Bill Text: IA SR14 | 2015-2016 | 86th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: A resolution urging the Congress of the United States to enact legislation allocating transportation infrastructure funds as a block grant for states to spend without being subject to burdensome federal regulations.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-03-09 - Subcommittee, Dvorsky, Feenstra, and Quirmbach. S.J. 497. [SR14 Detail]

Download: Iowa-2015-SR14-Introduced.html

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Senate Resolution 14 - Introduced

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                    SENATE RESOLUTION NO.    
                            BY  CHELGREN
  1  1 A Resolution urging the Congress of the United States
  1  2    to enact legislation allocating transportation
  1  3    infrastructure funds as a block grant for states to
  1  4    spend without being subject to burdensome federal
  1  5    regulations.
  1  6    WHEREAS, the objective of the federal highway
  1  7 program has been to facilitate the construction
  1  8 of a modern freeway system that promotes efficient
  1  9 interstate commerce by connecting all the states; and
  1 10    WHEREAS, that objective has been attained, and the
  1 11 interstate system connecting all the states is near
  1 12 completion; and
  1 13    WHEREAS, each state has the responsibility of
  1 14 providing an efficient transportation network for the
  1 15 residents of that state; and
  1 16    WHEREAS, each state is the most capable of
  1 17 determining the transportation infrastructure needs of
  1 18 that state and acting on those needs; and
  1 19    WHEREAS, the federal role in highway transportation
  1 20 has, over time, usurped the role of the states
  1 21 by taxing motor fuels used in the states and then
  1 22 distributing the proceeds to the states based on the
  1 23 federal government's perception of what is best for the
  1 24 states; and
  1 25    WHEREAS, the federal distribution, review, and
  1 26 enforcement process wastes billions of dollars on
  1 27 unproductive activities; and
  1 28    WHEREAS, federal mandates that apply uniformly to
  2  1 all 50 states regardless of each state's particular
  2  2 circumstances cause the states to waste billions
  2  3 of hard=earned tax dollars on projects, programs,
  2  4 and activities that the states would not otherwise
  2  5 undertake; and
  2  6    WHEREAS, the United States Congress has expressed
  2  7 a strong interest in reducing the role of the federal
  2  8 government by allowing each state to manage its own
  2  9 affairs; NOW THEREFORE,
  2 10    BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE, That the Senate urges
  2 11 the United States Congress to return to the individual
  2 12 states maximum discretionary authority and fiscal
  2 13 responsibility for all elements of the national surface
  2 14 transportation systems that are not within the direct
  2 15 purview of the federal government; and
  2 16    BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the Senate urges the
  2 17 United States Congress to facilitate this return of
  2 18 discretionary authority and fiscal responsibility
  2 19 by enacting legislation allocating transportation
  2 20 infrastructure funds as a block grant for states to
  2 21 spend without being subject to burdensome federal
  2 22 regulations; and
  2 23    BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That copies of this
  2 24 Resolution shall be sent to the President and Secretary
  2 25 of the United States Senate, the Speaker and Clerk of
  2 26 the United States House of Representatives, and to the
  2 27 members of Iowa's congressional delegation.
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