[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 105 (Thursday, July 28, 2005)]
[House]
[Pages H7562-H7563]
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                               MEMORIALS

  Under clause 3 of rule XII, memorials were presented and referred as 
follows:
       121. The SPEAKER presented a memorial of the Legislature of 
     the State of Washington, relative to Substitute Senate Joint 
     Memorial No. 8010 petitioning the United States Department of 
     Agriculture regarding Canadian beef importation and export of 
     United States beef; to the Committee on Agriculture.
       122. Also, a memorial of the Legislature of the State of 
     Idaho, relative to Senate Joint Resolution No. 107 requesting 
     Congress to increase the death benefit for soldiers killed in 
     combat or who die of combat related injuries and requesting 
     that supplemental programs be considered by Congress and the 
     President to put the lives of the widow or widower and 
     dependents back together; to the Committee on Armed Services.
       123. Also, a memorial of the Legislature of the State of 
     Louisiana, relative to House Concurrent No. 138 memorializing 
     the Congress of the United States to make permanent the 
     increases in Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance coverage 
     and the Death Gratuity benefits to provide financial security 
     of survivors of members of the Louisiana National Guard and 
     other servicemembers who make the ultimate sacrifice with 
     their lives while serving our country and the state of 
     Louisiana; to the Committee on Armed Services.
       124. Also, a memorial of the House of Representatives of 
     the State of Florida, relative to House Memorial 821 urging 
     Congress to ensure that the aircraft carrier USS John F. 
     Kennedy remains in active service, that Naval Station Mayport 
     remains the home port for the USS John F. Kennedy, and that 
     the strength of the U.S. Navy's Atlantic carrier fleet is 
     maintained at its current level; to the Committee on Armed 
     Services.
       125. Also, a memorial of the Legislature of the State of 
     Maine, relative to House Joint Resolution No. 1160 
     memorializing the Congress of the United States to avoid 
     sole-sourced shipbuilding; to the Committee on Armed 
     Services.
       126. Also, a memorial of the Legislature of the State of 
     Louisiana, relative to House Concurrent Resolution No. 92 
     memorializing the Congress of the United States to take such 
     actions as are necessary to require financial institutions to 
     notify consumers prior to publication of negative credit 
     information and to allow adequate time for correction; to the 
     Committee on Financial Services.
       127. Also, a memorial of the General Assembly of the State 
     of Nevada, relative to Senate Joint Resolution No. 13 urging 
     Congress to preserve the Community Services Block Grant 
     program as an independent federal program; to the Committee 
     on Education and the Workforce.
       128. Also, a memorial of the House of Representatives of 
     the State of Kansas, relative to House Resolution No. 6038 
     memorializing the Congress of the United States to continue 
     funding the TriO and GEARUP educational programs; to the 
     Committee on Education and the Workforce.
       129. Also, a memorial of the Legislature of the State of 
     Idaho, relative to Senate Joint Resolution No. 105 urging the 
     Congress of the United States to enact the appropriate 
     legislation to authorize the individual states to 
     autonomously implement the Safe Drinking Water Act in their 
     respective states, and to provide federal funds to the states 
     via block grants to be used for the implementation of the 
     Act, in accordance with the determination of best use by each 
     state, to protect the public health and environment of the 
     people of each state; to the Committee on Energy and 
     Commerce.
       130. Also, a memorial of the Legislature of the State of 
     Minnesota, relative to Senate Joint Resolution 31 urging that 
     proposals to transition the Bonneville Power Administration 
     from cost-based rates to market-based rates and accelerate 
     the Bonneville Power Administration's debt repayment to the 
     United States Treasury, as expressed in the President's 
     fiscal year 2006 proposed budget, be rejected; to the 
     Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       131. Also, a memorial of the Legislature of the State of 
     Washington, relative to Substitute Senate Joint Memorial 8018 
     to reject the proposal to transition the Bonneville Power 
     Administration from cost-based rates to market-based rates; 
     to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       132. Also, a memorial of the Senate of the State of Hawaii, 
     relative to Senate Resolution No. 22 urging the President of 
     the United States, the Congress of the United States and the 
     Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to preserve the 
     amount of medicaid coverages and amount of benefits; to the 
     Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       133. Also, a memorial of the House of Representatives of 
     the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, relative to a Resolution 
     expressing to the Congress of the United States concern over 
     the proposal of reducing the appropriation of federal funds 
     for the High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA) Program; 
     to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       134. Also, a memorial of the General Assembly of the State 
     of Nevada, relative to Assembly Joint Resolution No. 4 urging 
     the Congress of the United States to recognize the 
     unsuitibility of Yucca Mountain as the site for a repository 
     to store and dispose of spent nuclear fuel and high-level 
     radioactive waste; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       135. Also, a memorial of the Legislature of the State of 
     Idaho, relative to House Joint Memorial No. 9 urging the 
     Congress of the United States to reject the Administration's 
     proposal to move PMA rates to market rates thereby ensuring 
     the continued responsible management of power generation, 
     transmission and sale; to the Committee on Energy and 
     Commerce.
