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   Under clause 3 of rule XII, memorials were presented and referred as follows:

   124. The SPEAKER presented a memorial of the House of Representatives of the State of New Hampshire, relative to House Resolution No. 9 memorializing the federal government to make full funding of the Land and Resource Management Plan its highest priority regarding its ownership and management of the White Mountain National Forest; to the Committee on Agriculture.

   125. Also, a memorial of the General Assembly of the State of Nevada, relative to Assembly Joint Resolution No. 15 memorializing Congress to rectify inequities that occur between federal and state regulatory agencies regarding the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 as it relates to appeals processes; to the Committee on Education and the Workforce.

   126. Also, a memorial of the House of Representatives of the State of Hawaii, relative to House Concurrent Resolution No. 219 memorializing the United States Congress, the President of the United States, and the Secretary of Health and Human Services to support the Hawaii Congressional delegation to amend the Social Security Act to increase Hawaii's Federal Medical Assistance Percentage; to the Committee on Commerce.

   127. Also, a memorial of the Legislature of the State of Nebraska, relative to Legislative Resolution No. 43 memorializing Congress to direct the federal Environmental Protection Agency to curtail implementation of new restrictions from its Reregistration Eligibility Decision (RED) on phosphide gas that would require a 500-foot buffer zone and other restrictions that effectively preclude the use of aluminum or magnesium phosphide in most of Nebraska's grain storage facilities and grain transportation; to the Committee on Commerce.

   128. Also, a memorial of the House of Representatives of the State of Missouri, relative to House Concurrent Resolutions Nos. 24 and 15 memorializing support of state retention of all state tobacco settlement funds; to the Committee on Commerce.

   129. Also, a memorial of the Legislature of the State of Idaho, relative to House Joint Memorial No. 2 memorializing the Congress of the United States to pass legislation reallocating funding to the states from the Federal Land and Water Conservation Fund; to the Committee on Resources.

   130. Also, a memorial of the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of The Mariana Islands, relative to House Resolution No. 11-140 memorializing the United States House of Representatives to oppose the passage of U.S. Congress H.R. 325, which would make federal wage provisions applicable to the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands; to the Committee on Resources.

   131. Also, a memorial of the Senate of the State of Hawaii, relative to Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 45 urging the United States government to restore redress funds to compensate individuals of Japanese Ancestry who were unjustly interned during World War II; to the Committee on the Judiciary.

   132. Also, a memorial of the Legislature of the State of Arizona, relative to House Concurrent Memorial No. 2006 memorializing the President of the United States and the Federal Bureau of Prisons to transfer Peter MacDonald to a state prison facility; to the Committee on the Judiciary.

   133. Also, a memorial of the Legislature of the State of Hawaii, relative to Senate Resolution No. 25 memorializing the United States government to restore redress funds to pay all outstanding Japanese American and Japanese Latin American redress claims and to fulfill the educational mandate of the Act; to the Committee on the Judiciary.

   134. Also, a memorial of the House of Representatives of the State of Hawaii, relative to House Joint Resolution No. 7 H.D. 1 memorializing the United States Congress to expand and make the visa waiver program permanent; and to add Taiwan, South Korea, and China to the visa waiver program; to the Committee on the Judiciary.

   135. Also, a memorial of the Senate of the State of Nevada, relative to Senate Joint Resolution No. 21 memorializing concern regarding proposals redefining the space in which an aircraft may be flown over the Grand Canyon; to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.

   136. Also, a memorial of the Legislature of the State of Colorado, relative to Senate Joint Resolution 99-023 memorializing the President of the United States and Congress to ensure that no further funding of the United States Army Corps of Engineers should be provided for the Cherry Creek Basin Study until the United States Army Corps of Engineers completes an independent peer review of the National Weather Service data in order to determine the appropriate design flood for the Cherry Creek Basin; to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.

   137. Also, a memorial of the Legislature of the State of Idaho, relative to House Joint Memorial No. 01 memorializing Idaho's congressional delegation to support funding for a national veterans cemetery in Idaho to serve veterans in the northwestern states; to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

   138. Also, a memorial of the Legislature of the State of Idaho, relative to House Joint Memorial No. 3 memorializing the Congress to look at repealing the estate and gift tax or to increase the exemption substantially; to the Committee on Ways and Means.

   139. Also, a memorial of the General Assembly of the State of Nevada, relative to Assembly Joint Resolution No. 12 memorializing the Federal Government to invest all surplus money in the Federal Insurance Contributions Act for the benefit of the Social Security system; to the Committee on Ways and Means.

   140. Also, a memorial of the House of Representatives of the State of Vermont, relative to House Joint Resolution No. 113 memorializing the Congress not to enact laws that might diminish or undermine a unified

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   141. Also, a memorial of the Senate of the State of Hawaii, relative to Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 132 S.D. 1 memorializing the United States Environmental Protection Agency to implement the 1996 Food Quality Protection Act using sound science and real-world data from the data call-in process for realistic risk assessments; jointly to the Committees on Agriculture and Commerce.

   142. Also, a memorial of the Senate of the State of Colorado, relative to Senate Joint Resolution No. 99-29 memorializing the President, the Congress, and the government of the United States to take all actions necessary to provide for the common defense and protect on an equal basis all people, resources, and states of the United States from the threat of missile attack, regardless of the physical location of each state of the union; jointly to the Committees on Armed Services and International Relations.

   143. Also, a memorial of the Senate of the State of Hawaii, relative to House Resolution No. 56 H.D. 1 memorializing the United States Environmental Protection Agency to implement the 1996 Food Quality Protection Act using sound science and real-world data from the data call-in process for realistic risk assessments; jointly to the Committees on Commerce and Agriculture.

   144. Also, a memorial of the Senate of the State of Colorado, relative to Senate Joint Resolution No. 99-12 memorializing the United States Bureau of the Census to conduct the 2000 decennial census consistent with the U.S. Supreme Court ruling in the Department of Commerce and Glavin cases, which requires a traditional headcount of the population and bars the use of statistical sampling to create or adjust the count; jointly to the Committees on Government Reform and the Judiciary.

   145. Also, a memorial of the Senate of the State of Colorado, relative to Senate Joint Memorial No. 99-5 memorializing Congress to refrain from enacting any pay increase for members of Congress without an affirmative vote or that takes effect before the following Congress has been elected and fully sworn into office; jointly to the Committees on Government Reform and House Administration.

   146. Also, a memorial of the Legislature of the State of Arizona, relative to Senate Concurrent Memorial 1001 memorializing the Congress of the United States to take steps to address the problems of the Medicare reimbursement rates differential between urban and rural areas and attempt to establish a reimbursement system that will result in more equitable health care coverage for seniors in rural areas of the country; jointly to the Committees on Ways and Means and Commerce.

   147. Also, a memorial of the Legislature of the State of Idaho, relative to House Concurrent Resolution No. 28 memorializing support for the efforts of the U.S. Department of Justice to accomplish the much needed program coordination through the creation of the National Domestic Preparedness Office; jointly to the Committees on the Judiciary, Armed Services, Transportation and Infrastructure, Commerce, and Agriculture.

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