[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 4]
[House]
[Pages 4918-4919]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                            PETITIONS, ETC.

  Under clause 3 of rule XII, petitions and papers were laid on the 
clerk's desk and referred as follows:

       221. The SPEAKER presented a petition of the Board of 
     Chosen Freeholders of the County Monmouth, New Jersey, 
     relative to Resolution No. 2008-11 requesting the Congress of 
     the United States and the President of the United States 
     reverse the decision to close the United States Army 
     Installation at Fort

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     Monmouth and supporting requests for an investigation by the 
     Attorney General; to the Committee on Armed Services.
       222. Also, a petition of the Common Council of the City of 
     Hammond, Lake County, Indiana, relative to Resolution No. R3 
     calling upon the Congress of the United States to take 
     emergency action to protect homeowners by enacting a 
     Homeowners and Banks Protection Act; to the Committee on 
     Financial Services.
       223. Also, a petition of the Board of Supervisors of Essex 
     County, New York, relative to Resolution No. 56 supporting 
     H.R. 3036 and S. 198, the No Child Left Inside Act; to the 
     Committee on Education and Labor.
       224. Also, a petition of the City Council of Foster City, 
     California, relative to Resolution No. 2008-8 requesting the 
     U.S. Postal Service assign zip codes 94404 exclusively to 
     Foster City and to designate Foster City's postal facility as 
     a main post office; to the Committee on Oversight and 
     Government Reform.
       225. Also, a petition of the Commission of the City of 
     Lauderhill, Florida, relative to Resolution No. 07R-11-311 
     supporting S. 344 which would require youth athletic coaches 
     to meet level two screening requirements; to the Committee on 
     the Judiciary.
       226. Also, a petition of the Miami-Dade County Board of 
     County Commissioners, Florida, relative to Resolution No. R-
     131-08 urging the Congress of the United Staes and the 
     Florida Legislature to strengthen hate crime laws to provide 
     that intentionally exposing a person to hanging nooses or 
     other objects or symbols evidencing prejudice creates a 
     presumption of a hate crime, in light of recent events in 
     Jena, Louisiana; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
       227. Also, a petition of the Miami-Dade County Board of 
     County Commissioners, Florida, relative to Resolution No. R-
     132-08 urging the Florida Legislature to designate that 
     portion of State Road 934 on N.W. 79th Street between N.W. 
     7th Avenue and N.W. 37th Avenue as ``Rev. Dr. C.P. Preston, 
     Jr. Street''; to the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure.
       228. Also, a petition of the California State Lands 
     Commission, relative to a letter expressing concerns regaring 
     H.R. 2830, the Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2007; jointly 
     to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, 
     Homeland Security, Energy and Commerce, and the Judiciary.