[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 147 (2001), Part 9]
[House]
[Pages 12766-12767]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                               MEMORIALS

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

       123. The SPEAKER presented a memorial of the House of 
     Representatives of the State of Illinois, relative to House 
     Resolution No. 403 memorializing the United States Congress 
     to pass legislation reforming the Federal Freedom to Farm law 
     and the sugar support program to correct the current 
     inequities; to the Committee on Agriculture.
       124. Also, a memorial of the House of Representatives of 
     the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, relative to House 
     Resolution No. 11 memorializing the United States Congress to 
     call for a repudiation of the agreement reached last year to 
     allow the Navy to resume firing training on the island of 
     Vieques; to the Committee on Armed Services.
       125. Also, a memorial of the Legislature of the State of 
     Louisiana, relative to Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 140 
     memorializing the United States Congress to study the 
     feasibility of insurance coverage for loss, damage, or 
     diminution in value to property caused by drought; to the 
     Committee on Financial Services.
       126. Also, a memorial of the House of Representatives of 
     the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, relative to House 
     Resolution No. 214 memorializing the United States Congress 
     to fully fund its obligations under the

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     Individuals with Disabilities Education Act; to the Committee 
     on Education and the Workforce.
       127. Also, a memorial of the House of Representatives of 
     the State of Illinois, relative to House Resolution No. 385 
     memorializing the United States Congress to ensure ethanol 
     and biodiesel are included as part of any lasting energy 
     policy; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       128. Also, a memorial of the House of Representatives of 
     the State of Illinois, relative to House Resolution No. 405 
     memorializing the United States Congress and the 
     Environmental Protection Agency to increase Illinois' 
     nitrogen oxide emission allowances budget; to the Committee 
     on Energy and Commerce.
       129. Also, a memorial of the Senate of the Commonwealth of 
     Pennsylvania, relative to Senate Resolution No. 92 
     memorializing the United States Congress to offer condolences 
     to the people of the State of Israel and especially to the 
     families of those victims who suffered losses in the 
     terrorist attack of June 1, 2001, in Tel Aviv; Strongly 
     condemn that attack and any use of terrorism in order to 
     achieve political gains or for any other reason; and, 
     Reaffirm the desire of the people of the United States to 
     assist the parties in their efforts to achieve a full and 
     lasting peace; to the Committee on International Relations.
       130. Also, a memorial of the Senate of the State of 
     Louisiana, relative to Senate Resolution No. 76 memorializing 
     the United States Congress to direct the Minerals Management 
     Service of the United States Department of the Interior to 
     develop a plan for impact mitigation relative to the Outer 
     Continental Shelf oil and gas lease sales in the Gulf of 
     Mexico; to the Committee on Resources.
       131. Also, a memorial of the Senate of the State of 
     Louisiana, relative to Senate Resolution No. 50 memorializing 
     the United States Congress to express its desire to the 
     National Marine Fisheries Service that the pending charter 
     boat moratorium in the Gulf of Mexico not be implemented; to 
     the Committee on Resources.
       132. Also, a memorial of the House of Representatives of 
     the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, relative to House 
     Resolution No. 230 memorializing the United States Congress 
     to make the $1.5 billion of Federal moneys already earmarked 
     for abandoned mine land reclamation available to states to 
     clean up and make safe abandoned mine lands; to the Committee 
     on Resources.
       133. Also, a memorial of the Legislature of the State of 
     Louisiana, relative to House Concurrent Resolution No. 93 
     memorializing the United States Congress to ratify the 
     Southern Dairy Compact; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
       134. Also, a memorial of the Senate of the State of 
     Louisiana, relative to Senate Resolution No. 75 memorializing 
     the United States Congress to repeal mandatory minimum 
     sentences; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
       135. Also, a memorial of the House of Representatives of 
     the State of Illinois, relative to House Resolution No. 370 
     memorializing the United States Congress to support reform of 
