HomeMy WebLinkAboutRESOLUTIONS - 10172007 - RES-201 IN THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
OF
CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, STATE OF CALIFORNIA
In the Matter of AESOL,UTION NO. 2 0
HR-1159.
WHEREAS, the maritime industry on the Pacific Coast has
been allowed a 6 per cent construction differential which has per-
mitted the west to maintain a reasonable and minimum shipbuilding
capacity, proven in two World Wars to be essential to the security
of the country; and
WHEREAS, the Federal general Accounting Office is now
making detailed analyses with respect to this 6 per cent differ-
ential; and.
WHEREAS, HR-1159 is apparently receiving; the considera-
tion of the Congress without awaiting; the results of the study
being made by the General Accounting Office;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT BY THIS BOARD RESOLVED that the
President of the United States be requested to take action such
that HR-1159 be returned by the House Mules Committee to the House
Merchant Marine Committee until the Federal General Accounting
Office study is completed and all facts are available; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this resolution
shall be forwarded to United States Senator Thomas H. Kuchel,
United States Senator Clair Engle, and Congressman John F.
Baldwin.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this llth day of July, 19610 by the
following vote of the Board;
AYES: Supervisors James P. Kenny, Mel F. Nielsen,
Thomas John Coll, Joseph S. Silva.
NOES: None.
ABSENT: Supervisor Edmund A. Linscheid.
RCSOLUTION NO. f�z 0,