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From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
PETITIONS AND MEMORIALS
The following petition or memorial was laid before the Senate and was
referred or ordered to lie on the table as indicated:
POM-232. A joint resolution adopted by the Legislature of
the State of Nevada urging the United States Congress and the
President of the United States to provide flexible funding
for state, local, and tribal governments to account for
anticipated public budget shortfalls as a result of the
COVID-19 pandemic; to the Committee on Finance.
Assembly Joint Resolution No. 1
Whereas, The rapid spread of the novel coronavirus disease
2019, abbreviated as COVID-19, was declared a pandemic by the
World Health Organization on March 11, 2020, and a national
emergency by President Donald J. Trump on March 13, 2020; and
Whereas, State, local and tribal governments have been on
the front lines of the response to the COVID-19 pandemic,
taking decisive and dramatic actions, including ordering the
closure of nonessential businesses and issuing stay-at-home
orders, in an effort to comply with guidance from the Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention of the United States
Department of Health and Human Services and protect the
health and welfare of their citizens; and
Whereas, As the result of these momentous actions to combat
the COVID-19 pandemic, state, local and tribal governments,
many of which were flourishing economically before the
outbreak of COVID-19, now face economic and fiscal crises of
unprecedented proportions; and
Whereas, The Honorable Steve Sisolak, Governor of the State
of Nevada, rapidly took action to combat the COVID-19
pandemic in the State of Nevada, issuing a series of
Emergency Directives which, among other things, directed
Nevadans to stay at home and provided for the closure of
schools, casinos and gaming establishments and nonessential
businesses; and
Whereas, The unemployment rate in the State of Nevada,
which stood at a historically low 3.6 percent in February
2020, increased in just two months to 30.1 percent in April
2020, which is the highest level ever reported by a state in
modern history; and
Whereas, The State of Nevada's General Fund now faces an
estimated shortfall of approximately $1.2 billion in Fiscal
Year 2020-2021; and
Whereas, The State of Nevada and local and tribal
governments in this State will be forced, just as other
state, local and tribal governments in similar positions will
be forced, to implement deep cuts in services and programs,
many of which affect persons most impacted by the COVID-19
pandemic, unless federal relief is granted; now, therefore,
be it
Resolved by the Assembly and Senate of the State of Nevada,
Jointly, That the members of the 31st Special Session of the
Nevada Legislature hereby urge President Donald J. Trump and
the Congress of the United States of America to provide
further flexible funding for state, local and tribal
governments to assist with anticipated public budget
shortfalls as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic; and be it
further
Resolved, That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly prepare and
transmit a copy of this
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resolution to the President of the United States, the Vice
President of the United States as the presiding officer of
the Senate, the Speaker of the House of Representatives and
each member of the Nevada Congressional Delegation; and be it
further
Resolved, That this resolution becomes effective upon
passage.
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