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MEMORIALS

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

386. The SPEAKER presented a memorial of the Legislature of
the State of Louisiana, relative to House Concurrent
Resolution No. 42 memorializing the United States Congress to
financially assist in the implementation of a dairy waste
management program in Louisiana; to the Committee on
Agriculture.
387. Also, a memorial of the Legislature of the State of
Louisiana, relative to House Concurrent Resolution No. 15
memorializing the United States Congress to amend Title X of
the United States Code, relating to the compensation of
retired military personnel, to permit concurrent receipt of
retired military longevity pay and Veterans Administration
disability compensation, including dependents allowances; to
the Committee on Armed Services.
388. Also, a memorial of the General Assembly of the State
of Tennessee, relative to Senate Joint Resolution 71
memorializing the United States Congress to study the need to
increase the number and specificity of ethnicity categories
used for the reporting of educational data; to the Committee
on Education and the Workforce.
389. Also, a memorial of the General Assembly of the State
of Tennessee, relative to Senate Joint Resolution No. 71
memorializing the United States Congress to study the need to
increase the number and specificity of ethnicity categories
used for the reporting of educational data; to the Committee
on Education and the Workforce.
390. Also, a memorial of the Legislature of the State of
Louisiana, relative to House Concurrent Resolution No. 4
memorializing Congress to obtain an apology from the
government of Japan for crimes against prisoners of war
during World War II; to the Committee on International
Relations.
391. Also, a memorial of the Legislature of the State of
Louisiana, relative to House Concurrent Resolution No. 54
memorializing the United States Congress to take appropriate
action to eliminate unnecesarily intrusive questions on the
long U.S. Census form so as to remove deterrents to a
complete and accurate census and to urge and request
Louisiana citizens to complete census forms as soon as
possible; to the Committee on Government Reform.
392. Also, a memorial of the Legislature of the State of
Iowa, relative to House Joint Resolution No. 7 memorializing
the U.S. Congress to advise them that the State of Idaho,
Governor and Legislature strongly object to President Clinton
establishing roadless areas by executive order; to the
Committee on Resources.
393. Also, a memorial of the Legislature of the State of
Iowa, relative to House Joint Memorial No. 6 issuing a strong
message to Congress and the President that the people of
Idaho must be fully involved in any planning that would
affect the economic well being of it's citizens and any such
actions must be approved by way of vote of the people; to the
Committee on Resources.
394. Also, a memorial of the Legislature of the State of
Washington, relative to Senate Joint Memorial No. 8022
memorializing the Congress to accept the support of the
people of the State of Washington for the National World War
II Veterans' Memorial, a most well-deserved and worthy
project; to the Committee on Resources.
395. Also, a memorial of the Legislature of the State of
Idaho, relative to House Joint Resolution No. 10
memorializing the Congress to conduct comprehensive hearings
on the proposed rules and the Section 303(d) TMDL program; to
the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
396. Also, a memorial of the Legislature of the State of
Louisiana, relative to House Concurrent Resolution No. 17
memorializing the United States Congress to provide credit
towards the nonfederal share in the Water Resources
Development Act of 2000, for the cost of any work performed
by the nonfederal interests for the interim flood protection
that is determined to be compatible and an integral part of
the Morganza to the Gulf of Mexico Hurricane Protection
Project, and to allow the remaining portion of the nonfederal
share to be paid over a period of time not to exceed thirty
years; to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
397. Also, a memorial of the Legislature of the State of
Idaho, relative to House Concurrent Resolution No. 46
memorializing the House of Representatives to establish and
perpetually maintain and operate an Idaho state veterans
cemetery; to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
398. Also, a memorial of the Legislature of the State of
Louisiana, relative to House Concurrent Resolution No. 14
memorializing the United States Congress to correct any
disparate tax treatment of independently contracted school
bus operators by enacting legislation to cause a return to
the pre-1989 policy of treating such operators as hybrid
employees; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
399. Also, a memorial of the Legislature of the State of
Louisiana, relative to House Concurrent Resolution No. 13
memorializing Congress to repeal the two federal Social
Security provisions known as the Government Pension Offset
and Windfall Elimination Provision, and thereby prevent the
reduction of Social Security benefits received by
beneficiaries who also receive ``uncovered: government
retirement benefits earned through work for a state or local
government employer; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
400. Also, a memorial of the Legislature of the State of
Idaho, relative to House Joint Memorial No. 8 petitioning the
Senate and House of Representatives of the United States in
Congress Assembled, and to the Congressional Delegation
representing the State of Idaho in the Congress of the United
States to quickly harmonize and equalize laboratory testing
of potatoes so that there is mutual acceptance of each
country's respective test results; jointly to the Committees
on Agriculture and Ways and Means.
401. Also, a memorial of the Legislature of the State of
Iowa, relative to House Joint

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Memorial No. 9 memorializing Congress and the Canadian
Parliament concerning issues of communication, production
data, animal health regulations, and the Pacific Cattle
Project; jointly to the Committees on Agriculture and Ways
and Means.

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