Senate Concurrent Resolution 5 - Introduced 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 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 SENATE, THE HOUSE OF 1 29 REPRESENTATIVES CONCURRING, That the Iowa General 1 30 Assembly urges the appropriations committees of the 2 1 United States Senate and the House of Representatives 2 2 to appropriate such funds as necessary to implement 2 3 the Historic Barn Preservation Act in the federal 2 4 fiscal 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 3088ST 81 2 17 da:nh/pj/5 1