[ Search ] [ PDF text ] [ Legislation ]
[ Home ] [ Back ] [ Bottom ]
92_HR0315
LRB9208923SMdv
1 HOUSE RESOLUTION
2 WHEREAS, Motor fuel prices in Illinois have reached an
3 all-time high; and
4 WHEREAS, The petroleum industry has predicted that gas
5 prices will top $3 per gallon this summer; and
6 WHEREAS, Illinois Congressman Tim Johnson is the chief
7 co-sponsor of HR 1575 (the Freedom from Unfair Energy Levy
8 Act or FUEL Act), which would amend the Internal Revenue Code
9 of 1986 to suspend all federal motor fuel taxes for 6 months
10 and would permanently repeal the 4.3 cents per gallon
11 increase in federal motor fuel taxes that was enacted in
12 1993; and
13 WHEREAS, HR 1575 would give Americans immediate relief at
14 the gas pump during this time of surging prices for motor
15 fuel; therefore be it
16 RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
17 NINETY-SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
18 we urge the Congress of the United States of America to pass
19 HR 1575 to provide relief for the citizens of the United
20 States from the burden imposed by the high price of motor
21 fuel; and be it further
22 RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be
23 delivered to the President pro tempore of the U.S. Senate,
24 the Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, and each of
25 the other members of the Illinois congressional delegation.