[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 71 (Tuesday, June 4, 2002)]
[House]
[Page H3160]
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                               MEMORIALS

  Under clause 3 of rule XII, memorials were presented and referred as 
follows:

       272. The SPEAKER presented a memorial of the Senate of the 
     State of Georgia, relative to Senate Resolution 493 
     memorializing the United States Congress to support the 
     implementation of a national missle defense system; to the 
     Committee on Armed Services.
       273. Also, a memorial of the Senate of the State of 
     Louisiana, relative to Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 22 
     memorializing the United States Congress to request the 
     appropriate officials at the United States Department of 
     Education to review the federal laws and guidelines with 
     respect to assuring that the approved use of Title I funds to 
     address the educational needs of students is not jeopardized 
     in cases in which the management and implementation of such 
     funds by a local education agency are being examined; to the 
     Committee on Education and the Workforce.
       274. Also, a memorial of the House of Representatives of 
     the State of Illinois, relative to House Resolution No. 573 
     memorializing the United States Congress to appropriate 
     impact aid funds to compensate school districts whose 
     territories include U.S. military installations or bases for 
     not receiving property tax revenues from the U.S. military 
     installations or bases; to the Committee on Education and the 
     Workforce.
       275. Also, a memorial of the General Assembly of the State 
     of Wisconsin, relative to Assembly Resolution No. 46 
     memorializing the United States Congress that the members of 
     the Wisconsin assembly request that the U.S. Congress and the 
     President of the United States enact legislation that would 
     define the political status options available to the U.S. 
     citizens of Puerto Rico and authorize a plebiscite to provide 
     for Puerto Ricans to make an informed decision regarding the 
     island's future political status; to the Committee on 
     Resources.
       276. Also, a memorial of the House of Representatives of 
     the State of Illinois, relative to House Resolution No. 483 
     memorializing the United States Congress to applaud the 
     selfless and heroic efforts of the thousands of firefighters 
     and police officers across the United States who have aided 
     the rescue efforts in New York, Arlington, Virginia, and 
     Pennsylvania; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
       277. Also, a memorial of the House of Representatives of 
     the State of Alabama, relative to House Joint Resolution 12 
     memorializing the United States Congress that we hereby 
     ratify the Seventeenth Amendment to the United States 
     Constitution; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
       278. Also, a memorial of the House of Representatives of 
     the State of Alabama, relative to House Joint Resolution 13 
     memorializing the United States Congress that we hereby 
     ratify the Twenty-Third Amendment to the United States 
     Constitution; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
       279. Also, a memorial of the House of Representatives of 
     the State of Alabama, relative to House Joint Resolution 14 
     memorializing the United States Congress that we hereby 
     ratify the Twenty-fourth Amendment to the United States 
     Constitution; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
       280. Also, a memorial of the House of Representatives of 
     the State of Illinois, relative to House Resolution No. 556 
     memorializing the United States Congress to pass important 
     and much-needed legislation allocating funding locally to 
     help combat the scourge of terrorism; to the Committee on 
     Transportation and Infrastructure.
       281. Also, a memorial of the House of Representatives of 
     the State of Illinois, relative to House Joint Resolution No. 
     54 memorializing the United States Congress to recognize the 
     importance of inland waterway transportation to Illinois 
     agriculture and to industry in the State, the region, and the 
     nation, and that we urge Congress to authorize funding to 
     construct 1,200-foot locks on the Upper Mississippi and 
     Illinois River System; to the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure.
       282. Also, a memorial of the General Assembly of the State 
     of Wisconsin, relative to Assembly Resolution 56 
     memorializing the United States Congress that the Wisconsin 
     assembly formally recognizes the upper Mississippi River as a 
     river of statewide of significance for natural, navigational, 
     and recreational benefits; to the Committee on Transportation 
     and Infrastructure.
       283. Also, a memorial of the Senate of the State of 
     Georgia, relative to Senate Resolution 482 memorializing the 
     United States Congress to support the permanent repeal of the 
     estate tax; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
       284. Also, a memorial of the Senate of the State of 
     Georgia, relative to Senate Resolution 496 memorializing the 
     United States to support the permanent repeal of the estate 
     tax; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
       285. Also, a memorial of the Senate of the State of 
     Louisiana, relative to Senate Resolution No. 27 memorializing 
     the United States Congress to provide a tax credit to 
     companies for the cost of converting from groundwater to 
     reclaimed water and provide interest free loans to 
     municipalities to constuct waste water treatment/reclamation 
     projects; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
       286. Also, a memorial of the General Assembly of the State 
     of Wisconsin, relative to Assembly Resolution 52 
     memorializing that the members of the Wisconsin assembly 
     respectfully request the U.S. Congress to leave the tax cuts 
     in the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 
     2001 (H.R. 1836) intact, to allow the implementation or 
     acceleration of the the relief therein, and to add further 
     tax relief measures if needed; to the Committee on Ways and 
     Means.
       287. Also, a memorial of the Legislature of the State of 
     Alaska, relative to Legislative Resolve No. 48 memorializing 
     the United States Congress that the Alaska State Legislature 
     expresses gratitude to President George W. Bush, to the 
     President's cabinet, and to the men and women of the United 
     States armed forces for their leadership and sacrifice; 
     jointly to the Committees on International Relations and 
     Armed Services.
       288. Also, a memorial of the Legislature of the State of 
     Wyoming, relative to House Joint Resolution No. 5 
     memorializing the United States Congress that the Wyoming 
     State Legislature endorses the establishment of a tribal 
     health care services pilot program to study these areas of 
     concern; jointly to the Committees on Resources and Energy 
     and Commerce.
       289. Also, a memorial of the Senate of the State of Kansas, 
     relative to Senate Resolution No. 1826 memorializing the 
     United States Congress that the Senate respectively urges the 
     Congress of the United States to adopt legislation requiring 
     the Medicare program to cover all oral cancer drugs; jointly 
     to the Committees on Ways and Means and Energy and Commerce.

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