     our Federal immigration laws to allow the many hard working 
     immigrants in Illinois to work towards becoming citizens 
     through a legalization program; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
       136. Also, a memorial of the House of Representatives of 
     the State of Illinois, relative to House Resolution No. 340 
     memorializing the United States Congress to initiate an 
     investigation of possible collusion among petroleum companies 
     resulting in rapid unexplained price increases in motor fuel 
     throughout the Midwest; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
       137. Also, a memorial of the Legislature of the State of 
     Louisiana, relative to House Concurrent Resolution No. 86 
     memorializing the United States Congress to support, with 
     funding, the expeditious implementation of the proposed 
     Maurepas Swamp diversion from the Mississippi River; to the 
     Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
       138. Also, a memorial of the Legislature of the State of 
     Louisiana, relative to House Concurrent Resolution No. 24 
     memorializing the United States Congress to urge the United 
     States Army Corps of Engineers to replace the proposed St. 
     Claude Avenue Bridge and the Claiborne Avenue Bridge in 
     Orleans Parish with tunnels or fixed high-rise bridges in 
     conjunction with a project to replace the Inner Harbor 
     Navigation Canal lock; to the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure.
       139. Also, a memorial of the House of Representatives of 
     the State of Michigan, relative to House Resolution No. 124 
     memorializing the United States Congress to enact legislation 
     to provide for government-furnished markers for the graves of 
     all veterans; to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
       140. Also, a memorial of the House of Representatives of 
     the State of Michigan, relative to House Resolution No. 36 
     memorializing the United States Congress to take certain 
     actions to increase efforts to halt the illegal dumping of 
     foreign steel in this country; to the Committee on Ways and 
     Means.
       141. Also, a memorial of the House of Representatives of 
     the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, relative to House 
     Resolution No. 238 memorializing the United States Congress 
     to fully fund and deploy as soon as technologically possible 
     an effective, affordable global missile defense system, 
     including a sea-based system to intercept theater and long-
     range missiles, space-based sensors and ground-based 
     interceptors and radar, to protect all Americans, United 
     States troops stationed abroad and our nation's allies from 
     ballistic missile attack; jointly to the Committees on Armed 
     Services and International Relations.
       142. Also, a memorial of the Legislature of the State of 
     Maine, relative to Joint Resolution No. 651 memorializing the 
     United States Congress to support significant reforms to our 
     nation's voting system; jointly to the Committees on House 
     Administration and the Judiciary.
       143. Also, a memorial of the Legislature of the State of 
     Louisiana, relative to House Concurrent Resolution No. 167 
     memorializing the United States Congress to fully fund the 
     Estuary Restoration Act of 2000; jointly to the Committees on 
     Transportation and Infrastructure and Resources.
       144. Also, a memorial of the House of Representatives of 
     the State of Missouri, relative to House Concurrent 
     Resolution No. 14 memorializing the United States Congress to 
     support the Railroad Retirement and Survivors Improvement Act 
     introduced in the 107th Congress; jointly to the Committees 
     on Transportation and Infrastructure and Ways and Means.
       145. Also, a memorial of the Senate of the State of 
     Missouri, relative to Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 10 
     memorializing the United States Congress to support the 
     Railroad Retirement and Survivors Improvement Act introduced 
     in the 107th Congress; jointly to the Committees on 
     Transportation and Infrastructure and Ways and Means.
       146. Also, a memorial of the House of Representatives of 
     the State of Michigan, relative to House Resolution No. 137 
     memorializing the United States Congress to enact the Steel 
     Revitalization Act of 2001; jointly to the Committees on 
     Financial Services, Education and the Workforce, and Ways and 
     Means.
       147. Also, a memorial of the Legislature of the State of 
     Louisiana, relative to House Concurrent Resolution No. 129 
     memorializing the United States Congress to fully implement 
     the Gulf Hypoxia Action Plan in cooperation with the Gulf of 
     Mexico/Mississippi River Watershed Nutrient Task Force; 
     jointly to the Committees on Science, Resources, and 
     Transportation and Infrastructure.

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