[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 6]
[House]
[Pages 7559-7560]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                               MEMORIALS

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

       260. The SPEAKER presented a memorial of the House of 
     Representatives of the State of Rhode Island, relative to 
     House Resolution No. 8049 urging the Congress of the United 
     States to appoint an independent counsel to investigate the 
     prisoner of war-missing in action issue; to the Committee on 
     Armed Services.
       261. Also, a memorial of the Senate of the State of New 
     Jersey, relative to Senate Resolution No. 24 memorializing 
     the Congress of the United States to enact legislation 
     requiring annual publication of a list disclosing companies 
     planning or currently in the practice of outsourcing U.S. 
     jobs to other countries; to the Committee on Education and 
     Labor.
       262. Also, a memorial of the Legislature of the State of 
     Idaho, relative to House Joint Memorial No. 7 urging the 
     Congress of the United States to take action to help stop 
     children and employees from accessing Internet pornography 
     and to request that legislation be enacted to facilitate a 
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     based solution that allows parents and employers to subscribe 
     to Internet access services that exclude adult content; to 
     the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       263. Also, a memorial of the Legislature of the State of 
     Idaho, relative to House Joint Memorial No. 6 urging the 
     Congress of the United States and the Department of Health 
     and Human Services to allow resident advocate groups in Idaho 
     and industry representatives to negotiate on how to improve 
     the survey process in skilled nursing facilities in Idaho; to 
     the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       264. Also, a memorial of the Legislature of the State of 
     Louisiana, relative to House Concurrent Resolution No. 38 
     memorializing the Congress of the United States to take such 
     actions as are necessary to call a convention for the purpose 
     of proposing an amendment to the United States Constitution 
     to include the Posse Comitatus Act as a consitutional 
     prohibition; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
       265. Also, a memorial of the Senate of the State of 
     Michigan, relative to Senate Resolution No. 165 memorializing 
     the Congress of the United States to reverse cuts to the 
     Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program; to 
     the Committee on the Judiciary.
       266. Also, a memorial of the Senate of the State of Rhode 
     Island, relative to Senate Resolution No. 2899 urging the 
     Congress of the United States to appoint an independent 
     counsel to investigate the prisoner of war-missing in action 
     issue; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
       267. Also, a memorial of the Legislature of the State of 
     Louisiana, relative to House Concurrent Resolution No. 39 
     memorializing the Congress of the United States and 
     Louisiana's congressional delegation to take such action as 
     are necessary to provide the state of Louisiana with one-
     hundred-year flood protection; to the Committee on 
     Transportation and Infrastructure.
       268. Also, a memorial of the Legislature of the State of 
     Louisiana, relative to House Concurrent Resolution No. 22 
     memorializing the Congress of the United States and 
     Louisiana's congressional delegation to take such actions as 
     are necessary to ensure that sufficient funds are 
     appropriated to provide a one hundred percent federal share 
     of the costs necessary to construct one-hundred-year flood 
     protection for southeast Louisiana; to the Committee on 
     Transportation and Infrastructure.
       269. Also, a memorial of the Senate of the State of New 
     Jersey, relative to Senate Resolution No. 13 requesting the 
     Government of the United States establish a funding program 
     to defray the safety equipment and engineering costs incurred 
     by local communities to establish ``quiet zones'' along light 
     rail lines operating on railroad freight tracks; to the 
     Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
       270. Also, a memorial of the House of Representatives of 
     the State of Illinois, relative to House Resolution No. 1009 
     urging the Congress of the United States and the Department 
     of Energy to make any changes necessary to reverse the 
     decision that resulted in the dismantling and abandonment of 
     FutureGen; to the Committee on Science and Technology.
       271. Also, a memorial of the Legislature of the State of 
     Louisiana, relative to House Concurrent Resolution No. 23 
     urging the Congress of the United States ensure adequate 
     funding for veterans' health care and to express gratitude to 
     veterans for sacrifices made while serving in the United 
     States Armed Forces; to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
       272. Also, a memorial of the Legislature of the State of 
     Louisiana, relative to Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 11 
     memorializing the Congress of the United States and the 
     Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service to take action 
     to provide that refundable credits received by Louisiana 
     homeowners to offset Louisiana Citizens Property Insurance 
     Assessments on their homeowner's insurance premiums because 
     of the unprecedented damage and destruction of homes in the 
     recent hurricanes shall not be considered as income for 
     federal tax purposes; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
       273. Also, a memorial of the Senate of the State of Hawaii, 
     relative to Senate Resolution No. 25 urging the Congress of 
     the United States to support the Korea-United States Free 
     Trade Agreement; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
       274. Also, a memorial of the House of Representatives of 
     the State of Alaska, relative to House Resolution No. 7 
     urging the Congress of the United States to support, work to 
     pass, and vote for the immediate and permanent repeal of the 
     federal estate tax; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
       275. Also, a memorial of the Legislature of the State of 
     Mississippi, relative to Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 556 
     urging the President of the United States and the Congress of 
     the United States to support passage of the Secure Rural 
     Schools and Community Self-Determination Act; jointly to the 
     Committees on Agriculture and Natural Resources.
       276. Also, a memorial of the Legislature of the State of 
     New York, relative to a Legislative Resolution urging the New 
     York State Congressional delegation oppose S. 40/H.R. 3200; 
     jointly to the Committees on Financial Services and the 
     Judiciary.
       277. Also, a memorial of the House of Representatives of 
     the State of Mississippi, relative to House Resolution No. 66 
     urging the Federal Government to withdraw water from the Gulf 
     of Mexico for the Strategic Petroleum Reserve; jointly to the 
     Committees on Energy and Commerce and Natural Resources.
       278. Also, a memorial of the House of Representatives of 
     the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, relative to a Resolution 
     expressing the most forceful and firmest repudiation of the 
     House of Representatives of Puerto Rico to the highly 
     discriminatory expressions of Congresswoman Virginia 
     ``Ginny'' Brown-Waite from the 5th District of Florida 
     regarding the inclusion of the U.S. Citizens residing in 
     Puerto Rico in the bill for economic stimulus that is 
     presently being considered by the United States Congress; 
     jointly to the Committees on Ways and Means and Financial 
     Services.
       279. Also, a memorial of the House of Representatives of 
     the State of Michigan, relative to House Resolution No. 306 
     memorializing the Congress of the United States to pass and 
     the President of the United States to sign the Foreclosure 
     Prevention Act of 2008; jointly to the Committees on Ways and 
     Means, Financial Services, and the Judiciary.

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