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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, Historic preservation provides opportunities to |
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| rapidly employ persons in diverse areas of the economy, |
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| revitalize neighborhoods, communities, and rural areas, entice |
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| nationwide private capital investment, and foster heritage |
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| tourism; and
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| WHEREAS, The family farm is the foundation of rural |
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| America; and
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| WHEREAS, Many historic barns are located on family farms; |
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| and
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| WHEREAS, Historic barns are becoming national treasures |
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| and rehabilitating and repairing historic barns as necessary, |
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| to preserve the barns functionality and to preserve the rural |
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| landscape, provides benefits to farmers as well as to the |
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| communities and economic vitality of the areas in which the |
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| barns are located; and
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| WHEREAS, Congress acted in 2002 to establish a Historic |
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| Barn Preservation Program; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE |
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| NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that |
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| we urge the appropriations committees of the United States |
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| Congress to appropriate such funds as necessary to implement |
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| the Historic Barn Preservation Act in FY 2006; and be it |
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| further
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| RESOLVED, That copies of this resolution be sent to the |
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| Honorable Ted Stevens, President Pro Tempore of the U.S. |
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| Senate; the Honorable J. Dennis Hastert, Speaker of the U.S. |
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| House of Representatives; each member of the Illinois |
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| congressional delegation; the Honorable Senator Thad Cochran, |