HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 21

(By Mr. Speaker, Mr. Kiss, and Delegates Boggs, Amores, Anderson, Angotti, Armstead, Ashley, Azinger, Beach, Beane, Border, Brown, Browning, Butcher, Campbell, Cann, Canterbury, Caputo, Carmichael, Coleman, Compton, Craig, DeLong, Dempsey, Douglas, Doyle, Ellem, Ennis, Evans, Fahey, Faircloth, Ferrell, Flanigan, Fleischauer, Fletcher, Fox, Fragale, Frederick, Givens, Hall, Harrison, Hatfield, Hrutkay, Hubbard, Keener, Kominar, Kuhn, Leach, Leggett, Louisos, Mahan, Manchin, Manuel, Marshall, Martin, Mathews, McGraw, Mezzatesta, Michael, Morgan, Overington, Paxton, Perdue, Perry, Pethtel, Pino, Poling, Proudfoot, Prunty, Romine, Schadler, Shaver, Shelton, Smirl, J. Smith, L. Smith, Spencer, Stalnaker, Staton, Stemple, Stephens, Susman, Swartzmiller, R. Thompson, R. M. Thompson, Trump, Tucker, Varner, Walters, Warner, Webb, Webster, C. White, G. White, H. White, Williams, Wills, Wright and Yeager)


[Introduced February 11, 2002; referred to the

Committee on Rules.]


Urging the United States Congress to pass into law Senate Bill 1683 currently pending before it.

Whereas, The United States Congress has pending before it for consideration, the "Hunters Help the Hungry Act" (i.e., Senate Bill 1683), which was recently introduced by Senator Tom Harkin from Iowa; and
Whereas, The Act is intended to provide assistance to the forty-eight states which operate support programs to help process game meat and deliver it to food banks in order to provide sustenance to the hungry of this country; and
Whereas, There are great numbers of Americans who do not have access to enough food to meet their basic needs and Senate Bill 1683 is designed to significantly contribute to addressing that problem; therefore, be it
Resolved by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That the United States Congress is hereby urged to pass Senate Bill 1683; and, be it
Further Resolved, That the Clerk is hereby directed to provide a copy of this resolution to all members of this State's Congressional Delegation, the President of the United States, Senator Thomas Harkin of Iowa, the Speaker of the United States House of Representatives and the Majority Leader of the United States Senate.