[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 112 (Tuesday, August 3, 1999)]
[House]
[Pages H6963-H6964]
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:

       179. The SPEAKER presented a memorial of the House of 
     Representatives of the State of Colorado, relative to House 
     Joint Resolution No. 99-1043 memorializing Congress to pass 
     legislation requiring labels that disclose the country of 
     origin on meats, poultry, and fresh produce; to the Committee 
     on Agriculture.
       180. Also, a memorial of the House of Representatives of 
     the State of Illinois, relative to House Joint Resolution No. 
     12 memorializing Congress and the Department of Agriculture 
     to re-examine our national agricultural policy and give due 
     attention and action to remedy the current agricultural 
     economic dilemma; to the Committee on Agriculture.
       181. Also, a memorial of the House of Representatives of 
     the State of New Hampshire, relative to House Joint 
     Resolution No. 7 memorializing support for the continued 
     management of the White Mountain National Forest for multiple 
     uses as a part of the National Forest System; to the 
     Committee on Agriculture.
       182. Also, a memorial of the House of Representatives of 
     the State of Colorado, relative to House Joint Resolution No. 
     99-1032 memorializing Congress to repeal all provisions of 
     federal law that allow or require a labor organization to 
     represent employees who choose not to join or financially 
     support such labor organization; to the Committee on 
     Education and the Workforce.
       183. Also, a memorial of the House of Representatives of 
     the State of New Hampshire, relative to House Concurrent 
     Resolution No. 6 memorializing the President and Congress to 
     fund 40 percent of the average per pupil expenditure in 
     public elementary and secondary schools in the United States 
     as promised under the IDEA to ensure that all children, 
     regardless of disability, receive a quality education and are 
     treated with the dignity and respect they deserve; to the 
     Committee on Education and the Workforce.
       184. Also, a memorial of the Legislature of the State of 
     New York, relative to Senate No. 1557 memorializing the New 
     York State Congressional Delegation to effectuate a repeal of 
     the oxygenate mandate for reformulated gasoline; to the 
     Committee on Commerce.
       185. Also, a memorial of the House of Representatives of 
     the State of Colorado, relative to House Joint Resolution No. 
     99-1047 memorializing Congress to subject the ``Regional Haze 
     Rule'' to congressional rule review, to reject the rule, and 
     return it to the EPA for proper participation by all 
     interested parties prior to promulgation in accordance with 
     the requirements of the federal ``Administrative Procedures 
     Act''; to the Committee on Commerce.
       186. Also, a memorial of the House of Representatives of 
     the State of Colorado, relative to House Joint Resolution No. 
     99-1037 memorializing Congress to require the EPA

