April 25, 2018 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S2435 watching your continued growth and MESSAGE FROM THE HOUSE PETITIONS AND MEMORIALS ∑ success. At 12:44 p.m., a message from the The following petitions and memo- f House of Representatives, delivered by rials were laid before the Senate and RECOGNIZING DAIRY QUEEN OF Mrs. Cole, one of its reading clerks, an- were referred or ordered to lie on the MADISON, SOUTH DAKOTA nounced that the House has passed the table as indicated: following bill, without amendment: POM–205. A concurrent memorial adopted ∑ Mr. ROUNDS. Mr. President, each S. 447. An act to require reporting on acts by the Legislature of the State of Arizona year, a proclamation is issued desig- of certain foreign countries on Holocaust era petitioning the United States Congress to nating National Small Business Week, assets and related issues. award a Congressional Gold Medal to the a time to recognize the important con- members of the 23rd Headquarters Special The message further announced that tributions America’s small business Troops and the 3133rd Signal Service Com- the House has passed the following owners make to our economy and our pany to honor their unique and distinguished bills, in which it requests the concur- local communities. South Dakota is service with the Ghost Army during World rence of the Senate: War II; to the Committee on Banking, Hous- home to many small businesses with a ing, and Urban Affairs. strong commitment to producing qual- H.R. 2809. An act to amend title 51, United States Code, to provide for the authorization HOUSE CONCURRENT MEMORIAL 2008 ity products while serving their com- and supervision of nongovernmental space Whereas, during World War II in the Euro- munity. Today it is my honor to recog- activities, and for other purposes. pean Theater of Operations, the American nize the Dairy Queen of Madison, SD, H.R. 4681. An act to limit assistance for GIs of the 23rd Headquarters Special Troops which serves as a testament as to what areas of Syria controlled by the Government and the 3133rd Signal Service Company makes South Dakota’s small business of Syria or associated forces, and for other wielded creativity and illusion to fool the owners exemplary. purposes. German Army on the battlefield; and In 1964, the Mork family acquired the H.R. 5086. An act to require the Director of Whereas, using inflatable tanks and artil- lery, sound equipment and impersonation, franchise license for the Madison Dairy the National Science Foundation to develop an I-Corps course to support commercializa- Ghost Army soldiers contrived to confuse Queen and continues to operate it suc- tion-ready innovation companies, and for the enemy about where the real Allied fight- cessfully. Today DeLon Mork con- other purposes. ing units were located; and tinues his family’s business as the cur- Whereas, in so doing, these unsung heroes The message also announced that the rent owner of the restaurant. DeLon risked their own lives to draw fire away from House has agreed to the following con- and his family are passionate about American troops on the battlefields of Eu- current resolution, in which it requests providing excellent service to their rope; and the concurrence of the Senate: Whereas, these soldiers carried out more customers while giving back to the than 20 deception missions on or near the community that supports them. Each H. Con. Res. 111. Concurrent resolution rec- ognizing and supporting the efforts of the front lines in France, Luxembourg, Belgium, year, many Dairy Queens participate in United Bid Committee to bring the 2026 Fed- Germany and Italy, which cost them dozens Miracle Treat Day, to raise money for eration Internationale de Football Associa- of casualties, including the loss of three the Children’s Miracle Network. For tion (FIFA) World Cup competition to Can- lives; and the past 11 years, DeLon and his team ada, Mexico, and the United States. Whereas, the men of these United States at the Madison Dairy Queen have Army units are credited with saving thou- ENROLLED BILL SIGNED sands of American GIs and helping win World worked to sell the most Blizzards of The President pro tempore (Mr. War II; and any Dairy Queen in North America on HATCH) announced that on today, April Whereas, their daring battlefield decep- Miracle Treat Day. Their hard work on 25, 2018, he had signed the following en- tions were kept secret for more than fifty behalf of the Children’s Miracle Net- rolled bill, which was previously signed years after the war, and, because of that se- work exemplifies the commitment to by the Speaker of the House: crecy, they never received public recognition for their valor; and community service shared by the Mork H.R. 4300. An act to authorize Pacific His- family and the entire team at the Whereas, the veterans of the 23rd Head- toric Parks to establish a commemorative quarters Special Troops and