Bill Text: IL HR1481 | 2009-2010 | 96th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Encourages the members of the Illinois congressional delegation to vote against the F-35 alternate engine appropriations measure.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-11-16 - Referred to Rules Committee [HR1481 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2009-HR1481-Introduced.html
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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The federal government, now more than ever, needs | ||||||
| 3 | to eliminate wasteful spending programs from its budget; and
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| 4 | WHEREAS, The federal deficit recently hit $13.5 trillion; | ||||||
| 5 | and
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| 6 | WHEREAS, The Department of Defense will spend $708 billion | ||||||
| 7 | on defense spending in the 2011 fiscal year for both base | ||||||
| 8 | defense programs and overseas contingency operations to | ||||||
| 9 | promote the safety and welfare of our nation; and
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| 10 | WHEREAS, Congress has planned to appropriate $465 million | ||||||
| 11 | for an alternate GE F-136 engine for the F-35 Joint Strike | ||||||
| 12 | Fighter program in the Defense Appropriations Bill; and
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| 13 | WHEREAS, The Department of Defense has already contracted | ||||||
| 14 | the Pratt & Whitney F-135 engine, which has gone through | ||||||
| 15 | multiple series of testing and development; and
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| 16 | WHEREAS, No military aircraft in the past 3 decades has | ||||||
| 17 | been procured with multiple engine suppliers; and
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| 18 | WHEREAS, Developing the alternate engine would cost $2.9 | ||||||
| 19 | billion dollars over the next 2 to 3 years; and
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| 1 | WHEREAS, Having multiple engine suppliers will require | ||||||
| 2 | additional spending for 2 sets of parts, 2 production and | ||||||
| 3 | maintenance lines, and additional personnel and training, | ||||||
| 4 | which will lead to the production of fewer Joint Strike Fighter | ||||||
| 5 | planes; and
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| 6 | WHEREAS, President Barack Obama, with the urging from | ||||||
| 7 | military officials and Defense Secretary Robert Gates, vows to | ||||||
| 8 | veto the Defense Authorization Bill if the alternate engine | ||||||
| 9 | appropriation is included in the bill; and
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| 10 | WHEREAS, Defense spending can be used more efficiently for | ||||||
| 11 | more vital military programs; therefore, be it
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| 12 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
| 13 | NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | ||||||
| 14 | encourage the members of the Illinois congressional delegation | ||||||
| 15 | to vote against the F-35 alternate engine appropriations | ||||||
| 16 | measure; and be it further
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| 17 | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | ||||||
| 18 | presented to the members of the Illinois congressional | ||||||
| 19 | delegation.
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