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     to recognize that the State of Colorado has the requisite 
     authority, expertise, experience, and resources to administer 
     delegated federal environmental programs; to the Committee on 
     Commerce.
       187. Also, a memorial of the House of Representatives of 
     the State of New Hampshire, relative to House Joint 
     Resolution No. 2 memorializing federal air pollution programs 
     to not punish early adopters of air pollution control 
     technology; to the Committee on Commerce.
       188. Also, a memorial of the House of Representatives of 
     the State of New Hampshire, relative to House Joint 
     Resolution No. 9 memorializing Congress to eliminate the 
     oxygenate requirements of the federal Clean Air Act without 
     imposing any new federal requirements to reduce air 
     pollution; to the Committee on Commerce.
       189. Also, a memorial of the House of Representatives of 
     the State of New Hampshire, relative to House Concurrent 
     Resolution No. 12 memorializing 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.
       190. Also, a memorial of the House of Representatives of 
     the State of New Hampshire, relative to House Concurrent 
     Resolution No. 12 memorializing 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.
       191. Also, a memorial of the House of Representatives of 
     the State of Alabama, relative to House Joint Resolution No. 
     178 memorializing 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.
       192. Also, a memorial of the General Assembly of the State 
     of Rhode Island, relative to Joint Resolution 99-S 1003 
     memorializing the President and Congress to ratify the United 
     Nations convention on the Rights of the Child; to the 
     Committee on International Relations.
       193. Also, a memorial of the House of Representatives of 
     the State of Hawaii, relative to House Resolution No. 219 HD1 
     memorializing the United Nations Children's Fund to establish 
     a center for the health, welfare, and rights of children and 
     youth in Hawaii and support for the center is respectfully 
     requested from the President of the United States and 
     Congress; to the Committee on International Relations.
       194. Also, a memorial of the Legislature of the 
     Commonwealth of Guam, relative to Resolution No. 126 
     memorializing Guam's Delegate to the U.S. Congress introduce 
     legislation that would further amend the Organic Act of Guam 
     to allow for the first election of the Attorney General of 
     Guam to be held in the General Election in the year 2000; to 
     the Committee on Resources.
       195. Also, a memorial of the House of Representatives of 
     the State of Colorado, relative to House Joint Resolution No. 
     99-1023 memorializing the Department of the Interior and the 
     Bureau of Land Management to withdraw the current proposal to 
     amend the federal regulations, 43 C.F.R. subpart 3809 and 
     published at 64 F.R. 6422 on February 9, 1999, governing 
     hardrock mining activity; to the Committee on Resources.
       196. Also, a memorial of the House of Representatives of 
     the State of Colorado, relative to House Joint Resolution No. 
     99-1020 memorializing opposition towards H.R. 829, the 
     ``Colorado Wilderness Act of 1999''; to the Committee on 
     Resources.
       197. Also, a memorial of the House of Representatives of 
     the State of Colorado, relative to House Joint Resolution No. 
     99-1051 memorializing Congress to adopt certain amendments to 
     the federal ``Endangered Species Act of 1973''; to the 
     Committee on Resources.
       198. Also, a memorial of the House of Representatives of 
     the State of Colorado, relative to House Joint Resolution No. 
     99-1049 memorializing support for the most integrated setting 
     mandate in regulations adopted by the United States Attorney 
     General pursuant to the federal ``Americans With Disabilities 
     Act of 1990''; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
       199. Also, a memorial of the House of Representatives of 
     the State of New Hampshire, relative to House Concurrent 
     Resolution No. 4 memorializing the Secretary of 
     Transportation to expeditiously authorize the inclusion of 
     U.S. Route 2 through the states of Maine, New Hampshire, and 
     Vermont as a designated border corridor highway under the 
     auspices of Section 1118 and 1119 of the Transportation 
     Equity Act of the 21st Century; to the Committee on 
     Transportation and Infrastructure.
       200. Also, a memorial of the House of Representatives of 
     the State of New Hampshire, relative to House Concurrent 
     Resolution No. 11 memorializing Congress and the Internal 
     Revenue Service to make changes to the Internal Revenue Code 
     and federal tax regulations necessary to broaden the ability 
     of taxpayers to make tax-deductible contributions to Nuclear 
     Decommissioning Reserve Funds and to permit all contributions 
     toward future decommissioning expenses to receive beneficial 
     tax treatment; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
       201. Also, a memorial of the Senate of the State of Nevada, 
     relative to Senate Joint Resolution No. 22 memorializing 
     Congress to ensure that the provisions of H.R. 10, S. 900 and 
     any similar federal legislation do not interfere with the 
     jurisdiction of Nevada to regulate providers of insurance for 
     the protection of its residents; jointly to the Committees on 
     Commerce and Banking and Financial Services.
       202. Also, a memorial of the Legislature of the State of 
     Idaho, relative to House Joint Memorial No. 5 memorializing 
     support for the stabilization of payments of the United 
     States Forest Service to county governments through the State 
     Treasurer; jointly to the Committees on Resources and 
     Agriculture.
       203. Also, a memorial of the Senate of the State of 
     Colorado, relative to Senate Joint Memorial No. 99-003 
     memorializing Congress to establish a block grant program for 
     the distribution of federal highway moneys, to use a uniform 
     measure when considering the donor and donee issue, to 
     eliminate demonstration projects, and to expand activities to 
     combat the evasion of federal highway taxes and fees; jointly 
     to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure and 
     Ways and Means.
       204. Also, a memorial of the House of Representatives of 
     the State of New Hampshire, relative to House Concurrent 
     Resolution No. 9 memorializing the federal government to 
     review Medicare policies and procedures to ensure that New 
     Hampshire senior citizens retain all Medicare options; 
     jointly to the Committees on Ways and Means and Commerce.

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