[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 65 (Monday, May 14, 2001)]
[House]
[Pages H2147-H2148]
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:


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       53. The SPEAKER presented a memorial of the Legislature of 
     the State of Washington, relative to Senate Joint Resolution 
     8019 memorializing the Secretary of Agriculture to review the 
     department's policies regarding the conservation reserve 
     enhancement program and alter those policies to allow the 
     inclusion in the program of lands that are currently used to 
     produce perennial horticultural crops; to the Committee on 
     Agriculture.
       54. Also, a memorial of the General Assembly of the State 
     of Ohio, relative to Senate Resolution 126 memorializing the 
     United States Congress to reintroduce and pass the New 
     Markets for State-Inspected Meat Act as a means of assisting 
     small meat-packing operations and to restore fairness to the 
     meat industry in this country; to the Committee on 
     Agriculture.
       55. Also, a memorial of the Legislature of the State of 
     Montana, relative to House Joint Resolution 44 memorializing 
     the United States Congress for federal intervention to 
     stabilize wholesale electricity prices in the west; to the 
     Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       56. Also, a memorial of the Legislature of the State of 
     Idaho, relative to House Joint Memorial No. 7 memorializing 
     the United States Congress to support the amendment to 42 
     U.S.C. Section 1396p (Liens, Adjustments and Recoveries), to 
     exempt veterans in State Veterans Homes from having liens 
     placed on their property if they participate in the Medicaid 
     Program; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       57. Also, a memorial of the Legislature of the State of 
     Idaho, relative to House Joint Memorial No. 9 memorializing 
     the United State Congress to urge the Secretary of State or 
     other appropriate officials, to facilitate discussions 
     between the interested parties in order to provide redress 
     for the American soldiers who were taken as prisoners of war 
     by the Japanese government during World War II and forced to 
     perform slave labor under inhumane conditions for the benefit 
     of private Japanese companies; to the Committee on 
     International Relations.
       58. Also, a memorial of the Legislature of the State of 
     Alaska, relative to Legislative Resolution No. 5 
     memorializing the United States Congress to pass legislation 
     to open the coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife 
     Refuge, Alaska, to oil and gas exploration, development, and 
     production; to the Committee on Resources.
       59. Also, a memorial of the Legislature of the State of 
     Idaho, relative to House Joint Memorial No. 4 memorializing 
     the United States Congress to direct the National Park 
     Service to stop closing land to hunting within the expanded 
     Craters of the Moon National Monument; to the Committee on 
     Resources.
       60. Also, a memorial of the Legislature of the State of 
     Idaho, relative to House Joint Memorial No. 5 memorializing 
     the United States Congress that wolf recovery efforts in 
     Idaho be discontinued immediately, and wolves be removed by 
     whatever means necessary; to the Committee on Resources.
       61. Also, a memorial of the Legislature of the State of 
     Idaho, relative to House Joint Memorial No. 8 memorializing 
     the United States Congress to take actions deemed necessary 
     for the success of the Clearwater Basin Elk Habitat 
     Initiative; to the Committee on Resources.
       62. Also, a memorial of the Senate of the Commonwealth of 
     The Mariana Islands, relative to Senate Resolution No. 12-33 
     memorializing the United States Congress to adopt an 
     amendment to the Constitution of the United States, to add a 
     new article on the Subject of Judicial Taxation; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.
       63. Also, a memorial of the Legislature of the State of 
     Idaho, relative to House Joint Memorial No. 6 memorializing 
     the United States Congress to support congressional enactment 
     of federal property rights legislation which would at a 
     minimum include codification of the requirements of Executive 
     Order 12630; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
       64. Also, a memorial of the House of Representatives of the 
     State of Michigan, relative to House Resolution No. 63 
     memorializing the United States Congress to investigate 
     airfare pricing, especially in markets where mergers have 
     eroded competition; to the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure.
       65. Also, a memorial of the Legislature of the State of 
     Idaho, relative to House Joint Memorial No. 2 memorializing 
     the United States Congress to restore the daily passenger 
     rail service of the Pioneer; to the Committee on 
     Transportation and Infrastructure.
       66. Also, a memorial of the Legislature of the State of 
     Washington, relative to Senate Joint Memorial 8016 
     memorializing the United States Congress to emphasize the 
     importance of the free and fair trade of upland aquacultural 
     products in its relations with the government of Canada; to 
     the Committee on Ways and Means.
       67. Also, a memorial of the Legislature of the State of 
     Idaho, relative to House Joint Memorial No. 10 memorializing 
     the United States Congress that we endorse President George 
     W. Bush's plan for cutting taxes and we respectfully request 
     that Congress enact necessary measures to implement the 
     President's tax relief plan; to the Committee on Ways and 
     Means.
       68. Also, a memorial of the Legislature of the State of 
     Idaho, relative to House Joint Memorial No. 1 memorializing 
     the United States Congress to make it so no amendments or 
     other modifications be made to the Electoral College system 
     and that the Electoral College be continued in its present 
     form for all future presidential elections; jointly to the 
     Committees on House Administration and the Judiciary.
       69. Also, a memorial of the Legislature of the State of 
     Nevada, relative to Assembly Joint Resolution 6 memorializing 
     the United States Congress to refrain from enacting any 
     measure to repeal the ability of Nevada to license and 
     regulate sports wagering in its current form and to enact the 
     National Collegiate and Amateur Athletic Protection Act of 
     2001; jointly to the Committees on the Judiciary and 
     Education and the Workforce.
       70. Also, a memorial of the Legislature of the State of New 
     Mexico, relative to House Joint Memorial 60 memorializing the 
     United States Congress to strengthen requirements for 
     inspection and maintenance of all pipelines that carry 
     potentially dangerous, explosive or environmentally hazardous 
     substances; jointly to the Committees on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure and Energy and Commerce.

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