[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 163 (Wednesday, November 17, 1999)]
[House]
[Page H12227]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                            PETITIONS, ETC.

  Under clause 3 of rule XII, petitions and papers were laid on the 
clerk's desk and referred as follows:

       67. The SPEAKER presented a petition of the Office of the 
     City Clerk, Syracuse Common Council, relative to Resolution 
     No. 59-R petitioning Congress and the President to enact a 
     ``Jonny Gammage Law'' to protect the public from the illegal 
     and excessive use of force by police officers and eliminate 
     conflicts of interest within local judicial systems; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.
       68. Also, a petition of the Southern Governors' 
     Association, relative to a resolution petitioning the United 
     States for the speedy passage of legislation enhancing the 
     Caribbean Basin Initiative program to foster the evolution of 
     economic development and trade opportunities in Central 
     America and the Caribbean; to the Committee on Ways and 
     Means.
       69. Also, a petition of the Southern Governors' 
     Association, relative to a resolution petitioning Congress 
     and federal agencies regarding U.S. drug interdiction efforts 
     in the Caribbean Basin; jointly to the Committees on the 
     Judiciary and International Relations.