[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 147 (2001), Part 4]
[House]
[Page 5491]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                               MEMORIALS

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

       15. The SPEAKER presented a memorial of the Legislature of 
     the State of Kansas, relative to Resolution No. 1607 
     memorializing the United States Congress to encourage the 
     development of a federal energy policy that considers all 
     possible future sources of energy; to the Committee on Energy 
     and Commerce.
       16. Also, a memorial of the General Assembly of the 
     Commonwealth of Virginia, relative to Resolution No. 651 
     memorializing the United States Congress to express its 
     commitment to the principles represented by the Electoral 
     College, for its embodiment of the well-balanced framework of 
     this nation's state and federal governments, and for its role 
     in assuring the preservation of the liberty enjoyed by all 
     citizens; to the Committee on House Administration.
       17. Also, a memorial of the General Assembly of the 
     Commonwealth of Virginia, relative to Resolution No. 39 
     memorializing the United States Congress to support the 
     Railroad Retirement and Survivors' Improvement Act in the 
     107th Congress; to the Committee on House Administration.
       18. Also, a memorial of the Legislature of the State of 
     Wyoming, relative to Resolution No. 4 memorializing the 
     United States Congress to establish a Northern Rocky Mountain 
     Grizzly Bear and Gray Wolf Management Trust to find 
     management of these wildlife populations; to the Committee on 
     Resources.
       19. Also, a memorial of the General Assembly of the State 
     of North Dakota, relative to Resolution No. 3031 
     memorializing the United States Congress to prepare and 
     submit an amendment to the Constitution of the United States 
     to add a new article providing as follows: ``Neither the 
     Supreme Court nor any inferior court of the United States 
     shall have the power to instuct or order a state or political 
     subdivision thereof, or an official of such a state or 
     political subdivision, to levy or increase taxes''; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.
       20. Also, a memorial of the House of Representatives of the 
     State of Michigan, relative to Resolution No. 24 
     memorializing the United States Congress to enact legislation 
     that offers a regional solution to the problems of 
     nonindigenous species being released in the ballast water of 
     ships on the Great Lakes; to the Committee on Transportation 
     and Infrastructure.
       21. Also, a memorial of the Senate of the Commonwealth of 
     Massachusetts, relative to a Resolution memorializing the 
     United States Congress to enact legislation to provide parity 
     of benefits to all retired career military personnel; jointly 
     to the Committees on Armed Services and Veterans' Affairs.
       22. Also, a memorial of the House of Representatives of the 
     State of Kansas, relative to Resolution No. 5011 
     memorializing the United States Congress to address, for 
     rectification, the aforementioned concerns regarding the 
     health care coverage of our retired military veterans and 
     their immediate families; jointly to the Committees on 
     Veterans' Affairs and Armed Services.
       23. Also, a memorial of the Legislature of the State of 
     Kansas, relative to Resolution No. 5011 memorializing the 
     United States Congress to address, for rectification, the 
     aforementioned concerns regarding the health care coverage of 
     our retired military veterans and their immediate families; 
     jointly to the Committees on Veterans' Affairs and Armed 
     Services.

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