Bill Text: PA HR399 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Memorializing the Congress of the United States to work with General Motors Corporation to ensure that the General Motors brand dealership owners are treated justly and compensated fairly.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Passed) 2009-11-09 - Adopted [HR399 Detail]

Download: Pennsylvania-2009-HR399-Introduced.html

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PRINTER'S NO. 2391
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No. 399 Session of2009
INTRODUCED BY BURNS, SCAVELLO, D. COSTA, DENLINGER, FREEMAN, GINGRICH, GOODMAN, HARHAI, HELM, HENNESSEY, HICKERNELL, HORNAMAN, KORTZ, KULA, MAHONEY, MARKOSEK, METZGAR, MUNDY, MURT, PASHINSKI, PRESTON, QUIGLEY, QUINN, READSHAW, SIPTROTH, SOLOBAY, SWANGER, THOMAS, VULAKOVICH, WHITE AND YOUNGBLOOD, JULY 6, 2009
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE, JULY 6, 2009
A RESOLUTION
Memorializing the Congress of the United States to work with
General Motors Corporation to ensure that the General Motors
brand dealership owners are treated justly and compensated
fairly.
WHEREAS, According to the National Automobile Dealers
Association, General Motors Corporation plans to close
approximately 1,350 dealerships within the coming months; and
WHEREAS, Over decades, local General Motors brand franchise
owners have invested millions of dollars to acquire the
franchise, dealership facilities and real estate; and
WHEREAS, General Motors brand dealers have been pillars in
local economies and communities; and
WHEREAS, The dealership cuts will hurt many rural communities
by forcing customers to travel long distances to have their
vehicles serviced; and
WHEREAS, The National Automobile Dealers Association has
estimated that the dealership closings will cause a loss of more
than 60,000 jobs nationally; and
WHEREAS, These dealers and employees have done nothing but
proudly represent General Motors brand and, today, find
themselves without any compensation and fair treatment to deal
with a situation they did not cause; therefore be it
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania call upon the Congress of the
United States to work with General Motors Corporation to ensure
that the General Motors brand dealership owners are treated
justly and compensated fairly; and be it further
RESOLVED, That the Congress of the United States protect the
General Motors brand dealership owners from being mistreated and
their dealerships from being transferred to competitors without
just compensation; and be it further
RESOLVED, That copies of this resolution be transmitted to
the President of the United States and to presiding officers of
each house of Congress and to each member of Congress from
Pennsylvania.
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