JOINT RESOLUTIONS

EMPRESS II project because of the disruption to commercial
shipping in the Chesapeake Bay; and be it further

RESOLVED, That the Maryland Congressional Delegation bring
its considerable influence to bear oh the U. S. Navy to persuade
it to end all further consideration of using the EMPRESS II
project; and be it further

RESOLVED, That copies of this Resolution be forwarded by the
Department of Legislative Reference to the Honorable John F.
Lehman, Jr., Secretary of the Navy, The Pentagon, Washington, D.
C. 20350; and be it further

RESOLVED, That copies of this Resolution be forwarded by the
Department of Legislative Reference to the Honorable William
Donald Schaefer, Governor of Maryland; the Honorable Thomas V.
Mike Miller, Jr., President of the Senate of Maryland; and the
Honorable R. Clayton Mitchell, Jr., Speaker of the House of
Delegates; and be it further

RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be forwarded by the
Department of Legislative Reference to the Maryland Congressional
Delegation: Senators Paul S. Sarbanes and Barbara A. Mikulski,
Senate Office Building, Washington, D.C. 20510; and
Representatives Royden P. Dyson, Helen Delich Bentley, Benjamin
L. Cardin, C. Thomas McMillen, Steny H. Hoyer, Beverly B. Byron,
Kweisi Mfume, and Constance A. Morella, House Office Building,
Washington, D.C. 20515.

Signed May 14, 1987.

No. 14

(House Joint Resolution No. 43)

A House Joint Resolution concerning

Women and Minority Business Entrepeneurs Entrepreneurs

FOR the purpose of requesting the Governor to appoint a task

force to study woman women and minority business

entrepreneurs entrepreneurs, how to increase their numbers,

and increase the incidence of their successful business

participation.                                                                                         

WHEREAS, It is the policy of the General Assembly to
promote, assist, and encourage women and minorities as business
entrepeneurs entrepreneurs and to enhance their impact on the
economy; and

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