Bill 1414

                    Current Status

Introducing Body:               Senate
Bill Number:                    1414
Primary Sponsor:                Passailaigue
Type of Legislation:            CR
Subject:                        Military base closures
Date Bill Passed both Bodies:   19940602    
Computer Document Number:       1414
Introduced Date:                19940517    
Last History Body:              Senate
Last History Date:              19940602    
Last History Type:              Received from House
Scope of Legislation:           Statewide
All Sponsors:                   Passailaigue
                                     McConnell
                                     Richter
                                     Greg Smith
                                     McGill
                                     Ford
                                     Rose
                                     Washington
Type of Legislation:            Concurrent
                                Resolution

Bill  Body    Date          Action Description              CMN  Leg Involved
____  ______  ____________  ______________________________  ___  ____________

1414  Senate  19940602      Received from House
1414  House   19940602      Adopted, returned with
                            concurrence
1414  House   19940519      Committee Report: Favorable     24
1414  House   19940518      Introduced, referred to         24
                            Committee
1414  Senate  19940517      Introduced, adopted, sent to
                            House

COMMITTEE REPORT

May 19, 1994

S. 1414

Introduced by SENATORS Passailaigue, McConnell, Richter, Greg Smith, McGill, Ford, Rose and Washington

S. Printed 5/19/94--H.

Read the first time May 18, 1994.

To whom was referred a Concurrent Resolution (S. 1414), to urge the United States Congress and the President of the United States to approve H. R. 4311 which would delay the 1995 military base closures until 1997, etc., respectfully

That they have duly and carefully considered the same, and recommend that the same do pass:

DEWITT WILLIAMS, for Committee.

A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION

TO URGE THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS AND THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES TO APPROVE H. R. 4311 WHICH WOULD DELAY THE 1995 MILITARY BASE CLOSURES UNTIL 1997 AND TO URGE THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO DIRECT REMEDIAL EFFORTS TO THE COMMUNITIES NOW STRUGGLING TO RECOVER FROM BASE CLOSURES IN 1988, 1991, AND 1993.

Whereas, the cost of closing bases in terms of both actual costs and associated direct economic impact on the affected communities is estimated to be over $100 billion and far exceeds the potential savings of an estimated $3 billion; and

Whereas, the negative annual economic impact to Charleston, alone, exceeds $2 billion; and

Whereas, extensive planning and effort is necessary to solve the problems of adjustment which have and will affect the communities that have had the military as their core industrial base; and

Whereas, the existing plan to close bases has not been implemented with sufficient forethought or contemplation of the actual impact; and

Whereas, H. R. 4311, which would delay the 1995 closures, has been introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives by Representative James Hansen (R-Utah) and is co-sponsored by Representative Floyd Spence of our State. Now, therefore,

Be it resolved by the Senate, the House of Representatives concurring:

That the United States Congress and the President of the United States are urged to approve H. R. 4311 and implement remedial actions immediately which would help the communities negatively affected by base closures.

Be it further resolved that a copy of this resolution be forwarded to

the President of the United States, the President of the United States Senate, the Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, and to each of the eight members of the South Carolina Congressional Delegation.