[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 122 (Tuesday, September 15, 1998)]
[Senate]
[Page S10382]
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                        PETITIONS AND MEMORIALS

  The following petitions and memorials were laid before the Senate and 
were referred or ordered to lie on the table as indicated:

       POM-533. A petition from the estate of a citizen of 
     Burgstadt, Germany (Blumenfeld) relative to a demand for 
     damages for wrongful death; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
       POM-534. A petition from the estate of a citizen of 
     Burgstadt, Germany (H. Urban) relative to a demand for 
     damages for wrongful death; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
       POM-535. A petition from the estate of a citizen of 
     Burgstadt, Germany (Wanderlich) relative to a demand for 
     damages for wrongful death; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
       POM-536. A petition from the estate of a citizen of 
     Burgstadt, Germany (U. Renkewitz) relative to a demand for 
     damages for wrongful death; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
       POM-537. A petition from the estate of a citizen of 
     Burgstadt, Germany (A. Urban) relative to a demand for 
     damages for wrongful death; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
       POM-538. A petition from the estate of a citizen of 
     Burgstadt, Germany (M. Renkewitz) relative to a demand for 
     damages for wrongful death; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
       POM-539. A petition from the estate of a citizen of 
     Burgstadt, Germany (Potschke) relative to a demand for 
     damages for wrongful death; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
       POM-540. A resolution adopted by the House of the 
     Legislature of the Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas 
     Islands; to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

