[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 60 (Thursday, April 29, 1999)]
[House]
[Pages H2545-H2546]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                               MEMORIALS

  Under clause 3 of rule XII, memorials were presented and referred as 
follows:

       27. The SPEAKER presented a memorial of the Senate of the 
     State of Idaho, relative to Senate Joint Memorial No. 104 
     memorializing that they support the passage of the Imported 
     Meat Labeling Act of 1999 by the First Session of the 106th 
     Congress; to the Committee on Agriculture.
       28. Also, a memorial of the House of Delegates of the 
     Commonwealth of Virginia, relative to House Joint Resolution 
     No. 650 memorializing the Congress of the United States be 
     urged to reconsider federal restrictions on discipline of 
     certain students with disabilities; to the Committee on 
     Education and the Workforce.
       29. Also, a memorial of the House of Delegates of the 
     Commonwealth of Virginia, relative to House Joint Resolution 
     No. 552 memorializing the Congress of the United States be 
     urged to either enact meaningful patient protections at the 
     federal level with respect to employer self-funded plans or, 
     in the absence of such federal action, amend the Employee 
     Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) of 1974 to grant 
     authority to all individual states to monitor and regulate 
     self-funded, employer-based health plans; to the Committee on 
     Education and the Workforce.
       30. Also, a memorial of the House of Representatives of the 
     State of Michigan, relative to House Resolution No. 14 
     memorializing the Congress to enact legislation to prohibit 
     the federal government from claiming any tobacco settlement 
     money from the states or directing how the states expend 
     these funds; to the Committee on Commerce.
       31. Also, a memorial of the House of Delegates of the 
     Commonwealth of Virginia, relative to House Joint Resolution 
     No. 640 memorializing the Congress of the United

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     States be urged to direct the Federal Communications 
     Commission to study the feasibility of including all of 
     Buchanan County, Virginia, and all of Dickenson County, 
     Virginia, into the Southwest Virginia Network; to the 
     Committee on Commerce.
       32. Also, a memorial of the House of Delegates of the 
     Commonwealth of Virginia, relative to House Joint Resolution 
     No. 598 memorializing the Congress of the United States be 
     urged to enact legislation giving states and localities the 
     power to control waste imports into their jurisdictions; to 
     the Committee on Commerce.
       33. Also, a memorial of the House of Delegates of the 
     Commonwealth of Virginia, relative to House Joint Resolution 
     No. 581 memorializing the Congress of the United States be 
     urged to enact legislation to prevent the seizure of state 
     tobacco settlement funds by the federal government, and that 
     the federal government be urged not to interfere in the 
     tobacco settlement which has been reached between the fifty 
     states and the largest tobacco manufacturers; to the 
     Committee on Commerce.
       34. Also, a memorial of the Senate of the State of Maine, 
     relative to Senate Paper #750 memorializing the President of 
     the United States and the United States Congress to support a 
     World War II Memorial; to the Committee on Resources.
       35. Also, a memorial of the General Assembly of the 
     Commonwealth of Virginia, relative to Senate Joint Resolution 
     No. 440 memorializing Congress to enact the ``Conservation 
     and Reinvestment Act''; to the Committee on Resources.
       36. Also, a memorial of the House of Delegates of the 
     Commonwealth of Virginia, relative to House Joint Resolution 
     No. 754 memorializing the Congress of the United States be 
     urged to grant historic congressional federal recognition to 
     the Chickahominy; the Chickahominy, Eastern Division; the 
     Mattaponi; the Monacan; the Nansemond; the Pamunkey; the 
     Rappahannock; and the Upper Mattaponi as Indian tribes under 
     federal law; to the Committee on Resources.
       37. Also, a memorial of the House of Delegates of the 
     Commonwealth of Virginia, relative to House Joint Resolution 
     No. 568 memorializing the retention of the 1,250-mile 
     perimeter rule and slot rule at Ronald Reagan Washington 
     National Airport be supported and that any relaxation of, 
     exemption from, or amendment to Section 6012 of the 
     Metropolitan Washington Airports Act of 1986 or the 
     regulations promulgated pursuant thereto be opposed; to the 
     Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
       38. Also, a memorial of the General Assembly of the State 
     of North Dakota, relative to House Concurrent Resolution No. 
     3039 memorializing the United States Congress to enact 
     legislation to return adequate funds to states to fund the 
     employment security system and give a fair return to 
     employers for the taxes employers pay under the Federal 
     Unemployment Tax Act; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
       39. Also, a memorial of the Senate of the State of Idaho, 
     relative to Senate Joint Memorial No. 103 memorializing the 
     Congress and the President to provide that the provisions of 
     the North American Free Trade Agreement be enforced or that 
     the Agreement be nullified and the United States withdrawn 
     from the provisions of and participating in the Agreement; to 
     the Committee on Ways and Means.
       40. Also, a memorial of the Senate of the State of Idaho, 
     relative to Senate Joint Memorial No. 101 memorializing that 
     they strongly support aggressive, immediate and continued 
     management activities on all acres of Douglas fir bark beetle 
     infested lands on all Idaho national forests, and 
     specifically on the Idaho Panhandle National Forests; jointly 
     to the Committees on Resources and Agriculture.
       41. Also, a memorial of the Senate of the State of Idaho, 
     relative to Senate Joint Memorial No. 102 memorializing the 
     Congress to implement procedures similiar to the procedure 
     employed by the state of Idaho which requires all rules 
     proposed by executive agencies to be submitted to the 
     Legislature of the State of Idaho for final approval before 
     such administrative law may become effective; jointly to the 
     Committees on the Judiciary and Government Reform.
       42. Also, a memorial of the House of Delegates of the 
     Commonwealth of Virginia, relative to House Joint Resolution 
     No. 649 memorializing that availability and unfettered usage 
     of strong encryption technology for any legitimate purpose 
     will enable and facilitate the growth of the information 
     economy and therefore should be encouraged and supported by 
     government at all levels; jointly to the Committees on 
     International Relations, Commerce, and the Judiciary.

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