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1 1 SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO.
1 2 BY McKIBBEN and DOTZLER
1 3 A Concurrent Resolution urging the United States
1 4 Congress to appropriate funding for the federal
1 5 Historic Preservation Fund and the Historic Barn
1 6 Preservation Act.
1 7 WHEREAS, historic preservation provides
1 8 opportunities to rapidly employ persons in diverse
1 9 areas of the economy, revitalize neighborhoods,
1 10 communities, and rural areas, entice nationwide
1 11 private capital investment, and foster heritage
1 12 tourism; and
1 13 WHEREAS, the State Historical Society of Iowa
1 14 implements the National Preservation Program in Iowa
1 15 with moneys provided by the federal Historic
1 16 Preservation Fund; and
1 17 WHEREAS, the federal Historic Preservation Fund is
1 18 the principal source of financing for states to
1 19 provide economic stimulus, streamline review
1 20 processes, provide local government grants, preserve
1 21 American initiatives, and market heritage tourism
1 22 through historic preservation; and
1 23 WHEREAS, historic barns are becoming national
1 24 treasures and rehabilitating and repairing historic
1 25 barns as necessary, to preserve the barns'
1 26 functionality and to preserve the rural landscape,
1 27 provides benefits to farmers, as well as to the
1 28 communities and economic vitality of the areas in
1 29 which the barns are located; and
1 30 WHEREAS, Congress acted in 2002 to establish a
2 1 Historic Barn Preservation Program; NOW THEREFORE,
2 2 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE, THE HOUSE OF
2 3 REPRESENTATIVES CONCURRING, That the Iowa General
2 4 Assembly strongly urges the appropriations committees
2 5 of the Unites States Senate and House of
2 6 Representatives to annually appropriate $50 million to
2 7 the federal Historic Preservation Fund for the state
2 8 historic preservation offices and to annually
2 9 appropriate $25 million for federal fiscal years 2003-
2 10 2004 through 2005-2006 to implement the federal
2 11 Historic Barn Preservation Program; and
2 12 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That a copy of this
2 13 resolution be sent by the Secretary of the Senate to
2 14 the Honorable Senator Charles E. Grassley and the
2 15 Honorable Senator Tom Harkin, together with Iowa's
2 16 congressional delegation in the House of
2 17 Representatives; and
2 18 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That a copy of this
2 19 resolution be sent to the Honorable Senator Ted
2 20 Stevens, Chair of the United States Senate Committee
2 21 on Appropriations, and the Honorable Congressman C. W.
2 22 Bill Young, Chair of the United States House of
2 23 Representatives Committee on Appropriations.
2 24 LSB 6424SS 80
2 25 jp/sh/8
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