[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 171 (Wednesday, November 18, 2009)]
[House]
[Page H13267]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                            PETITIONS, ETC.

  Under clause 1 of rule XXII, petitions and papers were laid on the 
clerk's desk and referred as follows:

       81. The SPEAKER presented a petition of American Bar 
     Association, Chicago, Illinois, relative to Resolution 301 
     supporting the enactment of federal legislation, and adoption 
     of regulations and other governmental measures, designed to 
     improve the regulation of financial institutions and markets 
     in the United States; to the Committee on Financial Services.
       82. Also, a petition of American Bar Association, Chicago, 
     Illinois, relative to Resolution 300 supporting federal, 
     state or territorial legislation, regulations, or court rules 
     that promote the use of mediation to assist in resolving 
     disputes that could lead to forclosure of mortagees on 
     residential real property; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
       83. Also, a petition of American Bar Association, Chicago, 
     Illinios, relative to Resolution 111B supporting the 
     enactment of legislation that would provide for a national 
     study of the state of criminal justice in the United States; 
     to the Committee on the Judiciary.