[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 148 (2002), Part 3]
[House]
[Pages 4097-4098]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                               MEMORIALS

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

       209. The SPEAKER presented a memorial of the Senate of the 
     State of Michigan, relative to Senate Resolution No. 109 
     memorializing the United States Congress to enact legislation 
     to permit states to promote long-term care insurance under 
     Medicaid; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.

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       210. Also, a memorial of the General Assembly of the State 
     of Vermont, relative to Joint Senate Resolution No. 248 
     memorializing the United States Congress to exercise the 
     maximum effort possible, in coordination with the 
     international relief agencies, to assure delivery of vital 
     food supplies to the millions of starving people in 
     Afghanistan; to the Committee on International Relations.
       211. Also, a memorial of the House of Representatives of 
     the State of Hawaii, relative to House Concurrent Resolution 
     No. 50 memorializing the United States Congress to support 
     legislation to equalize reparations for Japanese of Latin 
     American ancestry interned during World War II; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.
       212. Also, a memorial of the General Assembly of the State 
     of California, relative to Assembly Joint Resolution No. 5 
     memorializing the President and Congress of the United States 
     to fully fund the Coast Guard's operational readiness and 
     recapitalization requirements to ensure this humanitarian arm 
     of our National Security remains Semper Paratus through the 
     21st century; to the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure.
       213. Also, a memorial of the General Assembly of the State 
     of California, relative to Assembly Joint Resolution No. 17 
     memorializing the President and Congress of the United States 
     to urge the Congress of the United States to amend paragraph 
     (4) of Section 143 (l) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to read: ``(6) Qualified veteran--For purposes of this 
     subsection, the term `qualified veteran' means any veteran--
     (A) who meets such requirements as may be imposed by the 
     State law pursuant to which qualified veterans' mortgage 
     bonds are issued''; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
       214. Also, a memorial of the General Assembly of the State 
     of California, relative to Assembly Joint Resolution No. 15 
     memorializing the President and Congress of the United States 
     and the United States Border Patrol to proceed in a 
     cooperative effort with the Mexican government through the 
     working group on migrations and border safety to achieve a 
     comprehensive examination of border safety and migration 
     issues, an assessment of the impact of United States border 
     initiatives, enhanced investigations and prosecutions of 
     criminal gangs of smugglers, and increasing search and rescue 
     operations along the border; jointly to the Committees on 
     International Relations and the Judiciary.
       215. Also, a memorial of the House of Representatives of 
     the State of Michigan, relative to House Resolution No. 213 
     memorializing the Congress of the United States, the 
     Department of Defense, and the Department of State to 
     increase efforts to account fully for American military 
     personnel missing in action in southeast Asia; jointly to the 
     Committees on International Relations and Armed Services.
       216. Also, a memorial of the House of Representatives of 
     the State of Maine, relative to a Joint Resolution 
     memorializing the United States Congress to honor Maine 
     victims of the September 11th tragedy; jointly to the 
     Committees on the Judiciary and International Relations.
       217. Also, a memorial of the House of Representatives of 
     the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, relative to House 
     Resolution No. 348 memorializing the United States Congress 
     to help workers by considering the following provisions: 
     extending federally funded unemployment compensation, where 
     needed by 26 weeks; aiding workers by improving health care 
     access by at least paying 75% of the COBRA health care costs 
     and other health care assistance; aiding workers by fully 
     funding targeted training and worker reemployment programs 
     and taking such other actions to save personal homes and 
     stabilize credit transactions; jointly to the Committees on 
     Education and the Workforce, Energy and Commerce, and Ways 
     and Means.
       218. Also, a memorial of the Senate of the State of 
     Louisiana, relative to Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 11 
     memorializing the United States Congress to express support 
     and solidarity for actions taken as a result of the terrorist 
     attacks launched against the United States on Tuesday, 
     September 11, 2001; jointly to the Committees on the 
     Judiciary, Armed Services, and Transportation and 
     Infrastructure.

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