[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 7]
[House]
[Pages 9620-9621]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                               MEMORIALS

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

       317. The SPEAKER presented a memorial of the Legislature of 
     the State of Kansas, relative to House Concurrent Resolution 
     No. 5050 urging Congress to pass legislation allowing state-
     inspected meat and meat products to be shipped interstate and 
     to pass legislation increasing the number of poultry to be 
     slaughtered at home and offered for sale to the consumer; to 
     the Committee on Agriculture.
       318. Also, a memorial of the Legislature of the State of 
     Wisconsin, relative to 1999 Senate Joint Resolution 13 
     memorializing Congress to amend the Federal Meat Inspection 
     Act to allow for the interstate shipment of state-inspected 
     meat; to the Committee on Agriculture.
       319. Also, a memorial of the General Assembly of the 
     Commonwealth of Virginia, relative to Senate Joint Resolution 
     No. 125 memorializing Congress to restore quality health care 
     to active duty and retired military personnel and their 
     families; to the Committee on Armed Services.
       320. Also, a memorial of the Senate of the State of Iowa, 
     relative to Senate Joint Resolution No. 107 memorializing the 
     United States Department of Defense, the United States Army, 
     and the United States Congress to place production work at 
     the Rock Island Arsenal, and to consider increased 
     utilization of the Arsenal's facilities, so that the 
     capabilities of the Rock Island Arsenal, and economic 
     vitality of the surrounding region, may be utilized to the 
     fullest extent possible; to the Committee on Armed Services.
       321. Also, a memorial of the General Assembly of the 
     Commonwealth of Virginia, relative to Senate Joint Resolution 
     No. 92 memorializing the United States Congress and the 
     United States Department of the Army to select Fort Belvoir 
     as the site of the United States Army Museum; to the 
     Committee on Armed Services.
       322. Also, a memorial of the General Assembly of the 
     Commonwealth of Virginia, relative to Senate Joint Resolution 
     No. 222 memorializing the United States Congress to increase 
     funding for Historically Black Colleges and Universities 
     (HBCUs) and financial aid for middle income students; to the 
     Committee on Education and the Workforce.
       323. Also, a memorial of the Senate of the State of 
     Missouri, relative to Senate Resolution No. 1034 
     memorializing the President and the Congress of the United 
     States to provide the full forty-percent federal share of 
     funding for special education programs so that Missouri and 
     other states participating in these critical programs will 
     not be required to take funding from other vital state and 
     local programs in order to fund this underfunded federal 
     mandate; to the Committee on Education and the Workforce.
       324. Also, a memorial of the Legislature of the State of 
     Utah, relative to House Joint Resolution No. 10 memorializing 
     the President and the Congress to authorize humanitarian 
     assistance to the people of Taiwan and urging the President 
     to seek public renunciation from China of any potential use 
     of force by China against Taiwan; and affirming that Taiwan's 
     future should be resolved peacefully; to the Committee on 
     International Relations.
       325. Also, a memorial of the Legislature of the State of 
     Arizona, relative to Senate Concurrent Resolution 1001 
     proposing amendments to the Constitution of Arizona; amending 
     article X, sections 1 through 4, 7 and 10, Constitution of 
     Arizona; amending article X, Constitution of Arizona, by 
     adding sections 12, 13 and 14; Relating to State Lands; to 
     the Committee on Resources.
       326. Also, a memorial of the Legislature of the State of 
     Arizona, relative to House Concurrent Memorial 2003 
     memorializing the President, the Secretary of the Interior 
     and the Congress of the United States to take action to 
     prevent the designation of any additional National Monuments 
     or Forest Service roadless areas in this state without full 
     public participation and an express act of Congress; to the 
     Committee on Resources.
       327. Also, a memorial of the Legislature of the State of 
     Arizona, relative to House Joint Resolution 2001 denouncing 
     the establishment of new national monuments in the State of 
     Arizona without full public participation, consent and 
     approval of local governments, the Arizona Legislature, the 
     Governor and Congress; to the Committee on Resources.
       328. Also, a memorial of the Legislature of the State of 
     Idaho, relative to Senate Joint Memorial No. 108 urging the 
     President of the United States and the Congress of the United 
     States to enact federal legislation to provide full 
     deductibility from federal income taxes of health insurance 
     premiums for individuals, the self-employed and small groups; 
     to the Committee on Ways and Means.
       329. Also, a memorial of the General Assembly of the 
     Commonwealth of Virginia,

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     relative to Senate Joint Resolution No. 98 memorializing the 
     Congress of the United States to amend that portion of the 
     Trade Act of 1974 establishing the North American Free Trade 
     Agreement Transitional Adjustment Assistance Program to 
     extend the maximum time period for receipt of benefits from 
     52 weeks to 78 weeks; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
       330. Also, a memorial of the Legislature of the State of 
     Utah, relative to House Concurrent Resolution No. 3 
     memorializing the United States Congress to immediately 
     increase the tax-exempt private activity volume cap and the 
     allocation of low-income housing tax credits available to 
     Utah to levels that would fully restore the tax-exempt 
     private activity bond volume cap purchasing power of the 
     states to levels that would offset the diluted effects of 
     inflation since 1987, and to index increases for these 
     resources to inflation in future years; to the Committee on 
     Ways and Means.
       331. Also, a memorial of the General Assembly of the 
     Commonwealth of Virginia, relative to Senate Joint Resolution 
     No. 35 memorializing the Congress of the United States to 
     enact ``The Keep Our Promise to America's Military Retirees 
     Act''; jointly to the Committees on Armed Services and 
     Government Reform.
       332. Also, a memorial of the General Assembly of the 
     Commonwealth of Virginia, relative to Senate Joint Resolution 
     No. 255 memorializing Congress to protect Virginia's dairy 
     industry by approving the Southern Dairy Compact and ensuring 
     that the federal Clean Water Act is implemented in a way that 
     does not place an undue burden on farmers; jointly to the 
     Committees on the Judiciary and Transportation and 
     Infrastructure.
       333. Also, a memorial of the Legislature of the State of 
     Washington, relative to Senate Joint Memorial No. 8017 
     memorializing the President of the United States and the 
     Congress to provide federal assistance in ensuring pipeline 
     safety; jointly to the Committees on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure and Commerce.
       334. Also, a memorial of the Legislature of the State of 
     Idaho, relative to Senate Joint Resolution No. 109 
     memorializing the President of the United States and the 
     Congress of the United States to enact federal legislation to 
     increase Medicare reimbursements to levels allowing providers 
     to fully recover the actual costs of providing necessary 
     health care services to Medicare eligible patients; jointly 
     to the Committees on Ways and Means and Commerce.
       335. Also, a memorial of the Senate of the State of New 
     Hampshire, relative to Senate Resolution No. 14 memorializing 
     the Congress of the United States to repeal the new 25 
     percent Weatherization Program match requirement scheduled to 
     go into effect in 2001, which would place states like New 
     Hampshire at potential risk of loss of all federal funding 
     for this valuable program and to support increased funding 
     for much-needed federal programs, so that states can best 
     assist residents and businesses to decrease their fuel 
     consumption and afford essential heating costs; jointly to 
     the Committees on Commerce, International Relations, and 
     Education and the Workforce.

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