[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 13]
[House]
[Pages 17751-17752]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                               MEMORIALS

  Under clause 3 of rule XII, memorials were presented and referred as 
follows:
       36. The SPEAKER presented a memorial of the Senate of the 
     State of Michigan, relative to Senate Resolution No. 35 
     memorializing the Congress of the United States and the 
     United States Department of Agriculture to provide 
     assistance, including additional emergency funding, in the 
     effort to mitigate the infestation of the Emerald Ash Borer; 
     to the Committee on Agriculture.
       37. Also, a memorial of the Legislature of the State of 
     Tennessee, relative to Senate Joint Resolution No. 277 urging 
     the Congress of the United States to stop cuts in 
     agriculture-related programs and initiatives in the Fiscal 
     Year 2006 federal budget; to the Committee on Agriculture.
       38. Also, a memorial of the Senate of the Commonwealth of 
     Pennsylvania, relative to Senate Resolution No. 154 
     memorializing the Congress of the United States to review and 
     consider the National Governors Association recommendations 
     which would allow states to utilize greater flexibility in 
     their provision of Medicaid services; to the Committee on 
     Armed Services.
       39. Also, a memorial of the Senate of the Commonwealth of 
     Pennsylvania, relative to Senate Resolution No. 145 urging 
     the Congrees of the United States and the members of the 2005 
     BRAC Commission to remove the Pittsburgh International 
     Airport Air Reserve Station and the Charles E. Kelly Support 
     Center from the list of proposed military base closures and 
     to remove the 99th Regional Readiness Command from the list 
     of proposed base realignments; to the Committee on Armed 
     Services.
       40. Also, a memorial of the Legislature of the State of 
     Louisiana, relative to House Concurrent Resultion No. 167 
     urging the Base Realignment and Closure Commission to reject 
     the Defense Department's recommendation to close the Defense 
     Information Systems Agency (DISA) site in Slidell; to the 
     Committee on Armed Services.
       41. Also, a memorial of the Senate of the State of 
     Pennsylvania, relative to Senate Resolution No. 130 urging 
     the President of the United States and the Congress of the 
     United States and all members of the BRAC Commission to 
     remove the Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Willow Grove 
     from the list of military base closures recommended by the 
     Department of Defense; to the Committee on Armed Services.
       42. Also, a memorial of the Legislature of the State of 
     Missouri, relative to Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 7 
     urging the Congress of the United States to authorize and 
     appropriate full funding required to establish the proposed 
     Chiropractic Center for Military Research at Logan College of 
     Chiropractic at its campus in Chesterfield, Missouri; to the 
     Committee on Armed Services.
       43. Also, a memorial of the General Assembly of the State 
     of Tennessee, relative to House Joint Resolution No. 146 
     memorializing the Congress of the United States to enact 
     legislation to posthumously award First Lieutenant Garlin 
     Murl Conner, United States Army, a much deserved Medal of 
     Honor; to the Committee on Armed Services.
       44. Also, a memorial of the Legislature of the State of 
     Hawaii, relative to House Concurrent Resolution No. 208 
     urging the President of the United States, the Congress of 
     the United States, and the United States of the Department of 
     Education to continue funding for the Even Start Family 
     Literacy Program; to the Committee on Education and the 
     Workforce.
       45. Also, a memorial of the Senate of the State of 
     Louisiana, relative to Senate Resolution No. 10 memorializing 
     the Congress of the United States to enact the Breast Cancer 
     Patient Protection Act; to the Committee on Energy and 
     Commerce.
       46. Also, a memorial of the Senate of the State of 
     Louisiana, relative to Senate Resolution No. 6 memorializing 
     the Congress of the United States to require revisions to 
     Weekly Natural Gas Storage Report procedures in order to 
     mandate immediate disclosure of corrections to erroneous 
     information; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       47. Also, a memorial of the Senate of the State of 
     Pennsylvania, relative to Senate Resolution No. 125 
     encouraging the Congress of the United States and the United 
     States Environmental Protection Agency to take the steps 
     necessary to redistribute more of the $2 billion in the 
     Leaking Underground Storage Tank Fund to states to offset 
     administrative costs of the federally mandated fund; to the 
     Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       48. Also, a memorial of the Legislature of the State of 
     Louisiana, relative to Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 120 
     memorializing the Congress of the United States to establish 
     a domestic energy policy that will ensure an adequate supply 
     of energy and the necessary infrastructure; to the Committee 
     on Energy and Commerce.
       49. Also, a memorial of the Senate of the Commonwealth of 
     Pennsylvania, relative to Senate Resolution No. 96 urging the 
     President and the Congress of the United States to enact 
     legislation to provide additional funding ALS research; to 
     the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       50. Also, a memorial of the Senate of the State of Rhode 
     Island, relative to Senate Resolution No. 220 memorializing 
     the Congress of the United States to provide domestic energy 
     policy that ensures an affordable supply of natural gas and 
     embraces a concerted national effort to promote greater 
     efficiency and environmental responsible natural gas 
     production; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.