       136. Also, a memorial of the General Assembly of the State 
     of Indiana, relative to Senate Resolution No. 25 
     memorializing the Congress of the United States to give due 
     consideration to the readiness of the Republic of China on 
     Taiwan for membership in the United Nations; to the Committee 
     on International Relations.
       137. Also, a memorial of the Legislature of the State of 
     Hawaii, relative to House Concurrent Resolution 62 supporting 
     the government and the people of the Republic of Kiribati in 
     their efforts to address war reparations; to the Committee on 
     International Relations.
       138. Also, a memorial of the House of Representatives of 
     the State of Minnesota, relative to House File No. 2143 
     memorializing the President, Congress and the United States 
     Postal Service to maintain current levels of service; to the 
     Committee on Government Reform.
       139. Also, a memorial of the Legislature of the State of 
     North Dakota, relative to Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 
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     the Comissioner of Major League Baseball to reinstate Roger 
     Maris as holder of the single-season major league baseball 
     home run record; to the Committee on Government Reform.
       140. Also, a memorial of the Legislature of the State of 
     North Dakota, relative to House Concurrent Resolution No. 
     3058 urging the Federal Aviation Administration to maintain 
     the Grand Forks Automated Flight Service Station as a federal 
     air traffic facility properly staffed by government 
     employees; to the Committee on Government Reform.
       141. Also, a memorial of the Legislature of the State of 
     Idaho, relative to Senate Joint Memorial No. 102 urging 
     Congress to support broadening the federal regulation, 
     ``Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Regulation 
     for Nonessential Experimental Populations of the Western 
     District Population Segment of the Gray Wolf,'' to authorize 
     citizens to protect their pet dogs and sporting dogs in the 
     same manner as provided for livestock, including dogs that 
     guard or herd livestock; continued funding through federal 
     grants of Idaho's Wolf Depredation Compensation Plan and the 
     broadening of compensation criteria to provide compensation 
     for wolf to the Committee on Resources.
       142. Also, a memorial of the Legislature of the State of 
     Idaho, relative to Senate Joint Memorial No. 103 urging the 
     President of the United States and the Congress of the United 
     States to pass legislation establishing an equitable 
     reimbursement formula based upon the number of users or 
     acreage or another equitable basis for the Bureau of Land 
     Management to reimburse counties for local law enforcement 
     services; to the Committee on Resources.
       143. Also, a memorial of the Legislature of the State of 
     Idaho, relative to Senate Joint Memorial 109 supporting 
     reauthorization of the ``Secure Rural Schools and Community 
     Self-Determination Act''; to the Committee on Resources.
       144. Also, a memorial of the Legislature of the State of 
     Idaho, relative to Senate Joint Memorial No. 104 urging the 
     President of the United States and the Congress of the United 
     States to pass legislation establishing an equitable 
     reimbursement formula based upon the number of users or 
     acreage or another equitable basis for the Forest Service to 
     reimburse counties for local law enforcement services; to the 
     Committee on Resources.
       145. Also, a memorial of the Legislature of the State of 
     Maine, relative to a Joint Resolution memorializing the 
     President and Congress of the United States to allow Poland's 
     citizens to travel to the United States without visas; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.
       146. Also, a memorial of the Legislature of the State of 
     Idaho, relative to Senate Joint Memorial No. 111 requesting 
     Congress to comprehensively review current immigration 
     policy, to examine enforcement of that policy, and further, 
     to actively seek reasonable revisions to such policy; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.
       147. Also, a memorial of the Legislature of the State of 
     Louisiana, relative to House Concurrent Resolution No. 218 
     memorializing the Senate of the United States to pass the 
     constitutional amendment banning the desecration of the 
     American flag which was passed by the House of Presentative 
     of the United States on June 22, 2005; to the Committee on 
     the Judiciary.
       148. Also, a memorial of the House of Representatives of 
     the State of Louisiana, relative to House Resolution No. 102 
     recognizing the need for an apology to the victims of 
     lynching and their descendants by the Senate of the United 
     States for the Senates' failure to enact anti-lynching 
     legislation; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
       149. Also, a memorial of the Senate of the Commonwealth of 
     Pennsylvania, relative to Senate Resolution No. 25 urging the 
     Congress of the United States to make the Republic of Poland 
     eligible for the Department of State's Visa Waiver Program; 
     to the Committee on the Judiciary.
       150. Also, a memorial of the House of Representatives of 
     the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, relative to a Resolution 
     expressing support of the extension of the term of 
     effectiveness of Pub. L. 107-56, known as the ``USA Patriot 
     Act''; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
       151. Also, a memorial of the Legislature of the State of 
     Idaho, relative to House Joint Resolution No. 2 urging the 
     Congress of the United States to continue their endeavors on 
     behalf of Idaho's citizens for appropriate compensation 
     through RECA; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
       152. Also, a memorial of the Legislature of the State of 
     Idaho, relative to Senate Joint Memorial 112 urging Congress 
     to take whatever steps are possible to facilitate dredging of 
     the Snake and Clearwater Rivers by the U.S. Army Corps of 
     Engineers; to the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure.
