[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 62 (Tuesday, April 17, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Pages S2215-S2218]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        PETITIONS AND MEMORIALS

  The following petitions and memorials were laid before the Senate and 
were referred or ordered to lie on the table as indicated:

       POM-199. A joint memorial adopted by the Legislature of the 
     State of Idaho memorializing its opposition to any new 
     federal national monument designations or further 
     designations of wilderness in the State of Idaho without the 
     approval of the United States Congress and the Idaho 
     Legislature; to the Committee on Energy and Natural 
     Resources.

                     Senate Joint Memorial No. 103

       Whereas, the Antiquities Act was passed by the United 
     States Congress and signed into law by President Theodore 
     Roosevelt on June 8, 1906. The law gives the President of the 
     United States the authority to, by presidential proclamation, 
     create national monuments from federal lands to protect 
     significant natural, cultural or scientific features. The law 
     has been used more than one hundred times since its passage; 
     and
       Whereas, the Wilderness Act was passed in 1964 and, since 
     that time, the United States Congress has designated nearly 
     110 million acres of federal wildlands as official 
     wilderness, which has the highest form of protection of any 
     federal wildland; and
       Whereas, almost sixty-two percent of land in Idaho is 
     federal land; and
       Whereas, residents of the State of Idaho support multiple 
     use of public land. Current multiple use and private land 
     protection policies governing the management of public land 
     in Idaho have generally served and sustained the interests of 
     Idaho residents; and
       Whereas, ranching and agriculture play a substantial role 
     in the state's heritage and identity and should be preserved; 
     and
       Whereas, ranching, agriculture, mining, the forestry 
     industry and recreation are primary economic drivers in the 
     state, with agribusiness and recreation each contributing

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     an estimated $7.6 billion, the mining industry contributing 
     $1.3 billion and the forestry industry contributing $2 
     billion to the economy annually in recent years, all of which 
     would be substantially impacted by any land management 
     changes; and
       Whereas, Idaho residents, families and visitors currently 
     enjoy multiple use on federal lands and have generations of 
     family traditions. Changing federal land designations would 
     impact local wildlife management as well as opportunities to 
     hunt and fish; and
       Whereas, changes in federal land designations or 
     classifications would affect land use by imposing 
     restrictions on development, resource extraction, recreation 
     and land exchanges that would result in diminished economic 
     opportunities and restrictions on 'access and multiple use; 
     and
       Whereas, the people of the State of Idaho value abundant 
     water resources and water rights and have concern that new 
     national monument designations or further designation of 
     wilderness by Congress could affect those resources and 
     rights; and
       Whereas, the Idaho Roadless Rule is Idaho's 2006 plan that 
     provides a framework for use and protection of more than nine 
     million acres of federal public backcountry. The rule is 
     viewed as a nationwide model of collaboration among groups 
     and individuals with diverse interests and concerns; and
       Whereas, the Roadless Rule specifically prescribes 
     protective management under the wildland recreation theme, 
     and it is feared that utilization of the Antiquities Act for 
     new national monument designations or further designation of 
     wilderness by Congress would overturn the agreement reached 
     in the formulation of the Idaho Roadless Rule, with no effort 
     to reach consensus through coordination as required by 
     federal law; and
       Whereas, several years ago, advisory votes relating to a 
     suggested new national monument designation and a wilderness 
     designation in Idaho were held in a number of potentially 
     affected counties in central and eastern Idaho, both showing 
     over ninety percent opposition to such designations. Now, 
     therefore, be it
       Resolved, By the members of the Second Regular Session of 
     the Sixty-fourth Idaho Legislature, the Senate and the House 
     of Representatives concurring therein, that we oppose any new 
     federal national monument designations or further 
     designations of wilderness in the State of Idaho without the 
     approval of the United States Congress and the Idaho 
     Legislature; and be it further
       Resolved, That the Idaho congressional delegation is urged 
     to introduce and support legislation to oppose any new 
     federal national monument designations or further 
     designations of wilderness in the State of Idaho without the 
     approval of the United States Congress and the Idaho 
     Legislature; and be it further
       Resolved, That any efforts to reach decisions regarding 
     lands and resources of the State of Idaho administered by 
     federal agencies or their designees be made through the 
     lawful coordination process as required by the National 
     Environmental Policy Act, the Federal Land Policy and 
     Management Act, the National Forest Management Act, the 1982 
     Forest Service Planning Rule and other federal acts requiring 
     coordination, rather than by unilateral administrative 
     processes that exclude the residents of the State of Idaho; 
     and be it further
       Resolved, That the Secretary of the Senate be, and she is 
     hereby authorized and directed to forward a copy of this 
     Memorial to the President of the Senate and the Speaker of 
     the House of Representatives of Congress, and to the 
     congressional delegation representing the State of Idaho in 
     the Congress of the United States.
                                  ____

