House Concurrent Resolution 8 - Introduced

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  1  1           HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. ___
  1  2                 BY  GRANZOW and THOMAS
  1  3 A Concurrent Resolution urging the United States
  1  4    Congress to appropriate funding for the Historic
  1  5    Barn Preservation Act.
  1  6    WHEREAS, historic preservation provides
  1  7 opportunities to rapidly employ persons in diverse
  1  8 areas of the economy; revitalize neighborhoods,
  1  9 communities, and rural areas; entice nationwide
  1 10 private capital investment; and foster heritage
  1 11 tourism; and
  1 12    WHEREAS, the family farm is the foundation of rural
  1 13 America and the barn is an integral part of these
  1 14 family farms; and
  1 15    WHEREAS, historic barns are becoming national
  1 16 treasures and rehabilitating and repairing historic
  1 17 barns as necessary, to preserve the barns'
  1 18 functionality and to preserve the rural landscape,
  1 19 provides benefits to farmers, as well as to the
  1 20 communities and economic vitality of the areas in
  1 21 which the barns are located; and
  1 22    WHEREAS, Governor Tom Vilsack has proclaimed 2005
  1 23 as the "Year of the Barn and the Family Farm" to
  1 24 celebrate our agricultural heritage as well as
  1 25 recognize the need to document our historic barns; and
  1 26    WHEREAS, Congress acted in 2002 to establish a
  1 27 Historic Barn Preservation Program; NOW THEREFORE,
  1 28    BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, THE
  1 29 SENATE CONCURRING, That the Iowa General Assembly
  1 30 urges the appropriations committees of the United
  2  1 States Senate and the House of Representatives to
  2  2 appropriate such funds as necessary to implement the
  2  3 Historic Barn Preservation Act in the federal fiscal
  2  4 year 2005=2006; and
  2  5    BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That a copy of this
  2  6 resolution be prepared and sent to the Iowa
  2  7 congressional delegation, the United States Senate,
  2  8 and the United States House of Representatives; and
  2  9    BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That a copy of this
  2 10 resolution be prepared and sent to the Honorable
  2 11 Senator Thad Cochran, Chair of the United States
  2 12 Senate Committee on Appropriations, and to the
  2 13 Honorable Congressman Jerry Lewis, Chair of the United
  2 14 States House of Representatives Committee on
  2 15 Appropriations.
  2 16 LSB 1702HH 81
  2 17 da:nh/pj/5.1