[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 5]
[Senate]
[Page 7525]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                        PETITIONS AND MEMORIALS

  The following petitions and memorials were laid before the Senate and 
were referred or ordered to lie on the table as indicated:

       POM-30. A resolution adopted by the Miami-Dade County Board 
     of County Commissioners urging the Florida Legislature to 
     authorize local governments to accept restrictive covenants 
     with regard to certain properties; to the Committee on 
     Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
       POM-31. A resolution adopted by the Lauderdale Lakes City 
     Commission urging Congress to increase funding for the 
     Community Development Block Grant Fund; to the Committee on 
     Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
       POM-32. A resolution adopted by the Miami-Dade County Board 
     of County Commissioners urging the State of Florida to expand 
     the use of its Department of Elder Affairs Optional State 
     Supplementation Assistance Program Payments; to the Committee 
     on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
       POM-33. A resolution adopted by the Miami-Dade County Board 
     of County Commissioners urging the Florida Legislature to 
     establish a program to provide matching funds for solar and 
     other energy saving water heater installations for low-income 
     homeowners; to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
       POM-34. A resolution adopted by the Miami-Dade County Board 
     of County Commissioners urging the Florida Legislature to 
     designate part of the Florida Turnpike Homestead Extension in 
     South Miami-Dade County the ``John F. Cosgrove Highway''; to 
     the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
       POM-35. A resolution adopted by the Miami-Dade County Board 
     of County Commissioners urging the Florida Legislature to 
     reinstate the property tax exemption currently authorized in 
     the Florida Constitution for certain energy systems; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
       POM-36. A resolution adopted by the Miami-Dade County Board 
     of County Commissioners urging the Florida Legislature to 
     continue and expand the Hurricane Sales Tax Holiday; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
       POM-37. A resolution adopted by the Miami-Dade County Board 
     of County Commissioners approving the 2007 Tri-County 
     Commission Legislative Package; to the Committee on Finance.
       POM-38. A resolution adopted by the Miami-Dade County Board 
     of County Commissioners urging the Florida Legislature to 
     pass legislation eliminating a certain tax ``loop hole''; to 
     the Committee on Finance.
       POM-39. A resolution adopted by the Miami-Dade County Board 
     of County Commissioners urging the Florida Legislature to 
     pass legislation as soon as possible implementing the Double 
     Homestead Exemption for Low-Income Seniors Constitutional 
     Amendment; to the Committee on Finance.
       POM-40. A resolution adopted by the Miami-Dade County Board 
     of County Commissioners urging the Florida Legislature to 
     impose a letter-grading system for restaurant inspection 
     reports and to require the posting of that letter grade; to 
     the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
       POM-41. A resolution adopted by the Miami-Dade County Board 
     of County Commissioners urging the Florida Legislature to 
     fund the South Florida Holocaust Survivors Assistance 
     Program; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 
     Pensions.
       POM-42. A resolution adopted by the Lauderdale Lakes City 
     Commission requesting Congress to increase funding for the No 
     Child Left Behind Act; to the Committee on Health, Education, 
     Labor, and Pensions.
       POM-43. A resolution adopted by the Lauderdale Lakes City 
     Commission establishing a specific fund for targeted 
     healthcare for children and pregnant women beginning 2008; to 
     the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
       POM-44. A resolution adopted by the Miami-Dade County Board 
     of County Commissioners urging the Florida Legislature to 
     repeal the preemption of local government regulation of 
     generators at gasoline stations, food stores and pharmacies; 
     to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental 
     Affairs.
       POM-45. A resolution adopted by the City Council of the 
     City of Watsonville opposing the Citizenship and Immigration 
     Services Citizenship Fee increase; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
       POM-46. A resolution adopted by the Miami-Dade County Board 
     of County Commissioners urging the Florida Legislature to 
     increase the sentencing requirements for persons who commit 
     crimes with assault weapons; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
       POM-47. A resolution adopted by the Miami-Dade County Board 
     of County Commissioners urging the Florida Legislature and 
     the Florida Department of Law Enforcement Commissioner to 
     develop and fund an outreach and public awareness campaign 
     regarding unsolved violent crimes and unsolved criminal drug 
     cases; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
       POM-48. A resolution adopted by the Lauderdale Lakes City 
     Commission requesting Congress to fully fund the Community 
     Oriented Policing Program; to the Committee on the Judiciary.

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