[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 143 (Tuesday, August 11, 2020)]
[Senate]
[Pages S5389-S5390]
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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