Full Text of HR0922 98th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, Communities across the State of Illinois were | 3 | | devastated and 8 people were killed in tornadoes which struck | 4 | | the State on November 17, 2013; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Hundreds of homes and businesses were damaged or | 6 | | destroyed by the storm; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, Local governments incurred millions in | 8 | | storm-related costs, including damage to public facilities, | 9 | | overtime, equipment rental, emergency sheltering and | 10 | | protective measures, and additional costs relating to cleanup | 11 | | and recovery; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, On November 26, 2013, the President declared that | 13 | | the storms were "of sufficient severity and magnitude to | 14 | | warrant a major disaster declaration under the Robert T. | 15 | | Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act"; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, The federal government subsequently disbursed | 17 | | more than $23.5 million in aid to assist individuals and | 18 | | businesses hit hardest by the storms; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, On March 4, 2014, the federal government declared | 20 | | that the costs incurred by first responders and other State and |
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| 1 | | local government agencies were not sufficient to warrant | 2 | | federal help under the Public Assistance section of the | 3 | | Stafford Act; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, The formula for determining eligibility under the | 5 | | Stafford Act is based on the population of a state, thereby | 6 | | setting Illinois' threshold much higher than the threshold of | 7 | | most other states in the nation; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, This exceptionally high threshold has caused | 9 | | Illinois to be denied federal assistance for disasters striking | 10 | | in primarily rural areas frequently during the last decade; and | 11 | | WHEREAS, Members of the Illinois congressional delegation | 12 | | have introduced legislation to correct this unfair federal | 13 | | disaster assistance threshold formula; therefore, be it
| 14 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 15 | | NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 16 | | we urge the members of the United States House of | 17 | | Representatives to correct this outdated and unfair system by | 18 | | passing H.R. 3925, the Fairness in Federal Disaster | 19 | | Declarations Act; and be it further
| 20 | | RESOLVED, That we urge the members of the United States | 21 | | Senate to pass S. 1960, the Fairness in Federal Disaster |
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| 1 | | Declarations Act; and be it further | 2 | | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | 3 | | delivered to the members of the Illinois congressional | 4 | | delegation.
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