the 3133rd Sig- Madison Dairy Queen. I commend the display to honor members of the United nal Service Company made significant con- entire organization for their contribu- States Armed Forces who served in the Pa- tributions to our nation but never sought tions to this great cause. cific Theater of World War II, and for other praise or honors for themselves for their Small businesses like DeLon’s play purposes. wartime exploits; and an important role in South Dakota’s f Whereas, these men literally serve as an inspiration to the latest generation of sol- economy, and with this recognition, I MEASURES REFERRED hope to shine a light on his great work. diers serving in intelligence roles as the United States Army uses the story of the His dedication to producing a quality The following bills were read the first and the second times by unanimous Ghost Army in the Intelligence School at product and serving his community Fort Huachuca; and makes all of South Dakota proud. I consent, and referred as indicated: Whereas, several soldiers who called Ari- want to congratulate and thank DeLon H.R. 2809. An act to amend title 51, United zona home before or after the war served in and the entire Mork family for their States Code, to provide for the authorization these deception units, including Glenn Uhles, outstanding devotion to our commu- and supervision of nongovernmental space who is buried in the National Memorial Cen- activities, and for other purposes; to the nity. I send them best wishes as they ter of Arizona, and painter Hal Laynor; and Committee on Commerce, Science, and Whereas, this state is deeply grateful for continue to serve the community of Transportation. the extraordinary courage and remarkable Madison, SD.∑ H.R. 4681. An act to limit assistance for ingenuity of the Ghost Soldiers in facing the f areas of Syria controlled by the Government enemy, and the people of Arizona laud these of Syria or associated forces, and for other veterans for their proficient use of innova- MESSAGE FROM THE HOUSE purposes; to the Committee on Foreign Rela- tive tactics during World War II, which saved RECEIVED DURING ADJOURNMENT tions. lives and made significant contributions to H.R. 5086. An act to require the Director of ENROLLED BILL SIGNED the defeat of the Axis powers; and the National Science Foundation to develop Whereas, the extraordinary accomplish- Under the authority of the order of an I–Corps course to support commercializa- ments of the 23rd Headquarters Special the Senate of January 3, 2017, the Sec- tion-ready innovation companies, and for Troops and the 3133rd Signal Service Com- retary of the Senate, on April 25, 2018, other purposes; to the Committee on Health, pany deserve belated official recognition during the adjournment of the Senate, Education, Labor, and Pensions. now, while some of the soldiers are still liv- received a message from the House of The following concurrent resolution ing. Wherefore your memorialist, the House of Representatives of the State of Arizona, Representatives announcing that the was read, and referred as indicated: Speaker had signed the following en- the Senate concurring, prays: H. Con. Res. 111. Concurrent resolution rec- 1. That the United States Congress award a rolled bill: ognizing and supporting the efforts of the Congressional Gold Medal to the members of H.R. 4300. An act to authorize Pacific His- United Bid Committee to bring the 2026 Fed- the 23rd Headquarters Special Troops and toric Parks to establish a commemorative eration Internationale de Football Associa- the 3133rd Signal Service Company to honor display to honor members of the United tion (FIFA) World Cup competition to Can- their unique and distinguished service with States Armed Forces who served in the Pa- ada, Mexico, and the United States; to the the Ghost Army during World War II. cific Theater of World War II, and for other Committee on Commerce, Science, and 2. That the Members of the United States purposes. Transportation. Congress enact H.R. 2701 and S. 1256 to honor

VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:50 Apr 26, 2018 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00037 Fmt 4624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\G25AP6.048 S25APPT1 S2436 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE April 25, 2018 the achievements of the Ghost Army in con- to allow second-in-command commercial air- relied on a share of receipts from timber har- ducting deception operations in Europe dur- line pilots the flexibility to serve EAS com- vests to support education services and ing World War II. munities. roads; and 3. That the Secretary of State of the State 2. That the Secretary of State of the State Whereas, in the 1980s, federal restrictions of Arizona transmit copies of this Memorial of Arizona transmit copies of this Memorial substantially diminished the revenue-gener- to the President of the United States Senate, to