Full Text of HR1508 99th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The proposed Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) is a | 3 | | 1,172-mile pipeline
being developed by Energy Transfer | 4 | | Partners and its affiliates, which would carry
approximately | 5 | | 450,000 barrels of crude per day from the Bakken oil fields | 6 | | through North
Dakota, South Dakota, Iowa, and Illinois, where | 7 | | it would connect with a second pipeline
being converted to | 8 | | carry much of the oil to refineries and export facilities on | 9 | | the Gulf
Coast of Texas; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, The DAPL would cross under the Missouri River at | 11 | | Lake Oahe, which
provides drinking water to the Standing Rock | 12 | | Sioux tribe, as well as under or through
the Mississippi, | 13 | | Illinois, and Kaskaskia Rivers, multiple community water | 14 | | supply lake
watersheds, and community water supply zone river | 15 | | intake one protection areas in
Illinois; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, The Missouri, Illinois, and Mississippi Rivers | 17 | | irrigate agricultural land in
communities across the Midwest, | 18 | | serving nearly 10 million people; and | 19 | | WHEREAS, The DAPL would also run through the ancestral | 20 | | lands and waters reserved
for the traditional use of the | 21 | | Standing Rock Sioux Tribe by the Fort Laramie Treaty of
1851, | 22 | | including the Missouri River, burial grounds and gravesites, |
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of cultural, religious, and historical | 2 | | significance; and | 3 | | WHEREAS, Treaties with American Indians, such as the Fort | 4 | | Laramie Treaty are recognized by the United States
Constitution | 5 | | as "the supreme law of the land", and require consultation and | 6 | | cooperation
by the United States with its Indian treaty partner | 7 | | before any federal action is taken that
affects treaty lands, | 8 | | territories, waters, or other resources; and | 9 | | WHEREAS, The American Indian Religious Freedom Act of 1978 | 10 | | affirms the need to
"protect and preserve for American Indians | 11 | | their inherent right of freedom to believe, express, and | 12 | | exercise the traditional religions", particularly in American | 13 | | Indian sacred
places; and | 14 | | WHEREAS, The State of Illinois recognizes through 17 Ill. | 15 | | Adm. Code 4170.100 "that all
human burials and human skeletal | 16 | | remains be accorded equal treatment and respect
for human | 17 | | dignity without reference to ethnic origins, cultural | 18 | | background, or religious
affiliation. These regulations apply | 19 | | to all prehistoric and historic American Indian,
historic | 20 | | Illinoisan, pioneer, Civil War and other human skeletal remains | 21 | | found in
unregistered graves, and associated grave artifacts | 22 | | and grave markers found upon or
within any public or private | 23 | | land in the State"; and |
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Articles, 11, 12, and 25 of the United Nations | 2 | | Declaration on the Rights of
Indigenous People (UNDRIP), as | 3 | | endorsed by the United States in 2010, affirms that
indigenous | 4 | | peoples like the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe possess the right to | 5 | | maintain
and protect their culture, religion, practices, and | 6 | | relationship with their "traditionally
owned or otherwise | 7 | | occupied and used lands, territories [and] waters"; and | 8 | | WHEREAS, Article 32 further provides that governments | 9 | | shall consult with
indigenous peoples "in order to obtain their | 10 | | free and informed consent prior to the
approval of any project | 11 | | affecting their lands or territories and other resources,
| 12 | | particularly in connection with the development, utilization | 13 | | or exploitation of mineral,
water, or other resources"; and | 14 | | WHEREAS, The Illinois Human Rights Act "prohibits | 15 | | discrimination in Illinois with respect
to employment, | 16 | | financial credit, public accommodations, and real estate | 17 | | transactions on
the basis of race, color, religion, sex | 18 | | (including sexual harassment), national origin,
ancestry"; and | 19 | | WHEREAS, The history of governmental actions in the United | 20 | | States with respect to
American Indians makes it imperative | 21 | | that existing treaty and statutory obligations securing | 22 | | American Indian
rights be strictly observed; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, The United States Army Corps of Engineers failed | 2 | | to consult with or obtain the free,
prior, and informed consent | 3 | | of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe as required by the Treaty
of | 4 | | Fort Laramie, Executive Order 13175, UNDRIP Article 10, and | 5 | | other federal and
international laws, before issuing a | 6 | | "Mitigated Finding of No Significant Impact" that
would result | 7 | | in an easement for horizontal directional drilling for the | 8 | | DAPL; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Any spill from the pipeline into the Missouri | 10 | | River would irreparably harm the Standing
Rock Sioux Tribe's | 11 | | treaty reserved lands, territories, waters, and other | 12 | | resources; burial
grounds, gravesites, and other sacred sites | 13 | | of cultural, religious, and historical
significance; and | 14 | | spiritual relationships and indigenous ways of life; and | 15 | | WHEREAS, According to the Prairie Rivers Network, the DAPL | 16 | | would put the water supply of 27,382 people at risk in Illinois | 17 | | and it would cross at least 56 named rives in the State; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, The Mayor and City Council of Urbana; the Mayor of | 19 | | the City of
Seattle; the City Councils of Portland, Oregon; St. | 20 | | Paul and Minneapolis, Minnesota;
Affiliated Tribes of | 21 | | Northwest Indians, comprised of 59 Indian Nations in the | 22 | | Northwest;
and nearly 200 Indian Nations, are among the |
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| 1 | | governmental bodies that have taken
formal action to support | 2 | | the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe and oppose the DAPL; therefore, | 3 | | be it
| 4 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 5 | | NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 6 | | support the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe's opposition to | 7 | | construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) across the | 8 | | Tribe's ancestral lands, waters, and sacred sites; and be it | 9 | | further | 10 | | RESOLVED, That the State of Illinois calls upon the United | 11 | | States and the Army Corps
of Engineers to obtain the free, | 12 | | prior, and informed consent of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, | 13 | | prior to taking any federal action regarding the DAPL that | 14 | | would harm or destroy
the Tribe's ancestral lands, waters, and | 15 | | sacred sites; and be it further
| 16 | | RESOLVED, That the State of Illinois is urged not to expend | 17 | | any resources to support this
pipeline or actions against the | 18 | | protesters.
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