[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 147 (2001), Part 4]
[House]
[Pages 4739-4740]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                               MEMORIALS

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

       7. The SPEAKER presented a memorial of the Senate of the 
     State of Ohio, relative to Concurrent Resolution 5 
     memorializing the United States Congress to provide the full 
     forty per cent federal share of funding for special education 
     programs so that Ohio and other states participating in these 
     critical programs will not be required to take funding from 
     other vital state and local programs

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     in order to fund this underfunded federal mandate; to the 
     Committee on Education and the Workforce.
       8. Also, a memorial of the Legislature of the Commonwealth 
     of Guam, relative to Resolution No. 6 memorializing the 
     United States Congress to initiate the adoption of an 
     amendment to the Constitution of the United States to read: 
     ``Neither the Supreme Court nor any inferior court of the 
     United States shall have the power to instruct or order a 
     state or political subdivision thereof, or any official of 
     such state or political subdivision, to levy or increase 
     taxes''; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
       9. Also, a memorial of the Senate of the Commonwealth of 
     Virginia, relative to Resolution No. 423 memorializing the 
     United States Congress to urge appropriate funds for 
     improvement of rail infrastructure in the Interstate Route 81 
     corridor. Such improvement shall ensure that the railroad 
     that parallels Interstate Route 81 in Virginia provides a 
     viable alternative to the use of Interstate Route 81 for the 
     movement of interstate freight traffic; to the Committee on 
     Transportation and Infrastructure.
       10. Also, a memorial of the House of Representatives of the 
     State of Kansas, relative to Resolution No. 6008 
     memorializing the United States Congress to provide funding 
     for Gulf War illness research independent of that 
     administered by the Departments of Defense and Veterans 
     Affairs; and to establish a process of independent review of 
     federal policies and programs associated with Gulf War 
     illness research, benefits, and health care; and for other 
     purposes; jointly to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, 
     Armed Services, and Veterans' Affairs.
       11. Also, a memorial of the Senate of the State of Kansas, 
     relative to Resolution No. 1824 memorializing the United 
     States Congress to provide funding for Gulf War illness 
     research independent of that administered by the Departments 
     of Defense and Veterans Affairs; and to establish a process 
     of independent review of federal policies and programs 
     associated with Gulf War illness research, benefits, and 
     health care; and for other purposes; jointly to the 
     Committees on Energy and Commerce, Armed Services, and 
     Veterans' Affairs.

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