[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 85 (Thursday, June 29, 2000)]
[House]
[Pages H5655-H5656]
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:

       360. The SPEAKER presented a memorial of the Legislature of 
     the State of Hawaii, relative to House Concurrent Resolution 
     No. 37 memorializing the Twentieth Legislature of the State 
     of Hawaii for the responsible use of agricultural 
     biotechnology for the benefit of Hawaii's people; to the 
     Committee on Agriculture.
       361. Also, a memorial of the Legislature of the State of 
     Georgia, relative to Senate Resolution No. 478 memorializing 
     the Congress of the United States to address potential 
     federal monetary assessments that could be placed on 
     southeastern peanut growers, including Georgia peanut 
     growers, when the 2000 peanut crop is harvested; and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Agriculture.
       362. Also, a memorial of the General Assembly of the 
     Commonwealth of Virginia, relative to House Joint Resolution 
     No. 207 memorializing the Congress of the United States to 
     establish the national United States Military Museum at Fort 
     Belvoir, Virginia; to the Committee on Armed Services.
       363. Also, a memorial of the General Assembly of the 
     Commonwealth of Virginia, relative to House Joint Resolution 
     No. 310 memorializing the Congress of the United States to 
     amend the Fair Credit Reporting Act to prohibit credit 
     reporting agencies from using information related to the 
     number of inquiries in a consumer's credit report to 
     determine the consumer's overall rating; to the Committee on 
     Banking and Financial Services.
       364. Also, a memorial of the Legislature of the State of 
     New Mexico, relative to Senate Memorial No. 5 urging the 
     Congress of the United States to amend the employee 
     retirement income security act of 1974 to grant authority to 
     all individual states to monitor and regulate self-funded 
     employer-based health plans in order to provide greater 
     consumer protection and effect health care reform; to the 
     Committee on Education and the Workforce.
       365. Also, a memorial of the General Assembly of the 
     Commonwealth of Virginia, relative to House Joint Resolution 
     No. 385 memorializing the Congress of the United States to 
     enact the Solid Waste Interstate Transportation and Local 
     Authority Act of 1999 (HR 1190) that gives state and local 
     governments additional authority to regulate the importation 
     of muncipal solid waste into their jurisdictions; to the 
     Committee on Commerce.
       366. Also, a memorial of the Legislature of the State of 
     New Hampshire, relative to House Concurrent Resolution No. 30 
     urging the Environmental Protection Agency to adopt recently 
     proposed new emission standards for heavy-duty vehicles, at 
     least as stringent as orginally proposed, and to adopt a 
     second phase of emission standards for heavy duty vehicles 
     and reductions in the sulfur content of highway diesel fuel; 
     to the Committee on Commerce.
       367. Also, a memorial of the Legislature of the State of 
     Hawaii, relative to House Resolution No. 111 memorializing 
     the Congress of the United States to pursue the establishment 
     of a State-Province relations of friendship between the State 
     of Hawaii of the United States of America and the Province of 
     Thua Thien-Hue of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam; to the 
     Committee on International Relations.
       368. Also, a memorial of the Legislature of the State of 
     Maine, relative to Joint Resolution memorializing the 
     Congress of the United States to work toward a solution to 
     the problem in Cyprus; to the Committee on International 
     Relations.
       369. Also, a memorial of the Legislature of the State of 
     Hawaii, relative to House Resolution No. 123 memorializing 
     the United States House of Representatives to speedily pass 
     S. 1052 relating to the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana 
     Islands; to the Committee on Resources.
       370. Also, a memorial of the Legislature of the State of 
     Hawaii, relative to House Concurrent Resolution No. 41 
     memorializing the federal government to recognize an official 
     political relationship between the United States government 
     and the Native Hawaiian people; further memorializing the 
     United States Congress and President to articulate and 
     implement a federal policy of Native Hawaiian self-government 
     with a distinct, unique, and special trust relationship and 
     to implement reconciliation pursuant to Public Law 103-150; 
     to the Committee on Resources.

