[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 171 (Thursday, November 19, 2015)]
[House]
[Page H8412]
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:

       150. The SPEAKER presented a memorial of the General 
     Assembly of the State of California, relative to Assembly 
     Joint Resolution No. 16, calling upon the President of the 
     United States to encourage the Secretary of the United States 
     Department of Health and Human Services to adopt policies to 
     repeal the current and upcoming discriminatory donor 
     suitability policies of the United States Food and Drug 
     Administration (FDA) regarding blood donations by men who 
     have had sex with another man and, instead, direct the FDA to 
     develop science-based policies such as criteria based on 
     risky behavior in lieu of sexual orientation; to the 
     Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       151. Also, a memorial of the General Assembly of the State 
     of California, relative to Assembly Joint Resolution No. 25, 
     urging the President and Congress of the United States to 
     support legislation that will provide a comprehensive 
     solution to allow banks and credit unions to perform 
     financial services for marijuana businesses; to the Committee 
     on Energy and Commerce.
       152. Also, a memorial of the General Assembly of the State 
     of California, relative to Assembly Joint Resolution No. 22, 
     urging the federal government to take steps to reform the 
     outdated and inadequate Official Poverty Measure to better 
     reflect poverty and the unmet needs demonstrated by the 
     Supplemental Poverty Measure; to the Committee on Oversight 
     and Government Reform.
       153. Also, a memorial of the General Assembly of the State 
     of California, relative to Assembly Joint Resolution No. 27, 
     urging the Congress of the United States to permanently 
     reauthorize and fully fund the federal land and Water 
     Conservation Fund in order to maintain and preserve land and 
     water resources; to the Committee on Natural Resources.
       154. Also, a memorial of the General Assembly of the State 
     of California, relative to Assembly Joint Resolution No. 13, 
     urging the Congress and President of the United States to 
     continue to secure citizens' right to vote and remedy any 
     racial discrimination in voting; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
       155. Also, a memorial of the General Assembly of the State 
     of California, relative to Assembly Joint Resolution No. 26, 
     urging the Congress of the United States to ban the sale or 
     display of any Confederate flag, including the Confederate 
     Battle Flag, on federal property and encourage states to ban 
     the use of Confederate States of America symbolism from state 
     flags, seals, and symbols, and would encourage the donation 
     of Confederate artifacts to museums; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.

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