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“PETITIONS AND MEMORIALS” mentioning the U.S. Dept of Agriculture was published in the Senate section on pages S7868 on July 22, 2009.
The publication is reproduced in full below:
PETITIONS AND MEMORIALS
The following petitions and memorials were laid before the Senate and were referred or ordered to lie on the table as indicated:
POM-58. A resolution adopted by the Senate of the State of Louisiana urging Congress to address the escalating electronic payment interchange rates that merchants and consumers are assessed; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
POM-59. A concurrent resolution adopted by the Senate of the State of Louisiana urging Congress, the Governor of Louisiana, the Department of Economic Development, the Department of Agriculture and Forestry, and the Public Service Commission, to assist in putting wood to electricity projects on a commensurate funding and taxation level with wind and solar generated electricity; to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
POM-60. A concurrent resolution adopted by the Senate of the State of Louisiana expressing continued support for the Coastal Restoration and Enhancement Through Science and Technology Program for its role in providing new research and scientific information for coastal restoration; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
POM-61. A concurrent resolution adopted by the Senate of the State of Louisiana urging Congress to enact legislation to adjust the Federal Medical Assistance Percentage rules to ameliorate the unintended negative impact caused by the infusion of disaster relief funding, both in public and private, into Louisiana's and other state's economies following major disasters; to the Committee on Finance.
POM-62. A concurrent resolution adopted by the Senate of the State of Louisiana affirming Louisiana's sovereignty under the Tenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States of America over all powers not otherwise enumerated and granted to the federal government by the Consitution of the United States of America.
POM-63. A concurrent resolution adopted by the Senate of the State of Louisiana urges Congress to adopt and submit to the states for ratification a proposed amendment to the Constitution of the United States to require a federal balanced budget; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
POM-64. A concurrent resolution adopted by the Senate of the State of Louisiana urging Congress and the Attorney General of the United States and the Federal Bureau of Prisons to refrain from sending detainees released or transferred from the facilities at Guantanamo Bay Detention Facility, Cuba to prisons in Louisiana; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
POM-65. A resolution adopted by the House of Representatives of the State of Louisiana urging Congress to establish an additional classification for airports; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
POM-66. A resolution adopted by the Senate of the State of Louisiana urging Congress to establish an additional classification for airports; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
POM-67. A concurrent resolution adopted by the Senate of the State of Louisiana urging Congress to enact the Credit Card Accountability, Responsibility, and Disclosure Act; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
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