the President of the United States Senate, ating timber harvests permitted in these for- the Speaker of the United States House of the Speaker of the United States House of ests; and Representatives and each Member of Con- Representatives and each Member of Con- Whereas, the Secure Rural Schools and gress from the State of Arizona. gress from the State of Arizona. Community Self-Determination Act (SRS) was passed in 2000 to stabilize and transition POM–206. A concurrent memorial adopted POM–207. A joint memorial adopted by the payments to counties and schools away from by the Legislature of the State of Arizona Legislature of the State of Idaho urging the the declining and unreliable share of timber Secretary of Transportation to revise regula- urging the United States Congress to allow sales; and tions to provide that the weight of a trailer the Department of Transportation to provide Whereas, the failure of Congress to honor being pulled by a commercial motor vehicle additional Essential Air Service (EAS)-spe- the more than 100-year-old contract between may not be included in the trigger weight of cific waivers for the 1,500 flight-hour train- the federal government and heavily forested 26,001 pounds, requiring the truck’s operator communities by not reauthorizing SRS fund- ing requirement to airlines to allow second- to have a commercial driver’s license; to the in-command commercial airline pilots the ing for fiscal years 2014 and 2015 and other Committee on Commerce, Science, and years created budgetary shortfalls for rural flexibility to serve EAS communities; to the Transportation. Committee on Commerce, Science, and counties and school districts. HOUSE JOINT MEMORIAL NO. 12 Transportation. Wherefore your memorialist, the Senate of Whereas, Congress has delegated authority the State of Arizona, the House of Rep- HOUSE CONCURRENT MEMORIAL 2005 to the United States Secretary of Transpor- resentatives concurring, prays: Whereas, the City of Prescott is an Essen- tation to prescribe regulations on minimum 1. That the United States Congress imme- tial Air Service (‘‘EAS’’) community; and standards for written and driving tests of an diately reauthorize SRS funding for fiscal Whereas, the United States Congress insti- individual operating a motor vehicle; and years 2019 and 2020 and work toward a long- tuted a requirement following the February Whereas, Congress granted authority to term solution. 2009 airline accident involving Colgan Air the United States Secretary of Transpor- 2. That the Secretary of State of the State Flight 3407; and tation to prescribe different minimum test- of Arizona transmit a copy of this Memorial Whereas, the National Transportation ing standards for different classes of com- to the President of the United States, the Safety Board concluded that the cause of the mercial motor vehicles; and President of the United States Senate, the crash was pilot error and inability to prop- Whereas, Congress provided by law in 49 Speaker of the United States House of Rep- erly handle the aircraft; and U.S.C. 31301 that one factor in establishing resentatives and each Member of Congress Whereas, following the crash, Congress im- whether a vehicle is a commercial motor ve- from the State of Arizona. plemented a requirement that all second-in- hicle is whether the vehicle has a gross vehi- command commercial pilots obtain roughly cle weight rating or gross vehicle weight of POM–209. A joint memorial adopted by the 1,500 hours of flight time; and no more than 26,001 pounds, but made no Legislature of the State of Idaho memori- Whereas, the first pilot in command of mention of combination vehicles pulling alizing its opposition to any new federal na- Colgan Air Flight 3407 had logged 3,379 total trailers; and tional monument designations or further hours of flight time and the second pilot in Whereas, the United States Secretary of designations of wilderness in the State of command had logged 2,244 hours of flight Transportation has prescribed regulations Idaho without the approval of the United time; and that apply the trigger weight to a combina- States Congress and the Idaho Legislature; Whereas, the pilots involved in the Flight tion of vehicles if a vehicle being towed ex- to the Committee on Energy and Natural Re- 3407 crash met all the requirements under ceeds 10,000 pounds. For example, the oper- sources. the new rule but were unfamiliar with the ator of a commercial truck weighing 15,500 pounds that tows a trailer weighing 11,000 HOUSE JOINT MEMORIAL NO. 14 aircraft that crashed; and pounds would be required to obtain a Class A Whereas, the Antiquities Act was passed Whereas, the current flight-hour require- commercial driver’s license; and by the United States Congress and signed ment is the same regardless of the aircraft in Whereas, many small businesses use trail- into law by President Theodore Roosevelt on use; and ers in their work, such