[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 92 (Thursday, June 26, 1997)]
[House]
[Page H4835]
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:

       141. The SPEAKER presented a memorial of the Legislature of 
     the State of New Hampshire, relative to House Joint 
     Resolution 4 urging the United States Congress, FERC, and 
     other federal agencies to continue to cooperate with and 
     support state eforts to restructure the electric utility 
     industry and promote retail competition; to the Committee on 
     Commerce.
       142. Also, a memorial of the Senate of the Commonwealth of 
     Pennsylvania, relative to Senate Resolution No. 38 urging the 
     President of the United States and Congress make the $1 
     billion of Federal moneys already earmarked for abandoned 
     mine land reclamation available to states to clean up and 
     make safe our abandoned mine lands; to the Committee on 
     Resources.
       143. Also, a memorial of the General Assembly of the State 
     of Nevada, relative to Senate Joint Resolution No. 6 
     expressing the support of the Nevada Legislature for the 
     Southern Nevada Public Land Management Act of 1997 and for 
     the sale or other transfer of public land managed by the 
     Federal Government in the Las Vegas Valley if the transfer 
     does not adversely affect sparsely populated and rural 
     counties in Nevada; to the Committee on Resources.
       144. Also, a memorial of the Senate of the State of 
     Illinois, relative to Senate Resolution No. 73 urging the 
     United States Congress to enact legislation exempting Mother 
     Teresa and the Missionaries of Charity from work permit fees 
     while caring for the sick and the dying in our country, 
     enabling them to use their funds for charitable works; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.
       145. Also, a memorial of the Senate of the Commonwealth of 
     Pennsylvania, relative to Senate Resolution No. 28 urging the 
     Congress of the United States to immediately review the 
     Federal Unified Gift and Estate Tax and to act either to 
     repeal the law, or to give special exemptions to family owned 
     farms and businesses, or to raise the unified credit against 
     the Gift and Estate Taxes, or to defer estate tax payments 
     over a period of time; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
       146. Also, a memorial of the Senate of the Commonwealth of 
     Pennsylvania, relative to Senate Resolution No. 48 
     memorializing Congress to select VISN 4 to participate in the 
     demonstration project provided for in House Resolution 1362 
     and to participate in all demonstration programs for 
     Medicare-eligible veterans; to the Committee on Ways and 
     Means.

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