[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 14 (Tuesday, February 24, 1998)]
[House]
[Pages H579-H580]
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:

       41. The SPEAKER presented a petition of the Military Order 
     of the World Wars, Alexandria, Virginia, relative to urging 
     Congress to vigorously investigate the lease of the Long 
     Beach Naval Base to determine whether the national security 
     interests of the United States might have been compromised or 
     jeopardized; and to take appropriate action; to the Committee 
     on National Security.
       42. Also, a petition of the Military Order of the World 
     Wars, Alexandria, Virginia, relative to urging the Congress 
     and the Department of Defense to continue to fund collegiate 
     ROTC and high school JROTC programs as being in the nation's 
     best interests; to the Committee on National Security.
       43. Also, a petition of the Military Order of the World 
     Wars, Alexandria, Virginia, relative to urging Congressional 
     action to assure that the Department of Defense limit the 
     procurement of military equipment, supplies and weapons 
     systems and their components to domestic manufacturing and 
     assembly sources, so as to reduce U.S. reliance on foreign-
     produced defense items which might not be available during a 
     global crisis; to the Committee on National Security.
       44. Also, a petition of the Military Order of the World 
     Wars, Alexandria, Virginia, relative to urging the Congress 
     to assure that National Guard and Reserves are realistically 
     manned, structured, equipped, trained, fully deployable and 
     maintained at high readiness levels in order to accomplish 
     their indispensable missions; to the Committee on National 
     Security.
       45. Also, a petition of the Military Order of the World 
     Wars, Alexandria, Virginia, relative to urging the Congress 
     to more adequately recognize the national defense 
     requirements of the United States by significantly increasing 
     defense budgets, force structures and military end strengths 
     over those recommended in the Quadrennial Defense Review; to 
     the Committee on National Security.
       46. Also, a petition of the Military Order of the World 
     Wars, Alexandria, Virginia, relative to urging the 
     Administration and Congress to preserve America's defense 
     industrial base by continuing to fund research, development 
     and acquisition budgets so as to retain our technological 
     edge in the 21st century and to ensure production can surge 
     whenever U.S. military power is committed; to the Committee 
     on National Security.
       47. Also, a petition of the Military Order of the World 
     Wars, Alexandria, Virginia, relative to reaffirming its 
     position that the

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     President and the Congress, in order to assure military 
     readiness, must fund operations, training and maintenance 
     accounts so that material and personnel of the fighting 
     forces are kept combat ready at sufficient levels, to include 
     funds for modernization, so that vital weapons systems can be 
     acquired to maintain technological advantage over potential 
     enemies; to the Committee on National Security.
       48. Also, a petition of the Military Order of the World 
     Wars, Alexandria, Virginia, relative to urging the United 
     States Government to honor its full obligations to all 
     service members, veterans, military retirees, and their 
     families, who have served the ideals of this nation through 
     numerous sacrifices, often paying the ultimate price in 
     defense of the United States and its vital national 
     interests; to the Committee on National Security.
       49. Also, a petition of the Military Order of the World 
     Wars, Alexandria, Virginia, relative to urging the United 
     States Government to adopt the following principles as an 
     integral part of its national security and foreign policy 
     decision-making process, when considering the commitment of 
     U.S. military forces: a clear definition of vital national 
     interests as they relate to all military operations; 
     insisting that only Congress approve the commitment of U.S. 
     troops to peacekeeping or humanitarian operations; and 
     specifying that U.S. military personnel not be placed under 
     foreign or United Nations operations control, except in those 
     unusual to the Committee on International Relations.
       50. Also, a petition of the Military Order of the World 
     Wars, Alexandria, Virginia, relative to supporting 
     legislation to amend the Soldiers and Sailor's Civil Relief 
     Act of 1940 to guarantee the right of all active duty 
     military personnel and their dependents to vote in Federal, 
     State, and local elections, and, for the purposes of voting 
     for an office of the United States or of an individual State, 
     any person who is absent from a State in compliance with 
     competent military or naval orders shall not be considered to 
     have lost a residence or domicile solely by reason of that 
     absence; to the Committee on House Oversight.
       51. Also, a petition of the Military Order of the World 
     Wars, Alexandria, Virginia, relative to reaffirming its 
     support of the efforts of the American Battle Monuments 
     Commission to create a World War II Memorial in accordance 
     with decisions of site and design by competent and legal 
     authority; to the Committee on Resources.
       52. Also, a petition of the Military Order of the World 
     Wars, Alexandria, Virgina, relative to urging the 
     Administration and the Congress to fully fund the United 
     States Coast Guard to carry out its numerous vital missions, 
     including law enforcement, environmental protection, maritime 
     safety, national security, and other missions as assigned; to 
     the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.