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HJM005..............................................by REVENUE AND TAXATION
SECURITY AND PROSPERITY PARTNERSHIP OF NORTH AMERICA - Stating findings of
the Legislature and urging Congress to use all efforts, energies and
diligence to withdraw the United States from any further participation in
the Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America or any other
bilateral or multilateral activity that seeks to advance, authorize, fund
or in any way promote the creation of any structure to create any form of
North American Union.
03/05 House intro - 1st rdg - to printing
03/06 Rpt prt - to Transp
03/07 Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
03/08 2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
03/12 3rd rdg - ADOPTED - voice vote
Floor Sponsor - Wood(35)
Title apvd - to Senate
03/13 Senate intro - 1st rdg - to St Aff
03/21 Rpt out - rec d/p - to 10th Ord
03/22 10th Ord - ADOPTED - 24-10-1
AYES -- Andreason, Bair, Bastian, Cameron, Corder, Darrington, Davis,
Fulcher, Gannon, Geddes, Goedde, Hammond, Heinrich, Hill, Jorgenson,
Keough, Lodge, Malepeai, McGee, McKague, McKenzie, Pearce,
Richardson, Siddoway
NAYS -- Bilyeu, Broadsword, Burkett, Coiner, Kelly, Langhorst,
Little, Stegner, Stennett, Werk
Absent and excused -- Schroeder
Floor Sponsor - Pearce
Title apvd - to House
03/22 To enrol - Rpt enrol - Sp signed
03/23 Pres signed
03/26 To Secretary of State
]]]] LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO ]]]]
Fifty-ninth Legislature First Regular Session - 2007
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
HOUSE JOINT MEMORIAL NO. 5
BY REVENUE AND TAXATION COMMITTEE
1 A JOINT MEMORIAL
2 TO THE SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE UNITED STATES IN CONGRESS
3 ASSEMBLED, AND TO THE CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION REPRESENTING THE STATE OF
4 IDAHO IN THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES.
5 We, your Memorialists, the House of Representatives and the Senate of the
6 State of Idaho assembled in the First Regular Session of the Fifty-ninth Idaho
7 Legislature, do hereby respectfully represent that:
8 WHEREAS, the U.S. Department of State, the U.S. Department of Commerce and
9 the U.S. Department of Homeland Security participated in the formation of the
10 Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America (SPP) on March 23, 2005,
11 representing a trilateral agreement between Canada, Mexico and the United
12 States designed, among other things, to facilitate common regulatory schemes
13 between these countries; and
14 WHEREAS, reports issued by the SPP indicate that it has implemented regu-
15 latory changes among the three countries that circumvent United States trade,
16 transportation, homeland security and border security functions and that it is
17 the intention of SPP to continue toward a North American Union in the future;
18 and
19 WHEREAS, the actions taken by the SPP to coordinate border security by
20 eliminating obstacles to migration between Mexico and the United States actu-
21 ally makes the United States-Mexico border less secure and more vulnerable to
22 possible terrorist activities, and Mexico is the primary source country of
23 illegal immigrants, illegal drug entry and illegal human smuggling into the
24 United States; and
25 WHEREAS, according to the U.S. Department of Commerce, the United States
26 trade deficits with Mexico and Canada have significantly increased since the
27 implementation of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), and the
28 volume of imports from Mexico has soared since NAFTA, straining security
29 checks at the U.S. border; and
30 WHEREAS, the economic and physical security of the United States is
31 impaired by the potential loss of control of its borders attendant to the full
32 operation of NAFTA and the SPP; and
33 WHEREAS, the regulatory and border security changes implemented and pro-
34 posed by the SPP violate and threaten United States sovereignty; and
35 WHEREAS, the NAFTA Superhighway System from the west coast of Mexico
36 through the United States and into Canada has been suggested as part of a
37 North American Union to facilitate trade between the SPP countries; and
38 WHEREAS, the stability and economic viability of the U.S. ports along the
39 western coast will be seriously compromised by huge cargos off-loaded at
40 cheaper labor cost from foreign traders into the ports of Mazatlan and Lazaro
41 Cardenas; and
42 WHEREAS, the state of Texas has already approved and begun planning of the
43 Trans-Texas Corridor, a major multi-modal transportation project beginning at
44 the United States-Mexico border, which would serve as an initial section of
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1 the NAFTA Superhighway System; and
2 WHEREAS, plans of Asian trading powers to divert cargo from U.S. ports
3 such as Los Angeles to ports in Mexico will only put pressure on border
4 inspectors, interfering with their already overwhelming job of intercepting
5 the flow of drugs and illegals flowing into this country; and
