[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 15]
[House]
[Pages 21293-21294]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                               MEMORIALS

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

       443. The SPEAKER presented a memorial of the Senate of the 
     State of Iowa, relative to Senate Resolution No. 181 
     memorializing the President and Congress of the United States 
     to recognize the contributions, bravery, and dedicated 
     service of all Code Talkers, including the eight soldiers 
     from the Meskwaki tribe, in the same manner as the Navajo 
     Code Talkers by awarding them them appropriate medals of 
     honor; to the Committee on Armed Services.
       444. Also, a memorial of the Legislature of the State of 
     California, relative to Senate Joint Resolution No. 31 
     memorializing the United States Congress to continue and 
     fully fund the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Technical 
     Education Act of 1998; to the Committee on Education and the 
     Workforce.
       445. Also, a memorial of the Legislature of the State of 
     California, relative to Senate Joint Resolution No. 24 
     memorializing the President and the Congress of the United 
     States to recognize the problems caused by direct-to-consumer 
     advertising of prescription drugs by pharmaceutical companies 
     and to take specified actions in the regulation of consumer 
     advertising of prescription drugs; to the Committee on Energy 
     and Commerce.
       446. Also, a memorial of the Legislature of the State of 
     California, relative to Senate Joint Resolution No. 29 
     memorializing federal officials and entities and private 
     industries to take various actions concerning foods and 
     beverages that are advertised or marketed to children; to the 
     Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       447. Also, a memorial of the House of Representatives of 
     the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, relative to a Resolution 
     memorializing the Congress of the United States to reject any 
     recommendations from the President's Commission to base 
     postal service on profit seeking motives or to cut services 
     to any American community; to the Committee on Government 
     Reform.
       448. Also, a memorial of the Legislature of the State of 
     California, relative to Senate Joint Resolution No. 30 
     memorializing the President and Congress of the United 
     States, the federal Secretary of Transportation, and the 
     federal Department of Transportation to streamline the 
     federal environmental review and permitting process by (1) 
     ensuring adequate funding for the State Office of Historic 
     Preservation in California; and (2) accelerating project 
     delivery by developing a multiagency infrastructure team to 
     be involved in the development of transportation projects 
     from the early planning phase and continuing through the 
     environmental permitting and construction to the Committee on 
     Transportation and Infrastructure.
       449. Also, a memorial of the Legislature of the State of 
     Louisiana, relative to Senate

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     Concurrent Resolution No. 20 memorializing the Congress of 
     the United States to appropriate and expidite funding for the 
     development of a hurricane evacuation route in Louisiana and 
     Mississippi; to the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure.
       450. Also, a memorial of the Legislature of the State of 
     Louisiana, relative to Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 152 
     memorializing the Congress of the United States to enact 
     legislation eliminating the ``new shipper'' bonding 
     privilege; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
       451. Also, a memorial of the Legislature of the State of 
     Louisiana, relative to Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 159 
     memorializing the Congress of the United States to review 
     federal laws, rules, and procedures affecting coastal 
     wetlands activities and permitting in Louisiana, in order to 
     promote effective stewardship by enhancing cooperation and 
     effective communication between federal agencies and 
     Louisiana state and local agencies; jointly to the Committees 
     on Resources and Transportation and Infrastructure.
       452. Also, a memorial of the House of Representatives of 
     the State of Rhode Island, relative to House Resolution No. 
     04R351 memorializing the United States Congress to revise 
     certain provisions of the Medicare Prescription Drug 
     Improvement and Modernization Act of 2003 (H.R. 1); jointly 
     to the Committees on Ways and Means and Energy and Commerce.
       453. Also, a memorial of the General Assembly of the State 
     of New Jersey, relative to Assembly Resolution No. 176 
     memorializing the President and Congress of the United States 
     to restore full funding for the federal Office for Domestic 
     Preparedness' First Responders grant program; jointly to the 
     Committees on the Judiciary, Transportation and 
     Infrastructure, and Energy and Commerce.

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