 9 HUSER, BELL, CONNORS, CHAPMAN, WISE, MORELAND,
1 10 MASCHER, WITT, MILLAGE, TYRRELL, VAN FOSSEN, HANSEN,
1 11 NELSON, CHURCHILL, RANTS, BRAUNS, DIX, JACOBS,
1 12 VANDE HOEF, HOLMES, WEIDMAN, THOMSON, VAN MAANEN,
1 13 CARROLL, METCALF, BLODGETT, VEENSTRA, ARNOLD,
1 14 LAMBERTI, LARSON, JENKINS, MARTIN, BRUNKHORST,
1 15 BODDICKER, GIPP, GRIES, CORBETT, and GRUNDBERG
1 16 (COMPANION TO LSB 2748SS BY BARTZ)
1 17 A Concurrent Resolution to request that the Congress of
1 18 the United States maintain and renew its commitment
1 19 to America's corn growers and this nation's ethanol
1 20 industry by supporting a tax exemption and by taking
1 21 other actions to increase this nation's commitment to
1 22 the production and use of ethanol.
1 23 WHEREAS, this nation is dependent upon the
1 24 consumption of ever-diminishing domestic crude oil
1 25 reserves with the United States annually importing
1 26 foreign petroleum which accounts for 54 percent of the
1 27 nation's petroleum consumption and contributes to the
1 28 nation's serious trade deficit; and
1 29 WHEREAS, a significant amount of this nation's air
1 30 pollution is caused by vehicles, emitting a variety of
2 1 petroleum-based pollutants, including benzene and
2 2 other aromatics, nitrous oxides, particulate matter in
2 3 the form of smoke and soot, carbon monoxide, and
2 4 carbon dioxide; and
2 5 WHEREAS, the state of Iowa ranks as a preeminent
2 6 agricultural state, leading the nation in the
2 7 production of corn; and
2 8 WHEREAS, the processing of corn into ethanol adds
2 9 value to this nation's abundant corn crop, increasing
2 10 net farm income, creating employment opportunities,
2 11 increasing state and federal tax receipts, reducing
2 12 this nation's dependence upon foreign nations, and
2 13 reducing the federal trade deficit; and
2 14 WHEREAS, in 1996 ethanol production contributed
2 15 $1.9 billion to Iowa's economy, affected the
2 16 employment of 13,250 Iowans, and increased the value
2 17 of Iowa's corn crop by $335 million; and
2 18 WHEREAS, ethanol provides competition in fuel
2 19 markets and expands consumers' choice of motor fuels
2 20 which has resulted in a 45 percent market share in the
2 21 state of Iowa; and
2 22 WHEREAS, motor fuel that includes only a 10 percent
2 23 blend of ethanol contains 3.5 percent oxygen, which
2 24 enhances octane levels and provides more oxygen for
2 25 fuel combustion resulting in reduced levels of
2 26 hazardous emissions such as carbon monoxide and which
2 27 provides Americans with healthier air to breathe; and
2 28 WHEREAS, the United States Congress in supporting
2 29 the need to reduce this nation's dependence upon
2 30 foreign petroleum, to provide additional markets for
3 1 domestic corn, to protect the public health, and to
3 2 preserve the nation's environment, has traditionally
3 3 encouraged ethanol production and consumption; and
3 4 WHEREAS, long-standing bipartisan congressional
3 5 support for the ethanol industry is reflected by the
3 6 5.4 cent federal tax exemption applicable to gasoline
3 7 formulated using clean burning ethanol; and
3 8 WHEREAS, the federal tax exemption, currently
3 9 scheduled to expire on December 31, 2000, is subject
3 10 to attack by certain members of the current session of
3 11 the 105th Congress of the United States, as manifested
3 12 by H.R. 161 introduced by United States Representative
3 13 Phil English and H.R. 587 introduced by United States
3 14 Representative Ken Bentsen, both supported by United
3 15 States Representative Bill Archer serving as the
3 16 Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee; NOW
3 17 THEREFORE,
3 18 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, THE
3 19 SENATE CONCURRING, That the general assembly encourage
3 20 the Congress of the United States to resist all
3 21 efforts to diminish its traditional support of corn
3 22 growers and the ethanol industry.
3 23 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the Congress of the
3 24 United States renew this nation's commitment to the
3 25 ethanol industry, including by continuing its support
3 26 of the federal ethanol tax exemption, increasing its
3 27 commitment to this environmentally benevolent
3 28 renewable fuel, and taking other actions to increase
3 29 this nation's commitment to the production and use of
3 30 ethanol.
4 1 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That copies of this
4 2 Resolution be sent by the Chief Clerk of the House of
4 3 Representatives to the President of the United States.
4 4 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That copies of this
4 5 Resolution be sent by the Chief Clerk of the House of
4 6 Representatives to the President of the Senate of the
4 7 United States; the Speaker of the House of
4 8 Representatives of the United States; the majority and
4 9 minority leaders of the United States Senate; and the
4 10 majority and minority leaders of the United States
4 11 House of Representatives.
4 12 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That copies of this
4 13 Resolution be sent by the Chief Clerk of the House of
4 14 Representatives to the chairmen and ranking members of
4 15 the United States Senate Committee on Agriculture,
4 16 Nutrition, and Forestry; the United States Senate
4 17 Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation;
4 18 the United States Senate Committee on Finance; the
4 19 United States Senate Committee on Energy and Natural
4 20 Resources; the United States House of Representatives
4 21 Committee on Agriculture; the United States House of
4 22 Representatives Committee on Ways and Means; the
4 23 United States House of Representatives Committee on
4 24 Transportation and Infrastructure; and the United
4 25 States House of Representatives Committee on
4 26 Resources.
4 27 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That copies of this
4 28 Resolution be sent by the Chief Clerk of the House of
4 29 Representatives to Iowa's congressional delegation.
4 30 LSB 2748HH 77
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