[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 1 (Tuesday, January 27, 1998)]
[House]
[Page H65]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                            PETITIONS, ETC.

  Under clause 1 of rule XXII, petitions and papers were laid on the 
clerk's desk and referred as follows:

       29. The SPEAKER presented a petition of the Broward County 
     Board of County Commissioners, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, 
     relative to supporting the passage of H.R. 1858 and S. 869, 
     both entitled ``Employment Non-Discrimination Act of 1997'' 
     currently pending before the United States Congress or, in 
     the alternative, the passage of such other federal 
     legislation that would prohibit employment discrimination 
     based on sexual orientation; to the Committee on Education 
     and the Workforce.
       30. Also, a petition of the Essex County Board of 
     Supervisors, Elizabethtown, New York, relative to supporting 
     Federal Legislation designating English as the official 
     language of the United States of America; to the Committee on 
     Education and the Workforce.
       31. Also, a petition of the City of North Wildwood, New 
     Jersey, relative to opposing H.R. 1534, known as the Private 
     Property Rights Implementation Act of 1997; to the Committee 
     on the Judiciary.