[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 147 (2001), Part 9]
[House]
[Pages 13269-13270]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                               MEMORIALS

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

       148. The SPEAKER presented a memorial of the General 
     Assembly of the State of Vermont, relative to Joint Senate 
     Resolution No. 157 memorializing the United States Congress 
     to increase federal special education funding immediately to 
     40 percent, the level to which Congress previously committed 
     the federal government; to the Committee on Education and the 
     Workforce.
       149. Also, a memorial of the House of Representatives of 
     the State of Louisiana, relative to House Resolution No. 128 
     memorializing the United States Congress and the President to 
     institute and enforce legislation and diplomatic action 
     toward the eradication of child slavery internationally; to 
     the Committee on International Relations.
       150. Also, a memorial of the House of Representatives of 
     the State of Michigan, relative to House Resolution No. 116 
     memorializing the United States Congress to enact the Detroit 
     River International Wildlife Refuge Establishment Act; to the 
     Committee on Resources.
       151. Also, a memorial of the House of Representatives of 
     the State of Louisiana, relative to House Resolution No. 149 
     memorializing the United States Congress to direct the 
     Mineral Management Service to develop a plan for impact 
     mitigation relative to the OSC oil and gas lease sales in the 
     Gulf of Mexico; to the Committee on Resources.
       152. Also, a memorial of the House of Representatives of 
     the State of Louisiana, relative to House Resolution No. 114 
     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.
       153. Also, a memorial of the Legislature of the State of 
     Louisiana, relative to House Concurrent Resolution No. 198 
     memorializing the United States Congress to support, with 
     funding, the expeditious implementation of the proposed Bayou 
     Lafourche restoration and diversion project from the 
     Mississippi River; to the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure.
       154. Also, a memorial of the Legislature of the State of 
     Texas, relative to Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 54 
     memorializing the United States Congress to consider the 
     removal of trade, financial, and travel restrictions relating 
     to Cuba; jointly to the Committees on International Relations 
     and Ways and Means.
       155. Also, a memorial of the Legislature of the State of 
     Texas, relative to Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 25 
     memorializing the United States Congress and the President, 
     in light of the proposed change in federal policy that will 
     further open the border areas to Mexican truck travel, to 
     recognize the unique planning, capacity, and infrastructure 
     needs of Texas' border ports of entry

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     and the high-priority transportation corridors; jointly to 
     the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure and the 
     Judiciary.

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