[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 62 (Monday, May 3, 1999)]
[House]
[Page H2553]
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:

       43. The SPEAKER presented a memorial of the House of 
     Delegates of the Commonwealth of Virginia, relative to House 
     Joint Resolution No. 245 memorializing the Congress of the 
     United States to place the Preamble of the Constitution of 
     the United States and the Bill of Rights on the one-dollar 
     bill; to the Committee on Banking and Financial Services.
       44. Also, a memorial of the Senate of the State of Maine, 
     relative to Senate Paper #531 memorializing the Congress of 
     the United States to direct the Department of Housing and 
     Urban Development to release an amount of funds commensurate 
     with the extent of the devastation incurred by the State's 
     electric utilities and their customers from the funds 
     appropriated by Public Law 105-174; to the Committee on 
     Banking and Financial Services.
       45. Also, a memorial of the House of Delegates of the 
     Commonwealth of Virginia, relative to House Joint Resolution 
     No. 499 memorializing the General Assembly of Virginia to 
     reaffirm its notice to the federal government that the 
     Commonwealth strongly opposes any effort to weaken the powers 
     reserved to the states and the people by the 10th Amendment 
     of the Constitution of the United States; to the Committee on 
     the Judiciary.
       46. Also, a memorial of the Legislature of the State of 
     Nebraska, relative to Legislative Resolution No. 10 
     memorializing the Congress of the United States to propose to 
     the states an amendment to Article I, section 2, of the 
     United States Constitution that would increase the length of 
     the terms of office for members of the House of 
     Representatives from two years to four years with one-half of 
     the members' terms expiring every two years; to the Committee 
     on the Judiciary.

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