Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the President should immediately transmit to Congress the President's recommendations for emergency response actions, including appropriate offsets, to provide relief and assistance to the victims of Hurricane Floyd.

Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the President should immediately transmit to Congress his recommendations for emergency response actions, including appropriate offsets, to provide relief and assistance to the victims of Hurricane Floyd.

[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 349 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. RES. 349

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the President 
should immediately transmit to Congress the President's recommendations 
   for emergency response actions, including appropriate offsets, to 
    provide relief and assistance to the victims of Hurricane Floyd.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            November 1, 1999

Mr. Taylor of North Carolina (for himself, Mr. Jones of North Carolina, 
 Mr. Coble, Mrs. Myrick, Mr. Ballenger, Mr. Hayes, Mr. Etheridge, Mrs. 
  Clayton, Mr. McIntyre, Mr. Burr of North Carolina, and Mr. Price of 
North Carolina) submitted the following resolution; which was referred 
         to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

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                               RESOLUTION


 
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the President 
should immediately transmit to Congress the President's recommendations 
   for emergency response actions, including appropriate offsets, to 
    provide relief and assistance to the victims of Hurricane Floyd.

    Resolved,

SECTION 1. FINDINGS.

    The House of Representatives finds the following:
            (1) Hurricane Floyd made landfall on the coast of North 
        Carolina on September 15, 1999, as a category two hurricane.
            (2) In the State of North Carolina alone, the hurricane 
        caused the deaths of at least 50 individuals, damage to more 
        than 40,000 homes, and billions of dollars in infrastructure 
        damage and agricultural losses.
            (3) Citizens of the States of Florida, Georgia, South 
        Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, 
        Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, and Connecticut have 
        registered for Federal disaster relief aid as a result of 
        Hurricane Floyd.
            (4) More than 6 weeks after this disaster, the citizens of 
        these States continue to await critical assistance from the 
        Federal government to rebuild their homes, businesses, and 
        lives.

SEC. 2. SENSE OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

    It is the sense of the House of Representatives that the President 
should immediately transmit to Congress the President's recommendations 
for emergency response actions, including appropriate offsets, to 
provide relief and assistance to the victims of Hurricane Floyd.
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