[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 100 (Thursday, July 23, 1998)]
[House]
[Page H6282]
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:

       375. The SPEAKER presented a memorial of the House of 
     Representatives of the State of Maine, relative to H.P. 1568 
     requesting the President of the United States and the United 
     States Congress to remove the financial assistance necessary 
     to grow the tobacco crop; to the Committee on Agriculture.
       376. Also, a memorial of the Senate of the State of 
     Louisiana, relative to Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 60 
     memorializing Congress to develop a national energy policy to 
     address the needs of federal, state, and local executive and 
     legislative branch agencies and officials for data and 
     information necessary for them to cope with and plan for the 
     declining production of oil and gas in older fields and in 
     the shallow waters surrounding the United States and the 
     increasing pressures of foreign competition on production and 
     oil and gas refining; to the Committee on Commerce.
       377. Also, a memorial of the House of Representatives of 
     the State of Louisiana, relative to House Concurrent 
     Resolution No. 123 memorializing the United States Congress 
     and United States Postal Service to take such actions as are 
     necessary to have other options in lieu of relocation 
     considered for the downtown post office in Arcadia, 
     Louisiana; to the Committee on Government Reform and 
     Oversight.
       378. Also, a memorial of the House of Representatives of 
     the State of Maine, relative to H.P. 1660 memorializing the 
     important civil rights protections extended by the Fair 
     Housing Amendments Act of 1988 must be preserved; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.
       379. Also, a memorial of the Senate of the State of 
     Louisiana, relative to Senate Resolution No. 37 memorializing 
     the Congress of the United States to strongly support the 
     House Joint Resolution 78, the Religious Freedom Amendment to 
     the Constitution, and to submit the same to the states for 
     ratification; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
       380. Also, a memorial of the Senate of the State of 
     Louisiana, relative to Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 20 
     memorializing the Congress of the United States to adopt 
     Senate Joint Resolution 40 and give the flag of our nation 
     lawful protection from willful destruction and desecration; 
     to the Committee on the Judiciary.
       381. Also, a memorial of the House of Representatives of 
     the State of Louisiana, relative to House Concurrent 
     Resolution No. 101 urging the governor of Louisiana and the 
     governors and legislatures of other states to also 
     communicate to the United States Congress that the business 
     meal is a legitimate expense which must be restored to one 
     hundred percent deductibility; to the Committee on Ways and 
     Means.
       382. Also, a memorial of the General Assembly of the State 
     of New Jersey, relative to Assembly Resolution No. 13 
     memorializing the Congress of the United States to enact H.R. 
     334, the ``Fair Indian Gaming Act,'' into law; jointly to the 
     Committees on Resources and the Judiciary.

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