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House Bill 1777




    Florida House of Representatives - 1997                HM 1777

        By Representatives Constantine, K. Pruitt, Laurent,
    Sembler, Bronson and Rayson





  1                          House Memorial

  2         A memorial to the Congress of the United States

  3         urging appropriation of certain funds for

  4         Everglades restoration.

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  6         WHEREAS, Florida's Everglades is the largest wetland

  7  and subtropical wilderness in the United States, and a rare

  8  ecological resource of national significance, and

  9         WHEREAS, the Everglades National Park has been

10  designated an International Biosphere Reserve, an Outstanding

11  Florida Water, and a United Nations World Heritage Site, and

12         WHEREAS, the Arthur R. Marshall Loxahatchee National

13  Wildlife Refuge has been designated an Outstanding Florida

14  Water and a critical habitat for the endangered snail kite,

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16         WHEREAS, the United States was a signatory to the 1993

17  Statement of Principles endorsing shared responsibility for

18  implementing Everglades restoration through a mediated

19  technical plan, and

20         WHEREAS, the Florida Legislature passed the Everglades

21  Forever Act, adopting the 1993 Statement of Principles and the

22  mediated technical plan, and providing for Everglades

23  restoration through implementation of the Everglades

24  Construction Project, and

25         WHEREAS, dedicated state and local revenues have been

26  made available to support the Everglades Construction Project,

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28         WHEREAS, project components for which the Federal

29  Government is financially responsible have been funded from

30  state and local revenues, and

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    Florida House of Representatives - 1997                HM 1777

    502-161-97






  1         WHEREAS, federal moneys for Everglades restoration have

  2  been authorized by the 1996 Water Resources Development Act,

  3  NOW, THEREFORE,

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  5  Be It Resolved by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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  7         That the Congress of the United States is requested to

  8  appropriate funds as authorized in the 1996 Water Resources

  9  Development Act (Section 315) for construction of an enlarged

10  stormwater detention area, Stormwater Treatment Area 1 East,

11  generally in accordance with the plan of improvements

12  described in the February 15, 1994, report entitled

13  "Everglades Protection Project, Palm Beach County, Florida,

14  Conceptual Design."

15         BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this memorial be

16  dispatched to the President of the United States, to the

17  President of the United States Senate, to the Speaker of the

18  United States House of Representatives, and to each member of

19  the Florida delegation to the United States Congress.

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