Senate Concurrent Resolution 112 PAG LIN 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