[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 116 (Friday, September 5, 1997)]
[Senate]
[Page S8870]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        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-218. A resolution adopted by the Advisory Board of 
     Directors of the Methodist Medical Center of Oak Ridge, 
     Tennessee relative to proposed National Spallation Neutron 
     Source; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.
       POM-219. A resolution adopted by the Midwestern Legislative 
     Conference of the Council of State Governments relative to 
     global climate change; to the Committee on Energy and Natural 
     Resources.
       POM-220. A resolution adopted by governing body of the 
     Township of Little Egg Harbor, New Jersey relative to the Mud 
     Dump site; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
       POM-221. A resolution adopted by governing body of the City 
     of Brigantine, New Jersey relative to the Mud Dump site; to 
     the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
       POM-222. A resolution adopted by the Midwestern Legislative 
     Conference of the Council of State Governments relative to 
     monopolization of agriculture production; to the Committee on 
     the Judiciary.
       POM-223. A joint resolution adopted by the Legislature of 
     the State of Nevada; to the Committee on Labor and Human 
     Resources.

                    Assembly Joint Resolution No. 12

       Whereas, within the State of Nevada, the sport of rodeo has 
     great historical, cultural and social significance, and is an 
     important attraction for domestic and foreign tourism; and
       Whereas, professional rodeos generate substantial economic 
     activity and are significant sources of income, employment, 
     recreation and enjoyment for Nevadans; and
       Whereas, the sponsors associated with rodeos of the 
     Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association assist in sustaining 
     rodeos, making this sport affordable and accessible to 
     millions of rodeo fans; and
       Whereas, despite the importance of such events to the 
     economy of Nevada and to the economies of other western 
     states, federal agencies have proposed restrictions upon the 
     activities of sponsors, programs and advertising connected 
     with rodeo events; and
       Whereas, such restrictions, if adopted, would jeopardize 
     the financial viability of rodeos, causing considerable loss 
     to tourism and related industries and interfering with the 
     enjoyment of rodeo events by the millions of Americans who 
     attend rodeos annually; and
       Whereas, these restrictions would impose unconstitutional 
     limitations on both commercial speech and the freedom of 
     association of the membership of the Professional Rodeo 
     Cowboys Association; and
       Whereas, during their 104th session of Congress, Senators 
     Richard Bryan and Harry Reid jointly introduced the ``Rodeo 
     Freedom Act of 1995,'' which, if enacted, would have 
     prohibited the regulation by the Secretary of Health and 
     Human Services and the Commissioner of Food and Drugs of any 
     activity of sponsors or sponsorship programs connected with, 
     or any advertising used or purchased by, the Professional 
     Rodeo Cowboys Association or any other professional rodeo 
     association; now, therefore, be it
       Resolved by the Assembly and the Senate of the State of 
     Nevada, Jointly, That the Nevada Legislature supports the 
     efforts of Senators Richard Bryan and Harry Reid in this 
     regard and urges the Nevada Congressional Delegation to 
     continue to bring this issue before Congress; and be it 
     further
       Resolved, That the members of the 69th Session of the 
     Nevada Legislature do hereby urge Congress to enact 
     legislation patterned after the ``Rodeo Freedom Act of 
     1995''; and be it further
       Resolved, That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly prepare and 
     transmit a copy of this resolution to the Vice President of 
     the United States as the presiding officer of the Senate, the 
     Speaker of the House of Representatives and each member of 
     the Nevada Congressional Delegation; and be it further
       Resolved, That this resolution becomes effective upon 
     passage and approval.

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