Bill Text: GA HR1517 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: United States Congress; fully fund Resources Conservation and Development Program; urge
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-04-20 - House Committee Favorably Reported [HR1517 Detail]
Download: Georgia-2009-HR1517-Introduced.html
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House
Resolution 1517
By:
Representatives Porter of the
143rd,
Hugley of the
133rd,
Smyre of the
132nd,
Ashe of the
56th,
Wix of the
33rd,
and others
A
RESOLUTION
Urging
the United States Congress to fund fully the Resource Conservation and
Development Program; and for other purposes.
WHEREAS,
the Resource Conservation and Development Program is funded in the Natural
Resources Conservation Service budget of the United States Department of
Agriculture; and
WHEREAS,
this program establishes resource conservation and development councils which
are the leadership of locally led initiatives; and
WHEREAS,
members of the councils are volunteers and include local, civil, appointed, and
elected officials; and
WHEREAS,
the councils are nonprofit entities which address otherwise unmet needs in local
communities; and
WHEREAS,
the fiscal year 2010 proposed administration budget eliminates the Resource
Conservation and Development Program; and
WHEREAS,
the members of this body recognize the invaluable service provided by resource
conservation and development councils and the important role they play in rural
and urban development as well as natural resource conservation.
NOW,
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES that the members of
his body urge the United States Congress to support full funding of the Resource
Conservation Development Program in the 2010 fiscal year budget and each fiscal
year budget thereafter so that the vital services of the Resource Conservation
and Development Program will continue.
BE
IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Clerk of the House of Representatives is authorized
and directed to transmit an appropriate copy of this resolution to each member
of the Georgia congressional delegation.
