MEMORIALS

MEMORIALS -- (House of Representatives - September 15, 2009)

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Under clause 4 of Rule XXII, memorials were presented and referred as follows:

174. The SPEAKER presented a memorial of the Legislature of the State of Texas, relative to House Concurrent Resolution No. 120 memorializing the Congress of the United States to make eradication of the fever tick in South Texas a priority and continue to provide appropriate funding and resources for this effort; to the Committee on Agriculture.

175. Also, a memorial of the Senate of the State of Tennessee, relative to Senate Joint Resolution No. 352 urging the United States Congress to enact H.R. 1633 of the 111th U.S. Congress, the ``Honor the Written Intent of our Soldier Heroes Act''; to the Committee on Armed Services.

176. Also, a memorial of the Legislature of the State of Texas, relative to Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 22 urging the Congress of the United States to reopen consideration of this case to posthumosly award the Medal of Honor to World War I hero Marceliao Serna; to the Committee on Armed Services.

177. Also, a memorial of the Legislature of the State of Texas, relative to Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 73 urging the United States Congress to maintain the Federal Family Education Loan Program and continue to refine and improve this crucial public-private partnership; to the Committee on Education and Labor.

178. Also, a memorial of the Senate of the State of Florida, relative to Senate Memorial 1330 memoralizing the Congress of the United States, to authorize the Silver Alert Grant Program; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.

179. Also, a memorial of the Senate of the State of Florida, relative to Senate Memorial 152 memorializing the Congress of the United States to support federally funded and stated-funded home and community-based services for individuals with disabilities of any age, especially elders; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.

180. Also, a memorial of the General Assembly of the State of New Jersey, relative to Assembly Resolution No. 202 memorializing Congress to encourage the establishment of a research center in New Jersey dedicated to chronic neuroendocrine immune disorders; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.

181. Also, a memorial of the General Assembly of the State of New Jersey, relative to Assembly Resolution No. 206 memorializing Congress to reauthorize the ``Ryan White HIV/AIDS Treatment Modernization Act of 2006''; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.

182. Also, a memorial of the General Assembly of the State of New Jersey, relative to Assembly Resolution No. 147 memorializing the Congress of the United States to oppose offshore drilling for oil or natural gas and urging the President and Congress to support energy independence and renewable resources; to the Committee on Natural Resources.

183. Also, a memorial of the Legislature of the State of Texas, relative to House Joint Resolution 39 memorializing the Congress of the United States to post-ratify Amendment XXIV to the Constitution of the United States prohibiting the denial or abridgement of the right to vote for failure to pay any poll tax or other tax; to the Committee on the Judiciary.

184. Also, a memorial of the Senate of the State of Oklahoma, relative to Senate Joint Resolution No. 11 memorializing the Congress of the United States to rescind applications by the Legislature to call a constitutional convention ; to the Committee on the Judiciary.

185. Also, a memorial of the Legislature of the State of Texas, relative to Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 38 urging the Congress of the United States to restore the presumption of a service connection for Agent

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Orange Exposure to United States Navy and United States Air Force veterans who served on the inland waterways, in the territorial waters, and in the airspace of the Republic of Vietnam; to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

186. Also, a memorial of the Legislature of the State of Texas, relative to House Concurrent Resolution No. 86 urging the United States Congress to support the establishment of a veterans hospital in the Rio Grande Valley; to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

187. Also, a memorial of the Legislature of the State of Texas, relative to House Concurrent Resolution 183 urging the United States Congress to reject the provisions of President Barack Obama's budget that would eliminate the intangible drilling costs deduction, percentage depletion allowance, geologic and geophysical costs deduction, and domestic production activities deduction and to encourage instead the development of Texas oil and natural gas; to the Committee on Ways and Means.

188. Also, a memorial of the Legislature of the State of Texas, relative to Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 10 urging the Congress of the United States to provide emergency funding and resources to begin immediately addressing increasing delays at United States ports of entry on the Texas-Mexico border; to the Committee on Homeland Security.

189. Also, a memorial of the Legislature of the State of Texas, relative to House Concurrent Resolution No. 79 urging the United States Congress to refine Department of Homeland Security policy to consider risk levels as well as population size in assessing the financial needs of first responders in border communities along the international boundary created by the Rio Grand; to the Committee on Homeland Security.

190. Also, a memorial of the General Assembly of the State of New Jersey, relative to Assembly Resolution No. 157 urging the Congress of the United States to support the development of onshore and offshore wind energy in New Jersey and to further support offshore wind energy development; jointly to the Committees on Natural Resources, Energy and Commerce, and Ways and Means.