[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 133 (Tuesday, September 6, 2016)]
[House]
[Page H5098]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                            PETITIONS, ETC.

  Under clause 3 of rule XII, petitions and papers were laid on the 
clerk's desk and referred as follows:

       79. The SPEAKER presented a petition of Councilmember Carla 
     Smith, Atlanta, GA, relative to Resolution 16-R-3942, urging 
     the United States Congress to identify a reliable funding 
     stream to address deferred maintenance needs of America's 
     National Park System; to the Committee on Natural Resources.
       80. Also, a petition of the Governing Body of the City of 
     Santa Fe, New Mexico, relative to Resolution No. 2016-56, 
     urging Congress to create a reliable, predictable stream of 
     resources to address deferred maintenance needs in America's 
     National Park System; to the Committee on Natural Resources.
       81. Also, a petition of The City Commission of Miami Beach, 
     FL, relative to Resolution No. 2016-29482, calling upon 
     federal and state-elected officials to collaborate with local 
     officials and first responders to prevent mass shootings and 
     large-scale human loss of life and suffering from mass 
     shootings in America by limiting the availability and use of 
     military grade, high capacity magazine assault weapons to law 
     enforcement agencies; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
       82. Also, a petition of Mr. Gregory D. Watson, a citizen of 
     Austin, Texas, relative to urging the Congress to propose, 
     for ratification by special conventions held within the 
     individual states, an amendment to the United States 
     Constitution which would grant to Congress the ability to 
     veto, by simple majority vote of at least one house of 
     Congress, any rule, any regulation, any policy, or any 
     procedure adopted by any agency within the Executive branch 
     of the Federal Government, with the sole exception of the 
     Executive Office of the President; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
       83. Also, a petition of the City Council of East Orange, 
     NJ, relative to Resolution I-178, encouraging Congress to 
     pass common sense gun sale restriction laws on those listed 
     on the ``Terror Watch List'' designation by the Department of 
     Homeland Security; to the Committee on the Judiciary.