[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 6]
[House]
[Page 8960]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                               MEMORIALS

  Under clause 3 of rule XII, memorials were presented and referred as 
follows:

       55. The SPEAKER presented a memorial of the House of 
     Representatives of the State of Maine, relative to H.P. 1492, 
     urging and requesting that the United States Congress remove 
     the requirement in the Clean Air Act for 2%-by-weight 
     oxygenate in reformulated gasoline so that additional 
     alternate fuel mixtures may be available for use in Maine; to 
     the Committee on Commerce.
       56. Also, a memorial of the House of Representatives of the 
     State of Maine, relative to H.P. 1469 requesting that the 
     President of the United States and the United States Congress 
     work together to support and sign legislation to allow the 
     states to keep their tobacco settlement funds; to the 
     Committee on Commerce.
       57. Also, a memorial of the House of Representatives of the 
     State of Texas, relative to House Concurrent Resolution No. 9 
     respectfully urging the Congress of the United States not to 
     make federal claims against the proceeds of the Texas tobacco 
     settlement; to the Committee on Commerce.
       58. Also, a memorial of the House of Representatives of the 
     State of Maine, relative to H.P. 1388 requesting the 
     President of the United States and the United States Congress 
     to ratify the United Nations Convention on the elimination of 
     All Forms of Discrimination Against Women; to the Committee 
     on International Relations.
       59. Also, a memorial of the House of Representatives of the 
     State of Maine, relative to H.P. 1373 requesting the 
     President of the United States and the United States Congress 
     to ratify the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the 
     Child; to the Committee on International Relations.
       60. Also, a memorial of the House of Representatives of the 
     State of Kansas, relative to House Concurrent Resolution No. 
     5017 urging Congress to direct the EPA to immediately 
     initiate appropriate administrative rulemaking to ensure that 
     the policies and standards it intends to apply in evaluating 
     pesticide tolerances are subject to thorough public notice 
     and comment prior to final tolerance determinations being 
     made by the agency; jointly to the Committees on Agriculture 
     and Commerce.
       61. Also, a memorial of the General Assembly of the State 
     of North Dakota, relative to Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 
     4053 urging the Congress of the United States to act quickly 
     to fulfill its obligation under the Internet Tax Freedom Act 
     with regard to balanced membership of the Advisory Commission 
     on Electronic Commerce and urges the Advisory Commission on 
     Electronic Commerce to be mindful in its deliberations of the 
     impact of Internet usage and Internet sales transactions on 
     telecommunications, traditional retail businesses, and the 
     state and local tax bases; jointly to the Committees on 
     Commerce and the Judiciary.

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