       POM-200. A joint memorial adopted by the Legislature of the 
     State of Idaho urging the Department of State to support 
     several positions in negotiations with Canada regarding any 
     modification or future implementation of the Columbia River 
     Treaty; to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

                      House Joint Memorial No. 11

       Whereas, since it was implemented in 1964, the Columbia 
     River Treaty has provided for a coordinated management of the 
     Columbia River to reduce flooding impacts and increase power 
     generation throughout the Columbia River Basin; and
       Whereas, the treaty provides that either the United States 
     or Canada may terminate the treaty by providing written 
     notice at least 10 years in advance of termination; and
       Whereas, the U.S. and Canadian entities previously reviewed 
     the treaty and determined that the treaty should be modified; 
     and
       Whereas, on December 7, 2017, the U.S. State Department 
     issued a press release stating that the United States and 
     Canada will begin negotiations to modernize the treaty in 
     early 2018; and
       Whereas, the U.S. Entity Regional Recommendation of 2013 
     concluded that the purposes of a ``modernized'' treaty should 
     be expanded to include consideration of ``ecosystem-based 
     function'' in addition to the original flood control and 
     hydropower purposes of the treaty; and
       Whereas, unless otherwise agreed to, the treaty provides 
     that, in 2024, flood control operations will automatically 
     shift from providing guaranteed flood control space in 
     Canadian reservoirs to ``called upon'' flood control 
     operations; and
       Whereas, the U.S. and Canadian entities have provided 
     differing interpretations of the ``called upon'' flood 
     control provisions, with the U.S. Entity asserting that 
     ``called upon'' operations apply only to dams in the Columbia 
     River Basin specifically authorized for ``system-wide flood 
     control,'' and the Canadian Entity taking the position that 
     all U.S. storage projects in the Columbia River Basin must be 
     utilized for system-wide flood control before Canadian 
     reservoirs are called upon to provide any flood control 
     space; and
       Whereas, altered flood control operations could have 
     devastating impacts on reservoir storage and operation 
     levels, irrigation, recreation, hydropower, local flood 
     control and other authorized purposes in Idaho; and
       Whereas, the Canadian Entitlement, whereby the U.S. and 
     Canadian entities share the increased power production 
     created by coordinated river operations, has proven to be 
     imbalanced in favor of Canada; and
       Whereas, including ecosystem-based function in a modernized 
     treaty could have adverse impacts on existing beneficial uses 
     of the river and create greater uncertainty in a river system 
     that is already heavily regulated; and
       Whereas, the Regional Recommendation fails to recognize the 
     substantial investment in ecosystem-based function made by 
     Northwest region hydropower producers and their customers, 
     including billions of dollars invested in fish passage and 
     habitat efforts and the development and implementation of 
     robust environmental mitigation plans; and
       Whereas, navigation should be protected, and adverse flows 
     should not impact the transportation channel or lock system 
     operations: Now, therefore, be it
       Resolved By the members of the Second Regular Session of 
     the Sixty-fourth Idaho Legislature, the House of 
     Representatives and the Senate concurring therein, that we 
     urge the U.S. Department of State to support the following 
     positions in negotiations with Canada regarding any 
     modification or future implementation of the Columbia River 
     Treaty:
       (1) Recognize and protect the authorized purposes and water 
     rights for storage projects in Idaho, including irrigation, 
     recreation, hydropower and local flood control;
       (2) Advocate that only storage projects specifically 
     authorized by Congress for system-wide flood control may be 
     required to provide such benefits under the treaty, with no 
     increased flood control burden placed on projects in Idaho;
       (3) Recognize a need to review and rebalance the Canadian 
     Entitlement;
       (4) Recognize the ecosystem benefits that have already been 
     provided by storage projects in the United States pursuant to 
     the other federal laws and refrain from advocating for 
     additional ecosystem contributions from U.S. projects;
       (5) Recognize that ecosystem restoration, as that term has 
     been used by some proponents of modernization, is 
     intentionally vague and if incorporated into an international 
     treaty could be used as a vehicle to override and infringe 
     upon existing federal environmental laws and usurp state 
     sovereignty over water and, therefore, require any treaty 
     modification to preserve federal environmental protection 
     laws and state water laws and reject any additional 
     mitigation requirement;
       (6) Require any treaty modification to recognize the 
     primary authority and state sovereignty of Idaho and its 
     sister states over their respective water resources;
       (7) Reject any attempts through the treaty modification 
     process to incorporate the reintroduction of anadromous 
     species above Hells Canyon or Dworshak, as such efforts are 
     outside the scope of the treaty purposes; and
       (8) Protect navigation so that adverse flows do not impact 
     the transportation channel or block system operations; and be 
     it further
       Resolved, That the Chief Clerk of the House of 
     Representatives be, and she is hereby authorized and directed 
     to forward a copy of this Memorial to the President of the 
     Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives of 
     Congress, and to the congressional delegation representing 
     the State of Idaho in the Congress of the United States, the 
     U.S. Department of State, the Columbia River Treaty 
     Negotiator, the U.S. Entity Coordinator, Bonneville Power 
     Administration and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
                                  ____

