[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 81 (Wednesday, June 9, 1999)]
[House]
[Pages H4023-H4024]
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:

       91. The SPEAKER presented a memorial of the Legislature of 
     the State of New Mexico, relative to Senate Memorial 46 
     memorializing the United States Congress to enact Legislation 
     amending the Social Security Act to prohibit Recoupment by 
     the Federal Government of State Tobacco Settlement Funds; to 
     the Committee on Commerce.
       92. Also, a memorial of the House of Representatives of the 
     State of West Virginia, relative to House Concurrent 
     Resolution No. 22 memorializing the Congress of the United 
     States to enact legislation amending the Social Security Act 
     so that funds due the states as a result of the Master 
     Settlement Agreement reached with the tobacco industry are 
     exempted from recoupment by the Health Care Financing 
     Administration and prohibiting federal interference with the 
     states in deciding how to best utilize those settlement 
     funds; to the Committee on Commerce.
       93. Also, a memorial of the Legislature of the State of 
     Minnesota, relative to Resolution No. 2 memorializing the 
     Congress and the Administration to support legislation that 
     would explicitly prohibit the federal government from 
     claiming or recouping any state tobacco settlement 
     recoveries; to the Committee on Commerce.
       94. Also, a memorial of the General Assembly of the State 
     of Utah, relative to House Concurrent Resolution No. 3 
     memorializing

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     the EPA to refrain from overfiling or threatening to overfile 
     on state-negotiated compliance actions if the actions achieve 
     compliance with applicable state and federal law and are 
     protective of health and the environment; to the Committee on 
     Commerce.
       95. Also, a memorial of the Senate of the Commonwealth of 
     Virginia, relative to Senate Joint Resolution No. 490 
     memorializing the Congress of the United States to establish 
     a limited pilot program which exempts the Commonwealth of 
     Virginia from the provisions of Sec. 13612 (a) (C) of the 
     Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993 requiring states to 
     make recovery from the estates of persons who had enjoyed 
     enhanced Medicaid asset protection; to the Committee on 
     Commerce.
       96. Also, a memorial of the General Assembly of the State 
     of Rhode Island, relative to Senate Resolution No. 99-S 0849 
     memorializing the United States Congress to enact legislation 
     amending the Social Security Act to prohibit recoupment by 
     the federal government of state tobacco settlement funds; to 
     the Committee on Commerce.
       97. Also, a memorial of the Senate of the State of New 
     Hampshire, relative to Senate Resolution No. 5 memorializing 
     Congress to authorize construction of the World War II 
     Memorial in Washington, D.C. to begin immediately; to the 
     Committee on Resources.
       98. Also, a memorial of the House of Representatives of the 
     State of Montana, relative to House Joint Resolution No. 4 
     memorializing Congress to have the management of grizzly 
     bears returned to the fish and wildlife agencies of the 
     states of Montana and Idaho; to the Committee on Resources.
       99. Also, a memorial of the Senate of the State of Montana, 
     relative to Senate Joint Resolution No. 5 memorializing the 
     United States Congress and the Executive Branch of the United 
     States Government to take action to require coverage of the 
     cost of long-term care and prescription drugs by the Federal 
     Medicare Program; jointly to the Committees on Commerce and 
     Ways and Means.

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