Bill Text: PA HR483 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Recognizing the formation of a bicameral, bipartisan Military Installations and Base Development Caucus to protect Pennsylvania's defense-related jobs along with the bases and facilities where many Pennsylvanians live and work.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-10-26 - Referred to RULES [HR483 Detail]

Download: Pennsylvania-2011-HR483-Introduced.html

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PRINTER'S NO. 2641
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No. 483 Session of2011
INTRODUCED BY READSHAW AND PERRY, OCTOBER 26, 2011
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON RULES, OCTOBER 26, 2011
A RESOLUTION
Recognizing the formation of a bicameral, bipartisan Military
Installations and Base Development Caucus to protect
Pennsylvania's defense-related jobs along with the bases and
facilities where many Pennsylvanians live and work.
WHEREAS, The Military Installations and Base Development
Caucus was formed as a bicameral, bipartisan caucus in September
2011 by Representative Harry A. Readshaw, Representative Scott
Perry, Senator John P. Blake and Senator Richard Alloway, II;
and
WHEREAS, The Military Installations and Base Development
Caucus will serve as an active forum for the General Assembly;
and
WHEREAS, The mission of the Military Installations and Base
Development Caucus will be the preservation of Pennsylvania's 11
military bases with more than 164,000 defense-related jobs and
an annual $18 billion in Federal defense spending. In addition,
the Caucus will work to strengthen the dialogue with Federal
lawmakers and military and civilian leadership at military
facilities throughout the State and prepare and plan for future
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Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) activities; and
WHEREAS, The Military Installations and Base Development
Caucus members believe it is our obligation to protect these
institutions, the family-sustaining jobs that are critical to
our Commonwealth's economy, to create a forum for dialogue with
industry and local governmental partners and to ensure our
continued homeland safety and security; therefore be it
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives recognize the
formation of the Military Installations and Base Development
Caucus in Pennsylvania.
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