Bill Text: IA HR124 | 2017-2018 | 87th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: A resolution recognizing Iowa’s commitment to affirming Iowa’s rural heritage and fair agricultural trade, fair and nonpartisan redistricting, and retirement security for public employees.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 57-0)

Status: (N/A - Dead) 2018-05-05 - Laid over under Rule 25. H.J. 993. [HR124 Detail]

Download: Iowa-2017-HR124-Introduced.html

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House Resolution 124 - Introduced

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                    HOUSE RESOLUTION NO.    
          BY  GRASSLEY, BACON, BALTIMORE, BAUDLER, BAXTER,
        BERGAN, BEST, BLOOMINGDALE, BOSSMAN, CARLSON, COWNIE,
         DEYOE, DOLECHECK, FISHER, FRY, GASSMAN, GUSTAFSON,
          HAGENOW, HAGER, HANUSA, HEARTSILL, HEATON, HEIN,
          HIGHFILL, HINSON, HOLT, HOLZ, HUSEMAN, JACOBSEN,
           JONES, KAUFMANN, KERR, KLEIN, KOESTER, LANDON,
       LUNDGREN, MAXWELL, McKEAN, MOHR, MOMMSEN, MOORE, NUNN,
        PAUSTIAN, PETTENGILL, RIZER, ROGERS, SALMON, SEXTON,
          SHEETS, SIECK, R. TAYLOR, UPMEYER, VANDER LINDEN,
           WATTS, WHEELER, WILLS, WINDSCHITL, WORTHAN, and
                               ZUMBACH
  1  1 A Resolution recognizing Iowa's commitment to affirming
  1  2    Iowa's rural heritage and fair agricultural trade,
  1  3    fair and nonpartisan redistricting, and retirement
  1  4    security for public employees.
  1  5    WHEREAS, the House of Representatives recognizes
  1  6 the leadership role Iowa has played in agricultural
  1  7 production, fair redistricting practices, and
  1  8 commitment to retirement security for public
  1  9 servants; and
  1 10    WHEREAS, the House of Representatives recognizes
  1 11 Iowa's rural heritage and the honest work ethic of
  1 12 its rural residents, and declares its commitment to
  1 13 preserving Iowa's rural way of life, while expanding
  1 14 opportunities and economic growth for communities,
  1 15 residents, small businesses, and family farms located
  1 16 in rural Iowa; and
  1 17    WHEREAS, the House of Representatives finds and
  1 18 declares that the implementation of tariffs designed
  2  1 to address certain foreign trade practices, including
  2  2 steel and aluminum imports, is counterproductive
  2  3 and will cause substantial and immediate negative
  2  4 consequences to the economies of this state, other farm
  2  5 states, and this nation, which depend upon the export
  2  6 of agricultural commodities including soybeans to world
  2  7 markets; and
  2  8    WHEREAS, Iowa's process of fair and nonpartisan
  2  9 redistricting has long been a model for the nation in
  2 10 providing competitive districts that are not drawn for
  2 11 purely partisan advantage; and
  2 12    WHEREAS, the House of Representatives expresses
  2 13 its strong support for maintaining Iowa's continuing
  2 14 commitment to fair and nonpartisan redistricting; and
  2 15    WHEREAS, Iowa has long recognized the importance of
  2 16 those Iowans who serve the public by providing that
  2 17 those Iowans may retire with dignity; and
  2 18    WHEREAS, the House of Representatives expresses its
  2 19 support in maintaining strong, stable, and well=funded
  2 20 public retirement systems that ensure that promised
  2 21 retirement benefits for public employees will be
  2 22 available upon their retirement; NOW THEREFORE,
  2 23    BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
  2 24 That the House of Representatives strongly affirms
  2 25 its support for Iowa's rural heritage and commitment
  2 26 to fair agricultural trade, fair and nonpartisan
  2 27 redistricting, and retirement security for public
  2 28 employees.
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