House Resolution 47 - Introduced

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                                    H.R. ________ S.R. ________


  1  1                HOUSE RESOLUTION NO.    
  1  2    BY  KEARNS, T. TAYLOR, HUNTER, FICKEN, STECKMAN,
  1  3      WENTHE, WENDT, THOMAS, SMITH, THEDE, WHITEAD,
  1  4      BEARD, T. OLSON, BUKTA, KUHN, KRESSIG, BELL,
  1  5      ISENHART, LENSING, MASCHER, FREVERT, JACOBY,
  1  6    LYKAM, WILLEMS, REASONER, ABDUL=SAMAD, REICHERT,
  1  7     D. TAYLOR, GAYMAN, MURPHY, WHITAKER, SHOMSHOR,
  1  8       D. OLSON, QUIRK, SCHUELLER, MAREK, PALMER,
  1  9      ZIRKELBACH, BERRY, HEDDENS, WINCKLER, MERTZ,
  1 10     R. OLSON, SWAIM, BURT, COHOON, KELLEY, OLDSON,
  1 11         BAILEY, HUSER, KOESTER, LUKAN, GASKILL,
  1 12                 PETERSEN, and H. MILLER
  1 13 A Resolution urging the spending of federal economic
  1 14    recovery funds on products that are made and services
  1 15    that are performed in the United States.
  1 16    WHEREAS, the economic downturn is having a critical
  1 17 impact on everyday Americans who are struggling to
  1 18 maintain or find jobs in an increasingly difficult
  1 19 environment; and
  1 20    WHEREAS, those same Americans are the taxpayers
  1 21 that provide the revenue needed to operate essential
  1 22 government services; and
  1 23    WHEREAS, the Congress of the United States passed,
  1 24 and President Obama recently signed into law, an
  1 25 economic recovery package that will provide billions
  1 26 of dollars to help economically devastated cities and
  1 27 states immediately provide jobs to millions of
  1 28 out=of=work Americans through considerable
  1 29 infrastructure rebuilding, green energy projects, and
  1 30 other projects that will require manufactured
  2  1 components; and
  2  2    WHEREAS, our taxpayer dollars should be spent to
  2  3 maximize the creation of American jobs and restore the
  2  4 economic vitality of our communities; and
  2  5    WHEREAS, any domestically produced products that
  2  6 are purchased with economic recovery plan funds will
  2  7 immediately help struggling businesses and American
  2  8 families and will help stabilize the greater economy;
  2  9 and
  2 10    WHEREAS, any economic recovery plan spending for
  2 11 products and services should, to the extent possible,
  2 12 include a commitment from this state to buy materials,
  2 13 goods, and services that are produced or performed by
  2 14 companies within the United States, thus employing the
  2 15 workers that pay taxes for the economic recovery plan
  2 16 spending; NOW THEREFORE,
  2 17    BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
  2 18 That the House of Representatives will work to
  2 19 maximize the creation of American jobs and restore
  2 20 economic growth and opportunity by urging the spending
  2 21 of economic recovery plan funds on products and
  2 22 services that both create jobs and help keep Americans
  2 23 employed; and
  2 24    BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the House of
  2 25 Representatives urges that economic recovery funds
  2 26 received by the state of Iowa be used to purchase,
  2 27 when possible, products that are made and services
  2 28 that are performed in the United States; and
  2 29    BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the House of
  2 30 Representatives calls upon all state agencies to
  3  1 promptly establish procurement priorities so as to
  3  2 give American workers and producers the opportunity to
  3  3 identify and provide American products and services to
  3  4 maximize the success of this nation's economic
  3  5 recovery program.
  3  6 LSB 2712HH 83
  3  7 jr/nh/8