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       51. Also, a memorial of the Senate of the State of Ohio, 
     relative to Senate Resolution No. 35 memorializing the 
     Congress of the United States to amend the Energy Policy Act 
     of 1992 to specify that an electric-hybrid vehicle must 
     receive credit as being an alternative fueled vehicle for 
     purposes of the requirement that 75% of new light duty motor 
     vehicles acquired annually for state government fleets by 
     alternative fueled vehicles; to the Committee on Energy and 
     Commerce.
       52. Also, a memorial of the House of Representatives of the 
     State of Ohio, relative to House Resolution No. 21 urging the 
     Congress of the United States to enact the Clear Skies Act of 
     2005; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       53. Also, a memorial of the House of Representatives of the 
     Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, relative to House Resolution 
     No. 277 urging the President of the United States and the 
     Congress of the United States to enact legislation to provide 
     additional funding for ALS research; to the Committee on 
     Energy and Commerce.
       54. Also, a memorial of the Senate of the State of Indiana, 
     relative to Senate Resolution No. 25 memorializing the 
     Congress of the United States to give due consideration to 
     the readiness of the Republic of China on Taiwan for 
     membership in the United Nations; to the Committee on 
     International Relations.
       55. Also, a memorial of the House of Representatives of the 
     State of Minnesota, relative to House File No. 2143 
     memorializing the President of the United States and the 
     Congress of the United States and the United States Postal 
     Service to maintain current levels of service; to the 
     Committee on Government Reform.
       56. Also, a memorial of the Legislature of the State of 
     Louisiana, relative to Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 117 
     memorializing the Congress of the United States to direct the 
     U.S. Maritime Administration to require that the 
     environmental impacts of offshore liquefied natural gas 
     terminals be fully investigated and considered before these 
     facilities are licensed, especially in regards to the 
     individual and cumulative impacts of open rack vaporization 
     systems on marine species and marine habitat; to the 
     Committee on Resources.
       57. Also, a memorial of the Legislature of the State of 
     Nevada, relative to Senate Joint Resolution No. 1 urging the 
     Congress of the United States to take certain action 
     concerning wilderness areas and wilderness study areas; to 
     the Committee on Resources.
       58. Also, a memorial of the Senate of the State of West 
     Virginia, relative to Senate Resolution No. 46 urging the 
     Congress of the United States to review provisions in the 
     federal PATRIOT Act; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
       59. Also, a memorial of the Legislature of the State of 
     Louisiana, relative to House Concurrent Resolution No. 84 
     memorializing the Congress of the United States and the 
     Louisiana congressional delegation to approve funding for 
     deepening the Houma Navigation Canal, including funding 
     efforts to make beneficial use of the dredge material for 
     embankment stabilization; to the Committee on Transportation 
     and Infrastructure.
       60. Also, a memorial of the Legislature of the State of 
     Louisiana, relative to Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 71 
     memorializing the Congress of the United States to direct the 
     New Orleans District of the United States Army Corps of 
     Engineers to cease using Section 10 of the Rivers and Harbors 
     Act to stop sustainable forestry practices in areas that have 
     no impact on actual navigation except in the parishes of 
     Terrebonne, Lafourche, and St. Charles; to the Committee on 
     Transportation and Infrastructure.
       61. Also, a memorial of the Legislature of the State of 
     Arizona, relative to House Concurrent Memorial 2003 urging 
     the Congress of the United States to protect the citizens of 
     the State of Arizona by enacting legislation to ensure 
     reasonable rates; to the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure.
       62. Also, a memorial of the Legislature of the State of 
     Louisiana, relative to Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 61 
     memorializing the Congress of the United States to enact the 
     Coastal Restoration Tax Credit Act of 2005; to the Committee 
     on Ways and Means.
       63. Also, a memorial of the House of Representatives of the 
     Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, relative to House Resolution 
     No. 84 urging the Congress of the United States to direct the 
     Internal Revenue Service to rescind its ruling that certain 
     emergency grant payments be subject to Federal income tax; to 
     the Committee on Ways and Means.
       64. Also, a memorial of the Senate of the State of 
     Louisiana, relative to Senate Resolution No. 177 
     memorializing the members of the United States Senate from 
     Louisiana, Senator Mary Landrieau and Senator David Vitter, 
     to continue to work toward enacting federal legislation to 
     ensure that deserving victims of asbestos exposure receive 
     compensation; jointly to the Committees on the Judiciary and 
     Energy and Commerce.
       65. Also, a memorial of the Legislature of the State of 
     Montana, relative to Senate Joint Resolution No. 27 urging 
     the Montana Congressional Delegation to oppose any federeal 
     asbestos legislation that reduces the amount of compensation 
     that Libby tremolite asbestos disease victims would otherwise 
     receive; jointly to the Committees on the Judiciary and 
     Energy and Commerce.

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