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PAG LIN 1 1 HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. ___ 1 2 BY GREINER 1 3 (COMPANION TO SCR 108 BY HEDGE) 1 4 A House Concurrent Resolution recognizing the 1 5 accomplishments of John Fletcher Lacey and 1 6 commemorating the one-hundredth-year anniversary 1 7 of the Lacey Act. 1 8 WHEREAS, John Fletcher Lacey, who was a long-time 1 9 resident of Oskaloosa, served as a member of the Iowa 1 10 General Assembly from 1870 to 1872, and later 1 11 represented Iowa in the Congress of the United States 1 12 from 1888 to 1906; and 1 13 WHEREAS, Congressman Lacey distinguished himself 1 14 through his service in the Civil War, work as a 1 15 private attorney, and service in the Iowa House of 1 16 Representatives, and the Congress of the United 1 17 States, and through his many achievements which 1 18 included legal scholarship, advocacy of the 1 19 conservation of natural and cultural resources, 1 20 support for improvement of the condition of Native 1 21 Americans, and his involvement in passage of important 1 22 federal legislation affording some of the earliest 1 23 protections to our nation's natural resources; and 1 24 WHEREAS, his most significant achievement was 1 25 authorship and passage of the Lacey Act of 1900, 1 26 outlawing the interstate transport of illegally taken 1 27 wildlife; and 1 28 WHEREAS, due to the importance of protecting and 1 29 enhancing the environment, the year 2000 has been 1 30 proclaimed Earth Year 2000, which Iowa is in the 2 1 process of observing; and 2 2 WHEREAS, no person better represents the model of a 2 3 citizen conservationist than John Fletcher Lacey, and 2 4 no act better represents the progress made in 2 5 conservation of the environment in the last century 2 6 than the Lacey Act; NOW THEREFORE, 2 7 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, THE 2 8 SENATE CONCURRING, That the Iowa General Assembly 2 9 honor the accomplishments and legacy of John Fletcher 2 10 Lacey and commemorate the year 2000 as the one- 2 11 hundredth-year anniversary of the Lacey Act; and 2 12 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the Governor of the 2 13 State of Iowa direct the Iowa Department of Natural 2 14 Resources to observe this anniversary with the 2 15 dedication of a public area in John Fletcher Lacey's 2 16 honor. 2 17 LSB 6906HH 78 2 18 rk/cf/24
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