[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 214 (Monday, December 13, 2021)]
[House]
[Page H7644]
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:

       PT-83. The SPEAKER presented a petition of the City and 
     County of San Francisco, relative to Resolution No. 466-21, 
     urging President Joseph R. Biden, in coordination with the 
     Department of Homeland Security, to direct the Federal 
     Emergency Management Agency to sustain public assistance 
     funding to the City and County of San Francisco through 2022 
     for the purpose of advancing and maintaining the Shelter-In-
     Place Hotel alternative housing program to mitigate the 
     spread of COVID-19 among vulnerable homeless populations; 
     which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services.
       PT-84. Also, a petition of the City of Sheffield, Alabama, 
     relative to a resolution requesting and strongly urging 
     Governor Kay Ivey and the Alabama Legislature to amend the 
     ``Good Time Law'' to require that no person who has been 
     convicted of violent crimes be considered for early release 
     from prison without due process and authorization by the 
     Alabama Bureau of Pardons and Paroles; which was referred to 
     the Committee on the Judiciary.
       PT-85. Also, a petition of the City of Miami, FL, relative 
     to Resolution R-21-0394, urging President Joseph R. Biden and 
     his administration to halt deportation flights to Haiti and 
     to offer a fair and humane immigration process by supplying 
     food, tents, and appropriate sanitation facilities to 
     preserve the human dignity and health of Haitian immigrants 
     awaiting processing and that they be afforded a reasonable 
     opportunity to be heard to determine if they are entitled to 
     the protections of the United States; which was referred to 
     the Committee on the Judiciary.
       PT-86. Also, a petition of the City of Lauderdale Lakes 
     Commission, relative to Resolution 2021-106, condemning and 
     opposing all illegal and inhumane treatment of persons from 
     the country of Haiti engaging in otherwise lawful conduct to 
     seek asylum in the United States; further entreating the 
     President of the United States and the United States 
     Government Agencies to cease and desist from all inhumane, 
     illegal mass expulsions of Haitian citizens without 
     opportunity for such individuals to exercise lawful rights to 
     seek asylum and other humanitarian protections; which was 
     referred jointly to the Committees on Homeland Security and 
     the Judiciary.