PETITIONS, ETC.; Congressional Record Vol. 166, No. 129
(House of Representatives - July 22, 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:

       121. The SPEAKER presented a petition of the Hamburg, NY 
     Town Board, relative to a resolution addressing the dire need 
     for direct funding from the federal government to state, 
     town, village, and city governments to assist in alleviating 
     some of the financial distress caused by the COVID-19 global 
     pandemic; to the Committee on Oversight and Reform.
       122. Also, a petition of Mr. Gregory D. Watson, a citizen 
     of Austin, TX, relative to respectfully requesting enactment 
     of Federal legislation that would completely halt the 
     issuance of H1-B visas and Optional Practical Training visas 
     -- or renewals of such visas -- to immigrants and aliens 
     during periods of decline in the Gross Domestic Product of 
     the United States, during periods in which the nationwide 
     unemployment rate in the United States exceeds 5%, or during 
     periods of a Presidentially-declared public health emergency 
     in the United States; to the Committee on the Judiciary.