[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 9]
[House]
[Page 12076]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                               MEMORIALS

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

       291. The SPEAKER presented a memorial of the House of 
     Representatives of the State of Hawaii, relative to House 
     Resolution No. 85 approving and authorizing the establishment 
     of a state-province affiliation between the State of Hawaii 
     of the United States of America and the Province of Negros 
     Oriental of the Republic of the Philippines; to the Committee 
     on Foreign Affairs.
       292. Also, a memorial of the House of Representatives of 
     the State of Hawaii, relative to House Resolution No. 53 
     urging the President of the United States to agree to an 
     economy-wide reduction in its greenhouse gas emissions and to 
     commit the United States to a binding international treaty 
     that would result in a significant and rapid global reduction 
     in atmospheric greenhouse gas concentration; to the Committee 
     on Foreign Affairs.
       293. Also, a memorial of the Legislature of the State of 
     Hawaii, relative to House Concurrent Resolution No. 16 
     requesting that the Congress of the United States ratify the 
     United Nations Convention on the elimination of all forms of 
     discrimination against women; to the Committee on Foreign 
     Affairs.
       294. Also, a memorial of the House of Representatives of 
     the State of Hawaii, relative to House Resolution No. 230 
     urging the prevention of the sale of oil and gas leases and 
     of drilling in the Chukchi and Beaufort Sea Regions of 
     Alaska; to the Committee on Natural Resources.
       295. Also, a memorial of the House of Representatives of 
     the State of Hawaii, relative to House Resolution No. 71 
     urging the President of the United States and the Congress of 
     the United States to enact legislation to confer priority 
     status to children born to Department of Defense personnel 
     and foreign women during and up to to nine months after 
     deployment in order to facilitate and expediate the 
     immigration of these children and women to the United States; 
     to the Committee on the Judiciary.
       296. Also, a memorial of the House of Representatives of 
     the State of Hawaii, relative to House Resolution No. 86 
     urging the President of the United States, the Secretary of 
     State and the Secretary of Homeland Security to include the 
     Republic of Korea in the Visa Waiver Program; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.
       297. Also, a memorial of the House of Representatives of 
     the State of Hawaii, relative to House Resolution No. 154 
     urging the Congress of the United States to amend the 
     definition of ``Amerasians'' in the Amerasians Immigration 
     Act of 1982; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
       298. Also, a memorial of the House of Representatives of 
     the State of Hawaii, relative to House Resolution No. 19 
     urging the Congress of the United States to enact legislation 
     to exempt children of Filipino World War II Veterans from 
     immigrant visa limits; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
       299. Also, a memorial of the House of Representatives of 
     the State of Hawaii, relative to House Resolution No. 91 
     requesting that the Congress of the United States and the 
     President of the United States enact the Filipino American 
     Veterans Equity Act of 2007; to the Committee on Veterans' 
     Affairs.
       300. Also, a memorial of the House of Representatives of 
     the State of Hawaii, relative to House Resolution No. 110 
     supporting assistance for persons present in the United 
     States under the Compacts of Free Association; jointly to the 
     Committees on Ways and Means, Energy and Commerce, and 
     Agriculture.

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