[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 76 (Thursday, June 5, 1997)]
[House]
[Pages H3567-H3568]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                               MEMORIALS

  Under clause 4 of rule XXII, memorials were presented and referred as 
follows:

       116. The SPEAKER presented a memorial of the Legislature of 
     the State of Minnesota, relative to Resolution No. 2 
     memorializing the President, Congress, and the Secretary of 
     Agriculture of the United States to design and implement 
     adjustments to the Federal milk marketing order system that 
     are equitable to Minnesota's family dairy farmers;

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     including reassessment of the use of wholesale price 
     indicators derived from trade on the Green Bay Cheese 
     Exchange; to the Committee on Agriculture.
       117. Also, a memorial of the General Assembly of the State 
     of New Jersey, relative to Assembly Resolution No. 107 
     memorializing the United States Department of State to adopt 
     a guarantee of unimpeded access to orphaned and abandoned 
     children by Americans as a tenet of foreign policy when 
     negotiating treaties; to the Committee on International 
     Relations.
       118. Also, a memorial of the Legislature of the State of 
     Alaska, relative to Senate Joint Resolution 9 urging the 
     United States Congress to pass legislation to open the 
     coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska, 
     to oil and gas exploration, development, and production; to 
     the Committee on Resources.
       119. Also, a memorial of the House of Representatives of 
     the State of Hawaii, relative to House Resolution 8 
     requesting the United States Congress to enact legislation 
     requiring out-of-state mail order sellers to collect and 
     submit use taxes on goods delivered in those states that 
     impose them; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
       120. Also, a memorial of the Legislature of the State of 
     Minnesota, relative to Resolution No. 1 memorializing 
     Congress to support legislative initiatives to mitigate the 
     economic competition among the states that has resulted from 
     the adoption of targeted business incentive programs; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.
       121. Also, a memorial of the General Assembly of the State 
     of Iowa, relative to House Concurrent Resolution 23 
     requesting that the Congress of the United States maintain 
     and renew its commitment to America's corn growers and this 
     Nation's ethanol industry by supporting a tax exemption and 
     by taking other actions to increase this Nation's commitment 
     to the production and use of ethanol; to the Committee on 
     Ways and Means.
       122. Also, a memorial of the House of Representatives of 
     the State of Hawaii, relative to House Resolution 177 urging 
     the United States Congress to adopt a local purchase 
     requirement for the purchase of cigarettes by military and 
     Coast Guard facilities in Alaska and Hawaii; jointly to the 
     Committees on National Security and Transportation and 
     Infrastructure.
       123. Also, a memorial of the General Assembly of the State 
     of Rhode Island, relative to Senate Resolution 97-S 971 
     memorializing the President and the Congress to improve 
     funding for Federal assistance programs for legal aliens; 
     jointly to the Committees on Ways and Means and Agriculture.
       124. Also, a memorial of the Senate of the State of Hawaii, 
     relative to Senate Concurrent Resolution 242 urging Hawaii's 
     Congressional Delegation to support Federal proposals to 
     redirect revenues from the Federal motor fuels tax increases 
     into the Highway Trust Fund; jointly to the Committees on 
     Ways and Means, the Budget, and Transportation and 
     Infrastructure.

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