6 WHEREAS, future unrestricted foreign trucking into the United States can
7 pose a safety hazard due to inadequate maintenance and inspection, and the
8 Transportation Security Administration's (TSA) lack of background checks for
9 violations in Mexico, lack of drug and alcohol testing, lack of enforcement of
10 size and weight requirements and lack of national security procedures, which
11 threaten the American people and undermine the very charge given to our
12 homeland security agency to defend our borders against these threats; and
13 WHEREAS, the Eisenhower National Highway System was designed for the
14 national security of the United States for movement of the military, purposes
15 of commerce from state to state, not from foreign countries, and this highway
16 system should not be compromised by treaties or agreements with other coun-
17 tries that would supplant the control and management of our nation's highways
18 by our U.S. Department of Transportation and the various states; and
19 WHEREAS, we strongly object to any treaty or agreement, which threatens to
20 violate national security, private property, United States commerce, constitu-
21 tional rights and American sovereignty and emphasize our commitment to the
22 Pacific Northwest Economic Region (PNWER) and other cooperative working
23 nations in mutual beneficial goals; and
24 WHEREAS, this trilateral partnership to develop a North American Union has
25 never been presented to Congress as an agreement or treaty, and has had virtu-
26 ally no congressional oversight; and
27 WHEREAS, recent reports on internet news, Friday, January 26, 2007,
28 WorldNetDaily, stating that Congressman Poe (R-Texas) asked about the U.S.
29 Department of Transportation's work with the trade group North American Super-
30 Corridor Coalition, Inc. (NASCO) and the department's plans to build the
31 Trans-Texas Corridor, Congressman Poe was told that the NAFTA agreement super-
32 highway corridor plans exist to move goods from Mexico through the United
33 States to Canada; and
34 WHEREAS, American citizens and state and local governments throughout the
35 United States would be negatively impacted by the SPP process.
36 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the members of the First Regular Session
37 of the Fifty-ninth Idaho Legislature, the House of Representatives and the
38 Senate concurring therein, that we emphatically urge and petition the Congress
39 of the United States and particularly the congressional delegation represent-
40 ing the state of Idaho to use all efforts, energies and diligence to withdraw
41 the United States from any further participation in the Security and Prosper-
42 ity Partnership of North America or any other bilateral or multilateral activ-
43 ity that seeks to advance, authorize, fund or in any way promote the creation
44 of any structure to create any form of North American Union.
45 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that House Concurrent Resolution 40 of the First
46 Session of the 110th Congress addresses the concern herein expressed by the
47 state of Idaho.
48 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that we are asking our congressional delegation,
49 our U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Mary E. Peters and President
50 Bush to reject appropriated federal fuel tax dollars for such SPP or NAFTA
51 when there is such a need for fuel tax dollars to be dedicated to the needs of
52 the states in the U.S. in order to maintain our highway system.
53 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Chief Clerk of the House of Representa-
54 tives be, and she is hereby authorized and directed to forward a copy of this
55 Memorial to the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Repre-
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1 sentatives of Congress, and the congressional delegation representing the
2 State of Idaho in the Congress of the United States.
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
RS 17145
The purpose of this legislation is to send the message to
the Congress of the United States, and particularly the
congressional delegation representing the State of Idaho that the
First Regular Session of the Fifty-ninth Idaho Legislature, the
Senate and the House of Representatives concurring therein, that
the Congress of the United States, and particularly the
congressional delegation representing the State of Idaho, are
hereby urged and petitioned to use all of their efforts to
withdraw the United States from any further participation in the
Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America and any
other bilateral or multilateral activity which seeks to advance,
authorize, fund or in any way promote the creation of any
structure to accomplish any form of North American Union.
FISCAL NOTE
None
CONTACT:
Name: Representative JoAn Wood
Phone: 208-332-1000
Representative Cliff Bayer
Representative Marv Hagedorn
Senator Shirley McKague
Senator Monte Pierce
Senator Mel Richardson
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