[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 11]
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                               MEMORIALS

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

       433. The SPEAKER presented a memorial of the Senate of the 
     State of Michigan, relative to Senate Resolution No. 189 
     memorializing the Congress of the United States to 
     investigate the rapid increase in gasoline prices and to take 
     immediate action; to the Committee on Commerce.
       434. Also, a memorial of the Legislature of the State of 
     New Hampshire, relative to House Concurrent Resolution No. 35 
     memorializing the United States Food and Drug Administration 
     to defer its proposed rules requiring pasteurization for 
     apple cider and consider adoption of alternative processing 
     standards; to the Committee on Commerce.
       435. Also, a memorial of the General Assembly of the State 
     of New Jersey, relative to Assembly Resolution No. 72 
     memorializing the United States Congress and the President to 
     enact statutory provisions which would permit additional 
     states to establish private long-term care insurance programs 
     with asset protection features similar to the New York State 
     Partnership for Long-Term Care, in order to stimulate the 
     development of an expanded private long term-care insurance 
     market nationwide; to the Committee on Commerce.
       436. Also, a memorial of the Legislature of the State of 
     Alaska, relative to CSSenate Joint Resolution No. 39 L.R. No. 
     38 memorializing the United States Congress to pass S. 2214, 
     a bill opening the coastal plain of the Arctic National 
     Wildlife Refuge to responsible exploration, development, and 
     production of its oil and gas resources; to the Committee on 
     Resources.
       437. Also, a memorial of the House of Representatives of 
     the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, relative to a Resolution 
     memorializing the Congress of the United States to fully fund 
     the Ricky Ray Hemophilia Relief Fund Act of 1998 in the year 
     2000 so that there is no delay between the authorization and 
     timely appropriation of this relief; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
       438. Also, a memorial of the Legislature of the State of 
     New Hampshire, relative to House Concurrent Resolution No. 27 
     memorializing Congress to propose an amendment to the U.S. 
     Constitution to prevent federal courts from instructing 
     states or political subdivisions of states to levy or 
     increase taxes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
       439. Also, a memorial of the Legislature of the State of 
     Alaska, relative to CS House Joint Resolution No. 48 L.R. No. 
     40 memorializing the United States Congress to amend the 
     Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act 
     of 1996 to exempt from the requirements of sec. 110 of that 
     Act Canadian citizens who enter at land border crossing 
     stations along the border between the United States and 
     Canada; and further requesting that additional resources are 
     provided to adequately faciliate the free flow of people and 
     the fair trade of goods and services across the border 
     between the United States and Canada; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
       440. Also, a memorial of the General Assembly of the State 
     of New Jersey, relative to Assembly Resolution No. 58 
     memorializing the President and the Congress of the United 
     States to enact H.R. 271 of 1999, the Justice for Holocaust 
     Survivors Act, which would permit U.S. citizens who are 
     victims of the Holocaust, whether or not they were U.S. 
     citizens during World War II, to sue the Federal Republic of 
     Germany for compensation in U.S. courts of law; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.
       441. Also, a memorial of General Assembly of the State of 
     New Jersey, relative to Resolution No. 48 memorializing 
     Congress to enact H.R. 2456, The Marriage Tax Elimination 
     Act; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
       442. Also, a memorial of the House of Representatives of 
     the State of Michigan, relative to House Concurrent 
     Resolution No. 27 memorializing the Congress of the United 
     States to maintain its commitment to America's retirees by 
     providing lifetime health care for military retirees over the 
     age of sixty-five; to enact comprehensive legislation that 
     affords military retirees the ability to access health care 
     either through military treatment facilities or through the 
     military's network of health care providers, as well as 
     legistation to require opening the Federal Employees Health 
     Benefits Program to those eligible for Medicare; jointly to 
     the Committees on Armed Services and Government Reform.
       443. Also, a memorial of the Legislature of the 
     Commonwealth of Guam, relative to Resolution No. 308 
     memorializing the President, the United States Congress and 
     the Surgeon General to establish a small National Public 
     Health Service Hospital on Guam to provide free health care 
     to medically indigent patients on Guam because of Federal 
     law; to provide additional doctors and nurses through the 
     National Public Health Service for the purpose of caring for 
     medically indigent parients; or to appropriate four million 
     dollars annually to the Guam Memorial Hospital to defray 
     costs; jointly to the Committees on Commerce and Resources.
       444. Also, a memorial of the Senate of the State of 
     Michigan, relative to Senate Resolution No. 133 memorializing 
     the Congress of the United States to provide adequate funding 
     for Michigan's remedial action plans for areas of concern 
     under the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement; jointly to the 
     Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure and Commerce.
       445. Also, a memorial of the Legislature of the State of 
     New Hampshire, relative to House Joint Resolution No. 22 
     memorializing the Congress to instruct the Health Care 
     Financing Administration and its fiscal intermediaries that 
     the legislative intent under the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 
     has been accomplished; and further urging the President of 
     the United States and Congress to act to eliminate further 
     Medicare revenue reductions of the Act and thereby protect 
     beneficiaries' access to quality care when needed; jointly to 
     the Committees on Ways and Means and Commerce.
       446. Also, a memorial of the Senate of the State of 
     Michigan, relative to Senate Joint Resolution No. 153 
     memorializing the Congress of the United States to enact 
     legislation to remove the time limit for medicare coverage 
     for immunosuppressive drugs; jointly to the Committees on 
     Ways and Means and Commerce.
       447. Also, a memorial of the Legislature of the State of 
     New Hampshire, relative to House Concurrent Resolution No. 20 
     memorializing Congress to stop the collection of certain 
     kinds of information from patients in a home health care 
     setting; jointly to the Committees on Ways and Means and 
     Commerce.
       448. Also, a memorial of the Legislature of the State of 
     New Hampshire, relative to House Joint Resolution 
     memorializing Congress to pass legislation ensuring improved 
     access to local television for households in unserved and 
     underserved rural areas; jointly to the Committees on 
     Commerce, Agriculture, and the Judiciary.

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