Bill Text: IL HR0994 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Recognizes the 10th anniversary of the creation of the Abraham Lincoln National Heritage Area.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 5-0)
Status: (Passed) 2018-04-19 - Resolution Adopted [HR0994 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2017-HR0994-Introduced.html
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1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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2 | WHEREAS, On May 8, 2008, President George W. Bush enacted | ||||||
3 | Public Law 110-229, in which
contained the Abraham Lincoln | ||||||
4 | National Heritage Area Act; and
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5 | WHEREAS, During the 110th Congress, U.S. Representative | ||||||
6 | Ray LaHood was the main sponsor
of H.R. 1625, the Abraham | ||||||
7 | Lincoln National Heritage Area Act, with cosponsors | ||||||
8 | Representatives
Bobby Rush, Jesse Jackson Jr., Daniel | ||||||
9 | Lipinski, Luis Guitierrez, Rahm Emanuel, Peter Roskam,
Danny | ||||||
10 | Davis, Melissa Bean, Janice Schakowsky, Mark Kirk, Jerry | ||||||
11 | Weller, Judy Biggert, Dennis
Hastert, Timothy Johnson, Donald | ||||||
12 | Manzullo, Phil Hare, and John Shimkus; and
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13 | WHEREAS, Also in the 110th Congress, U.S. Senator Richard | ||||||
14 | Durbin was the main sponsor of S.
955, the Abraham Lincoln | ||||||
15 | National Heritage Act, with Senator Barack Obama as cosponsor; | ||||||
16 | and
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17 | WHEREAS, The Looking for Lincoln Heritage Coalition was | ||||||
18 | formed in 1998 as a community
effort to promote tourism related | ||||||
19 | to the various aspects of Abraham Lincoln's life; and
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20 | WHEREAS, The Looking for Lincoln Heritage Coalition | ||||||
21 | prepared and submitted a
feasibility study to the National Park |
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1 | Service which proposed the Abraham Lincoln National
Heritage | ||||||
2 | Area; and
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3 | WHEREAS, Public Law 110-229 designated the Looking for | ||||||
4 | Lincoln Heritage Coalition as the
local coordinating entity, | ||||||
5 | thereby having the authority to manage the Abraham Lincoln | ||||||
6 | National
Heritage Area; and
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7 | WHEREAS, On July 12, 2007, the U.S. Senate Subcommittee on | ||||||
8 | National Parks of the
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources | ||||||
9 | held a hearing at which testimony was received
from Katherine | ||||||
10 | Stevenson of the National Park Service in which she stated | ||||||
11 | about the then
proposed Abraham Lincoln National Heritage Area: | ||||||
12 | "It is here that Abraham Lincoln pondered this nation, formed | ||||||
13 | his convictions, and even created his debate platform for the | ||||||
14 | now famous
Lincoln-Douglas debates still resounding across | ||||||
15 | this region through continued dialog of the same
themes"; and
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16 | WHEREAS, The 42 Illinois counties covered in the Abraham | ||||||
17 | Lincoln National Heritage Area
are: Adams, Brown, Calhoun, | ||||||
18 | Cass, Champaign, Christian, Clark, Coles, Cumberland, Dewitt,
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19 | Douglas, Edgar, Fayette, Fulton, Greene, Hancock, Henderson, | ||||||
20 | Jersey, Knox, LaSalle, Logan,
Macon, Macoupin, Madison, Mason, | ||||||
21 | McDonough, McLean, Menard, Montgomery,
Morgan, Moultrie, | ||||||
22 | Peoria, Piatt, Pike, Sangamon, Schuyler, Scott, Shelby, | ||||||
23 | Tazewell, Vermilion,
Warren, and Woodford; and
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1 | WHEREAS, The 115th Congress currently has legislation | ||||||
2 | before it to expand the Abraham
Lincoln National Heritage Area | ||||||
3 | by adding Livingston County and the communities of Freeport
and | ||||||
4 | Jonesboro, thereby including all of the 8th Judicial Circuit | ||||||
5 | and all the Lincoln-Douglas
debate sites; and
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6 | WHEREAS, The Abraham Lincoln National Heritage Area covers | ||||||
7 | 25,588 square miles, contains
24 Looking for Lincoln | ||||||
8 | Communities, 76 partner organizations and agencies, and over | ||||||
9 | 260
wayside exhibits; and
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10 | WHEREAS, Over 175,000 people annually attend events and | ||||||
11 | educational programs associated
with the Abraham Lincoln | ||||||
12 | National Heritage Area through the help of over 1300 | ||||||
13 | volunteers,
supporting over 3200 jobs, and generating over | ||||||
14 | $25.5 million in tax revenue; therefore, be it
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15 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
16 | HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | ||||||
17 | heartily recognize the 10th anniversary of the creation of the | ||||||
18 | Abraham Lincoln National Heritage Area, and congratulate all | ||||||
19 | those who have made this an outstanding cultural, tourism, and | ||||||
20 | economic asset for the State of Illinois; and be it further
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21 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |
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1 | presented to Looking for Lincoln Heritage Coalition as an
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2 | expression of our esteem and respect.
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