[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 87 (Monday, July 10, 2000)]
[House]
[Pages H5736-H5737]
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:

       386. The SPEAKER presented a memorial of the Legislature of 
     the State of Louisiana, relative to House Concurrent 
     Resolution No. 42 memorializing the United States Congress to 
     financially assist in the implementation of a dairy waste 
     management program in Louisiana; to the Committee on 
     Agriculture.
       387. Also, a memorial of the Legislature of the State of 
     Louisiana, relative to House Concurrent Resolution No. 15 
     memorializing the United States Congress to amend Title X of 
     the United States Code, relating to the compensation of 
     retired military personnel, to permit concurrent receipt of 
     retired military longevity pay and Veterans Administration 
     disability compensation, including dependents allowances; to 
     the Committee on Armed Services.
       388. Also, a memorial of the General Assembly of the State 
     of Tennessee, relative to Senate Joint Resolution 71 
     memorializing the United States Congress to study the need to 
     increase the number and specificity of ethnicity categories 
     used for the reporting of educational data; to the Committee 
     on Education and the Workforce.
       389. Also, a memorial of the General Assembly of the State 
     of Tennessee, relative to Senate Joint Resolution No. 71 
     memorializing the United States Congress to study the need to 
     increase the number and specificity of ethnicity categories 
     used for the reporting of educational data; to the Committee 
     on Education and the Workforce.
       390. Also, a memorial of the Legislature of the State of 
     Louisiana, relative to House Concurrent Resolution No. 4 
     memorializing Congress to obtain an apology from the 
     government of Japan for crimes against prisoners of war 
     during World War II; to the Committee on International 
     Relations.
       391. Also, a memorial of the Legislature of the State of 
     Louisiana, relative to House Concurrent Resolution No. 54 
     memorializing the United States Congress to take appropriate 
     action to eliminate unnecesarily intrusive questions on the 
     long U.S. Census form so as to remove deterrents to a 
     complete and accurate census and to urge and request 
     Louisiana citizens to complete census forms as soon as 
     possible; to the Committee on Government Reform.
       392. Also, a memorial of the Legislature of the State of 
     Iowa, relative to House Joint Resolution No. 7 memorializing 
     the U.S. Congress to advise them that the State of Idaho, 
     Governor and Legislature strongly object to President Clinton 
     establishing roadless areas by executive order; to the 
     Committee on Resources.
       393. Also, a memorial of the Legislature of the State of 
     Iowa, relative to House Joint Memorial No. 6 issuing a strong 
     message to Congress and the President that the people of 
     Idaho must be fully involved in any planning that would 
     affect the economic well being of it's citizens and any such 
     actions must be approved by way of vote of the people; to the 
     Committee on Resources.
       394. Also, a memorial of the Legislature of the State of 
     Washington, relative to Senate Joint Memorial No. 8022 
     memorializing the Congress to accept the support of the 
     people of the State of Washington for the National World War 
     II Veterans' Memorial, a most well-deserved and worthy 
     project; to the Committee on Resources.
       395. Also, a memorial of the Legislature of the State of 
     Idaho, relative to House Joint Resolution No. 10 
     memorializing the Congress to conduct comprehensive hearings 
     on the proposed rules and the Section 303(d) TMDL program; to 
     the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
       396. Also, a memorial of the Legislature of the State of 
     Louisiana, relative to House Concurrent Resolution No. 17 
     memorializing the United States Congress to provide credit 
     towards the nonfederal share in the Water Resources 
     Development Act of 2000, for the cost of any work performed 
     by the nonfederal interests for the interim flood protection 
     that is determined to be compatible and an integral part of 
     the Morganza to the Gulf of Mexico Hurricane Protection 
     Project, and to allow the remaining portion of the nonfederal 
     share to be paid over a period of time not to exceed thirty 
     years; to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
       397. Also, a memorial of the Legislature of the State of 
     Idaho, relative to House Concurrent Resolution No. 46 
     memorializing the House of Representatives to establish and 
     perpetually maintain and operate an Idaho state veterans 
     cemetery; to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
       398. Also, a memorial of the Legislature of the State of 
     Louisiana, relative to House Concurrent Resolution No. 14 
     memorializing the United States Congress to correct any 
     disparate tax treatment of independently contracted school 
     bus operators by enacting legislation to cause a return to 
     the pre-1989 policy of treating such operators as hybrid 
     employees; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
       399. Also, a memorial of the Legislature of the State of 
     Louisiana, relative to House Concurrent Resolution No. 13 
     memorializing Congress to repeal the two federal Social 
     Security provisions known as the Government Pension Offset 
     and Windfall Elimination Provision, and thereby prevent the 
     reduction of Social Security benefits received by 
     beneficiaries who also receive ``uncovered: government 
     retirement benefits earned through work for a state or local 
     government employer; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
       400. Also, a memorial of the Legislature of the State of 
     Idaho, relative to House Joint Memorial No. 8 petitioning the 
     Senate and House of Representatives of the United States in 
     Congress Assembled, and to the Congressional Delegation 
     representing the State of Idaho in the Congress of the United 
     States to quickly harmonize and equalize laboratory testing 
     of potatoes so that there is mutual acceptance of each 
     country's respective test results; jointly to the Committees 
     on Agriculture and Ways and Means.
       401. Also, a memorial of the Legislature of the State of 
     Iowa, relative to House Joint

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     Memorial No. 9 memorializing Congress and the Canadian 
     Parliament concerning issues of communication, production 
     data, animal health regulations, and the Pacific Cattle 
     Project; jointly to the Committees on Agriculture and Ways 
     and Means.

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