0001|                          SENATE MEMORIAL 28
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0002|     43RD LEGISLATURE - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - SECOND SESSION, 1998
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0003|                            INTRODUCED BY
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0004|                              JOHN PINTO
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0010|                              A MEMORIAL
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0011|     REQUESTING THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION TO
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0012|     USE FUNDS AUTHORIZED BY THE INTERMODAL SURFACE TRANSPORTATION
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0013|     EFFICIENCY ACT OF 1991 FROM THE INDIAN ROADS CONSTRUCTION FUND
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0014|     TO CONSTRUCT THE HOGBACK BRIDGE AND IMPROVE CONNECTING ROADS
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0015|     NAVAJO 36A AND UNITED STATES HIGHWAY 64.
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0016|     
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0017|          WHEREAS, through various treaties and acts of congress,
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0018|     the federal government has promised Indian nations, tribes and
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0019|     pueblos certain goods and services, one of which is
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0020|     transportation services, to serve the social and economic
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0021|     needs of the Indian nations, tribes and pueblos; and 
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0022|          WHEREAS, Indian nations, tribes and pueblos are totally
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0023|     dependent on the federal transportation programs for their
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0024|     transportation needs because they are not eligible under
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0025|     federal law to administer federal highway trust funds directly
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0001|     or to receive a portion of fuel revenue collected on Indian
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0002|     reservations for transportation purposes; and 
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0003|          WHEREAS, there is a critical need to improve
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0004|     transportation services on the Indian reservations throughout
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0005|     the United States to promote economic development, improve
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0006|     health care, enhance education and increase employment; and 
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0007|          WHEREAS, the Indian nations, tribes and pueblos recognize
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0008|     and appreciate the support the transportation programs have
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0009|     contributed to the success of many social and economic
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0010|     development efforts on all Indian reservations; and 
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0011|          WHEREAS, pursuant to the federal Surface Transportation
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0012|     Assistance Act of 1982, the United States secretary of
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0013|     transportation is to allocate funds authorized to be
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0014|     appropriated for Indian reservation roads in accordance with
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0015|     the relative needs of the various Indian reservations; 
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0016|          NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE OF THE STATE
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0017|     OF NEW MEXICO that the United States department of
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0018|     transportation be requested to use funds authorized by the
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0019|     federal Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of
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0020|     1991 from the Indian roads construction fund to construct the
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0021|     Hogback bridge and improve Navajo 36A and United States
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0022|     highway 64; and 
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0023|          BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this memorial be
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0024|     transmitted to the president of the United States, the New
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0025|     Mexico congressional delegation, the United States secretary
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0001|     of transportation, the Navajo nation council and the president
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0002|     of the Navajo nation.
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0005|          
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