Full Text of HR0291 103rd General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, Illinois' pivotal role as a hub between maritime | 3 | | transportation on the Great Lakes and inland river system, | 4 | | including 1,100 miles of navigable waterways on the Illinois, | 5 | | Ohio, and Mississippi River systems, make it central to the | 6 | | nation's transportation system; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, The recent global pandemic and hostilities in | 8 | | Europe have demonstrated the critical importance of | 9 | | maintaining resilient domestic industries and transportation | 10 | | services for the citizens and workforce of Illinois; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, The Merchant Marine Act of 1920, known as the | 12 | | Jones Act and codified in Title 46 of the United States Code, | 13 | | requires that vessels carrying cargo between locations in the | 14 | | United States be owned by American companies, crewed by | 15 | | American mariners, and built in American shipyards; and | 16 | | WHEREAS, Illinois is home to 19,500 maritime jobs | 17 | | supported by the Jones Act, the ninth highest among all | 18 | | states, that generate more than $1.3 billion in worker income; | 19 | | and | 20 | | WHEREAS, Maritime industry jobs create ladders of | 21 | | opportunity through high-paying, family-wage careers that |
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| 1 | | offer significant advancement opportunities without requiring | 2 | | advanced formal education; and
| 3 | | WHEREAS, The more than 40,000 vessel strong Jones Act | 4 | | fleet supports nearly 650,000 family-wage jobs and over $154 | 5 | | billion in economic output nationally and $4.87 billion to the | 6 | | Illinois economy; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, Mariners aboard Jones Act vessels strengthen | 8 | | America's homeland security as added eyes and ears monitoring | 9 | | the nation's 95,000 miles of shoreline and 25,000 miles of | 10 | | navigable inland waterways; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, America's ability to project and deploy forces | 12 | | globally and supply and maintain military installations | 13 | | domestically depends on the civilian fleet of Jones Act | 14 | | vessels and mariners; therefore, be it
| 15 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 16 | | HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 17 | | we affirm our resolute support for the Jones Act and celebrate | 18 | | the more than 100-year history of the Jones Act in fostering a | 19 | | strong domestic maritime industry that is critical to Illinois | 20 | | workers and families and to the nation's economic prosperity | 21 | | and national security; and be it further
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| 1 | | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | 2 | | delivered to each member of the Illinois Congressional | 3 | | Delegation.
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