[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 16]
[House]
[Page 21579]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                               MEMORIALS

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

       197. The SPEAKER presented a memorial of the General 
     Assembly of the State of New Jersey, relative to Assembly 
     Resolution No. 41 memorializing the President and the 
     Congress of the United States to increase federal funding to 
     the states for child lead poisoning screening programs, and 
     to especially ensure the availability of adequate funding to 
     provide lead poisoning screening for all Medicaid-eligible 
     children; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       198. Also, a memorial of the General Assembly of the State 
     of New Jersey, relative to Assembly Resolution No. 219 urging 
     Congress to enact legislation providing reimbursement of 
     health care-related expenses incurred between 1995 and 2001 
     by veterans of the Armed Forces who between 1941 and 1956 
     were promised free lifetime health care in return for 20 
     years of military service; to the Committee on Veterans' 
     Affairs.
       199. Also, a memorial of the General Assembly of the State 
     of New Jersey, relative to Assembly Resolution No. 35 
     memorializing the Congress of the United States to enact 
     legislation giving federal income taxpayers who forego 
     compensated employment in order to remain at home and 
     personally provide care to their children and other 
     dependents a tax benefit comparable to that currently given 
     to wage earners who pay others to provide such care; to the 
     Committee on Ways and Means.
       200. Also, a memorial of the General Assembly of the State 
     of New Jersey, relative to Assembly Resolution No. 34 
     memorializing the Congress of the United States to revise the 
     definition of ``resources'' as it applies to the ``Medicare 
     Catastrophic Coverage Act of 1988,'' so that a community 
     spouse's IRA or pension plan is not included in the 
     calculation of a couple's resources for the purposes of 
     determining Medicaid eligibility for nursing home care; 
     jointly to the Committees on Ways and Means and Energy and 
     Commerce.
       201. Also, a memorial of the General Assembly of the State 
     of New Jersey, relative to Assembly Resolution No. 105 
     memorializing the Congress of the United States to pass, and 
     the President to sign into law, legislation that would 
     stabilize and provide funding equity to the MedicareChoice 
     program; jointly to the Committees on Ways and Means and 
     Energy and Commerce.
       202. Also, a memorial of General Assembly of the State of 
     New Jersey, relative to Assembly Resolution No. 207 
     memorializing the President and the Congress of the United 
     States to adopt a more effective approach to handling 
     domestic security and terrorism preparedness issues through 
     better national coordination, resource support, and political 
     leadership, and to take into considerartion certain 
     recommendations based upon the report issued by the 
     Independent Task Force; jointly to the Committees on the 
     Judiciary, Energy and Commerce, Agriculture, Transportation 
     and Infrastructure, and Armed Services.

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