[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 123 (Friday, August 12, 2011)]
[House]
[Page H5904]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                               MEMORIALS

  Under clause 4 of rule XXII, memorials were presented and referred as 
follows:

       107. The SPEAKER presented a memorial of the House of 
     Representatives of the State of Texas, relative to House 
     Concurrent Resolution No. 129 notifying the Department of 
     Education that the career schools or colleges that are 
     established and authorized to operate by name as an 
     educational institution by the State of Texas are legally 
     authorized by the State of Texas to operate education 
     programs beyond secondary education; to the Committee on 
     Education and the Workforce.
       108. Also, a memorial of the House of Representatives of 
     the State of Texas, relative to House Concurrent Resolution 
     No. 90 urging the Congress to expedite a solution and enact 
     laws that will provide public alert and warning in situations 
     of war, terrorist attack, natural disaster, or other hazards 
     to public safety; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       109. Also, a memorial of the House of Representatives of 
     the State of Texas, relative to House Concurrent Resolution 
     No. 18 urging the Congress to propose and submit to the 
     states for ratification an amendment to the Constitution 
     providing that except during a war declared by the Congress 
     the total of all federal appropriations for a fiscal year may 
     not exceed the total of all estimated federal revenue for 
     that fiscal year; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
       110. Also, a memorial of the Senate of the State of Texas, 
     relative to Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 2 urging the 
     Congress to reauthorize the Water Resources Development Act 
     of 2007; to the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure.
       111. Also, a memorial of the Legislature of the Territory 
     of Virgin Islands, relative to Resolution No. 1757 
     petitioning the Congress and the President to allocate a 
     portion of the Federal Gasoline Excise Tax to be returned to 
     the Territory to establish an energy grid system with the 
     island of Puerto Rico; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
       112. Also, a memorial of the Legislature of the Territory 
     of Virgin Islands, relative to Resolution No. 1759 urging the 
     Congress to provide perpetual transfer of a portion of 
     revenues derived from excise taxes and duties imposed on 
     petroleum products shipped from the Virgin Islands to the 
     United States; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
       113. Also, a memorial of the Senate of the State of 
     Michigan, relative to Senate Resolution No. 39 memorizing the 
     Congress to remove gray wolves in Michigan from the federal 
     endangered species list; to the Committee on Natural 
     Resources.
       114. Also, a memorial of the House of Representatives of 
     the State of Michigan, relative to House Resolution No. 53 
     memorializing the Congress and the Drug Enforcement Agency to 
     make it illegal to possess, use, or sell the drugs MDPV and 
     mephedrone; jointly to the Committees on Energy and Commerce 
     and the Judiciary.
       115. Also, a memorial of the Senate of the State of 
     Michigan, relative to Senate Resolution No. 27 urging the 
     President to impose a moratorium on any new regulations and 
     for the Congress to pass the regulations from the Executive 
     in Need of Scrutiny (REINS) Act; jointly to the Committees on 
     the Judiciary and Rules.

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