November 12, 2019 - Issue: Vol. 165, No. 180 — Daily Edition116th Congress (2019 - 2020) - 1st Session

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                            PETITIONS, ETC.

  Under clause 3 of rule XII, petitions and papers were laid on the 
clerk's desk and referred as follows:

       59. The SPEAKER presented a petition of Mr. Gregory D. 
     Watson, a citizen of Austin, TX, relative to Urging Congress 
     to propose, pursuant to Article V, an amendment to the United 
     States Constitution that would, in addition to congressional 
     proposal, likewise allow an identically-worded suggested 
     federal constitutional amendment, approved by the 
     legislatures of at least two-thirds of the several states, as 
     an alternate means of proposing future amendments and that 
     would further provide for a same-day nationwide referendum as 
     the exclusive method of ratifying any further amendments; 
     etc.; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
       60. Also, a petition of City Council of Pittsburgh, PA, 
     relative to Resolution No. 526, imploring the Pennsylvania 
     General Assembly, as well as the Congress of the United 
     States, to pass within the next 30 days common-sense safety 
     measures; and to work across the aisle and enact critical 
     legislation; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
       61. Also, a petition of Legislature of Guam, relative to 
     Substitute Resolution No. 94-35 (COR), ``Relative to seeking 
     compensation for cancer and other illnesses caused by 
     exposure to ionizing radiation; and to further expressing the 
     support of I Mina'trentai Singko Na Liheslaturan Guahan (the 
     35th Legislature) for the passage of S. 947 and H.R. 3783, 
     the ``Radiation Exposure Compensation Act Amendments of 
     2019'', introduced by the U.S. Senate on March 28, 2019, and 
     the U.S. House of Representatives on July 16, 2019, which 
     would amend the ``Radiation Exposure Compensation Act'' to 
     include Guam as a downwind area''; jointly to the Committees 
     on the Judiciary, Education and Labor, and Energy and 
     Commerce.
       62. Also, a petition of City Commission of Traverse City, 
     MI, relative to a Resolution urging the United States 
     Congress to enact the Energy Innovation and Carbon Dividend 
     Act of 2019; jointly to the Committees on Ways and Means, 
     Energy and Commerce, and Foreign Affairs.