       POM-201. A joint resolution adopted by the Legislature of 
     the State of Wyoming commemorating the one hundred fiftieth 
     (150th) anniversary of the signing of the 1868 Treaty of Fort 
     Bridger; to the Committee on Indian Affairs.

                    Enrolled Joint Resolution No. 3

       Whereas, the Shoshone (eastern band) and the Bannock Tribes 
     of Indians, presently known as the Eastern Shoshone and 
     Shoshone-Bannock Tribes, entered into a treaty with the 
     United States of America on July 3, 1868 at Fort Bridger, in 
     the Utah Territory, which is now present day Wyoming; and
       Whereas, each of the Tribes and the United States 
     Government desiring for peace to continue among and between 
     themselves signed the 1868 Treaty of Fort Bridger to keep and 
     maintain peace; and
       Whereas, the legacy of the 1868 Treaty of Fort Bridger has 
     had an impact in numerous ways on the lives of Tribal members 
     of both Tribes from generation to generation since the 
     signing; and
       Whereas, members of both the Eastern Shoshone and the 
     Shoshone-Bannock Tribes have endured difficult burdens, 
     sometimes navigating treacherous trails in their dedicated 
     effort to preserve and pass along their

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     physical and cultural identity, while at the same time making 
     significant contributions to the development of the Republic; 
     and
       Whereas, the Eastern Shoshone and Shoshone-Bannock Tribes 
     plan a sesquicentennial treaty reenactment ceremony at Fort 
     Bridger State Historic Site to honor the spirit of this 
     area's rich past and its First Nations, with celebrations 
     open to the public on July 3, 2018, including the reenactment 
     between the Tribes and military slated for 10:00 a.m. and 
     dances, feasts and games throughout the day; and
       Whereas, Wyoming values and respects the historical and 
     modern contributions of American Indian people, as evidenced 
     by the 2017 passage of the American Indian Educational 
     Program Act, which will educate all Wyoming students about 
     American Indian tribes of the region, to ensure the cultural 
     heritage, history and contemporary contributions of American 
     Indians are addressed; and
       Whereas, the Eastern Shoshone and the Shoshone-Bannock 
     Nations and their people continue to be integral components 
     of American society. Now, therefore be it
       Resolved, By the members of the Legislature of the State of 
     Wyoming:
       Section 1.--That the Wyoming legislature commemorates the 
     one hundred fiftieth (150th) anniversary of the signing of 
     the 1868 Treaty of Fort Bridger by educating native and 
     nonnative people about the Treaty and by illustrating that 
     the Eastern Shoshone and Shoshone-Bannock Tribes continue to 
     be significant contributors to the success of this country 
     and its future with forward-looking, positive relationships 
     with the United States Government and each of the several 
     states.
       Section 2.--That the Wyoming legislature supports 
     nationwide public education about the heritage, history and 
     contributions of Native American tribes and urges the federal 
     government to uphold its federal trust responsibilities.
       Section 3.--That the Wyoming legislature supports 
     permanently displaying in Wyoming the original 1868 Treaty of 
     Fort Bridger, which is presently on file with the National 
     Archives.
       Section 4.--That the Secretary of State of Wyoming transmit 
     copies of this resolution to the President of the United 
     States, the Secretary of the Interior, the Speaker of the 
     United States House of Representatives, the President Pro 
     Tempore of the United States Senate and the majority and 
     minority leader and whip of each house, the Wyoming 
     Congressional Delegation, each state governor and the 
     business councils of the Eastern Shoshone and Shoshone-
     Bannock Tribes.
                                  ____

       POM-202. A joint resolution adopted by the Legislature of 
     the State of Wyoming commemorating the one hundred fiftieth 
     (150th) anniversary of the signing of the 1868 Treaty of Fort 
     Laramie; to the Committee on Indian Affairs.

