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ID HCR046
Concurrent Resolution
Status
3/3/2016
Primary Sponsor
State Affairs Committee
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AI Summary
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Idaho will provide the 2016 U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree, a 60 to 85 foot tall tree to be harvested from the Payette National Forest in November 2016.
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The legislature urges Idahoans to participate in activities surrounding the 2016 U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree and community celebrations as the tree travels throughout Idaho before going to Washington, D.C.
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Communities, businesses, and schools are urged to contribute to the effort, including involving organizations and schoolchildren in making approximately 8,000 handcrafted ornaments for the tree.
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Seventy smaller companion trees will be provided for federal government offices in addition to the main Capitol Christmas Tree.
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The custom of placing a "People's Christmas Tree" on the U.S. Capitol's West Front Lawn dates back to 1964, with trees from national forests since 1970.
Legislative Description
Stating findings of the Legislature and urging Idahoans to participate in the activities surrounding the 2016 U.S. Capitol Christmas tree, urging communities, businesses and schools throughout Idaho to contribute toward the effort to provide the U.S. Capitol Christmas tree, including involving organizations and schoolchildren in making ornaments for the tree, and urging Idahoans to participate in any community celebrations that may occur in their communities as the tree travels throughout Idaho prior to its trip across the United States to Washington, D.C.
U.S. CAPITOL CHRISTMAS TREE
Last Action
Delivered to Secretary of State at 10:38 a.m. on March 24, 2016
3/25/2016