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       371. Also, a memorial of the General Assembly of the 
     Commonwealth of Virginia, relative to House Joint Resolution 
     No. 71 memorializing the Congress of the United States to 
     propose an amendment to the Constitution of the United States 
     to allow for voluntary school prayer; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
       372. Also, a memorial of the Legislature of the State of 
     Kansas, relative to House Concurrent Resolution No. 5059 
     memorializing the Congress of the United States to propose 
     submission to the states an amendment to the Constitution of 
     the United States of America restricting the ability of the 
     federal judiciary to mandate any state or subdivision thereof 
     to levy or increase taxes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
       373. Also, a memorial of the Legislature of the State of 
     Alaska, relative to Legislative Resolve No. 36 requesting 
     Exxon Mobil Corporation to pay claimants for court-ordered 
     damages resulting from the Exxon Valdez oil spill; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.
       374. Also, a memorial of the General Assembly of the 
     Commonwealth of Virginia, relative to House Joint Resolution 
     No. 103 memorializing the Congress of the United States to 
     provide federal funding for expansion of certain highway rest 
     stops; to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
       375. Also, a memorial of the General Assembly of the 
     Commonwealth of Virginia, relative to House Joint Resolution 
     No. 284 memorializing the Congress of the United States to 
     amend that portion of the Trade Act of 1974 establishing the 
     North American Free Trade Agreement Transitional Adjustment 
     Assistance Program to extend the maximum time period for 
     receipt of benefits from 52 weeks to 78 weeks; to the 
     Committee on Ways and Means.
       376. Also, a memorial of the General Assembly of the 
     Commonwealth of Virginia, relative to House Joint Resolution 
     No. 283 memorializing the Congress of the United States to 
     enhance the benefits for individuals eligible for North 
     American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) transitional adjustment 
     assistance; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
       377. Also, a memorial of the House of Representatives of 
     the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, relative to Resolutions 
     urging the Congress to enact legislation to increase the per 
     capita allocation of private activity bonds from 50 to 75 
     dollars and the housing tax credit cap from $1.25 to $1.75; 
     to the Committee on Ways and Means.
       378. Also, a memorial of the Senate of the State of 
     Michigan, relative to Senate Resolution No. 158 memorializing 
     the Congress of the United States regarding voluntary, 
     individual, unorganized, and non-mandatory prayer in public 
     schools; jointly to the Committees on Education and the 
     Workforce and the Judiciary.
       379. Also, a memorial of the Senate of the State of Hawaii, 
     relative to Senate Resolution No. 28 memorializing the United 
     States Congress to support legislation to extend medicare 
     coverage to prescription drugs for the elderly and disabled; 
     jointly to the Committees on Ways and Means and Commerce.
       380. Also, a memorial of the Senate of the State of Hawaii, 
     relative to Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 73 memorializing 
     the United States Congress to support legislation to extend 
     medicare coverage to prescription drugs for the elderly and 
     disabled; jointly to the Committees on Ways and Means and 
     Commerce.
       381. Also, a memorial of the General Assembly of the 
     Commonwealth of Virginia, relative to House Resolution No. 6 
     memorializing the President of the United States and the 
     Congress to work together to reform the financial structure 
     of the Coal Industry Retiree Health Benefit Act; jointly to 
     the Committees on Ways and Means and Education and the 
     Workforce.
       382. Also, a memorial of the General Assembly of the 
     Commonwealth of Virginia, relative to House Joint Resolution 
     No. 168 memorializing the Congress of the United States to 
     protect senior assets from liquidation to meet eligibility 
     requirements for federal medical and long-term care benefits; 
     jointly to the Committees on Ways and Means and Commerce.
       383. Also, a memorial of the General Assembly of the 
     Commonwealth of Virginia, relative to Senate Joint Resolution 
     No. 163 memorializing the the Congress of the United States 
     to protect senior assets from liquidation to meet the 
     eligibility requirements for federal medical and long-term 
     care benefits; jointly to the Committees on Ways and Means 
     and Commerce.
       384. Also, a memorial of the Senate of the State of 
     Louisiana, relative to Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 7 
     memorializing the Congress of the United States to adopt a 
     program which will provide prescription drug coverage to 
     Medicare beneficiaries; jointly to the Committees on Ways and 
     Means and Commerce.
       385. Also, a memorial of the House of Representatives of 
     the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, relative to House 
     Resolution No. 374 memorializing the President and the 
     Congress of the United States to work together to reform the 
     financial structure of the Coal Act to ensure that retired 
     coal miners continue to receive the health care benefits they 
     were promissed and rightly deserve; jointly to the Committees 
     on Ways and Means and Education and the Workforce.

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