House Resolution 12

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  1  1                HOUSE RESOLUTION NO.    
  1  2                 BY  McCARTHY and QUIRK
  1  3 A Resolution urging the United States Congress to
  1  4    immediately enact legislation assisting states and
  1  5    local governments in improving their first responder
  1  6    networks.
  1  7    WHEREAS, President George W. Bush and congressional
  1  8 leaders are now contemplating that a war with Iraq
  1  9 could begin within weeks and not months; and
  1 10    WHEREAS, a significant threat exists that
  1 11 terrorists may initiate attacks on the United States
  1 12 once the war begins; and
  1 13    WHEREAS, three months ago, President Bush
  1 14 recommended that Congress appropriate $3.5 billion for
  1 15 states and local governments to train and equip local
  1 16 first responders; and
  1 17    WHEREAS, local fire fighters, emergency medical
  1 18 technicians, municipal law enforcement agency
  1 19 officers, and other first responders will be the first
  1 20 to deal with the consequences of terrorist attacks on
  1 21 the United States; and
  1 22    WHEREAS, Ellen Gordon, the Director of Iowa's
  1 23 Emergency Management Division of the Department of
  1 24 Public Defense and the head of Iowa's homeland
  1 25 security efforts, has completed the preliminary
  1 26 strategic planning to immediately put a portion of the
  1 27 proposed federal dollars to use at the state and local
  1 28 level in Iowa; NOW THEREFORE,
  1 29    BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
  1 30 That the Iowa House of Representatives urges Congress
  2  1 to immediately act to strengthen Iowa's homeland
  2  2 security by passing President Bush's request for $3.5
  2  3 billion to assist states and local governments in
  2  4 improving their first responder networks.
  2  5    BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the Chief Clerk of the
  2  6 House of Representatives send copies of this
  2  7 resolution to the President of the United States; the
  2  8 President of the United States Senate; the Speaker of
  2  9 the United States House of Representatives; and to
  2 10 members of Iowa's Congressional delegation.
  2 11 LSB 2206HH 80
  2 12 rj/cf/24.1