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“MEMORIALS” mentioning the U.S. Dept of Agriculture was published in the House of Representatives section on pages H5190 on May 17, 1995.
The publication is reproduced in full below:
MEMORIALS
Under clause 4 of rule XXII, memorials were presented and referred as follows:
83. By the SPEAKER: Memorial of the House of Representatives of the State of Hawaii, relative to an integrated pest management control program to prevent the spread of the Brown Tree Snake; to the Committee on Agriculture.
84. Also, memorial of the House of Representatives of the State of Hawaii, relative to urging the U.S. Department of Agriculture to consider the effect of and exclude the State of Hawaii from Federal legislation that would have a detrimental impact on Hawaii's environment; to the Committee on Agriculture.
85. Also, memorial of the House of Representatives of the State of Hawaii, relative to urging the U.S. Department of Agriculture to exclude Hawaii from any Federal legislation that would create exceptions from the Honeybee Act of 1922, as amended; to the Committee on Agriculture.
86. Also, memorial of the House of Representatives of the State of Hawaii, relative to memorializing the Congress of the United States to propose and submit to the several States an amendment to the Constitution of the United States that would provide that no Federal tax shall be imposed for the period before the date of the enactment of the retroactive tax; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
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