Volume 146, No. 85 covering the 2nd Session of the 106th Congress (1999 - 2000) was published by the Congressional Record.
The Congressional Record is a unique source of public documentation. It started in 1873, documenting nearly all the major and minor policies being discussed and debated.
“MEMORIALS” mentioning the Environmental Protection Agency was published in the House of Representatives section on pages H5655-H5656 on June 29, 2000.
The publication is reproduced in full below:
MEMORIALS
Under clause 3 of rule XII, memorials were presented and referred as follows:
360. The SPEAKER presented a memorial of the Legislature of the State of Hawaii, relative to House Concurrent Resolution No. 37 memorializing the Twentieth Legislature of the State of Hawaii for the responsible use of agricultural biotechnology for the benefit of Hawaii's people; to the Committee on Agriculture.
361. Also, a memorial of the Legislature of the State of Georgia, relative to Senate Resolution No. 478 memorializing the Congress of the United States to address potential federal monetary assessments that could be placed on southeastern peanut growers, including Georgia peanut growers, when the 2000 peanut crop is harvested; and for other purposes; to the Committee on Agriculture.
362. Also, a memorial of the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Virginia, relative to House Joint Resolution No. 207 memorializing the Congress of the United States to establish the national United States Military Museum at Fort Belvoir, Virginia; to the Committee on Armed Services.
363. Also, a memorial of the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Virginia, relative to House Joint Resolution No. 310 memorializing the Congress of the United States to amend the Fair Credit Reporting Act to prohibit credit reporting agencies from using information related to the number of inquiries in a consumer's credit report to determine the consumer's overall rating; to the Committee on Banking and Financial Services.
364. Also, a memorial of the Legislature of the State of New Mexico, relative to Senate Memorial No. 5 urging the Congress of the United States to amend the employee retirement income security act of 1974 to grant authority to all individual states to monitor and regulate self-funded employer-based health plans in order to provide greater consumer protection and effect health care reform; to the Committee on Education and the Workforce.
365. Also, a memorial of the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Virginia, relative to House Joint Resolution No. 385 memorializing the Congress of the United States to enact the Solid Waste Interstate Transportation and Local Authority Act of 1999 (HR 1190) that gives state and local governments additional authority to regulate the importation of muncipal solid waste into their jurisdictions; to the Committee on Commerce.
366. Also, a memorial of the Legislature of the State of New Hampshire, relative to House Concurrent Resolution No. 30 urging the Environmental Protection Agency to adopt recently proposed new emission standards for heavy-duty vehicles, at least as stringent as orginally proposed, and to adopt a second phase of emission standards for heavy duty vehicles and reductions in the sulfur content of highway diesel fuel; to the Committee on Commerce.
367. Also, a memorial of the Legislature of the State of Hawaii, relative to House Resolution No. 111 memorializing the Congress of the United States to pursue the establishment of a State-Province relations of friendship between the State of Hawaii of the United States of America and the Province of Thua Thien-Hue of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam; to the Committee on International Relations.
368. Also, a memorial of the Legislature of the State of Maine, relative to Joint Resolution memorializing the Congress of the United States to work toward a solution to the problem in Cyprus; to the Committee on International Relations.
369. Also, a memorial of the Legislature of the State of Hawaii, relative to House Resolution No. 123 memorializing the United States House of Representatives to speedily pass S. 1052 relating to the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands; to the Committee on Resources.
370. Also, a memorial of the Legislature of the State of Hawaii, relative to House Concurrent Resolution No. 41 memorializing the federal government to recognize an official political relationship between the United States government and the Native Hawaiian people; further memorializing the United States Congress and President to articulate and implement a federal policy of Native Hawaiian self-government with a distinct, unique, and special trust relationship and to implement reconciliation pursuant to Public Law 103-150; to the Committee on Resources.
371. Also, a memorial of the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Virginia, relative to House Joint Resolution No. 71 memorializing the Congress of the United States to propose an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to allow for voluntary school prayer; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
372. Also, a memorial of the Legislature of the State of Kansas, relative to House Concurrent Resolution No. 5059 memorializing the Congress of the United States to propose submission to the states an amendment to the Constitution of the United States of America restricting the ability of the federal judiciary to mandate any state or subdivision thereof to levy or increase taxes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
373. Also, a memorial of the Legislature of the State of Alaska, relative to Legislative Resolve No. 36 requesting Exxon Mobil Corporation to pay claimants for court-ordered damages resulting from the Exxon Valdez oil spill; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
374. Also, a memorial of the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Virginia, relative to House Joint Resolution No. 103 memorializing the Congress of the United States to provide federal funding for expansion of certain highway rest stops; to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
375. Also, a memorial of the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Virginia, relative to House Joint Resolution No. 284 memorializing the Congress of the United States to amend that portion of the Trade Act of 1974 establishing the North American Free Trade Agreement Transitional Adjustment Assistance Program to extend the maximum time period for receipt of benefits from 52 weeks to 78 weeks; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
376. Also, a memorial of the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Virginia, relative to House Joint Resolution No. 283 memorializing the Congress of the United States to enhance the benefits for individuals eligible for North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) transitional adjustment assistance; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
377. Also, a memorial of the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, relative to Resolutions urging the Congress to enact legislation to increase the per capita allocation of private activity bonds from 50 to 75 dollars and the housing tax credit cap from $1.25 to $1.75; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
378. Also, a memorial of the Senate of the State of Michigan, relative to Senate Resolution No. 158 memorializing the Congress of the United States regarding voluntary, individual, unorganized, and non-mandatory prayer in public schools; jointly to the Committees on Education and the Workforce and the Judiciary.
379. Also, a memorial of the Senate of the State of Hawaii, relative to Senate Resolution No. 28 memorializing the United States Congress to support legislation to extend medicare coverage to prescription drugs for the elderly and disabled; jointly to the Committees on Ways and Means and Commerce.
380. Also, a memorial of the Senate of the State of Hawaii, relative to Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 73 memorializing the United States Congress to support legislation to extend medicare coverage to prescription drugs for the elderly and disabled; jointly to the Committees on Ways and Means and Commerce.
381. Also, a memorial of the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Virginia, relative to House Resolution No. 6 memorializing the President of the United States and the Congress to work together to reform the financial structure of the Coal Industry Retiree Health Benefit Act; jointly to the Committees on Ways and Means and Education and the Workforce.
382. Also, a memorial of the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Virginia, relative to House Joint Resolution No. 168 memorializing the Congress of the United States to protect senior assets from liquidation to meet eligibility requirements for federal medical and long-term care benefits; jointly to the Committees on Ways and Means and Commerce.
383. Also, a memorial of the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Virginia, relative to Senate Joint Resolution No. 163 memorializing the the Congress of the United States to protect senior assets from liquidation to meet the eligibility requirements for federal medical and long-term care benefits; jointly to the Committees on Ways and Means and Commerce.
384. Also, a memorial of the Senate of the State of Louisiana, relative to Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 7 memorializing the Congress of the United States to adopt a program which will provide prescription drug coverage to Medicare beneficiaries; jointly to the Committees on Ways and Means and Commerce.
385. Also, a memorial of the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, relative to House Resolution No. 374 memorializing the President and the Congress of the United States to work together to reform the financial structure of the Coal Act to ensure that retired coal miners continue to receive the health care benefits they were promissed and rightly deserve; jointly to the Committees on Ways and Means and Education and the Workforce.
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