[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 58 (Monday, May 11, 1998)]
[House]
[Page H3024]
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:

       307. The SPEAKER presented a memorial of the Legislature of 
     the State of Hawaii, relative to House Concurrent Resolution 
     No. 141 memorializing the United States Congress to restore 
     food stamp benefits to legal, noncitizen immigrants who have 
     been denied participation in the federal Food Stamp Program 
     due to Public Law 104-193; to the Committee on Agriculture.
       308. Also, a memorial of the Senate of the State of 
     Georgia, relative to Senate Resolution 492 memorializing the 
     Congress of the United States to take immediate and 
     appropriate action to have the State of Georgia declared an 
     agricultural disaster area and provide needed assistance to 
     Georgia's farm families; to the Committee on Agriculture.
       309. Also, a memorial of the Senate of the Commonwealth of 
     Massachusetts, relative to Resolutions memorializing the 
     President and the Congress of the United States to shift 
     funds from the military to the states; to the Committee on 
     National Security.
       310. Also, a memorial of the General Assembly of the State 
     of California, relative to Assmebly Joint Resolution No. 52 
     memorializing the Congress and the President of the United 
     States to act to vindicate the sailors unjustly blamed for, 
     and the sailors convicted of mutiny following, the Port 
     Chicago disaster, and to rectify any mistreatment by the 
     military of those sailors; to the Committee on National 
     Security.
       311. Also, a memorial of the House of Representatives of 
     the State of Vermont, relative to House Resolution 39 
     memorializing the United States Congress to support 
     legislation that will curtail this economic warfare; to the 
     Committee on Commerce.
       312. Also, a memorial of the Assembly of the State of 
     California, relative to Assembly Joint Resolution No. 47 
     memorializing the 50th anniversary of independence for the 
     State of Israel and looking forward to the celebration of the 
     centurion in the Jewish calendar year 5808; to the Committee 
     on International Relations.
       313. Also, a memorial of the Senate of the State of 
     Georgia, relative to Senate Resolution 662 memorializing 
     Congress to oppose any effort to lift or weaken sanctions 
     against Cuba and not to take any other action to support 
     Fidel Castro's communist Cuba; and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on International Relations.
       314. Also, a memorial of the Legislature of the State of 
     Alabama, relative to House Joint Resolution 261 memorializing 
     the Congress of the United States to prepare and submit to 
     the several states an amendment to the Constitution of the 
     United States to add a new article; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
       315. Also, a memorial of the General Assembly of the State 
     of Colorado, relative to House Joint Resolution 98-1018, 
     memorializing that the Colorado General Assembly does not 
     support at this time any Congressional action that would 
     establish a national policy expanding taxation of the 
     Internet and other interactive computer services; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.
       316. Also, a memorial of the General Assembly of the State 
     of Colorado, relative to House Joint Resolution 98-1017 
     memorializing the United States Congress to enact legislation 
     reauthorizing the federal highway program by May 1, 1998; to 
     the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
       317. Also, a memorial of the Legislature of the State of 
     Hawaii, relative to Senate Resolution No. 76 memorializing 
     the United States Congress to enact legislation reauthorizing 
     the federal highway program by May 1, 1998; to the Committee 
     on Transportation and Infrastructure.
       318. Also, a memorial of the Senate of the State of 
     Kentucky, relative to Senate Resolution No. 195 memorializing 
     the United States Congress to provide funding without 
     mandates to the Transportation Cabinet; to the Committee on 
     Transportation and Infrastructure.
       319. Also, a memorial of the Senate of the State of 
     Georgia, relative to Senate Resolution 591 memorializing 
     Congress to reduce or eliminate the motor fuel tax on low 
     sulphur fuels as a means of encouraging their use and 
     achieving cleaner air.; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
       320. Also, a memorial of the Legislature of the State of 
     Alabama, relative to House Joint Resolution 227 memorializing 
     Congress to enact legislation to increase the volume limits 
     for the issuance of private activity tax-exempt bonds; to the 
     Committee on Ways and Means.
       321. Also, a memorial of the Senate of the State of Hawaii, 
     relative to Senate Resolution No. 89 memorializing that the 
     Department of Labor and Industrial Relations is requested to 
     develop a workable definition of the term ``Hawaii 
     resident''; jointly to the Committees on National Security 
     and Education and the Workforce.
       322. Also, a memorial of the Legislature of the State of 
     Texas, relative to House Concurrent Resolution No. 202 
     memorializing the United States to allocate funds for road 
     expansion in Texas along the designated route for 
     transporting hazardous waste to the WIPP project; jointly to 
     the Committees on Commerce and National Security.

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