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1 SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION
2 WHEREAS, The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
3 stated in its 2021 report card that the United States received
4 a grade of C- regarding the current state of infrastructure
5 and that more than six trillion dollars is needed to restore
6 the nation's infrastructure to a state of good repair; over
7 two trillion dollars is currently not funded, and the
8 remainder is inadequately funded; new, 21st Century projects
9 are also unfunded; and
10 WHEREAS, The Illinois ASCE 2022 Report Card assigned the
11 State's systems a cumulative grade of "C-"; the report
12 analyzes 11 categories of infrastructure pertinent to
13 Illinois, including aviation (C+), bridges (C), dams (C+),
14 drinking water (D+), inland waterways (D), ports (C-), rail
15 (C+), roads (D+), storm water (D+), transit (D+), and
16 wastewater (C-); and
17 WHEREAS, Out of four million total water service lines,
18 over 675,000 have been identified as lead and almost 380,000
19 as copper with lead solder services; and
20 WHEREAS, Illinois' aging drinking water infrastructure is
21 leading to leaking pipelines, costing taxpayers money and
22 critical resources; in 2017, a total of 106 million gallons
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1 per day (MGD) were lost among Lake Michigan allocation
2 permittees, or 13% of total water supplied; additional funding
3 is needed for aging storm water infrastructure that must keep
4 up with increasing rainfall trends from climate change; and
5 WHEREAS, Illinois needs at least 300,000 new units of
6 affordable housing for the most housing insecure; and
7 WHEREAS, There are 2,405 bridges in poor condition, or 9%
8 of all bridges in the State that are crossed by motorists every
9 day; approximately 70% of Illinois bridges in poor condition
10 are owned by counties, towns, or cities, suggesting the local
11 maintenance backlog is a significant challenge; and
12 WHEREAS, U.S. Reps. Danny Davis and Jesus "Chuy" Garcia
13 introduced H.R. 4052 (The National Infrastructure Bank Act) on
14 June 13, 2023 in the 118th U.S. Congress; this would create a
15 $5 trillion bank to finance all infrastructure requirements to
16 bring the system to a state of good repair and build new
17 projects; and
18 WHEREAS, The new national infrastructure bank is modeled
19 on previous banks that helped build much of the country's
20 infrastructure under Presidents George Washington, James
21 Madison, Abraham Lincoln, and Franklin D. Roosevelt; the last
22 such bank helped bring us out of the Great Depression and win
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1 World War II; and
2 WHEREAS, The new national infrastructure bank will create
3 25 million new jobs, pay Davis-Bacon wages, and enforce Buy
4 America provisions; Disadvantaged Business Enterprises will
5 receive significant disbursements, and the bill mandates
6 large-scale minority hiring; the bank will require no new
7 federal spending or federal taxes; according to experts, the
8 bank will grow the economy by 5% per year as did its
9 predecessors; and
10 WHEREAS, Many organizations are in support of a new
11 national infrastructure bank, including the National Black
12 Caucus of State Legislators, the National Hispanic Caucus of
13 State Legislators, the National Asian-Pacific American Caucus
14 of State Legislators, the Council of State Governments-East,
15 the National Association of Counties, the National Association
16 of Development Organizations, the US High Speed Rail
17 Association, the National Latino Farmers and Ranchers Trade
18 Association, the American Sustainable Business Council, the
19 National Association of Minority Contractors, and the United
20 Association of Plumbers and Steamfitters International Union;
21 in addition, 26 state legislatures have introduced or passed
22 resolutions of support, as have county and city councils,
23 including the Chicago City Council; therefore, be it
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1 RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL
2 ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE HOUSE OF
3 REPRESENTATIVES CONCURRING HEREIN, that we urge the United
4 States Congress to pass H.R. 4052 to create a new national
5 infrastructure bank to finance urgently needed infrastructure
6 projects; and be it further
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