[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 16]
[House]
[Pages 21682-21683]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                               MEMORIALS

  Under clause 4 of Rule XXII, memorials were presented and referred as 
follows:

       174. The SPEAKER presented a memorial of the Legislature of 
     the State of Texas, relative to House Concurrent Resolution 
     No. 120 memorializing the Congress of the United States to 
     make eradication of the fever tick in South Texas a priority 
     and continue to provide appropriate funding and resources for 
     this effort; to the Committee on Agriculture.
       175. Also, a memorial of the Senate of the State of 
     Tennessee, relative to Senate Joint Resolution No. 352 urging 
     the United States Congress to enact H.R. 1633 of the 111th 
     U.S. Congress, the ``Honor the Written Intent of our Soldier 
     Heroes Act''; to the Committee on Armed Services.
       176. Also, a memorial of the Legislature of the State of 
     Texas, relative to Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 22 urging 
     the Congress of the United States to reopen consideration of 
     this case to posthumosly award the Medal of Honor to World 
     War I hero Marceliao Serna; to the Committee on Armed 
     Services.
       177. Also, a memorial of the Legislature of the State of 
     Texas, relative to Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 73 urging 
     the United States Congress to maintain the Federal Family 
     Education Loan Program and continue to refine and improve 
     this crucial public-private partnership; to the Committee on 
     Education and Labor.
       178. Also, a memorial of the Senate of the State of 
     Florida, relative to Senate Memorial 1330 memoralizing the 
     Congress of the United States, to authorize the Silver Alert 
     Grant Program; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       179. Also, a memorial of the Senate of the State of 
     Florida, relative to Senate Memorial 152 memorializing the 
     Congress of the United States to support federally funded and 
     stated-funded home and community-based services for 
     individuals with disabilities of any age, especially elders; 
     to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       180. Also, a memorial of the General Assembly of the State 
     of New Jersey, relative to Assembly Resolution No. 202 
     memorializing Congress to encourage the establishment of a 
     research center in New Jersey dedicated to chronic 
     neuroendocrine immune disorders; to the Committee on Energy 
     and Commerce.
       181. Also, a memorial of the General Assembly of the State 
     of New Jersey, relative to Assembly Resolution No. 206 
     memorializing Congress to reauthorize the ``Ryan White HIV/
     AIDS Treatment Modernization Act of 2006''; to the Committee 
     on Energy and Commerce.
       182. Also, a memorial of the General Assembly of the State 
     of New Jersey, relative to Assembly Resolution No. 147 
     memorializing the Congress of the United States to oppose 
     offshore drilling for oil or natural gas and urging the 
     President and Congress to support energy independence and 
     renewable resources; to the Committee on Natural Resources.
       183. Also, a memorial of the Legislature of the State of 
     Texas, relative to House Joint Resolution 39 memorializing 
     the Congress of the United States to post-ratify Amendment 
     XXIV to the Constitution of the United States prohibiting the 
     denial or abridgement of the right to vote for failure to pay 
     any poll tax or other tax; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
       184. Also, a memorial of the Senate of the State of 
     Oklahoma, relative to Senate Joint Resolution No. 11 
     memorializing the Congress of the United States to rescind 
     applications by the Legislature to call a constitutional 
     convention; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
       185. Also, a memorial of the Legislature of the State of 
     Texas, relative to Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 38 urging 
     the Congress of the United States to restore the presumption 
     of a service connection for Agent Orange Exposure to United 
     States Navy and United States Air Force veterans who served 
     on the inland waterways, in the territorial waters, and in 
     the airspace of the Republic of Vietnam; to the Committee on 
     Veterans' Affairs.
       186. Also, a memorial of the Legislature of the State of 
     Texas, relative to House Concurrent Resolution No. 86 urging 
     the United States Congress to support the establishment of a 
     veterans hospital in the Rio Grande Valley; to the Committee 
     on Veterans' Affairs.
       187. Also, a memorial of the Legislature of the State of 
     Texas, relative to House Concurrent Resolution 183 urging the 
     United States Congress to reject the provisions of President 
     Barack Obama's budget that would eliminate the intangible 
     drilling costs deduction, percentage depletion allowance, 
     geologic and geophysical costs deduction, and domestic 
     production activities deduction and to encourage instead the 
     development of Texas oil and natural gas; to the Committee on 
     Ways and Means.
       188. Also, a memorial of the Legislature of the State of 
     Texas, relative to Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 10 urging 
     the Congress of the United States to provide emergency 
     funding and resources to begin immediately addressing 
     increasing delays at United States ports of entry on the 
     Texas-Mexico border; to the Committee on Homeland Security.
       189. Also, a memorial of the Legislature of the State of 
     Texas, relative to House Concurrent Resolution No. 79 urging 
     the United States Congress to refine Department of Homeland 
     Security policy to consider risk levels as well as population 
     size in assessing the financial needs of first responders in 
     border communities along the international

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     boundary created by the Rio Grand; to the Committee on 
     Homeland Security.
       190. Also, a memorial of the General Assembly of the State 
     of New Jersey, relative to Assembly Resolution No. 157 urging 
     the Congress of the United States to support the development 
     of onshore and offshore wind energy in New Jersey and to 
     further support offshore wind energy development; jointly to 
     the Committees on Natural Resources, Energy and Commerce, and 
     Ways and Means.

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