[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 120 (Thursday, September 11, 1997)]
[House]
[Pages H7262-H7263]
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:

       193. The SPEAKER presented a memorial of the Legislature of 
     the State of California, relative to Assembly Joint 
     Resolution 29 memorializing the President and Congress of the 
     United States to adopt specified guidelines and policies with 
     respect to Base Realignment and Closure legislation; to the 
     Committee on National Security.
       194. Also, a memorial of the Legislature of the 
     Commonwealth of Massachusetts, relative to Resolutions 
     memorializing the United States Senate Foreign Relations 
     Committee to hold a hearing and vote on the nomination of 
     William F. Weld as United States Ambassador to Mexico; to the 
     Committee on International Relations.
       195. Also, a memorial of the House of Representatives of 
     the State of Louisiana, relative to House Concurrent 
     Resolution No. 80 memorializing the United States Congress to 
     extend the coastal boundary in Louisiana to be at least equal 
     to that of Texas and Mississippi; to the Committee on 
     Resources.
       196. Also, a memorial of the General Assembly of the State 
     of Nevada, relative to Assembly Joint Resolution No. 10 
     urging Congress and the Uniform Law Commissioners to make 
     certain changes to the laws regarding jurisdiction over 
     matters of child custody; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
       197. Also, a memorial of the Legislature of the State of 
     California, relative to Assembly Joint Resolution 16 
     memorializing the President and Congress of the United States 
     to study the impact of the Fair Housing Amendments Act and 
     evaluate how well the act is assisting individuals with 
     disabilities; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
       198. Also, a memorial of the Legislature of the State of 
     California, relative to Assembly Joint Resolution 8 
     memorializing the President and the Congress to maintain the 
     current standards relating to truck size and weight set forth 
     in the federal Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency 
     Act of 1991; to the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure.
       199. Also, a memorial of the House of Representatives of 
     the State of Louisiana, relative to House Resolution No. 99 
     memorializing the United States Congress to enact legislation 
     to return the control of the Mississippi River to state and 
     local governing authorities; to the Committee on 
     Transportation and Infrastructure.
       200. Also, a memorial of the House of Representatives of 
     the State of Louisiana, relative to House Concurrent 
     Resolution No. 10 memorializing the United States Congress to 
     reauthorize laws providing funding for

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     projects under the federal Coastal Wetlands Planning, 
     Protection and Restoration Act; to the Committee on 
     Transportation and Infrastructure.
       201. Also, a memorial of the House of Representatives of 
     the State of Louisiana, relative to House Concurrent 
     Resolution No. 75 memorializing the United States Congress to 
     take such action as is necessary to amend the federal 
     regulations regarding commercial driver's license standards; 
     to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
       202. Also, a memorial of the House of Representatives of 
     the State of Louisiana, relative to House Concurrent 
     Resolution No. 253 memorializing the United States Congress 
     to enact legislation to return the control of the Mississippi 
     River to state and local governing authorities; to the 
     Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
       203. Also, a memorial of the House of Representatives of 
     the State of Louisiana, relative to House Resolution No. 97 
     memorializing Congress not to renew the temporary two-tenths 
     percent unemployment insurance tax; to the Committee on Ways 
     and Means.
       204. Also, a memorial of the House of Representatives of 
     the State of Louisiana, relative to House Concurrent 
     Resolution No. 170 memorializing the United States Congress 
     to enact legislation which would provide for consideration of 
     geographical location and the availability of patient options 
     in the reimbursement of claims for emergencies treated in 
     rural hospital emergency rooms which are not life-threatening 
     and to enact legislation which would correct the current 
     inequity in reimbursing rural hospitals for costs of 
     stabilizing patients who are to be referred to larger, more 
     suitable equipped facilities; to the Committee on Ways and 
     Means.
       205. Also, a memorial of the House of Representatives of 
     the State of Louisiana, relative to House Concurrent 
     Resolution No. 160 memorializing the United States Congress 
     to require the Health Care Financing Administration to 
     enforce existing regulations prohibiting the improper 
     downstreaming of hospital self-referrals from physicians they 
     compensate and to instruct the Health Care Financing 
     Administration to reinstate the two ``Hoyer letters'' stating 
     that hospitals referring to their own home health agencies 
     are in violation of federal regulations on self-referral; to 
     the Committee on Ways and Means.
       206. Also, a memorial of the House of Representatives of 
     the State of Louisiana, relative to House Concurrent 
     Resolution No. 194 memorializing the United States Congress 
     and the appropriate federal agencies to approve the Louisiana 
     Coastal Wetlands Conservation Plan; jointly to the Committees 
     on Resources and Transportation and Infrastructure.
       207. Also, a memorial of the Senate of the State of Nevada, 
     relative to Senate Bill No. 400 urging Congress to address 
     the problem of child labor; jointly to the Committees on 
     International Relations, Commerce, and Education and the 
     Workforce.

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