PETITIONS, ETC.; Congressional Record Vol. 166, No. 4
(House of Representatives - January 08, 2020)

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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:

       75. The SPEAKER presented a petition of Mr. Gregory D. 
     Watson, a citizen of Austin, TX, relative to requesting that 
     Congress propose, pursuant to Article V, a constitutional 
     amendment establishing English as the official language of 
     the United States in which all Federal Government business is 
     to be conducted; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
       76. Also, a petition of Council of the District of 
     Columbia, relative to Resolution 23-278, calling upon 
     Congress to enact legislation granting security and permanent 
     legal status to residents living under the Temporary 
     Protected Status program and the Deferred Action for 
     Childhood Arrivals program, including parents of United 
     States citizens and recipients of these programs, to expand 
     family-based legal immigration and to ensure the prevention 
     of separation of families as a result of immigration status; 
     to the Committee on the Judiciary.
       77. Also, a petition of the Board of County Commissioners 
     of Broward County, FL, relative to Resolution No. 2019-689, 
     urging the United States Congress to enact the Holocaust 
     Insurance Accountability Act of 2019; jointly to the 
     Committees on Foreign Affairs and the Judiciary.