Bill Text: PA HR364 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Urging the United States Congress to pass H. R. 1618 and S. 779.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 14-3)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-06-22 - Referred to TRANSPORTATION [HR364 Detail]

Download: Pennsylvania-2009-HR364-Introduced.html

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PRINTER'S NO. 2224
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No. 364 Session of2009
INTRODUCED BY CASORIO, BEYER, BRENNAN, CALTAGIRONE, D. COSTA, HARKINS, MAHONEY, MELIO, MURT, READSHAW, SIPTROTH, K. SMITH, SOLOBAY, SWANGER, WHITE, YOUNGBLOOD AND KORTZ, JUNE 22, 2009
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, JUNE 22, 2009
A RESOLUTION
Urging the United States Congress to pass H.R.1618 and S.779.
WHEREAS, Highway safety is an issue that is very important to
many Pennsylvanians; and
WHEREAS, In 2007, 4,808 people were killed and an additional
100,000 people injured in automobile accidents involving large
trucks, which is the equivalent of 52 major airline crashes per
year or one major airline crash each week for a year; and
WHEREAS, The chances of a big truck crash resulting in death
or serious injury increases with each extra ton over the current
80,000-pound limit; and
WHEREAS, A 100,000-pound truck takes 25% longer to stop than
an 80,000-pound truck; and
WHEREAS, Congressman James McGovern and Senator Frank
Lautenberg have introduced the Safe Highways and Infrastructure
Preservation Act, which prohibits states from allowing certain
heavy trucks to operate on the National Highway System,
including the Interstate Highway System, unless authorized by
the state before June 1, 2008; and
WHEREAS, The Teamsters Union and the Owner-Operator
Independent Drivers Association support this legislation; and
WHEREAS, Pennsylvania is fifth in terms of total large truck
fatalities between 2003 and 2007, with a total of 983 people
killed; therefore be it
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania urge the United States Senate and
the United States House of Representatives to agree to the Safe
Highways and Infrastructure Preservation Act, H.R.1618 and
S.779, respectively; and be it further
RESOLVED, That copies of this resolution be transmitted to
the President of the United States, to the presiding officers of
each house of Congress and to each member of Congress from
Pennsylvania for immediate action.
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