[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 72 (Thursday, June 8, 2006)]
[House]
[Page H3642]
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:

       321. The SPEAKER presented a memorial of the Legislature of 
     the State of Louisiana, relative to Senate Concurrent 
     Resolution No. 35 memorializing the Congress of the United 
     States to take such actions as are necessary to continue 
     funding and operation of the United States Department of 
     Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service located in Baton 
     Rouge, Louisiana; to the Committee on Agriculture.
       322. Also, a memorial of the Legislature of the State of 
     California, relative to Senate Joint Resolution No. 27 urging 
     the Congress of the United States to protect the rights of 
     all American women to receive equal pay for equal work, and 
     to continue to provide effective remedies to victims of 
     discrimination in the payment of wages on the basis of sex; 
     to the Committee on Education and the Workforce.
       323. Also, a memorial of the House of Representatives of 
     the State of Kansas, relative to House Resolution No. 6019 
     memorializing the Congress of the United States, the 
     Department of Education and the Kansas State Board of 
     Education concerning the No Child Left Behind Act; to the 
     Committee on Education and the Workforce.
       324. Also, a memorial of the Senate of the State of Hawaii, 
     relative to Senate Resolution No. 60 urging the Congress of 
     the United States to provide states with the necessary 
     funding to implement the goals of the No. Child Left Behind 
     Act of 2001 and other education-related programs and to offer 
     states waivers or exemptions from related regulations when 
     federal funding for elementary and secondary education is 
     decreased; to the Committee on Education and the Workforce.
       325. Also, a memorial of the Senate of the State of Hawaii, 
     relative to Senate Resolution No. 61 urging the Congress of 
     the United States to support changes to the No Child Left 
     Behind Act of 2001; to the Committee on Education and the 
     Workforce.
       326. Also, a memorial of the Senate of the State of Hawaii, 
     relative to Senate Resolution No. 103 urging the Congress of 
     the United States and the Department of Education to support 
     the goals of the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) by 
     increasing funds for federal education initiatives and 
     affording more flexibility to states in relation to NCLB; to 
     the Committee on Education and the Workforce.
       327. Also, a memorial of the House of Representatives of 
     the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, relative to House 
     Resolution No. 616 recognizing the month of May 2006 as 
     ``Amytrophic Lateral Sclerosis Awareness Month'' in 
     Pennsylvania andurging the Congress of the United States to 
     enact legislation to provide additional funding for research 
     in order to find a treatment and a cure for ALS; to the 
     Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       328. Also, a memorial of the General Assembly of the State 
     of Vermont, relative to House Joint Resolution No. 76 urging 
     the Congress of the United States to promote and diversify 
     the automotive and machine-tool sectors of our national 
     economy; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       329. Also, a memorial of the House of Representatives of 
     the State of New Hampshire, relative to House Resolution No. 
     13 condemning the genocide in the Darfur region of Sudan and 
     calling upon the President, the State Department and the 
     Congress of the United States to unite the international 
     community to end the genocide in Darfur; to the Committee on 
     International Relations.
       330. Also, a memorial of the House of Representatives of 
     the State of Iowa, relative to House Resolution No. 122 
     requesting the Congress of the United States 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.
       331. Also, a memorial of the House of Representatives of 
     the Commonwealth of The Mariana Islands, relative to House 
     Resolution No. 15-33 expressing support for the passage of S. 
     1954, the Insular Possessions Act of 2005; to the Committee 
     on Ways and Means.
       332. Also, a memorial of the Legislature of the State of 
     Louisiana, relative to Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 41 
     memorializing the Congress of the United States to redirect 
     and make available to Louisiana federal contingency funds 
     that were set aside through the Temporary Assistance For 
     Needy Families (TANF) Emergency Response and Recovery Act of 
     2005 to be drawn by states receiving and hosting residents of 
     Louisiana, Alabama, and Mississippi that were displaced by 
     Hirricane Katrina and Hurricane Rita which remains used; to 
     the Committee on Ways and Means.
       333. Also, a memorial of the Legislature of the State of 
     Kansas, relative to House Concurrent Resolution No. 5042 
     urging support of the ``25 x 25'' initiative; jointly to the 
     Committees on Agriculture, Energy and Commerce, and 
     Resources.

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