[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 148 (2002), Part 15]
[House]
[Page 20827]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                            PETITIONS, ETC.

  Under clause 3 of rule XII, petitions and papers were laid on the 
clerk's desk and referred as follows:

       75. The SPEAKER presented a petition of the Junior Order 
     United American Mechanics, relative to Resolution No. 4 
     petitioning the United States Congress that all American's 
     hearts go out to the victims their families and friends and 
     to our troops and their families and our thoughts are prayers 
     are with them constantly; to the Committee on Armed Services.
       76. Also, a petition of the Legislature of Orange County, 
     New York, relative to Resolution No. 217 petitioning the 
     United States Congress to enact the Younger Americans Act; to 
     the Committee on Education and the Workforce.
       77. Also, a petition of the Junior Order United American 
     Mechanics, relative to Resolution No. 3 petitioning the 
     United States Congress to oppose abortion, for any reason, 
     except rape, incest, or endangering the life of the expectant 
     mother; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       78. Also, a petition of the Junior Order United American 
     Mechanics, relative to Resolution No. 6 petitioning the 
     United States Congress that since our country and our 
     freedoms were granted by God we should acknowledge his Divine 
     Providence and leave the words ``Under God'' in our Pledge of 
     Allegiance to the flag and encourage all Americans to 
     fervently honor our flag and the Republic for which it 
     stands; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
       79. Also, a petition of the Junior Order United American 
     Mechanics, relative to Resolution No. 7 petitioning the 
     United States Congress to provide the necessary funding to 
     the agencies responsible fro the enforcement of immigration 
     policies and laws to attempt to eliminate illegal entry to 
     the United States and to deport the masses of illegal aliens 
     already in the United States immediately; to the Committee on 
     the Judiciary.
       80. Also, a petition of the Junior Order United American 
     Mechanics, relative to Resolution No. 8 petitioning the 
     United States Congress to take all necessary actions to 
     remove anyone who is anti-American or promotes terrorism from 
     America or United States Territories where we have the legal 
     authority to do so; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
       81. Also, a petition of the City of Chicago, relative to a 
     Resolution petitioning the United States Congress to support 
     the inclusion of the Department of Housing and Urban 
     Development's Public Housing Drug Elimination Program funding 
     in the FY 2003 VA/HUD Appropriations legislation; jointly to 
     the Committees on the Judiciary and Financial Services.