[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 163 (2017), Part 7]
[House]
[Page 9018]
[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:

       49. The SPEAKER presented a petition of the Mayor and City 
     Commission of Miami Beach, FL, relative to Resolution No. 
     2017-29870, supporting United States Senate Bill 928, and 
     related House Bill 2119, creating the Therapeutic Fraud 
     Prevention Act of 2017; to the Committee on Energy and 
     Commerce.
       50. Also, a petition of the Council of the City of Warren, 
     OH, relative to Resolution No. 4615/17, urging Ohio's 
     Governor, General Assembly, and the Congressional Delegation 
     to declare the opiate epidemic an emergency, prioritizing the 
     need of Ohioans impacted by opioid addiction by dramatically 
     increasing investments in prevention, treatment, recovery 
     support, education, and interdiction efforts to end this 
     epidemic; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       51. Also, a petition of Mr. Gregory D. Watson, a citizen of 
     Austin, Texas, relative to urging Congress to enact 
     legislation that would establish uniform nationwide 
     infrastructure and procedures for the holding of a Convention 
     to propose an amendment to the United States Constitution, 
     pursuant to Article V; ; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
       52. Also, a petition of the City Council of Walker, LA, 
     relative to a Resolution, urging Congress to pass destination 
     rate-based legislation that would give states the option to 
     collect from remote online retailers the same tax that local 
     brick-and-mortar merchants currently collect; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.
       53. Also, a petition of the Town of Shutesbury, MA, 
     relative to a Resolution, calling on the Massachusetts 
     Legislature and the United States Congress to implement 
     Carbon Fee and Dividend (or ``Rebate''), placing a steadily 
     rising fee on carbon-based fuels, and returning all fees 
     collected, minus administrative costs, to households; jointly 
     to the Committees on Energy and Commerce and Ways and Means.

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