                    Enrolled Joint Resolution No. 1

       Whereas, the area in and around what is presently known as 
     Fort Laramie, Wyoming has served like a grand meeting hall, 
     described by author Starley Talbott as a place ``where the 
     mountains meet the plains; where two rivers converge; where 
     Native American tribes gathered; where fur trappers and 
     traders rendezvoused; where emigrants met for rest and 
     supplies; where soldiers came and went; where homesteaders 
     linked the past to the present; and where today's travelers 
     come to partake in Fort Laramie's fascinating history;'' and
       Whereas, Fort Laramie and its surrounding area had been 
     occupied by tribes of the Great Plains throughout the course 
     of history; and
       Whereas, in 1812, Robert Stuart was the first non-Indian 
     person to visit the area later known as Fort Laramie and 
     Alfred Jacob Miller became the first artist to record the 
     area's landscape in 1837; and
       Whereas, beginning in 1841, emigrants bound for the West 
     Coast stopped in Fort Laramie as they traveled to what would 
     later become the Oregon, California and Mormon Trails, with 
     westward migration peaking in the early 1850s at more than 
     fifty thousand (50,000) people traveling these trails 
     annually; and
       Whereas, the United States military purchased the Fort 
     Laramie Post in 1849 and stationed soldiers to protect wagon 
     trains, thereby establishing a social and economic center for 
     Indians and non-Indians; and
       Whereas, despite efforts to secure peace between Native 
     Americans and the non-Indian emigrants and military 
     personnel, conflicts arose, culminating in wars between 
     Plains Tribes and the United States; and
       Whereas, the indigenous Nations of the northern Great 
     Plains region entered into treaties with the United States of 
     America in 1868 at Fort Laramie, in the Dakota Territory, 
     which is now present day Wyoming, and at other military posts 
     in the region; and
       Whereas, these treaties are collectively regarded as the 
     1868 Treaty of Fort Laramie and include the following Tribes 
     in treaty with the United States:

       Treaty with the Sioux and Arapaho

       Brule band of Sioux (presently ``Brule Lakota'': Lower 
     Brule and Rosebud Reservations)
       Ogallalah band of Sioux (presently ``Oglala Lakota'': Pine 
     Ridge Reservation)
       Minneconjou band of Sioux (presently ``Miniconjou Lakota'': 
     Cheyenne River Reservation)
       Yanktonai band of Sioux (presently ``Yanktonai Dakota'' and 
     ``Yankton'': Standing Rock, Yankton and Crow Creek 
     Reservations)
       Arapaho (presently ``Southern Arapaho'': headquartered in 
     Concho, Oklahoma, Cheyenne-Arapaho Oklahoma Tribal 
     Statistical Area)
       Hunkpapa band of Sioux (presently ``Hunkpapa Lakota'': 
     Standing Rock Reservation)
       Blackfeet band of Sioux (also ``Blackfoot,'' presently 
     ``Blackfeet Lakota'': Cheyenne River and Standing Rock 
     Reservations)
       Cuthead band of Sioux (presently ``Cuthead Dakota'': 
     Standing Rock Reservation)
       Two Kettle band of Sioux (presently ``Two Kettle Lakota'': 
     Cheyenne River Reservation)
       Sans Arc band of Sioux (presently ``Sans Arc Lakota'': 
     Cheyenne River Reservation)
       Santee band of Sioux (presently ``Santee Dakota'': Santee 
     Sioux, Flandreau, Crow Creek and Lake Traverse Reservations 
     and the Upper Sioux, Lower Sioux, Prairie Island and Shakopee 
     Mdewakanton Indian Communities)

       Treaty with the Crow (Crow Reservation)

       Treaty with the Northern Cheyenne and Northern Arapaho 
     (Northern Cheyenne and Wind River Reservations, 
     respectively); and

