[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 119 (Wednesday, September 10, 1997)]
[Senate]
[Page S9080]
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-225. A resolution adopted by the House of the 
     Legislature of the State of Alabama; to the Committee on 
     Finance.

                            House Resolution

       Whereas, on August 1, 1997, the Parents and Students 
     Savings Accounts Plus Act was introduced with bipartisan 
     support in both houses of the United States Congress; and
       Whereas, the act would amend the Internal Revenue Code to 
     allow tax-free expenditures from education individual 
     retirement accounts for elementary and secondary school 
     expenses and would increase the maximum annual amount of 
     contributions for these accounts to two thousand dollars; 
     further, the bill would specify education expenses as 
     including tuition, fees, tutoring, special needs services, 
     books, supplies, equipment, and transportation costs; and
       Whereas, the A+ Act was described as a common-sense way to 
     give parents the financial freedom to choose the best school 
     for their children without taking funds from the public 
     school system and to help families provide the best learning 
     environment and tools to every child in America; and
       Whereas, this legislative body believes such legislation 
     would be of significant benefit to our nation and would 
     supply all of our children with a positive learning 
     environment and the educational supplies necessary to succeed 
     in school and life: Now therefore be it
       Resolved by the House of Representatives of the Legislature 
     of Alabama, That the United States Congress is respectfully 
     encouraged to enact H.R. 2373, the Parents and Students 
     Savings Accounts Plus Act: Be it
       Further Resolved, That a copy of this resolution be 
     forwarded to the Speaker of the U.S. House of 
     Representatives, the President of the U.S. Senate, and each 
     member of the Alabama Congressional Delegation, so that each 
     official may know of our support and interest in this 
     important legislation.

                          ____________________