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Show Moss Seeks Aid for Tourist Industry in Utah (l-nh) recently Intrw-'.j Intrw-'.j ,n mmdnKiit to the suny K"'' Authwrttto- U-t tO 'ilirS ,h' t0UrUl" J not dUproporUuuitoly tkn plis. Hts niTHliiioit HU amondment will 01-i 01-i affect the Enorjry Conservation Title (Title n) ! the Act, and specifically, ' Q,t section that directs the ' usid at the Federal Energy 1 jnilnLtratlon to establish conservation standards such . ts closli of gasoline sta-! sta-! tlons on Sundays. " Senator Moss explained thit Title I of the Act, which , tuthorUes the President to ratkn petroleum products In the event of an emergency emergen-cy contains language re- quiring that any allocation or rationing plan create a "reasonable distribution of the burdon of such res-trio-, tlon on all sectors of the economy, without Imposing an unreasonably dlapropor-tlonate dlapropor-tlonate share of such Ixir-don Ixir-don on any specific Industry. Indus-try. "My amendment will ensure, en-sure, that any energy conservation con-servation plans promulgated by the President and the Fecforal Energy Administration Adminis-tration will conform to the restrictions In Title I, directing di-recting equality in energy conservation and giving due consideration to the services ser-vices industry," Moss said. In his remarks Introducing Introduc-ing the amendment, the Senator Sen-ator emphasised that he wanted to make sure that two sections of the Act authorizing au-thorizing restrictions on hours and restrlctkins on discretionary transportation transporta-tion do not result In unreasonable unrea-sonable burdens on the tourism tour-ism industry. Those seo-tlons seo-tlons are entitled, "reasonable "reason-able restrictions on hours for public buildings" and "standards for reasonable controls and restriction on discretionary transportation transporta-tion activities" upon which the basic economic vitality of the country does not depend. de-pend. "When the President and the FEA Administration effect ef-fect energy conservation regulations re-gulations under this Act, they must take care to reduce re-duce energy waste, not energy en-ergy usage which creates Jobs," Senator Moss said, "and I don't want tourism to be the target of energy withholding plans. "In the service Industry, J one man's leisure Is another I man's livelihood. Conserva-I Conserva-I tlon planners must look at I the economy to Identify areas j where energy Is wasted ar.d I can be saved without loss of I jobs. We must not load the I brunt of energy restrictions on a useful industry such as I tourism which provides Jobs I and tax revenues," he concluded. |
