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Laws of Minnesota 1987 RESOLUTION 2-H.F.No. 66 A resolution memorializing the Congress of the United States to enact an extension of the federal highway program at the earliest possible date. WHEREAS, the Congress of the United States adjourned on October 18, 1986, without having enacted an extension of the federal highway program; and WHEREAS, as a result of this failure to enact an extension, the federal highway program officially expired September 30, 1986; and WHEREAS, expiration of the program has meant that federal highway user taxes are still being collected but the revenues are not being distributed to the states for needed highway improvements; and WHEREAS, Minnesota would be entitled to over $250,000,000 in federal funds which are not now being distributed because of the expiration of the program; and WHEREAS, swift action by the Congress early in its 1987 session is necessary if Minnesota and other states are to be able to use the federal funds to which they are entitled during the 1987 construction season; and WHEREAS, the unavailability of federal funds during the 1987 construction season would cause a major setback in Minnesota's efforts to strengthen its economy through safer and more efficient transportation; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Legislature of the State of Minnesota that it urges the Congress of the United States to enact an extension of the federal highway program, and thereby make available to Minnesota and other states the federal aid which their taxpayers have provided, at the earliest possible date. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Secretary of State of the State of Minnesota is directed to prepare certified copies of this resolution and transmit them to the President and Secretary of the United States Senate, the Speaker and Chief Clerk of the United States House of Representatives, and to Minnesota's Senators and Representatives in Congress. Approved March 4, 1987
Official Publication of the State of Minnesota
Revisor of Statutes