[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 12]
[House]
[Page 16642]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                               MEMORIALS

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

       449. The SPEAKER presented a memorial of the House of 
     Representatives of the State of Illinois, relative to House 
     Resolution No. 553 memorializing the United States Congress 
     to acknowledge the differences between the hallucinogenic 
     drug known as marijuana and the agricultural crop known as 
     hemp; and to assist United States' producers by clearly 
     authorizing the commercial production of industrial hemp; to 
     the Committee on Agriculture.
       450. Also, a memorial of the Senate of the State of 
     Louisiana, relative to Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 3 
     memorializing Congress to support an amendment to Title X of 
     the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 
     establishing the Physical Education for Progress Act; to the 
     Committee on Education and the Workforce.
       451. Also, a memorial of the Senate of the State of 
     Michigan, relative to Senate Resolution No. 192 memorializing 
     the United States Congress to initiate a study to determine 
     the causes of the recent gasoline price surge; to the 
     Committee on Commerce.
       452. Also, a memorial of the Senate of the State of New 
     York, relative to Resolution No. 3697 memorializing the New 
     York State Congressional Delegation to effectuate an 
     amendment in the Boundry Waters Treaty Act to prohibit bulk 
     water withdrawls from the Great Lakes to preserve the 
     integrity and environmental stability of the Great Lakes; to 
     the Committee on International Relations.
       453. Also, a memorial of the General Assembly of the State 
     of New Jersey, relative to Assembly Resolution No. 106 
     memorializing the federal government to provide additional 
     funding to assist in the purchase and preservation of certain 
     portions of Sterling Forest in the State of New York; to the 
     Committee on Resources.
       454. Also, a memorial of the Legislature of the 
     Commonwealth of Guam, relative to Resolution No. 368 
     memorializing the President of the United States to grant 
     clemency to Veteran Alejandro T.B. Lizama, that his sentence 
     be communted and that he be released and returned to Guam; to 
     the Committee on the Judiciary.
       455. Also, a memorial of the General Assembly of the State 
     of New Jersey, relative to Resolution No. 90 memorializing 
     the United States Congress to acknowledge the Year 2000 as 
     the 35th anniversary of the passage of the Voting Rights Act 
     of 1965; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
       456. Also, a memorial of the Legislature of the State of 
     New Hampshire, relative to House Concurrent Resolution No. 24 
     supporting the integration requirement of the Americans with 
     Disabilities Act; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
       457. Also, a memorial of the Senate of the State of 
     Louisiana, relative to Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 40 
     memorializing the Congress of the United States to provide 
     funds under the River and Harbor Act for the U.S. Army Corps 
     of Engineers' Aquatic Plant Control Program; to the Committee 
     on Transportation and Infrastructure.
       458. Also, a memorial of the Legislature of the 
     Commonwealth of Guam, relative to Resolution No. 316 
     memorializing the United States Congress to appropriate 
     thirty-five million dollars for the purpose of paying for the 
     Earned Income Tax Credit owed to Guam's working poor; and to 
     appropriate funds annually for continuing funding of the 
     Earned Income Tax Credit Program; to the Committee on Ways 
     and Means.
       459. Also, a memorial of the Senate of the Commonwealth of 
     Puerto Rico, relative to Senate Resolution No. 3459 
     memorializing the President and the Congress of the United 
     States to approve a Permanent Normal Trade Relations 
     (``PNTR'') agreement with China at the earliest possible date 
     in order to promote security and prosperity for American 
     farmers, workers and industries by providing substantially 
     greater access to the Chinese market; and for other related 
     purposes; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
       460. Also, a memorial of the General Assembly of the State 
     of New Jersey, relative to Assembly Resolution No. 200 
     memorializing the President, the Congress of the United 
     States, and the Federal Emergency Management Agency to take 
     all available steps to expeditiously provide relief to New 
     Jersey's flood areas and flood victims; to the Committee on 
     Ways and Means.
       461. Also, a memorial of the General Assembly of the State 
     of Ohio, relative to House Concurrent Resolution 53 
     memorializing the Congress of the United States to enact H.R. 
     3462, The Wealth through the Workplace Act, to expand 
     employee shareholding opportunities and to provide additional 
     encouragement to employers to offer stock options for the 
     benefit of all employees; jointly to the Committees on 
     Education and the Workforce and Ways and Means.
       462. Also, a memorial of the Legislature of the State of 
     Louisiana, relative to House Resolution No. 6 memorializing 
     the United States Congress to pass a multiyear 
     reauthorization of the Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection, 
     and Restoration Act; jointly to the Committees on Resources 
     and Transportation and Infrastructure.
       463. Also, a memorial of the Senate of the State of 
     Louisiana, relative to Senate Resolution No. 9 memorializing 
     the United States House of Representatives to pass a 
     multiyear reauthorization of the Coastal Wetlands Planning, 
     Protection, and Restoration Act (CWPPRA); jointly to the 
     Committees on Resources and Transportation and 
     Infrastructure.
       464. Also, a memorial of the General Assembly of the State 
     of New Jersey, relative to Resolution No. 54 memorializing 
     the Congress of the United States to enact legislation 
     prohibiting the importation into the United States, or sale, 
     of domestic dog or cat fur or any product made in whole or 
     part therefrom; jointly to the Committees on Ways and Means 
     and Commerce.
       465. Also, a memorial of the House of Representatives of 
     the State of Illinois, relative to House Resolution No. 564 
     memorializing the Congress and the Executive Branch of the 
     United States to work together to reform the financial 
     structure of the Coal Act and to ensure that retired coal 
     miners continue to receive health care benefits; jointly to 
     the Committees on Ways and Means and Education and the 
     Workforce.
       466. Also, a memorial of the Senate of the State of 
     Louisiana, relative to Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 60 
     memorializing the Congress of the United States to mandate 
     that the Health Care Financing Administration implement a 
     single statewide reimbursement rate for Medicare managed care 
     plans throughout the Louisiana; jointly to the Committees on 
     Ways and Means and Commerce.

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