       153. Also, a memorial of the Legislature of the State of 
     Louisiana, relative to House Concurrent Resolution No. 103 
     memorializing the Congress of the United States to take such 
     actions as are necessary to advocate changes in the Federal 
     Motor Carrier Safety Regulations relative to issuance of 
     restricted commercial drivers' licenses, which currently 
     prohibit aerial applicators from qualifying for issuance of 
     such license; to the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure.
       154. Also, a memorial of the General Assembly of the State 
     of Georgia, relative to House Resolution No. 14 requesting 
     the Congress of the United States pass legislation allowing 
     hybrid or alternative fueled passenger vehicle to use 
     established HOV lanes; to the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure.
       155. Also, a memorial of the House of Representatives of 
     the State of Florida, relative to urging the Congress of the 
     United States to support the nation's new Vison for Space 
     Exploration and encouraging the Congress to continue to enact 
     and fund the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's 
     program implementing the nation's new Vision for Space 
     Exploration; to the Committee on Science.
       156. Also, a memorial of the Legislature of the State of 
     Idaho, relative to House Joint Memorial No. 6 petitioning the 
     Congress of the United States to pledge continued support and 
     provide sufficient long-term funding to assure execution of 
     the federal government's stated, public record vision for the 
     Idaho National Labratory; to the Committee on Science.
       157. Also, a memorial of the Senate of the State of New 
     Hampshire, relative to Senate Resolution 1 requesting the 
     United States Congress to assure that compensation is 
     provided to certain United States pilots held as prisoners of 
     war during the 1991 Gulf War; to the Committee on Veterans' 
     Affairs.
       158. Also, a memorial of the House of Representatives of 
     the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, relative to a Resolution 
     expressing support of the reform of the Social Security 
     System by the President of the United States and the Congress 
     of the United States; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
       159. Also, a memorial of the Legislature of the State of 
     Oregon, relative to House Joint Memorial 6 urging the United 
     States Congress to amend section 143(1)(4)(A) and (B) of the 
     Internal Revenue Code to allow veterans who entered the Armed 
     Forces of the United States after December 31, 1976, to 
     become eligible for Oregon home loans for veterans using the 
     proceeds of qualified veterans' mortgage bonds; to the 
     Committee on Ways and Means.
       160. Also, a memorial of the Legislature of the State of 
     Maine, relative to H.P. 1014 Joint Resolution memorializing 
     the President and Congress of the United States to support 
     the reform of the Social Security offsets of the government 
     pension offset and the windfall elimination provision; to the 
     Committee on Ways and Means.
       161. Also, a memorial of the Legislature of the State of 
     Idaho, relative to House Joint Memorial No. 1 urging the 
     Congress of the United States to support legislation that 
     will authorize and fund a feasibility study by the United 
     States Corps of Engineers relating to the possibilities, 
     benefits and costs of providing flood control above Bear 
     Lake; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
       162. Also, a memorial of the Legislature of the State of 
     Idaho, relative to House Joint Resolution No. 4 urging the 
     Congress of the United States to renegotiate the provisions 
     of CAFTA and the FTAA to limit exports from the Involved 
     foreign countries to fairly protect agricultural producers in 
     the United States; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
       163. Also,a memorial of the Legislature of the State of 
     Louisiana, relative to House Concurrent Resolution No. 19 
     memorializing the Congress of the United States to take such 
     actions as are necessary to enact legislation establishing 
     English as the official language of the United States; 
     jointly to the Committees on Education and the Workforce and 
     the Judiciary.
       164. Also, a memorial of the Senate of the State of Kansas, 
     relative to Senate Resolution No. 1862 memorializing the 
     Congress of the United States to continue the current federal 
     moratorium on specialty hospitals; jointly to the Committees 
     on Energy and Commerce and Ways and Means.
       165. Also, a memorial of the General Assembly of the State 
     of Colorado, relative to Senate Joint Resolution 05-015, 
     concerning opposition to the ``Federal Lands Recreation 
     Enhancement Act''; jointly to the Committees on Resources and 
     Agriculture.
       166. Also, a memorial of the House of Representatives of 
     the State of Louisiana, relative to House Resolution No. 131 
     memorializing the members of the Senate of the United States 
     from Louisiana to continue to work toward enacting federal 
     legislation to ensure that deserving victims of asbestos 
     exposure receive compensation; jointly to the Committees on 
     the Judiciary and Energy and Commerce.
       167. Also, a memorial of the Legislature of the State of 
     Maine, relative to H.P. 1115 Joint Resolution memorializing 
     the President of the United States and the Congress of the 
     United Sates to fulfill the intent to fund 40 percent of the 
     costs of special education and to end unfunded mandates; 
     jointly to the Committees on Education and the Workforce, 
     Government Reform, the Judiciary, the Budget, and Rules.

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