[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 65 (Monday, May 20, 2002)]
[House]
[Page H2661]
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:

       253. The SPEAKER presented a memorial of the Legislature of 
     the State of Kansas, relative to House Concurrent Resolution 
     No. 5014 memorializing the Congress of the United States to 
     enact revisions to the Federal Meat Inspection Act and the 
     Poultry Products Inspection Act to allow interstate shipment 
     and marketing of meat products by state inspected meat 
     processing facilities; to the Committee on Agriculture.
       254. Also, a memorial of the Legislature of the State of 
     Maine, relative to H.P. 1681 Joint Resolution memorializing 
     the President of the United States and the Congress of the 
     United States to either provide 40% of the national average 
     per pupil expenditure to assist states and local education 
     agencies with the excess costs of educating children with 
     disabilities or amend the Individuals with Disabilities 
     Education Act to allow the states more flexibility in 
     implementing its mandates; to the Committee on Education and 
     the Workforce.
       255. Also, a memorial of the Senate of the Commonwealth of 
     Pennsylvania, relative to Senate Resolution No. 115 
     memorializing the President and Congress of the United States 
     to amend 42 CFR Section 435.1009 to permit the use of Federal 
     Medicaid funds for prison mental health and mental 
     retardation treatment programs and drug and alcohol 
     rehabilitation programs and thereby afford states throughout 
     the nation the ability to reduce recidivism and lower crime 
     through Prison-administered treatment and rehabilitation 
     programs; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       256. Also, a memorial of the Senate of the State of 
     Michigan, relative to Senate Resolution No. 143 memorializing 
     the Congress of the United States to enact legislation to 
     provide a convenient means for consumers to choose not to 
     receive unsolicited telemarketing calls; to the Committee on 
     Energy and Commerce.
       257. Also, a memorial of the Legislature of the State of 
     Vermont, relative to Joint House Resolution 219 memorializing 
     the Congress of the United States that the General assembly 
     condemns, in the strongest possible terms, the most 
     outrageous and brutal attack against the United States that 
     occurred on September 11, 2001; to the Committee on 
     International Relations.
       258. Also, a memorial of the Legislature of the State of 
     Maine, relative to H.P. 1701 Joint Resolution memorializing 
     the Congress of the United States to encourage all of the 
     United States of America to observe Patriots' Day on April 
     15, 2002 in remembrance of the founding of this nation and 
     the patriotism shown by Americans after September 11, 2001; 
     to the Committee on Government Reform.
       259. Also, a memorial of the Legislature of the State of 
     Maine, relative to H.P. 1722 Joint Resolution memorializing 
     the Congress of the United States to support the repeal of 
     the government pension offset and the windfall elimination 
     provision from the federal Social Security Act; to the 
     Committee on Ways and Means.
       260. Also, a memorial of the House of Representatives of 
     the State of Kansas, relative to House Resolution 6013 
     memorializing the Congress of the United States to pass 
     legislation to provide federal funding for the placement of 
     ultrasound equipment in crisis pregnancy centers and not-for-
     profit health care centers providing services to pregnant 
     women and to require operation of such equipment by qualified 
     persons who possess any required certification or licensure 
     to operate such equipment; jointly to the Committees on 
     Energy and Commerce and Ways and Means.
       261. Also, a memorial of the Senate of the Commonwealth of 
     Pennsylvania, relative to Senate Resolution No. 147 
     memorializing the Congress of the United States to enact 
     legislation that would coordinate Federal and regional 
     actions to prevent and control biological pollution, 
     particularly through management of ballast water discharges, 
     elimination of unintentional introductions of nonnative 
     invasive species and reduction of the dispersal of nonnative 
     species within Pennsylvania's ecosystems through the 
     development of timely, effective, scientifically based, 
     environmentally sound and economically viable management 
     programs; jointly to the Committees on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure and Resources.
       262. Also, a memorial of the House of Representatives of 
     the State of Georgia, relative to House Resolution 12EX2 
     memorializing the Congress of the United States to support 
     the proposed study of southern rural poverty and assist the 
     Southern Black Belt in meeting its educational, economic, and 
     health challenges; jointly to the Committees on Education and 
     the Workforce, Energy and Commerce, Transportation and 
     Infrastructure, and Financial Services.

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