[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 6]
[House]
[Page 7073]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                               MEMORIALS

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

       282. The SPEAKER presented a memorial of the House of 
     Representatives of the State of New Hampshire, relative to 
     House Resolution 24 memorializing the President of the United 
     States and the United States Congress to develop and work to 
     implement a comprehensive energy plan; to the Committee on 
     Energy and Commerce.
       283. Also, a memorial of the Legislature of the State of 
     Maine, relative to H.P. 1444 Joint Resolution memorializing 
     the Congress of the United States to give serious 
     consideration to giving the Passamaquoddy Tribe of Maine a 
     cultural exemption from the federal Marine Mammal Protection 
     Act of 1972; to the Committee on Resources.
       284. Also, a memorial of the Legislature of the State of 
     New Mexico, relative to Senate Joint Memorial 34 
     memorializing the United States Congress to enact and the 
     President to sign legislation that would define the political 
     status options available to the United States citizens of 
     Puerto Rico and authorize a plebiscite to provide an 
     opportunity for Puerto Ricans to make an informed decision 
     regarding their future political status; to the Committee on 
     Resources.
       285. Also, a memorial of the Legislature of the State of 
     Maine, relative to H.P. 1433 Joint Resolution memorializing 
     the President and Congress of the United States to ensure the 
     protection of civil liberties and the security of the United 
     States; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
       286. Also, a memorial of the General Assembly of the 
     Commonwealth of Virginia, relative to Senate Joint Resolution 
     No. 91 memorializing the United States Congress to protect 
     the fundamental institution of marriage as a union between a 
     man and a woman; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
       287. Also, a memorial of the House of Representatives of 
     the State of Michigan, relative to House Resolution No. 179 
     memorializing the United States Congress to enact legislation 
     to reduce the threshold of eligibility for Prisoner of War 
     benefits to one day of imprisonment; to the Committee on 
     Veterans' Affairs.
       288. Also, a memorial of the House of Representatives of 
     the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, relative to a Resolution 
     memorializing the United States Congress to extend and make 
     retroactive the Federal Temporary Unemployment Compensation 
     Program; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
       289. Also, a memorial of the House of Representatives of 
     the State of Michigan, relative to House Resolution No. 170 
     memorializing the United States Congress and the United 
     States Department of Health and Human Services to make the 
     treatment of chronic diseases a higher priority; jointly to 
     the Committees on Energy and Commerce and Ways and Means.

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