Full Text of HR0616 093rd General Assembly
HR0616 93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, Coal must play a vital role in the energy policy | 3 |
| of the United States; and | 4 |
| WHEREAS, On February 27, 2003, President George W. Bush | 5 |
| announced that the United States would sponsor FutureGen, a $1 | 6 |
| billion, 10-year demonstration project to create the world's | 7 |
| first coal-based, zero emissions power plant to produce | 8 |
| electricity and hydrogen; and
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| WHEREAS, The State of Illinois' rich history of coal | 10 |
| mining, educational expertise in coal development, and natural | 11 |
| resources make it an ideal location for the FutureGen facility; | 12 |
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| WHEREAS, Southern Illinois University, the Illinois State | 14 |
| Geological Society, the Gas Technology Institute, and the | 15 |
| Illinois Clean Coal Institute are currently active in | 16 |
| coal-to-hydrogen development; and | 17 |
| WHEREAS, Almost one-eighth of the total coal reserves in | 18 |
| the U.S. are located in Illinois, and, with one-quarter of the | 19 |
| bituminous coal reserve, Illinois has the largest bituminous | 20 |
| coal reserve in the nation; and | 21 |
| WHEREAS, Illinois possesses large areas that are suitable | 22 |
| for sequestration; and multiple coals, numerous mature oil | 23 |
| reservoirs, and multiple deep saline reservoirs are present in | 24 |
| the State; and | 25 |
| WHEREAS, The State of Illinois has long supported and | 26 |
| provided incentives to its coal industry through programs that | 27 |
| finance research, development, and commercialization of new | 28 |
| technologies and uses for coal; and |
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| WHEREAS, Illinois has one of the largest and most | 2 |
| comprehensive transportation infrastructures in the nation | 3 |
| with 3 interstate highways that run coast-to-coast and has more | 4 |
| than 1,100 miles of navigable rivers, lakes, and canals with | 5 |
| direct links to the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico; and | 6 |
| WHEREAS, Illinois has ready access to transmission and | 7 |
| proximity to major electric markets and can move power to | 8 |
| Chicago, St. Louis, the Tennessee Valley Authority, and the | 9 |
| East Central Area Reliability Council; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 11 |
| NINETY-THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 12 |
| applaud the President and the U.S. Department of Energy for | 13 |
| their development of the FutureGen project and leaders in | 14 |
| Congress for their continuing efforts in making this project a | 15 |
| reality; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That we call upon the members of Congress to take | 17 |
| any actions necessary to fully implement the FutureGen project; | 18 |
| and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That we urge the President and the U.S. | 20 |
| Department of Energy to locate the FutureGen project in | 21 |
| Illinois; and be it further | 22 |
| RESOLVED, That copies of this resolution be presented to | 23 |
| the President of the United States, the U.S. Secretary of | 24 |
| Energy, the President pro tempore of the U.S. Senate, the | 25 |
| Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, and each member | 26 |
| of the Illinois congressional delegation.
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