[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 118 (Friday, August 19, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: August 19, 1994]
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                        PETITIONS AND MEMORIALS

  The following petitions and memorials were laid before the Senate and 
were referred or ordered to lie on the table as indicated:

       POM-634. A resolution adopted by the Senate of the 
     Legislature of the State of New York; to the Committee on 
     Finance.

                        ``Senate Resolution 4111

       ``Whereas, The Customs Modernization and Informed 
     Compliance Act, which was passed in 1993 as part of the North 
     Atlantic Free Trade Agreement, will affect U.S. Customs 
     Commercial Operations throughout the nation; and
       ``Whereas, Clinton County is strategically located with 
     Plattsburgh and the Port of Champlain located within 40 miles 
     of Montreal; and
       ``Whereas, Clinton County's location offers unique 
     accessibility to major Canadian cities such as Montreal, 
     Ottawa and Quebec City as well as to cities such as Boston 
     and New York City in the northeastern United States, in the 
     heart of a trading region of more than 80 million people; and
       ``Whereas, Clinton County offers an attractive lifestyle as 
     well as a pool of qualified, well-educated employees, many of 
     whom are graduates of the State University of New York at 
     Plattsburgh; and
       ``Whereas, The Customs Operations already located in 
     Clinton County on the border between the United States and 
     Canada are a major contributor to the economy of the county; 
     and
       ``Whereas, Six Informed Compliance Centers to be located 
     along the northern border have been proposed; and
       ``Whereas, The Port of Champlain is annually one of the 
     most active, if not the most active, border crossings of the 
     United States-Canadian border, with more that 500,000 entries 
     processed in its sector each year; and
       ``Whereas, This volume of customs activity essentially 
     requires that an Informed Compliance Center be located so as 
     to serve this activity with maximum convenience; now, 
     therefore, be it
       ``Resolved, That this Legislative Body pause in its 
     deliberations to urge that serious consideration be given to 
     locating an Informed Compliance Center in Clinton County by 
     the United States Congress and the United States Customs 
     Service; and be it further
       ``Resolved, That copies of this Resolution, suitably 
     engrossed, be transmitted to President William J. Clinton, 
     the speaker of the United States House of Representatives, 
     the Majority Leader of the Senate, the Commissioner of the 
     United States Customs Service, Senator D'Amato, Senator 
     Moynihan and Representative John McHugh.''

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