[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 11] [Extensions of Remarks] [Pages 15165-15166] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]MEMORIALS Under clause 3 of rule XII, memorials were presented and referred as follows: 383. The SPEAKER presented a memorial of the Legislature of the State of Idaho, relative to House Joint Memorial No. 12 urging American farmers, ranchers, and food producers be enabled to compete freely and trade fairly in foreign markets; to the Committee on Agriculture. 384. Also, a memorial of the Legislature of the State of Arizona, relative to House Concurrent Resolution No. 2001 urging the Congress of the United States to enact a 2007 Farm Bill that is supportive of the specialty crop industry; to the Committee on Agriculture. 385. Also, a memorial of the Legislature of the State of Louisiana, relative to House Concurrent Resolution No. 109 memorializing the Congress of the United States to take such actions as are encessary to adopt the Senate Appropriations Committee amendment for fishing industry recovery under the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act to H.R. 4939 making emergency supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2006; to the Committee on Appropriations. 386. Also, a memorial of the Legislature of the State of Idaho, relative to House Joint Memorial No. 13 urging the Congress of the United States to support legislation that will enhance specified aspects of the ``No Child Left Behind Act''; to the Committee on Education and the Workforce. 387. Also, a memorial of the Legislature of the State of Idaho, relative to House Joint Memorial No. 22 supporting the participation of Taiwan in a meaningful and appropriate way in the World Health Organization; to the Committee on International Relations. 388. Also, a memorial of the Legislature of the State of Idaho, relative to House Joint Memorial No. 26 recognizing the Basque ETA organization; the governments of the Basque Autonomous Region; Spain, and all parties of Spain and France for their actions to promote and achieve lasting peace in the Basque Homeland; to the Committee on International Relations. 389. Also, a memorial of the Legislature of the State of Idaho, relative to House Joint Memorial No. 16 supporting the efforts of Senator Mike Crapo to reform and improve the Endangered Species Act through the enactment of the Collaboration for the Recovery of Endangered Species Act (CRESA), promoting species conservation and preservation within the State of Idaho and the United States; to the Committee on Resources. 390. Also, a memorial of the Legislature of the State of Idaho, relative to House Joint Resolution No. 25 encouraging the Congress of the United States to make the nation's Outer Continental Shelf available for energy development in an environmentally responsible manner; to the Committee on Resources. 391. Also, a memorial of the Legislature of the State of Louisiana, relative to House Concurrent Resolution No. 235 memorializing the Congress of the United States, specifically Louisiana Senators Mary Landrieu and David Vitter, to take such actions as are necessary to support and vote for the Marriage Protection Amendment presently pending in the United States Senate; to the Committee on the Judiciary. 392. Also, a memorial of the Senate of the State of Michigan, relative to Senate Resolution No. 101 memorializing the Congress of the United States to provide funding to help states and local communities clean up and address the disastrous effects of clandestine methamphetamine labs; to the Committee on the Judiciary. 393. Also, a memorial of the Legislature of the State of Arizona, relative to House Concurrent Resolution No. 2011 urging the Congress of the United States to permanently repeal the Death Tax, to dissolve United State membership in the United Nations and to remove specific areas relating to faith from the jurisdiction of the United States Supreme Court; to the Committee on the Judiciary. 394. Also, a memorial of the Legislature of the State of Louisiana, relative to Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 23 memorializing the Congress of the United States to take such actions as are necessary to pass the proposed consitutional amendment banning the desecration of the United States flag; to the Committee on the Judiciary. 395. Also, a memorial of the Legislature of the State of Louisiana, relative to House Concurrent Resolution No. 107 memorializing the Congress of the United States to take such actions as are necessary to facilitate the construction of a storm surge barrier at Port Fourchon; 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. 108 memorializing the Congress of the United States to take such actions as are necessary to ensure that any United States Army Corps of Engineer project restoring barrier islands protecting Terrebonne and Timbalier Bays redefine and narrow Whiskey Pass, Little Pass, Wine Island Pass, and Cat Island Pass using hardened material; to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. 397. Also, a memorial of the Legislature of the State of Louisiana, relative to House Concurrent Resolution No. 130 memorializing the Congress of the United States to take such actions as are necessary to expedite the Federal Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA) reimbursement process and to make the reimbursement of accrued interest on loans part of its public assistance grants; to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. 398. Also, a memorial of the Legislature of the State of Louisiana, relative to House Concurrent Resolution No. 182 memorializing the Congress of the United States to take such actions as are necessary to provide hurricane tidal flood protection to south Louisiana, including requiring the United States Army Corps of Engineers to evaluate both federal and nonfederal tidal levees in south Louisiana, to consider adding nonfederal tidal levees into the federal program, and to fully fund upgrading hurricane tidal flood protection in south Louisiana; to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. 399. Also, a memorial of the Legislature of the State of Louisiana, relative to House Concurrent Resolution No. 90 urging and requesting the Social Security Administration to accept a notarized document to suffice as independent verification for evidence of age; to the Committee on Ways and Means. 400. Also, a memorial of the Legislature of the State of Louisiana, relative to House Concurrent Resolution No. 212 memorializing the Congress of the United States to take such actions as are necessary to support and establish a free trade agreement between the United States and Taiwan; to the Committee on Ways and Means. 401. Also, a memorial of the Legislature of the State of Louisiana, relative to House Concurrent Resolution No. 116 memorializing the Congress of the United States to take such actions as are necessary to formulate a sound energy policy that will provide for the long-term economic and national security need of the United States of America; jointly to the Committees on Energy and Commerce and Ways and Means. 402. Also, a memorial of the Legislature of the State of Idaho, relative to House Joint Memorial No. 11 urging the United States Forest Service enter a decision granting a special use permit allowing Idaho Department of Fish and Game to land helicopters in the wilderness for the purpose of monitoring gray wolves; jointly to the Committees on Resources and Agriculture. 403. Also, a memorial of the Legislature of the State of Idaho, relative to House Joint Resolution No. 14 demanding that the Federal Lands Recreation Act be repealed and [[Page 15166]] that no recreational fees authorized under the Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act be imposed to use federal public land in the state; jointly to the Committees on Resources and Agriculture. 404. Also, a memorial of the Legislature of the State of Idaho, relative to House Joint Resolution No. 20 declaring that should the Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act be repealed, the authority for permitting outfitters and guides be replaced immediately to allow for operations to continue uninterrupted and special use fee currently assessed by reauthorized under a new authority; jointly to the Committees on Resources and Agriculture. 405. Also, a memorial of the Legislature of the State of Idaho, relative to House Joint Memorial No. 21 urging the Congress of the United States to support federal legislation transferring management of National Forest System lands within Idaho to the state of Idaho to be managed for the benefit of rural counties and schools; jointly to the Committees on Resources and Agriculture. ____________________