[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 12]
[House]
[Pages 16181-16182]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                               MEMORIALS

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

       392. The SPEAKER presented a memorial of the Legislature of 
     the State of Louisiana, relative to Senate Concurrent 
     Resolution No. 75 memorializing the Congress of the United 
     States to authorize and fund the establishment of the Coastal 
     Forest Reserve Program, and to memorialize the United States 
     Department of Agriculture Forest Service, the Louisiana 
     Department of Agriculture and Forestry, and the Louisiana 
     State University School of Renewable Natural Resources, with 
     the assistance from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette 
     and other Louisiana universites, to provide an inventory and 
     assessment of coastal forests; to the Committee on 
     Agriculture.
       393. Also, a memorial of the Legislature of the State of 
     Hawaii, relative to Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 212 
     memorializing the Federal Government to conduct a thorough 
     evaluation of the condition of the 187-acre property situated 
     in Waikane Valley that was used by the United States Marine 
     Corps for ordnance training until 1976, plan for and conduct 
     as thorough a clean-up and removal of ordnance as is 
     technologically possible, conduct an environmental assessment 
     of the potential risk to human health and safety, and return 
     the land to the State of Hawaii; to the Committee on Armed 
     Services.
       394. Also, a memorial of the General Assembly of the State 
     of Ohio, relative to Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 31 
     supporting the retention and expansion of all military bases 
     and centers in Ohio and to urge that local governments and 
     community, industry, and labor leaders work with the 
     Governor's All-Ohio Task Force to Save Defense Jobs for that 
     purpose; to the Committee on Armed Services.
       395. Also, a memorial of the Legislature of the State of 
     Louisiana, relative to Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 44 
     memorializing the Congress of the United States to authorize 
     state and national banks to participate in lotteries and 
     related activites for charitable purposes; to the Committee 
     on Financial Services.
       396. Also, a memorial of the Legislature of the State of 
     Utah, relative to House Concurrent Resolution No. 2 
     memorializing the Congress of the United States make special 
     eduction funding mandatory and fulfill its commitment to 
     provide funding at the 40% level; to the Committee on 
     Education and the Workforce.
       397. Also, a memorial of the Legislature of the State of 
     Hawaii, relative to Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 56 
     memorializing the President and Congress of the United States 
     to repeal the ban against the government negotiating price 
     reductions of prescription drugs; to the Committee on Energy 
     and Commerce.
       398. Also, a memorial of the General Assembly of the State 
     of Ohio, relative to Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 24 
     memorializing the Congress of the United States to support 
     Taiwan's participation in the World Health Organization and 
     to deplore the persecution of Falun Gong practictioners, 
     Christians, and members of other religious groups in the 
     People's Republic of China and to urge that specified actions 
     be taken to end that persecution; to the Committee on 
     International Relations.
       399. Also, a memorial of the Legislature of the State of 
     Louisiana, relative to Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 47 
     memorializing the Congress of the United States to continue 
     to support and expand the operations of the National Finance 
     Center in New Orleans, including the renewal of its contract 
     with the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board; to the 
     Committee on Government Reform.
       400. Also, a memorial of the Legislature of the State of 
     Hawaii, relative to Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 167 
     recognizing Native Hawaiians as traditional, indigenous 
     knowledge holders and recognizing their collective 
     intellectual property rights; to the Committee on Resources.
       401. Also, a memorial of the Legislature of the State of 
     Utah, relative to House Joint Resolution No. 17 memorializing 
     the Utah Attorney General to immediately commence an 
     investigation into apparent breaches of trust and 
     constitutional violations and that he report to the 
     Legislature on the progress of the investigation; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.
       402. Also, a memorial of the Legislature of the State of 
     Utah, relative to Senate Joint

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     Resolution No. 5 memorializing the Congress of the United 
     States to review and modify United States Immigration law so 
     as to minimize the circumstances under which United States 
     Citizen children are separated from their undocumented 
     parents; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
       403. Also, a memorial of the General Assembly of the State 
     of Colorado, relative to Senate Joint Memorial 04-004 
     memorializing the Congress of the United States to vote to 
     repeal the individual and corporate alternative minimum tax; 
     to the Committee on Ways and Means.
       404. Also, a memorial of the General Assembly of the State 
     of Tennessee, relative to Senate Joint Resolution No. 1206 
     memorialzing the Congress of the United States to allow for 
     the deduction of state and local sales taxes in the 
     computation of Federal income tax liability; to the Committee 
     on Ways and Means.
       405. Also, a memorial of the General Assembly of the State 
     of Tennessee, relative to Senate Joint Resolution No. 1206 
     memorializing the Congress of the United States to allow for 
     the deduction of state and local sales taxes in the 
     computation of Federal income tax liability; to the Committee 
     on Ways and Means.
       406. Also, a memorial of the Senate of the State of 
     Michigan, relative to Senate Resolution No. 171 memorialzing 
     the Congress of the United States and the federal government 
     to work with Michigan officials to align the ownership of 
     mineral rights and surface rights on state and federal lands 
     in Michigan; jointly to the Committees on Resources and 
     Agriculture.

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