[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 15 (Monday, January 30, 2017)]
[House]
[Page H747]
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:

       6. The SPEAKER presented a petition of the Council of 
     Former Mayors of the New Progressive Party of Puerto Rico, 
     relative to Resolution No. 1, requesting that the House of 
     Representatives and the Senate of the United States that 
     according to the powers given by the U.S. Constitution 
     immediately begin a process of admission of the territory of 
     Puerto Rico as a State through the filing of a draft 
     admission to Congress and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Natural Resources.
       7. Also, a petition of the Mayor and Borough Council of the 
     Borough of Sayreville, NJ, relative to Resolution No. 2017-
     32, confirming and recording its support of H.R. 814 and 
     urging the U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate to 
     enact this important legislation; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
       8. Also, a petition of the Board of Directors of the 
     Winslow Indian Health Care Center of Winslow, Arizona, 
     relative to Resolution No. WIHCC-2017-01, supporting 
     preservation of the Indian Healthcare Improvement Act, 
     Indian-Specific provisions under Medicaid, and other health-
     related provisions unrelated to the overall healthcare reform 
     legislation; jointly to the Committees on Natural Resources, 
     Energy and Commerce, and Ways and Means.