       Whereas, each of the Tribes and the United States 
     Government desiring for peace, the parties signed the 1868 
     Treaty of Fort Laramie to cease wars among the parties and 
     bring about and maintain peace; and
       Whereas, the 1868 Treaty of Fort Laramie did not end 
     conflict, as terms of the Treaty were broken resulting from 
     the discovery of gold in the Black Hills, the area of Fort 
     Laramie remained a supply and communications center for the 
     United States military's efforts to confine Native people 
     onto reservations; and
       Whereas, the United States military abandoned Fort Laramie 
     in 1890, and all but one (1) of the fort's sixty (60) 
     structures were sold at private auction and were used as 
     private dwellings, businesses, a dance hall and livestock 
     shelters during the fort's homestead period of 1890 to 1937; 
     and
       Whereas, interested homesteaders, local residents and 
     others recognized the historical significance of Fort Laramie 
     in the 1930s and the State of Wyoming acquired Fort 
     Laramie in 1937, which eventually became a unit of the 
     national park system in 1938; and
       Whereas, today, the Fort Laramie National Historic Site is 
     open to the public and restoration of many of the structures 
     to their historic appearances provides visitors with a 
     glimpse of a bygone era; and
       Whereas, the legacy of the 1868 Treaty of Fort Laramie has 
     had an impact in numerous ways on the lives of Tribal members 
     of Tribes party to the Treaty from generation to generation 
     since the signing; and
       Whereas, the indigenous Nations of the northern Great 
     Plains and their people have endured difficult burdens, 
     sometimes navigating treacherous trails in their dedicated 
     effort to preserve and pass along their physical and cultural 
     identity, while at the same time making significant 
     contributions to the development of the Republic; and
       Whereas, the indigenous Nations of the northern Great 
     Plains and their people continue to defend their inherent 
     sovereignty and celebrate their cultural heritage; and
       Whereas, the anniversary of the signing of the 1868 Treaty 
     of Fort Laramie will be commemorated throughout 2018 at the 
     Fort Laramie National Historic Site to honor the spirit of 
     this area's rich past and its First Nations, with events from 
     sunrise to sunset slated for April 28 and ending festivities 
     on November 6. Throughout the anniversary year, celebrations 
     will commemorate individual Tribe signing dates and may 
     include traditional culture and history demonstrations; and
       Whereas, Wyoming values and respects the historical and 
     modern contributions of American Indian people, as evidenced 
     by the 2017 passage of the American Indian Educational 
     Program Act, which will educate all Wyoming students about 
     American Indian tribes of the region, to ensure the cultural 
     heritage, history and contemporary contributions of American 
     Indians are addressed. Now, therefore, be it
       Resolved, By the members of the Legislature of the State of 
     Wyoming:
       Section 1.--That the Wyoming legislature commemorates the 
     one hundred fiftieth (150th) anniversary of the signing of 
     the 1868 Treaty of Fort Laramie by educating people about the 
     Treaty and history of this nationally significant place.
       Section 2.--That the Wyoming legislature supports 
     nationwide public education about the heritage, history and 
     contributions of Native American tribes and urges the federal 
     government to uphold its federal trust responsibilities.
       Section 3.--That the Wyoming legislature supports 
     permanently displaying in Wyoming the original treaties that 
     comprise the 1868 Treaty of Fort Laramie, which are presently 
     on file with the National Archives.
       Section 4.--That the Secretary of State of Wyoming transmit 
     copies of this resolution to the President of the United 
     States, the Secretary of the Interior, the Speaker of the 
     United States House of Representatives, the President Pro 
     Tempore of the United States Senate and the majority and 
     minority leader and whip of each house, the Wyoming 
     Congressional Delegation, each state governor and the 
     business council of each tribal nation that signed the 1868 
     Treaty of Fort Laramie.

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       POM-203. A joint memorial adopted by the Legislature of the 
     State of Idaho requesting a permanent exemption from the U.S. 
     Department of Transportation--Federal Motor Carrier Safety 
     Administration electronic logging devices mandate granted by 
     whichever means appropriate for livestock and agriculture 
     commodity transporters; to the Committee on Commerce, 
     Science, and Transportation.

