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PAG LIN 1 1 SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO.______ 1 2 BY IVERSON, DRAKE, RITTMER, HORN, 1 3 DEARDEN, and GRONSTAL 1 4 A Concurrent Resolution urging United States 1 5 Congressional support for the Railroad Retirement 1 6 and Survivors Improvement Act. 1 7 WHEREAS, the Railroad Retirement and Survivors 1 8 Improvement Act of 2000 was approved in a bipartisan 1 9 effort by 391 members of the United States House of 1 10 Representatives in the 106th Congress, including the 1 11 entire Iowa delegation to Congress; and 1 12 WHEREAS, more than 80 United States Senators, 1 13 including both Iowa Senator Charles E. Grassley and 1 14 Iowa Senator Thomas Harkin, signed letters of support 1 15 for that Act in 2000; and 1 16 WHEREAS, the bill now before the 107th Congress 1 17 modernizes the railroad retirement system for its 1 18 748,000 beneficiaries nationwide, including over 1 19 10,800 in Iowa; and 1 20 WHEREAS, railroad management, labor, and retiree 1 21 organizations have agreed to support the new federal 1 22 legislation; and 1 23 WHEREAS, the new federal legislation provides tax 1 24 relief to freight railroads, Amtrak, and commuter 1 25 lines; and 1 26 WHEREAS, the new federal legislation provides 1 27 benefit improvement for surviving spouses of rail 1 28 workers, who currently suffer deep cuts in income when 1 29 the rail retiree dies; and 1 30 WHEREAS, no outside contributions from taxpayers 2 1 are needed to implement the changes called for in the 2 2 new federal legislation; and 2 3 WHEREAS, all changes will be paid for from within 2 4 the railroad industry, including a full share by 2 5 active employees; NOW THEREFORE, 2 6 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE, THE HOUSE OF 2 7 REPRESENTATIVES CONCURRING, That the General Assembly 2 8 urges the United States Congress to support the 2 9 Railroad Retirement and Survivors Improvement Act in 2 10 the 107th Congress. 2 11 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That, upon passage, copies 2 12 of this Resolution be sent by the Secretary of the 2 13 Senate to the President of the United States, the 2 14 President of the United States Senate, the Speaker of 2 15 the United States House of Representatives, and all 2 16 members of the Iowa Congressional delegation. 2 17 LSB 2105XS 79 2 18 vl/pj/5
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