as landscape work June 8, 1906. The law gives the President of Whereas, the current flight-hour require- and construction or repair work; and the United States the authority to, by presi- ment emphasizes quantity of flight hours Whereas, requiring small business owners dential proclamation, create national monu- over quality of flight hours; and to obtain commercial driver’s licenses in ments from federal lands to protect signifi- Whereas, EAS communities are often small order to pull trailers behind their trucks cant natural, cultural or scientific features. or rural in nature and rely on smaller re- poses an unnecessary obstacle to the ability The law has been used more than one hun- gional airlines using smaller aircraft, includ- of small business owners to earn their living. dred times since its passage; and ing smaller turboprop or jets, to support Now, therefore, be it Whereas, the Wilderness Act was passed in their communities; and Resolved, By the members of the Second 1964 and, since that time, the United States Whereas, without these smaller airlines Regular Session of the Sixty-fourth Idaho Congress has designated nearly 110 million and the pilots to fly the aircraft, rural com- Legislature, the House of Representatives acres of federal wildlands as official wilder- munities would lose their connectivity to and the Senate concurring therein, that the ness, which has the highest form of protec- the rest of the nation; and United States Secretary of Transportation is tion of any federal wildland; and Whereas, many pilots cannot justify the urged to revise regulations to provide that Whereas, almost sixty-two percent of land high cost of education with several years of the weight of a trailer being pulled by a com- in Idaho is federal land; and low salaries and unpredictable schedules to mercial motor vehicle may not be included Whereas, residents of the State of Idaho obtain the required 1,500 hours of flight time in the trigger weight of 26,001 pounds, requir- support multiple use of public land. Current before being able to advance to a regional or ing the truck’s operator to have a commer- multiple use and private land protection major airline; and cial driver’s license. Be it further policies governing the management of public Whereas, the 1,500 flight-hour rule Resolved, That the Chief Clerk of the House land in Idaho have generally served and sus- incentivizes many pilots, on achieving the of Representatives be, and she is hereby au- tained the interests of Idaho residents; and minimum requirement, to work for large thorized and directed to forward a copy of Whereas, ranching and agriculture play a commercial airlines in an effort to pay off this Memorial to the United States Sec- substantial role in the state’s heritage and their student loan expenses instead of re- retary of Transportation, the President of identity and should be preserved; and maining in EAS communities; and the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Whereas, ranching, agriculture, mining, Whereas, before the rule’s implementation, Representatives of Congress, and to the con- the forestry industry and recreation are pri- second-in-command commercial pilots need- gressional delegation representing the State mary economic drivers in the state, with ag- ed only approximately 250 hours of flight of Idaho in the Congress of the United ribusiness and recreation each contributing time; and States. an estimated $7.6 billion, the mining indus- Whereas, the current 1,500 flight-hour rule try contributing $1.3 billion and the forestry has reduced the number of pilots working in POM–208. A concurrent memorial adopted industry contributing $2 billion to the econ- EAS communities. by the Legislature of the State of Arizona omy annually in recent years, all of which Wherefore your memorialist, the House of urging the United States Congress to reau- would be substantially impacted by any land Representatives of the State of Arizona, the thorize Secure Rural Schools and Commu- management changes; and Senate concurring, prays: nity Self-Determination Act funding; to the Whereas, Idaho residents, families and visi- 1. That the United States Congress act ex- Committee on Energy and Natural Re- tors currently enjoy multiple use on federal peditiously to allow the United States De- sources. lands and have generations of family tradi- partment of Transportation to provide addi- SENATE CONCURRENT MEMORIAL 1007 tions. Changing federal land designations tional EAS-specific waivers for the 1,500 Whereas, rural communities and schools in would impact local wildlife management as flight-hour training requirement to airlines and around national forests have historically well as opportunities to hunt and fish; and

VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:50 Apr 26, 2018 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00038 Fmt 4624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A25AP6.005 S25APPT1 April 25, 2018 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S2437 Whereas, changes in federal land designa- tigation into organ transplant and procure- the right to life and constitutes a serious tions or classifications would affect land use ment practices in the People’s Republic of threat to public health’’; and by imposing restrictions on development, re- China; to the Committee on Foreign Rela- Whereas, in May 2016, the Minnesota Legis- source extraction, recreation and land ex- tions. lature passed Resolution S.F. No. 2090, ‘‘ex- changes that would result in diminished eco- HOUSE CONCURRENT MEMORIAL 2004 pressing concern over persistent and credible nomic opportunities and restrictions on ac- reports of systematic, state-sanctioned, Whereas, since July 1999, the People’s Re- cess and multiple use; and forced organ harvesting from nonconsenting public of China has persecuted practitioners Whereas, the people of the State of Idaho prisoners of conscience, primarily from of Falun Gong—a spiritual practice with key value abundant water resources and water Falun Gong practitioners imprisoned for values of truthfulness, compassion and for- rights and have concern that new national their spiritual beliefs, and members of other bearance for achieving physical and spiritual monument designations or further designa- religious and ethnic minority groups in the well-being through exercise and medita- tion of wilderness by Congress could affect People’s Republic of China’’; and tion—as documented by the United States those resources and rights; and Whereas, in June 2016, the United States Department of State, the United States Whereas, the Idaho Roadless Rule is Ida- House of Representatives passed House Reso- Commission on International Religious Free- ho’s 2006 plan that provides a framework for lution 343 expressing concern over China’s dom, Amnesty International, Human Rights use and protection of more than nine million organ procurement from nonconsenting pris- Watch, Freedom House and many other gov- acres of federal public backcountry. The rule oners of conscience, including ‘‘large num- ernmental and third-party organizations; is viewed as a nationwide model of collabora- bers of Falun Gong practitioners and mem- and tion among groups and individuals with di- bers of other religious and ethnic minority Whereas, the persecution of Falun Gong verse interests and concerns; and groups’’; and practitioners involves the widespread use of Whereas, the Roadless Rule specifically Whereas, in September 2016, the European torture, forced labor work, illegal detention prescribes protective management under the Parliament passed Written Declaration 0048, centers and prisons, and these illegally de- wildland recreation theme, and it is feared which states that ‘‘the international commu- tained prisoners of conscience experience that utilization of the Antiquities Act for nity has strongly condemned organ har- forced medical examinations, including new national monument designations or fur- vesting in China and actions should be taken blood and urine testing, x-rays, ultrasounds ther designation of wilderness by Congress to end it’’; and and CT scans; and would overturn the agreement reached in the Whereas, the charitable medical ethics ad- Whereas, the official reported transplant formulation of the Idaho Roadless Rule, with vocacy association Doctors Against Forced numbers in China increased threefold nation- no effort to reach consensus through coordi- Organ Harvesting, which has monitored and wide between 1999 and 2004, parallel to the nation as required by federal law; and objectively reported on the transplant situa- onset of the persecution of Falun Gong; and Whereas, several years ago, advisory votes tion in China for the last decade, was nomi- Whereas, the organ transplant system in relating to a suggested new national monu- nated for the 2016 Nobel Peace Prize; and China does not comply with the World ment designation and a wilderness designa- Whereas, the killing of prisoners, including Health Organization’s requirement for trans- tion in Idaho were held in a number of poten- religious or political prisoners, to sell their parent and traceable accessibility of organ tially affected counties in central and east- organs for transplant is an egregious and in- procurement practices, and the People’s Re- ern Idaho, both showing over ninety percent tolerable violation of the fundamental right public of China has prevented any inde- opposition to such designations. Now, there- to life. pendent or impartial inspection and fore, be it Wherefore your memorialist, the House of verification of its transplant system; and Resolved, By the members of the Second Representatives of the State of Arizona, the Whereas, the current chairman of China’s Regular Session of the Sixty-fourth Idaho Senate concurring, prays: Human Organ and Transplant