Full Text of HR0402 99th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The November 17, 2013 tornado outbreak was the | 3 | | deadliest and costliest in Illinois to occur in the month of | 4 | | November and fourth largest for the State overall; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Severe weather during the tornado outbreak caused | 6 | | over 100 injuries and 11 fatalities, 8 of which were tornado | 7 | | related; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, With damage estimated at approximately $1.6 | 9 | | billion, the tornado outbreak became the seventh weather event | 10 | | and fifth tornado outbreak in the United States to accrue over | 11 | | $1 billion in damage that year; and | 12 | | WHEREAS, Tornadoes alone were responsible for $1.067 | 13 | | billion in damage, with the EF4 tornado that struck Washington, | 14 | | Illinois accounting for $935 million of the total; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, On January 9, 2014, the Federal Emergency | 16 | | Management Agency notified the State that it was denying a $6.1 | 17 | | million request for local governments on the grounds that the | 18 | | damage wasn't severe enough; this decision impacted Champaign, | 19 | | Douglas, Grundy, Massac, Tazewell, Vermilion, Washington, | 20 | | Wayne, and Woodford counties; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, The Federal Emergency Management Agency twice | 2 | | denied disaster funding to Harrisburg after it was demolished | 3 | | by tornadoes in 2012; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, Illinois Senators Dick Durbin and Mark Kirk have | 5 | | introduced the Fairness in Federal Disaster Declarations Act; | 6 | | both senators say that the current system for delivering | 7 | | federal disaster assistance funds discriminates against | 8 | | smaller communities in states with large population centers; | 9 | | therefore, be it
| 10 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 11 | | NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 12 | | urge Congress to pass the Fairness in Federal Disaster | 13 | | Declarations Act to ensure that Illinois residents who are | 14 | | impacted by deadly and destructive weather receive the level of | 15 | | assistance that they require; and be it further
| 16 | | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | 17 | | delivered to the Speaker and Minority Leader of the United | 18 | | States House of Representatives, the Majority and Minority | 19 | | Leaders of the United States Senate, and the members of the | 20 | | Illinois congressional delegation.
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