[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 15]
[Senate]
[Page 22579]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                        PETITIONS AND MEMORIALS

  The following petitions and memorials were laid before the Senate and 
were referred or ordered to lie on the table as indicated:

       POM-628. A resolution adopted by the National Conference of 
     Lieutenant Governors relative to a national dialogue on long 
     term car financing reform; to the Committee on Finance.
       POM-629. A concurrent resolution adopted by Legislature of 
     the Assembly of the State of Ohio relative to the funding of 
     the employment security system; to the Committee on 
     Appropriations.

                          H. Con. Res. No. 60

       Whereas, Employers pay a federal tax under the Federal 
     Unemployment Tax Act (FUTA), 53 Stat. 183 (1939), 26 U.S.C.A. 
     3301, as a payroll tax that produces revenue dedicated solely 
     to use in the federal-state employment security system; and
       Whereas, These employers' payroll taxes pay for 
     administering the employment security system, providing 
     veterans' reemployment assistance, and producing labor market 
     information to assist in matching workers' skills with the 
     employment needs of employers; and
       Whereas, Congressional appropriations do not return dollar-
     for-dollar funds to states, despite adequate availability of 
     funds from dedicated employer taxes, and only thirty-nine 
     cents of every dollar of FUTA taxes paid by Ohio employers is 
     returned to Ohio for dedicated employment security purposes; 
     and
       Whereas, Congressional appropriations do not provide 
     adequate, predictable resources and have not kept pace with 
     the fixed costs of operating the employment security system, 
     administering the employment security system, providing 
     veterans' reemployment assistance, and producing labor market 
     information; and
       Whereas, The Ohio General Assembly has been forced to 
     provide state general revenue funding to maintain quality 
     service and make technological enhancements because of the 
     unavailability of FUTA tax revenue dedicated for this 
     purpose; now therefore be it
       Resolved, That the General Assembly of the State of Ohio 
     urges the Congress of the United States to propose and pass 
     legislation to return adequate funding to states to fund the 
     employment security system, ensuring a fair return to 
     employers for the FUTA taxes they pay; and be it further
       Resolved, That the Clerk of the House of Representatives 
     transmit duly authenticated copies of this Resolution to the 
     members of the Ohio Congressional delegation, to the Speaker 
     and Clerk of the United States House of Representatives, to 
     the President Pro Tempore and Secretary of the United States 
     Senate, and to the news media of Ohio.

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