                     Senate Joint Memorial No. 104

       Whereas, the 2012 federal transportation bill, MAP-21, 
     mandated electronic logging devices (ELD) in commercial 
     trucks, which were to be finalized by rule in 2015, with an 
     implementation date of December 18, 2017, in trucks of model 
     year 2000 and newer; and
       Whereas, because of the nature of the commodities hauled 
     and normal industry scheduling uncertainty, livestock and 
     agriculture commodity haulers requested exemption from this 
     mandated transition from handwritten logbooks to the 
     electronic log, and the United States Department of 
     Transportation (USDOT) and the Federal Motor Carrier Safety 
     Administration (FMCSA) originally ignored the request and 
     agriculture commodity haulers; and
       Whereas, the federal mandate and rule decreases efficiency, 
     increases business expense and does little or nothing to 
     improve safety in this segment of the trucking industry, and 
     USDOT-FMCSA has not considered the special circumstances 
     surrounding the transport of livestock, fish and insects, as 
     these are the most perishable and fragile of all commodities 
     and must be transported in the most efficient, timely and 
     expedient manner as possible, and conformity with the ELD 
     mandate and existing hours of services rule would result in 
     delays off-loading and reloading of livestock and even the 
     addition of a second driver on short hauls; and
       Whereas, infrastructure for off-loading and holding of 
     livestock do not readily exist and, if it did, extra handling 
     of cargo would result in added stress, weight loss, 
     additional expense and exposure to additional disease and 
     biohazard, with no positive benefit to the animals; and
       Whereas, heavy machinery service vehicles often drive long 
     distances to reach a job site and remain at the location long 
     enough to exceed the 14-hour service day thereby requiring 
     either an additional driver or an overnight stay near the job 
     site and subsequently decreasing efficiency and increasing 
     business expense; and
       Whereas, highway safety is also a primary consideration, 
     and livestock transporters were involved in a statistically 
     insignificant number of accidents (0.004%) according to the 
     ``Large Truck Crash Causation Study'' published by the FMCSA 
     and the National Highway Safety Institute and 0.7% of fatal 
     accidents per the ``Trucks Involved in Fatal Accidents 
     Factbook 2005'' published by the Transportation Research 
     Institute; and
       Whereas, mandated ELDs engage when the truck's motor is 
     started. The devices provide the operator no discretion in 
     determining ``on-duty'' and ``off-duty'' time. Large, over-
     the-road commercial truck fleets support the ELD mandate 
     because they are better able to absorb related costs and are 
     subject to well-defined schedules; and
       Whereas, paper logs allow the driver this determination. 
     Because many livestock and agriculture commodity haulers are 
     small and independently owned businesses, mandatory ELD use 
     will result in increased livestock handling, more downtime, 
     increased expenses, and lower net revenues to producers and 
     trucking firms and small trucking companies forced out of 
     business. The ELD mandate is impractical because USDOT-FMCSA 
     did not consider normal delays that are encountered when 
     dealing with livestock and other agriculture commodities; and
       Whereas, in September 2017, seven national agriculture 
     commodity organizations and other agriculture-related 
     organizations requested a waiver from the rule, which was 
     granted and will be in effect until March 18, 2018. Section 
     132, Exemption from Requirement for Electronic Logging 
     Device, is contained in the FY18 federal Transportation, 
     Housing and Urban Development (THUD) bill funding to 
     implement the ELD mandate in FY18, and this language was 
     signed by all members of Idaho' s congressional delegation, 
     and legislation was introduced in 2017 in the United States 
     House of Representatives to make a livestock/agriculture 
     commodity exemption permanent; and
       Whereas, the federal mandate and rule is difficult to 
     implement, increases cost, lowers efficiency, imposes an 
     unfunded mandate, creates economic and regulatory hardship 
     for small business and does not consider the special needs of 
     certain segments of the trucking industry: Now, therefore, be 
     it
       Resolved, By the members of the Second Regular Session of 
     the Sixty-fourth Idaho Legislature, the Senate and the House 
     of Representatives concurring therein, that we request a 
     permanent exemption from the USDOT-FMCSA ELD mandate granted 
     by whichever means appropriate for livestock and agriculture 
     commodity transporters; and be it further
       Resolved, That the Secretary of the Senate be, and she is 
     hereby authorized and directed to forward a copy of this 
     Memorial to the President of the Senate and the Speaker of 
     the House of Representatives of Congress, and to the 
     congressional delegation representing the State of Idaho in 
     the Congress of the United States, the United States 
     Department of Transportation and the Federal Motor Carrier 
     Safety Administration.
                                  ____

       POM-204. A resolution approved by the Mayor and City 
     Council of the City of Rice Lake, Wisconsin, supporting the 
     passage of an amendment to the United States Constitution 
     stating: only human beings are endowed with Constitutional 
     rights-not corporations, unions, non-profits or other 
     artificial entities; and money is not speech, and therefore 
     regulating political contributions and spending is not 
     equivalent to limiting political speech; to the Committee on 
     the Judiciary.

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