[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 14]
[House]
[Page 19566]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                               MEMORIALS

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

       151. The SPEAKER presented a memorial of the House of 
     Representatives of the State of Michigan, relative to House 
     Resolution No. 67 memorializing the United States Congress to 
     enact H.R. 369 to waive time limitations for the 
     consideration of the Congressional Medal of Honor for 
     Sergeant Gary Lee McKiddy; to the Committee on Armed 
     Services.
       152. Also, a memorial of the House of Representatives of 
     the State of Michigan, relative to House Resolution No. 62 
     memorializing the United States Congress and the Federal 
     Trade Commission to address the issue of unsolicited 
     commercial email, otherwise known as spam, on a national 
     basis; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       153. Also, a memorial of the Legislature of the State of 
     Louisiana, relative to House Concurrent Resolution No. 68 
     memorializing the United States Congress to vote to ban 
     partial birth abortions; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
       154. Also, a memorial of the House of Representatives of 
     the State of Michigan, relative to House Resolution No. 37 
     memorializing the United States Congress to enact legislation 
     that would remove the unfair advantages that Federal Prison 
     Industries has in competition for business; to the Committee 
     on the Judiciary.
       155. Also, a memorial of the House of Representatives of 
     the State of Michigan, relative to House Resolution No. 80 
     memorializing the United States Congress to adopt and submit 
     to the states for ratification an amendment to the United 
     States Constitution to prohibit the desecration of the 
     American flag; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
       156. Also, a memorial of the Senate of the State of 
     Michigan, relative to Senate Resolution No. 103 memorializing 
     the United States Congress to enact legislation that would 
     remove the unfair advantages that Federal Prison Industries 
     has in competition for business; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
       157. Also, a memorial of the Senate of the State of 
     Louisiana, relative to Senate Resolution No. 90 memorializing 
     the United States Congress to provide adequate and immediate 
     protection, stabilization, and maintenance of the Gulf 
     Intracoastal Waterway canal banks in southwest Louisiana; to 
     the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
       158. Also, a memorial of the Legislature of the State of 
     Michigan, relative to Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 4 
     memorializing the United States Congress to repeal the 
     federal excise tax on telephone and other communications 
     services; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
       159. Also, a memorial of the Senate of the State of 
     Louisiana, relative to Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 145 
     memorializing the United States Congress to support any 
     proposed federal laws, rules or regulations that would grant 
     federal motor fuels tax credits for diesel and gasoline 
     refined from wood bio-mass materials; to the Committee on 
     Ways and Means.
       160. Also, a memorial of the Legislature of the State of 
     Louisiana, relative to House Concurrent Resolution No. 178 
     memorializing the United States Congress to review the GPO 
     and WEB social security benefit reductions and to consider 
     eliminating them; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
       161. Also, a memorial of the Legislature of the State of 
     Louisiana, relative to House Concurrent Resolution No. 182 
     memorializing the United States Congress to amend the 
     provisions of Section 418(d)(6)(C) of Title 42 of the United 
     States Code allowing the state of Louisiana the right to 
     amend it's retirement system; to the Committee on Ways and 
     Means.
       162. Also, a memorial of the General Assembly of the State 
     of Nebraska, relative to Assembly Joint Resolution No. 3, 
     memorializing that the Nevada General Assembly urge Congress 
     to amend the Social Security Act by repealing the provisions, 
     commonly known as the Government Pension Offset and the 
     Windfall Elimination Provision; to the Committee on Ways and 
     Means.
       163. Also, a memorial of the Senate of the Commonwealth of 
     Pennsylvania, relative to Senate Resolution No. 107 
     memorializing the United States Congress to consider the PACE 
     and PACENET programs for inclusion in the President's 
     proposed program to provide prescription drug benefits to 
     recipients of Medicare; jointly to the Committees on Ways and 
     Means and Energy and Commerce.
       164. Also, a memorial of the Legislature of the State of 
     Louisiana, relative to House Concurrent Resolution No. 106 
     memorializing the United States Congress to pass legislation 
     giving relief from high prescription drug prices to seniors 
     on Medicare; jointly to the Committees on Ways and Means and 
     Energy and Commerce.
       165. Also, a memorial of the Legislature of the State of 
     Louisiana, relative to Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 133 
     memorializing the United States Congress to enact legislation 
     to correct the flawed Medicare hospital outpatient 
     prospective payment system methodology in order to ensure 
     that all hospitals are appropriately reimbursed for drugs and 
     biologics and to ensure beneficiary access to innovative 
     biotechnology medicines; jointly to the Committees on Ways 
     and Means and Energy and Commerce.

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