Committee, Legislature, the House of Representatives 1. That the United States Congress imme- Dr. Huang Jiefu, claimed that China would and the Senate concurring therein, that we diately conduct a full and transparent inves- stop sourcing organs from executed prisoners oppose any new federal national monument tigation into organ transplant and procure- on January 1, 2015, yet no official agency of designations or further designations of wil- ment practices in the People’s Republic of the People’s Republic of China has made derness in the State of Idaho without the ap- China. such a declaration nor has this claim been proval of the United States Congress and the 2. That the United States Congress pro- verified by any independent researcher. In Idaho Legislature. Be it further hibit the entry into the United States of doc- May 2016, Dr. Jiefu announced via state-run Resolved, That the Idaho congressional del- tors involved in unethical organ procure- media that China would increase the number egation is urged to introduce and support ment or transplant surgery using organs har- of transplant centers from 169 to 300 over the legislation to oppose any new federal na- vested from prisoners in China. next five years; and tional monument designations or further 3. That the United States Congress enact Whereas, the People’s Republic of China designations of wilderness in the State of legislation to prohibit United States citizens has not officially repealed provisions imple- Idaho without the approval of the United from receiving organ transplants abroad if mented in 1984 that allow the harvesting of States Congress and the Idaho Legislature. the organ sourcing is neither transparent organs from executed prisoners, and the use Be it further nor traceable according to international eth- of organs from executed prisoners therefore Resolved, That any efforts to reach deci- ical guidelines. remains legal; and sions regarding lands and resources of the 4. That Arizona’s medical community cau- Whereas, large discrepancies exist between State of Idaho administered by federal agen- tion patients against traveling to China for the People’s Republic of China’s officially re- cies or their designees be made through the organs and strive to raise awareness among ported transplant numbers and those esti- lawful coordination process as required by health care providers, students, patients and mated by independent researchers; and the National Environmental Policy Act, the the public of the unethical organ transplant Whereas, updated evidence estimates that Federal Land Policy and Management Act, practices in the People’s Republic of China. between 30,000 and 100,000 transplants occur the National Forest Management Act, the 5. That the Secretary of State of the State annually in China without identified organ 2012 Forest Service Planning Rule and other of Arizona transmit copies of this Memorial sources; and federal acts requiring coordination, rather to the President of the United States Senate, Whereas, updated evidence suggests that a than by unilateral administrative processes the Speaker of the United States House of significant number of Falun Gong practi- that exclude the residents of the State of Representatives, the Executive Director of tioners may have been killed for their organs Idaho. Be it further the Arizona Medical Board and the Dean of since 1999; and Resolved, That, nothing in this Joint Me- the University of Arizona College of Medi- Whereas, recipients for these transplants morial is intended to conflict with the maxi- cine. mization of the collaborative process and the are Chinese citizens and individuals from abroad, including the United States; and Good Neighbor Authority, together with the POM–211. A joint memorial adopted by the Whereas, in 2015, the United States Com- tools available to address stakeholder inter- Legislature of the State of Idaho urging the mission on International Religious Free- ests in the management of federal lands. Be Department of State to support several posi- dom’s annual report again listed China as a it further tions in negotiations with Canada regarding Resolved, That the Chief Clerk of the House ‘‘country of particular concern’’ due to se- any modification or future implementation of Representatives be, and she is hereby au- vere human rights violations and illegal of the Columbia River Treaty; to the Com- thorized and directed to forward a copy of organ harvesting practices, stating that ‘‘im- mittee on Foreign Relations. this Memorial to the President of the Senate prisoned Falun Gong practitioners are par- and the Speaker of the House of Representa- ticularly targeted’’; and HOUSE JOINT MEMORIAL NO. 11 tives of Congress, and to the congressional Whereas, in 2015 and 2016, the Congres- Whereas, since it was implemented in 1964, delegation representing the State of Idaho in sional-Executive Commission on China con- the Columbia River Treaty has provided for the Congress of the United States. demned ongoing, unethical forced organ har- a coordinated management of the Columbia vesting practices in China; and River to reduce flooding impacts and in- POM–210. A concurrent memorial adopted Whereas, in March 2015, the Council of Eu- crease power generation throughout the Co- by the Legislature of the State of Arizona rope passed a Convention against Trafficking lumbia River Basin; and urging the United States Congress to imme- in Human Organs that stated ‘‘trafficking in Whereas, the treaty provides that either diately conduct a full and transparent inves- human organs violates human dignity and the United States or Canada may terminate

VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:50 Apr 26, 2018 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00039 Fmt 4624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A25AP6.011 S25APPT1 S2438 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE April 25, 2018 the treaty by providing written notice at other federal laws and refrain from advo- cally viable agricultural commodity that least 10 years in advance of termination; and cating for additional ecosystem contribu- can be used to make a wide variety of useful Whereas, the U.S. and Canadian entities tions from U.S. projects; products, including products for human con- previously reviewed the treaty and deter- (5) Recognize that ecosystem restoration, sumption; and mined that the treaty should be modified; as that term has been used by some pro- Whereas, removing hemp from the federal and ponents of modernization, is intentionally definition of marijuana would allow Ken- Whereas, on December 7, 2017, the U.S. vague and if incorporated into an inter- tucky’s community of hemp farmers and State Department issued a press release stat- national treaty could be used as a vehicle to processors to take full advantage of this ing that the United States and Canada will override and infringe upon existing federal promising agricultural crop; Now, Therefore, begin negotiations to modernize the treaty environmental laws and usurp state sov- Resolved by the House of Representatives of in early 2018; and ereignty over water and, therefore, require the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Whereas, the U.S. Entity Regional Rec- any treaty modification to preserve federal Kentucky, the Senate concurring therein: ommendation of 2013 concluded that the pur- environmental protection laws and state Section 1. The General Assembly of the poses of a ‘‘modernized’’ treaty should be ex- water laws and reject any additional mitiga- Commonwealth of Kentucky urges the panded to include consideration of ‘‘eco- tion requirements; United States Congress to take action by en- system-based function’’ in addition to the (6) Require any treaty modification to rec- acting legislation that: original flood control and hydropower pur- ognize the primary authority and state sov- (1) Encourages large-scale commercial cul- poses of the treaty; and ereignty of Idaho and its sister states over tivation of hemp by removing it from the list Whereas, unless otherwise agreed to, the their respective water resources; of controlled substances under the federal treaty provides that, in 2024, flood control (7) Reject any attempts through the treaty Controlled Substances Act; operations will automatically shift from pro- modification process to incorporate the re- (2) Prevents the federal Drug Enforcement viding guaranteed flood control space in Ca- introduction of anadromous species above Administration (DEA) from sending DEA nadian reservoirs to ‘‘called upon’’ flood con- Hells Canyon or Dworshak, as such efforts agents onto farms and other sites where trol operations; and are outside the scope of the treaty purposes; hemp is being grown, stored, and processed; Whereas, the U.S. and Canadian entities and (3) Creates legal protections for depository have provided differing interpretations of (8) Protect navigation so that adverse institutions that provide financial services the ‘‘called upon’’ flood control provisions, flows do not impact the transportation chan- to legitimate hemp businesses; and with the U.S. Entity asserting that ‘‘called nel or block system operations; and be it fur- (4) Instructs the federal Food and Drug Ad- upon’’ operations apply only to dams in the ther ministration to accelerate clinical trials and Columbia River Basin specifically authorized Resolved that the Chief Clerk of the House other research on the health effects of for ‘‘system-wide flood control,’’ and the Ca- of Representatives be, and she is hereby au- cannabidiol (CBD) and other cannabinoids nadian Entity taking the position that all thorized and directed to forward a copy of found in hemp. U.S. storage projects in the Columbia River this Memorial to the President of the Senate Section 2. The Clerk of the House of Rep- Basin must be