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Select Committee on Eminent Domain (HR 180)
Collection
Identifier: SS1997_04
Scope and Contents
The Select Committee held hearings, took testimony and made investigations at such places as it deemed necessary in the Commonwealth. Each member of the committee had power to administer oaths and affirmations to witnesses that appeared before the committee. The Select Committee made a final report of its findings and recommendations to the House of Representatives in November 1998.Members of the Committee included Edward Krebs, Chairman, Brett Feese, Ronald Marsico, Steven...
Dates:
1997-1998
Select Committee on Federal State Affairs, (House Resolution 46), 1973-1974
Collection
Identifier: SS1974_01
Scope and Contents
These three hearing transcripts were found in Reno Thomas collection and reprocessed, as seen here.
(Resolution No. 46) URGING SELECTION OF A FEDERAL-STATE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE TO REVIEW EXISTING RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN COMMONWEALTH AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENT; AND CONDUCT OF THE COMMONWEALTH AGENCY MAINTAINED IN WASHINGTON, D. C. In the House of Representatives, March 14, 1973
H. Sheldon Parker, Chairman
Dates:
1973 - 1974
Select Committee on Harness and Thoroughbred Racing (House Resolution 203), 1973-1974
Collection
Identifier: 1973.009
Scope and Contents
The file contains the report from the committee including findings and recommendations.
Dates:
1973 - 1974
Select Committee on Higher Education (HR 181)
Collection
Identifier: SS1995_02
Scope and Contents
In its final report, the Select Committee recommended items such as taking sabbatical leave only when professional development or health reasons interfered; requiring state institutions to use a common travel agent and adopting stricter guidelines for travel reimbursement; and developing more specific guidelines for record-keeping and use of non-preferred appropriations. The Select Committee also reaffirmed support for tuition reduction for employees of state institutions and their...
Dates:
1995
Select Committee on Industrial Development Corporations (HR 27 and 194)
Collection
Identifier: SS1991_02
Scope and Contents
Tom Murphy (chairman), Richard Cessar, David Levdansky, James Merry, Christopher McNally, Jess Stairs, and Thomas Michlovic served on the Select Committee on Industrial Development Corporations (IDC). The committee held three public hearings, conducted personal interviews, and contacted all 138 of the state’s registered IDC’s, asking for information such as charters, mission statements, financial audits, and names of their board of directors. Records from the eighty-eight companies that...
Dates:
1991-1992
Select Committee on Information Security (HR 351)
Collection
Identifier: SS2005_04
Scope and Contents
The collection houses information on the meetings and presentations held by the Committee. The Final Report is also included.
Dates:
2005 - 2006
Select Committee on Land Use and Growth Management (HR 319)
Collection — Box: 1 of 1
Identifier: SS1989_03
Scope and Contents
The Select Committee heard testimony from experts and citizens at over ten hearings held around the state, which alerted them to Pennsylvania’s need for more planning at every level of government, including state, county, regional, and local. The state had no comprehensive policy for dealing with land use and growth management. After extensive study of the issue, the members recommended that a strong state planning board be established with the authority to establish goals, regulate growth...
Dates:
1989-1992
Select Committee on Long Term Care, 1985-1988
Collection
Identifier: 2025.056
Scope and Contents
This collection contains a variety of materials including correspondence and memos between Members, staff, stake-holders, and many professionals from various long term care facilities. It also includes testimony from the various public hearings the committee held. Finally, research and informational materials on various aspects of nursing facilities, insurance, and associated costs are included.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1985 - 1988
Select Committee on Minority and Women-Owned Businesses, HR 227
Collection
Identifier: SS1983_08
Scope and Contents
In response to the serious concerns regarding the utilization of minority and women-owned businesses and minority and women employees in contracts awarded by Commonwealth Agencies, Boards and Commissions, The House of Representatives on May 22, 1984 and September 18, 1984, by House Resolution 227 and 265 respectively, created a seven person select committee. The Speaker of the House of Representatives appointed the Select Committee to consist of seven members, four from the majority party...
Dates:
1983-1984
Select Committee on Minority, Women, and Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Inclusion
Collection
Identifier: SS2009_02
Scope and Contents
Beginning in 2008, the nation is experiencing a deep economic recession that has resulted in the loss of hundreds of thousands of jobs a month nationwide and a high rate of unemployment. Pennsylvanians statewide have not escaped the economic downturn and have suffered job loss, loss of health care benefits and, in some cases, home foreclosures. Congress passed legislation, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, under which the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania received significant...
Dates:
2009-2010; Other: Majority of material found in 2009