[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 4]
[House]
[Pages 5914-5915]
[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:

       229. The SPEAKER presented a petition of the County 
     Commission of Mobile, Alabama, relative to a Resolution 
     urging the Congress of the United States to consider the 
     needs of the American war fighter, to affirm the selection 
     process of the United States Air Force, and to support the 
     creation of American jobs by moving all deliberate speed to 
     fund and implement the KC-45 tanker project; to the Committee 
     on Armed Services.
       230. Also, a petition of the Miami-Dade County Board of 
     County Commissioners, Florida, relative to Resolution No. R-
     137-08 urging the Florida Legislature to strengthen mortgage 
     fraud laws; to the Committee on Financial Services.
       231. Also, a petition of the City Commission of the City of 
     Coconut Creek, Florida, relative to Resolution No. 2007-131 
     urging the Congress of the United States to re-enact the 
     Federal Assault Weapons Ban; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
       232. Also, a petition of the Miami-Dade County Board of 
     County Commissioners,

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     Florida, relative to Resolution No. R-135-08 urging the 
     Florida Legislature to pass and the Governor to sign into law 
     legislation reinstating a property tax exemption for solar 
     energy systems and other renewable energy systems and to 
     streamline the process for applying for such an exemption; to 
     the Committee on the Judiciary.
       233. Also, a petition of the City Council of New Orleans, 
     Louisiana, relative to Resolution No. R-08-100 urging the 
     Congress of the United States to appropriate 100% federal 
     share for one hundred year flood protection for Southeast 
     Louisiana; to the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure.
       234. Also, a petition of the City Council of the City of 
     Pittsburgh, PA, relative to Resolution No. 2008-0111 urging 
     the Congress of the United States to act quickly and 
     efficiently in order to renew the Delta Queen's soon to 
     expire exemption from the Safety of Life at Sea Act of 1966; 
     to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
       235. Also, a petition of the City Council of Atlanta, 
     Georgia, relative to Resolution No. 08-R-0476 calling upon 
     the Senate of the United States to introduce and pass the the 
     James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act; jointly to 
     the Committees on Energy and Commerce and the Judiciary.