                       House Resolution No. 11-65

       Whereas the United States Committee on Energy and Natural 
     Resources, chaired by senator Frank H. Murkowski has approved 
     a substitute amendment to Senate Bill 1275 which would 
     provide for the full extension of the Immigration and 
     Nationality Act to the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana 
     Islands (``CNMI'') contingent upon certain findings by the US 
     Attorney General; and
       Whereas, the CNMI has been working diligently and in good 
     faith to make progress in resolving the immigration and labor 
     issues Senator Murkowski addressed at the March 31, 1998 
     hearing on Senate Bill 1275 in the Commonwealth; and
       Whereas, the CNMI has offered to work together with the 
     appropriate federal agencies to address the issues of mutual 
     concern between the United States and the CNMI without the 
     need for the US Congress to enact the proposed legislation 
     which would amend the Covenant; and
       Whereas, the CNMI was not provided the opportunity to 
     address the Committee regarding the amendment to Senate Bill 
     1275; and
       Whereas, the proposed enactment of Senate Bill 1275 as 
     amended would circumvent the Covenant's 902 negotiation 
     process; now, therefore, be it
       Resolved, by the House of Representatives, Eleventh 
     Northern Marianas Commonwealth Legislature, That the House; 
     requests the United States Congress to consider the position 
     of the CNMI and to reject Senate Bill 1275 as amended and to 
     require the Commonwealth and Federal Government to consult 
     and negotiate with each other on immigration and labor 
     issues; and be it further
       Resolved, That the Speaker of the House shall certify and 
     the House Clerk shall attest to the adoption of this 
     resolution and thereafter transmit copies to the Honorable 
     Albert Gore, Jr., Vice President of the United States and 
     President of the United States Senate; the Honorable Strom 
     Thurmond, President Pro Tempore; the Honorable Trent Lott, 
     Majority Leader, the Honorable Don Nickles, Assistant 
     Majority Leader; the Honorable Larry Craig, Chairman, 
     Republican Policy Committee; the Honorable Connie Mack, 
     Chairman, Republican Conference; the Honorable Thomas A 
     Daschle, Minority Leader; the Honorable Richard G. Lugar, 
     Chairman, Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry 
     Committee; the Honorable Ted Stevens, Chairman, Senate 
     Appropriations Committee; the Honorable Strom Thurmond, 
     Chairman, Senate Armed Service Committee; the Honorable 
     Alfonse M. D'Amato, Chairman, Senate Banking, Housing and 
     Urban Affairs Committee; the Honorable Pete V. Domenici, 
     Chairman, Senate Budget Committee; the Honorable John McCain, 
     Chairman, Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation 
     Committee; the Honorable John H. Chafee, Chairman, Senate 
     Environment and Public Works Committee; the Honorable William 
     V. Roth, Jr., Chairman, Senate Finance Committee and the 
     Joint Committee on Taxation; the Honorable Jesse Helms, 
     Chairman, Senate Foreign Relations Committee; the Honorable 
     Fred Thompson, Chairman, Senate Governmental Affairs 
     Committee; the Honorable Ben Nighthorse Campbell, Chairman, 
     Senate Indian Affairs Committee; the Honorable Orrin G. 
     Hatch, Chairman, Senate Judiciary Committee; the Honorable 
     Jim M. Jeffords, Chairman, Senate Labor and Human Resources 
     Committee; the Honorable John W. Warner, Chairman, Senate 
     Rules and Administration Committee; the Honorable Christopher 
     ``Kit'' S. Bond, Chairman, Senate Small Business Committee; 
     the Honorable Arlen Specter, Chairman, Senate Veterans' 
     Affairs Committee; the Honorable Robert C. Smith, Chairman, 
     Senate Select Committee on Ethics; the Honorable Richard C. 
     Shelby, Chairman, Senate Committee on Intelligence; the 
     Honorable Charles E. Grassley, Chairman, Senate Special 
     Committee on the Aging; the Honorable John W. Warner, 
     Chairman, Joint Committee on Printing; the Chairman and 
     members of the United States Senate Energy and Natural 
     Resources Committee, the Honorable Frank H. Murkowski, the 
     Honorable Craig Thomas, the Honorable Jon L. Kyl, the 
     Honorable Rod Grams, the Honorable Gordon Smith, the 
     Honorable Slade Gorton, the Honorable Conrad Burns, the 
     Honorable Dale Bumpers, the Honorable Wendell H. Ford, the 
     Honorable Jeff Bingaman, the Honorable Daniel K. Akaka, the 
     Honorable Byron L. Dorgan, the Honorable Bob Graham, the 
     Honorable Ron Wyden, the Honorable Tim Johnson, the Honorable 
     Mary Landrieu; the Honorable Newt Gingrich, Speaker of the 
     United States House of Representatives, the Honorable Richard 
     Armey, US House Majority Leader; the Honorable Tom Delay, US 
     House Majority Whip; the Honorable Dan Burton, Chairman, 
     House Government Reform and Oversight Committee; the 
     Honorable Don Young, Chairman, House Resources Committee; the 
     Honorable Pedro P. Tenorio, Governor of the Commonwealth of 
     the Northern Marianas Islands; the Honorable Jesus R. Sablan, 
     Lt. Governor of the Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas 
     Islands; and to the Honorable Juan N. Babauta, Washington 
     Representative of the Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas 
     Islands.
       Adopted by the House of Representatives on June 19, 1998.
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       POM-541. A resolution adopted by the House of the 
     Legislature of the State of Michigan; to the Committee on 
     Foreign Relations.

                        House Resolution No. 176

       Whereas, In a country such as ours, blessed with 
     constitutionally protected religious freedom, there is an 
     unfortunate tendency to overlook the restrictions of 
     religious liberty placed upon people of faith worldwide; and
       Whereas, Disturbing incidents of anti-Semitic violence and 
     oppression, including neo-Nazi slogans and practices in 
     Europe and the former Soviet republics, are rekindling 
     memories of the Holocaust; and
       Whereas, It is reported that 200 million Christians 
     worldwide are being harassed, fined, tortured, imprisoned, or 
     otherwise persecuted for their faith, and that an additional 
     400 million live under severe restrictions on religious 
     liberty; and
       Whereas, The recent Chinese and American summit has 
     reminded the world of a persecution of the Tibetan Buddhist 
     believers; and
       Whereas, The suffering or death of any human, of any or no 
     religious faith, is wrong before God; now, therefore, be it
       Resolved by the House of Representatives, That we 
     memoralize the President and the United States Congress to 
     exercise a stance of uncompromising opposition to religious 
     persecution around the world; and be it further
       Resolved, That a copy of this resolution be transmitted to 
     the Office of the President of the United States, the 
     President of the United States Senate, the Speaker of the 
     United States House of Representatives, and the members of 
     the Michigan congressional delegation.
       Adopted by the House of Representatives, June 16, 1998.




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