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“MEMORIALS” mentioning the U.S. Dept of Agriculture was published in the House of Representatives section on pages H3202-H3203 on June 14, 2001.
The publication is reproduced in full below:
MEMORIALS
Under clause 3 of rule XII, memorials were presented and referred as follows:
109. The SPEAKER presented a memorial of the General Assembly of the State of Missouri, relative to a Resolution memorialing the United States Congress to and the Department of Agriculture to grant a wavier for Agramarke Quality Grains, Inc. for development in St. Joseph, Missouri, to allow Agramarke to qualify for rural development economic incentive programs; to the Committee on Agriculture.
110. Also, a memorial of the Legislature of the State of Louisiana, relative to Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 64 memorializing the United States Congress to increase federal aid to Louisiana farmers; to the Committee on Agriculture.
111. Also, a memorial of the Legislature of the State of Louisiana, relative to Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 32 memorializing the United States Congress to use the powers at its disposal to commission the Department of Energy to establish a national energy policy, which should pursue a long-term remedy to problems by providing incentives for immediate domestic natural gas exploration and production, including opening untapped natural gas reserves; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
112. Also, a memorial of the Legislature of the State of Maine, relative to a Joint Resolution memorializing the United States Congress to make federal rules and regulations to allow the development of Medicare supplement insurance policies offering greater prescription drug coverage than is currently available; jointly to the Committees on Ways and Means and Energy and Commerce.
113. Also, a memorial of the General Assembly of the State of Missouri, relative to Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 28 memorializing the United States Congress to actively address the issue of fuel prices and take immediate actions necessary to reduce our nation's dependency on foreign petroleum sources; jointly to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Resources, and Science.
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