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R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, The United States House of Representatives and the United
States Senate approved Accelerated Public Works/Countercyclical
Assistance legislation (HR 5247) ; and,
WHEREAS , HR 5247 would have authorized the expenditure of 6 billion
dollars for public works construction projects as well as funding
for the maintenance of basic local government services but would
have allocated project dollars to local government jurlVdictions
primarily according to levels of local unemployment; and,
WHEREAS, the City of Fort Worth recognizes the need for local govern-
ment funding assistance but maintains that the existing General Revenue
Sharing Program would , if reenacted by the Congress, have the same
impact as HR 5247 but on a significantly more equitable basis ; and,
Vol", WHEREAS, the Presidential Veto of HR 5247 enhances the possibility of
a reenactment of the State and Local Fiscal Assistance Act (General
Revenue Sharing) or some similar, equitable legislation; NOW,
THEREFORE,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH;
SECTION 1. That the City Council of the City of Fort Worth encourages
all members of the Congress and specifically the Fort Worth area del-
egation and the United States Senators from the State of Texas to
vote to sustain the Presidential veto of HR 5247.
SECTION 2 . That copies of this resolution be prepared and transmitted,
to the President of the United States, the Fort Worth area Congressional
delegation and the United States Senators from the State of Texas .
SECTION 3 . That this resolution shall take effect immediately from
and after its passage in accordance with the Charter of the City of
Fort Worth and it is accordingly so resolved this 16th day of February,
1976 .
Adopted February 16, 1976.