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1 HOUSE RESOLUTION
2 WHEREAS, The Illinois Basin is a leading producer of coal
3 throughout the world; and
4 WHEREAS, Coal remains vital to the economy of Southern
5 Illinois, having an estimated $750 billion worth of
6 recoverable coal; and
7 WHEREAS, Private utility companies are working with
8 researchers in the development of clean-coal programs that
9 make Illinois' high-sulfurcoal more attractive to coal-fired
10 power plants; and
11 WHEREAS, State-supported coal research programs fund the
12 research and development of technologies that keep Illinois
13 basin coal ecologically and economically competitive with
14 other energy sources; and
15 WHEREAS, Illinois reclamation laws permit reclaimed land
16 to be used for a variety of uses, including cropland,
17 pasture, wildlife, forestry, and recreation; and
18 WHEREAS, The United States currently has no formal energy
19 policy, therefore, be it
20 RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
21 NINETY-FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
22 we urge the United States Congress to adopt a NATIONAL ENERGY
23 POLICY that promotes coal as a primary source of energy for
24 the United States of America.