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“MEMORIALS” mentioning the U.S. Dept of Labor was published in the House of Representatives section on pages H7786 on July 25, 2003.
The publication is reproduced in full below:
MEMORIALS
Under clause 3 of rule XII, memorials were presented and referred as follows:
166. The SPEAKER presented a memorial of the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, relative to House Resolution No. 320 the House of Representative of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania urging the Congress of the United States to reauthorize the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Technical Education Act; to the Committee on Education and the Workforce.
167. Also, a memorial of the House of Representatives of the State of Michigan, relative to House Resolution No. 79 memorializing the United States Congress to allocate federal funds to ensure the continued operation of Detroit Receiving Hospital; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
168. Also, a memorial of the Legislature of the State of New Hampshire, relative to Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 4 urging the President of the United States and the USEPA Administrator to suspend implementation of modified regulations on new source review pending independent scientific review of their projected impact by the National Academy of Sciences; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
169. Also, a memorial of the Legislature of the State of Texas, relative to House Concurrent Resolution No. 58 memorializing the United States Congress to enact the appropriate legislation to pass federal funds on to states via block grants to be used for public welfare and Medicaid purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
170. Also, a memorial of the Legislature of the State of Texas, relative to House Concurrent Resolution No. 186 memorializing the United States Congress to initiate whatever actions are needed to reopen La Linda Bridge as a border crossing; to the Committee on International Relations.
171. Also, a memorial of the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, relative to House Resolution No. 318 memorializing the Congress of the United States to enact legislation requiring the United States Postal Service to adopt increased security measures to ensure that change of address forms are not used in the commission of identification fraud; to the Committee on Government Reform.
172. Also, a memorial of the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, relative to Senate Joint Resolution No. 18, memorializing the United States Congress to propose an Amendment to the Constitution of the United States of America, for submission to the several States for ratification, to allow the people of the United States and the several States the freedom to exercise their religion in public places; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
173. Also, a memorial of the Legislature of the State of Texas, relative to House Concurrent Resolution No. 156 memorializing the United States Congress to enact House Bill H.R. 1685, relating to providing immigration status and benefits for surviving spouses and children, and House Bill H.R. 1275, the Citizenship For America's Troops Act; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
174. Also, a memorial of the House of Representatives of the State of Michigan, relative to House Resolution No. 63 memorializing the United States Congress to increase efforts to preserve and protect Lake St. Clair; to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
175. Also, a memorial of the House of Representatives of the State of Michigan, relative to House Resolution No. 33 memorializing the United States Congress to appropriate additional funds for road and bridge improvement projects; to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
176. Also, a memorial of the Legislature of the State of Texas, relative to House Concurrent Resolution No. 82 memorializing the United States Congress to provide equity funding to Texas by increasing the state's highway program rate of return from the Highway Trust Fund to 95 percent of Texas' contributions to the fund; to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
177. Also, a memorial of the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, relative to House Resolution No. 312 urging Congress to enact the ``Veterans Health Care Funding Guarantee Act of 2003,'' and make veterans health care mandatory to ensure that veterans have access to timely, quality health care; to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
178. Also, a memorial of the Senate of the State of Oregon, relative to Senate Joint Memorial 6 urging the Congress of the United States to amend section 143(1)(4)(A) and (B) of the Internal Revenue Code to allow veterans who entered the Armed Forces of the United States after December 31, 1976, to become eligible for Oregon home loans for veterans using the proceeds of qualified veteran mortgage bonds; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
179. Also, a memorial of the Legislature of the State of Texas, relative to Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 1 memorializing the United States Congress to restore the federal income tax deductibility of state and local sales taxes that existed before 1986; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
180. Also, a memorial of the Legislature of the State of Texas, relative to House Concurrent Resolution No. 161 memorializing the United States Congress to encact legislation to amend the Internal Revenue Code in order that today's veterans and their families might enjoy the same benefits as their earlier counterparts; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
181. Also, a memorial of the Legislature of the State of Texas, relative to House Concurrent Resolution No. 90 memorializing the United States Congress to broaden the scope and availability of the medical savings account program, remove its restrictions, and allow state governments to design such programs for their employees; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
182. Also, a memorial of the House of Representatives of the State of Florida, relative to House Resolution No. 9003-C memorializing the United States Congress to reinstate the federal income tax deduction for state and local sales tax paid; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
183. Also, a memorial of the Legislature of the State of Maine, relative to H.P. 949 Joint Resolution memorializing the Congress of the United States to require the United States Department of Labor to examinie its methodology for calculating rates in the Woods Wage Survey, to establish heavy equipment operational rates and to remove barriers to the health and safety of persons harvesting forest products; jointly to the Committees on Education and the Workforce and Ways and Means.
184. Also, a memorial of the Legislature of the State of Texas, relative to House Concurrent Resolution No. 14 memorializing the United States Congress to enact the Child Modeling Exploitation Prevention Act of 2002; jointly to the Committees on Education and the Workforce and the Judiciary.
185. Also, a memorial of the Legislature of the State of New Hampshire, relative to Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 3 memorializing the United States Congress to urge maintenance of federal funding for the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program; jointly to the Committees on Energy and Commerce and Education and the Workforce.
186. Also, a memorial of the Legislature of the State of Texas, relative to House Concurrent Resolution No. 204 memorializing the United States Congress to reinstate funding for the EPA Border Fund to $75 million for fiscal year 2004 and to appropriate sufficient funds in subsequent years to address environmental infrastructure needs in the border region; jointly to the Committees on Energy and Commerce and Transportation and Infrastructure.
187. Also, a memorial of the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, relative to House Resolution No. 317 the House of Representative of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania urging the Congress of the United States to create a Federal Medicare prescription drug benefit plan which works seamlessly with Pennsylvania's PACE and PACENET programs; jointly to the Committees on Ways and Means and Energy and Commerce.
188. Also, a memorial of the Legislature of the State of Texas, relative to House Concurrent Resolution No. 101 memorializing the United States Congress to enact financially sustainable, voluntary, universal, and privately administered outpatient prescription drug coverage as part of the federal Medicare program; jointly to the Committees on Ways and Means and Energy and Commerce.
189. Also, a memorial of the Legislature of the State of Texas, relative to House Concurrent Resolution No. 13 memorializing the United States Congress to enact the Protect Children From E-Mail Smut Act of 2001; jointly to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, the Judiciary, and Science.
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