Florida 2022 Regular Session

Florida House Bill H0245 Compare Versions

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13	13	A memorial to the Congress of the United States, 2
14	14	requesting Congress to pass House Resolution 3339, 3
15	15	creating a National Infrastructure Bank to finance 4
16	16	urgently needed infrastructure projects. 5
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18	18	WHEREAS, the American Society of Civil Engineers gave the 7
19	19	United States a grade of C - in its America's Infrastructure 8
20	20	Report Card 2021 and reported that more than $4.5 trillion would 9
21	21	be needed to restore the nation's infrastr ucture to a state of 10
22	22	good repair, yet less than half of that amount is currently 11
23	23	funded and the remainder is inadequately funded, and 12
24	24	WHEREAS, new 21st century projects are also unfunded, and 13
25	25	WHEREAS, 13 percent of Florida's roads are in poor 14
26	26	condition, costing drivers in Florida roughly $425 per year to 15
27	27	drive in the state, and 15 percent of Florida's bridges are at 16
28	28	least 50 years old and 2.9 percent are rated structurally 17
29	29	deficient, and 18
30	30	WHEREAS, Florida has serious water infrastructure issues 19
31	31	and the state's drinking water needs total an estimated $21.9 20
32	32	billion, wastewater needs are estimated to total $18.4 billion, 21
33	33	and stormwater management needs are estimated to be $1.1 22
34	34	billion, and 23
35	35	WHEREAS, the National Low Income Housing Coalition reports 24
36	36	a shortage of 384,743 affordable rental homes available for 25 
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47	47	extremely low-income renters, and Florida International 26
48	48	University in its reports titled "Miami's Housing Affordability 27
49	49	Crisis" has documented that six in 10 employed adult residents 28
50	50	of Greater Miami spend more than 30 percent of their incomes on 29
51	51	housing, which is the highest rate of any large metro area in 30
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53	53	WHEREAS, on May 19, 2021, Congress introduced House 32
54	54	Resolution 3339 (HR 3339), the National Infrastructure Bank Act 33
55	55	of 2021, which will create a new $5 trillion national 34
56	56	infrastructure bank to invest in infrastructure projects, and 35
57	57	WHEREAS, the National Infrastructure Bank Act of 2021 would 36
58	58	require no new federal spending and no new federal taxes and 37
59	59	would be capitalized by repurposing e xisting Treasury debt, as 38
60	60	was done previously in this country's history, and 39
61	61	WHEREAS, the National Infrastructure Bank Act of 2021 would 40
62	62	help finance Florida's infrastructure in partnership with the 41
63	63	state, county, and other local governments, and 42
64	64	WHEREAS, the National Infrastructure Bank Act of 2021 would 43
65	65	build infrastructure, create jobs in rural and urban 44
66	66	communities, end poverty, bring broadband connectivity into 45
67	67	every corner of the state regardless of cost, fix all roads not 46
68	68	covered by Congress, and w ould finance new rail lines, including 47
69	69	high speed rail, connecting Florida both north -south and east-48
70	70	west to the southeast and beyond, and 49 
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81	81	WHEREAS, the National Infrastructure Bank Act of 2021 would 50
82	82	further develop Florida's ports, build 7 million afford able 51
83	83	housing units in the nation, including in Florida, and hire and 52
84	84	train people who lost their jobs during the COVID -19 pandemic 53
85	85	and employ them in high -paying jobs to build necessary 54
86	86	infrastructure, and 55
87	87	WHEREAS, the National Infrastructure Bank is mode led on 56
88	88	previous banks that helped build much of this nation's 57
89	89	infrastructure under Presidents George Washington, James 58
90	90	Madison, Abraham Lincoln, and Franklin D. Roosevelt, the last 59
91	91	president who helped bring this country out of the Depression 60
92	92	and win World War II, and 61
93	93	WHEREAS, the National Infrastructure Bank Act of 2021 would 62
94	94	create 25 million new jobs, mandate large -scale minority hiring, 63
95	95	pay Davis-Bacon wages, include Buy American provisions, and 64
96	96	provide disadvantaged business enterprises with signific ant 65
97	97	disbursements, and 66
98	98	WHEREAS, according to experts, the National Infrastructure 67
99	99	Bank Act of 2021 would grow the economy by 5 percent per year as 68
100	100	did its predecessors, and 69
101	101	WHEREAS, 21 state legislatures have introduced or passed 70
102	102	resolutions in support o f HR 3339, as have county and city 71
103	103	councils, including the Alachua Board of County Commissioners, 72
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116	116	WHEREAS, national organizations have also passed 75
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119	119	Association of Counties, the US High Speed Rail Association, the 78
120	120	National Latino Farmers and Ranchers, the American Sustainable 79
121	121	Business Council, the National Association of Minority 80
122	122	Contractors, the National Federation of Federal Employees, as 81
123	123	well as many community and labor organizations, NOW, THEREFORE, 82
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125	125	Be It Resolved by the House of Representatives of the State of 84
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128	128	That the United States Congress is requested to pass House 87
129	129	Resolution 3339, the National Infrastructure Bank Act of 2021, 88
130	130	creating a National Infrastructure Bank to finance urgently 89
131	131	needed infrastructure projects. 90
132	132	BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this memorial be 91
133	133	presented to the President of the United States, to the 92
134	134	President of the United States Senate, to the Speaker of the 93
135	135	United States House of Representatives, and to each member of 94
136	136	the Florida delegation to the United States Congress. 95