[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 111 (Thursday, July 31, 1997)]
[House]
[Page H6706]
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:

       159. The SPEAKER presented a memorial of the General 
     Assembly of the State of California, relative to Assembly 
     Joint Resolution No. 19 memorializing the President and 
     Congress of the United States to endorse and support the 
     Southwest Defense Complex, and the efforts of the Southwest 
     Defense Alliance in furtherance of the Southwest Defense 
     Complex; to the Committee on National Security.
       160. Also, a memorial of the Legislature of the State of 
     Alaska, relative to Legislative Resolve No. 36 requesting the 
     President of the United States to take all actions necessary, 
     within the considerable limits of the resources of the United 
     States, to protect on an equal basis all peoples and 
     resources of this great Union from threat of missile attack 
     regardless of the physical location of the member state; to 
     the Committee on National Security.
       161. Also, a memorial of the House of Representatives of 
     the State of New Hampshire, relative to House Joint 
     Resolution 5 urging the United States Congress and the United 
     States Environmental Protection Agency to make certain 
     changes in the Clean Air Act which would result in more cost 
     effective air pollutant emission reductions; to the Committee 
     on Commerce.
       162. Also, a memorial of the Legislature of the State of 
     Alaska, relative to Legislative Resolve No. 40 requesting the 
     United States Congress to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and 
     Cosmetic Act; to the Committee on Commerce.
       163. Also, a memorial of the Legislature of the State of 
     Alaska, relative to Legislative Resolve No. 30 urging the 
     United States Congress to amend the Social Security Act so 
     that the higher cost of living in Alaska is reflected when 
     the per capita income of the state is used as a factor in 
     determining the federal share of Medicaid costs; to the 
     Committee on Commerce.
       164. Also, a memorial of the House of Representatives of 
     the State of Maine, relative to a Joint Resolution 
     memorializing the United States Postal Service to issue a 
     stamp commemorating Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain; to the 
     Committee on Government Reform and Oversight.
       165. Also, a memorial of the Legislature of the State of 
     Texas, relative to House Concurrent Resolution 168 requesting 
     the Congress of the United States to conduct thorough 
     oversight hearings of the Office of the Inspector General 
     audit process sufficient to ensure that the rights and 
     protections inherent in the nation's legal code are 
     maintained and upheld in the process; to the Committee on 
     Government Reform and Oversight.
       166. Also, a memorial of the General Assembly of the State 
     of California, relative to Assembly Joint Resolution No. 12 
     memorializing the President and the Congress to appropriate 
     federal funds to be used to preserve and protect the Bolinas 
     Lagoon; to the Committee on Resources.
       167. Also, a memorial of the Legislature of the State of 
     Alaska, relative to Legislative Resolve No. 26 supporting 
     enhancement of visitors access to Denali National Park and 
     Preserve through development of a northern railroad route 
     corridor access to the vicinity of Wonder Lake; to the 
     Committee on Resources.
       168. Also, a memorial of the Legislature of the State of 
     Alaska, relative to Legislative Resolve No. 20 urging the 
     legislature of each state of the nation to ratify a balanced 
     budget amendment that is passed by the United States 
     Congress; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
       169. Also, a memorial of the General Assembly of the State 
     of Tennessee, relative to House Joint Resolution No. 32 post-
     ratifying Amendment 15 to the Constitution of the United 
     States of America guaranteeing the right of citizens to vote 
     regardless of race, color, or previous condition of 
     servitude; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
       170. Also, a memorial of the Legislature of the State of 
     Alaska, relative to Legislative Resolve No. 27 relating to 
     the creation of a new United States Court of Appeals for the 
     Twelfth Circuit; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
       171. Also, a memorial of the Legislature of the State of 
     Alaska, relative to Legislative Resolve No. 19 requesting the 
     United States Congress to accommodate Alaska's unique 
     wetlands circumstances by amending the Clean Water Act to 
     modify the wetlands regulatory program and to recognize 
     Alaska's outstanding history of wetlands conservation; to the 
     Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
       172. Also, a memorial of the Legislature of the State of 
     Texas, relative to House Concurrent Resolution 137 urging the 
     United States Congress to create a NAFTA Trade Impact Fund 
     under the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act to 
     provide border states and communities with funding for 
     transportation infrastructure for the facilitation of free 
     trade and NAFTA-generated passenger and commercial traffic; 
     to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
       173. Also, a memorial of the General Assembly of the State 
     of California, relative to Assembly Joint Resolution No. 5 
     memorializing the President and Congress of the United States 
     to continue efforts to ensure that veterans of the Gulf War 
     are appropriately cared for, to do everything possible to 
     understand and explain Gulf War illnesses, to put into place 
     those military doctrines, personnel, and medical policies, 
     procedures, and equipment that will minimize any future 
     problems from exposure to biological or chemical agents or 
     other environmental hazards, and to use all means necessary 
     to ensure that Gulf War veterans who placed themselves in 
     harm's way on behalf of all Americans, are provided the 
     assistance, support, and care they deserve; to the Committee 
     on Veterans' Affairs.

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