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House Concurrent Resolution 117

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  1  1           HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. ___
  1  2         BY  HAHN, MERTZ, WELTER, DRAKE, GREIG,
  1  3      RAYHONS, MEYER, HUSEMAN, DOLECHECK, BOGGESS,
  1  4     BRUNKHORST, BRAUNS, ARNOLD, SUKUP, DIX, KLEMME,
  1  5     MARTIN, JENKINS, VAN FOSSEN, CHURCHILL, HOUSER,
  1  6      KREMER, TYRRELL, VAN MAANEN, GREINER, GRIES,
  1  7        METCALF, WEIDMAN, BARRY, BODDICKER, GIPP,
  1  8        VANDE HOEF, LORD, HEATON, HANSEN, LARSON,
  1  9      BLODGETT, CORMACK, HOLMES, THOMSON, VEENSTRA,
  1 10   GRUNDBERG, SIEGRIST, NELSON, TEIG, RANTS, CARROLL,
  1 11    CORBETT, KOENIGS, SCHERRMAN, FALCK, TAYLOR, MAY,
  1 12    DREES, KREIMAN, FREVERT, MUNDIE, REYNOLDS-KNIGHT,
  1 13       OSTERHAUS, SCHRADER, WISE, MASCHER, KINZER,
  1 14      WARNSTADT, MURPHY, CONNORS, MORELAND, COHOON,
  1 15     THOMAS, DOTZLER, FOEGE, SHOULTZ, JOCHUM, BELL,
  1 16      BRAND, MYERS, CHAPMAN, CHIODO, BERNAU, BUKTA,
  1 17                 HOLVECK, and RICHARDSON
  1 18 A House Concurrent Resolution requesting that the
  1 19    legislative council establish an interim study 
  1 20    committee to consider increasing the percent of 
  1 21    oxygen by weight in motor vehicle fuel.
  1 22    WHEREAS, more than 40 percent of this nation's air
  1 23 pollution is caused by vehicles, emitting a variety of
  1 24 petroleum-based pollutants which endanger the public's
  1 25 health and natural environment, including harmfull
  1 26 organic vapors, benzene and other aromatics, nitrogen
  1 27 oxides, particulate matter in the form of smoke and
  1 28 soot, carbon monoxide, and carbon dioxide; and
  1 29    WHEREAS, motor vehicle fuel which includes a higher
  1 30 percent of oxygen enhances octane levels and provides
  2  1 better fuel combustion resulting in reduced levels of
  2  2 harmful pollutants; and
  2  3    WHEREAS, members of the Iowa House of
  2  4 Representatives and Iowa Senate have long supported
  2  5 the production of ethanol as a vital component in
  2  6 promoting clean air, supporting this state's economy,
  2  7 and reducing imported nonrenewable energy sources; and
  2  8    WHEREAS, this state has long championed industries
  2  9 which add value to agricultural commodities produced
  2 10 by farmers in this state; and
  2 11    WHEREAS, persons involved in the production and
  2 12 processing of corn in Iowa significantly contribute to
  2 13 the wealth of this nation by supporting the production
  2 14 of agricultural commodities and value-added products;
  2 15 NOW THEREFORE,
  2 16    BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, THE
  2 17 SENATE CONCURRING, That the legislative council is
  2 18 requested to establish an interim study committee to
  2 19 consider the percent of oxygen by weight currently
  2 20 contained in motor vehicle fuel, its effects on this
  2 21 state's economy, public health, and natural
  2 22 environment, and to investigate methods to increase
  2 23 the oxygenate content in motor vehicle fuel in
  2 24 appropriate circumstances; and
  2 25    BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the interim study
  2 26 committee submit its findings and recommendations,
  2 27 including any proposed legislation, for consideration
  2 28 by the 1999 Session of the Seventy-eighth General
  2 29 Assembly.  
  2 30 LSB 4409HH 77
  3  1 da/cf/24.1
     

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