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ENVIRONMENT, ENERGY AND LAND USE STEERING COMMITTEE <br /> RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF.THE.RESTORE ACT.- <br /> Issue: Using BP Clean Water Act fines from the Deep Water Horizon Oil Spill for Gulf <br /> Coast recovery efforts. <br /> Adopted Policy: NACo supports H.R. 3096/S. 1400, the Resources and Ecosystems <br /> Sustainability, Tourism Opportunities and Revived Economy of the Gulf Coast Act of <br /> 2011 (RESTORE Act). NACo supports the concept established by the RESTORE Act, <br /> that diverts penalty money from the responsible party to local economic and <br /> environmental restoration plans, and supports the expansion of this policy to future <br /> pollution incidents. <br /> ENVIRONMENT, ENERGY AND LAND USE STEERING COMMITTEE <br /> RESOLUTION ON THE READINESS AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION <br /> INITIATIVE (REPI) <br /> Issue: Urging continued bipartisan Congressional support for the Department of Defense <br /> (DOD) Readiness and Environmental Protection Initiative (REPI) <br /> Adopted Policy: NACo supports continued bipartisan Congressional support and <br /> funding for DOD's Readiness and Environmental Protection Initiative (REPI). <br /> FINANCE AND INTERGOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS STEERING COMMITTEE <br /> ADOPTED RESOLUTION ON THE MARKETPLACE FAIRNESS ACT <br /> Issue: Marketplace Fairness Act (S. 1832). <br /> Adopted Policy: The National Association of Counties (NACo) encourages and <br /> supports efforts to permit the collection of sales and use taxes from remote sellers and <br /> endorses the Marketplace Fairness Act to provide states with the ability to enforce their <br /> existing state and local sales and use tax laws. <br />