utilized for system-wide flood and the Speaker of the House of Representa- resentatives shall send a copy of this Resolu- control before Canadian reservoirs are called tives of Congress, and to the congressional tion and notification of its adoption to the upon to provide any flood control space; and delegation representing the State of Idaho in President and Vice President of the United Whereas, altered flood control operations the Congress of the United States, the U.S. States, the Speaker of the United States could have devastating impacts on reservoir Department of State, the Columbia River House of Representatives, the Minority storage and operation levels, irrigation, Treaty Negotiator, the U.S. Entity Coordi- Leader of the United States House of Rep- recreation, hydropower, local flood control nator, Bonneville Power Administration and resentatives, the Majority Leader of the and other authorized purposes in Idaho; and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. United States Senate, the Minority Leader Whereas, the Canadian Entitlement, of the United States Senate, and each mem- whereby the U.S. and Canadian entities POM–212. A concurrent resolution adopted ber of Kentucky’s delegation to the United share the increased power production created by General Assembly of the Commonwealth States Congress. by coordinated river operations, has proven of Kentucky urging the United States Con- to be imbalanced in favor of Canada; and gress to amend the federal Controlled Sub- POM–213. A joint resolution adopted by the Whereas, including ecosystem-based func- stances Act to remove hemp from the defini- Legislature of the State of Wyoming urging tion in a modernized treaty could have ad- tion of marijuana; to the Committee on the the United States Congress to enact legisla- verse impacts on existing beneficial uses of Judiciary. tion permitting western states to enter into the river and create greater uncertainty in a HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 35 a voluntary compact to establish a grad- river system that is already heavily regu- Whereas, for several years, hemp, a non- uated commercial driver licensing program lated; and narcotic low-concentration THC variety of that would allow commercial drivers be- Whereas, the Regional Recommendation the cannabis plant, has been listed along tween eighteen (18) and twenty-one (21) years fails to recognize the substantial investment with marijuana under the federal Controlled of age to operate a commercial motor vehi- in ecosystem-based function made by North- Substances Act; and cle in a consenting, contiguous states; to the west region hydropower producers and their Whereas, in 2014, Congress enacted a provi- Committee on the Judiciary. customers, including billions of dollars in- sion of law, now codified as 7 U.S.C. sec. 5940, ENROLLED JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 1 vested in fish passage and habitat efforts and authorizing state departments of agriculture the development and implementation of ro- and institutions of higher education to grow Whereas, federal law requires drivers to be bust environmental mitigation plans; and or cultivate industrial hemp in jurisdictions at least twenty-one (21) years of age to oper- Whereas, navigation should be protected, where it is allowed by state law for purposes ate a commercial motor vehicle between and adverse flows should not impact the of research conducted under an agricultural states; and transportation channel or lock system oper- pilot program or other agricultural or aca- Whereas, drivers who are between eighteen ations: Now, therefore, be it demic research; and (18) and twenty-one (21) years of age may op- Resolved by the members of the Second Whereas, since 2014, the Kentucky Depart- erate a commercial motor vehicle intrastate Regular Session of the Sixty-fourth Idaho ment of Agriculture has conducted a hemp within the states of Arizona, Colorado, Legislature, the House of Representatives research pilot program that is widely re- Idaho, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New and the Senate concurring therein, that we garded as a model for other states to emu- Mexico, North Dakota, Oregon, South Da- urge the U.S. Department of State to sup- late; and kota, Utah and Wyoming; and port the following positions in negotiations Whereas, Kentucky’s farmers planted 33 Whereas, the trucking industry delivers with Canada regarding any modification or acres of hemp in 2014, a total of 922 acres in goods across state lines and faces a severe future implementation of the Columbia 2015, some 2,300 acres in 2016, and 3,200 acres shortage of drivers because of increased ship- River Treaty: in 2017; and ping demand and a high number of retiring (1) Recognize and protect the authorized Whereas, from 2014 to 2017, the number of drivers; and purposes and water rights for storage farmers in Kentucky growing hemp in- Whereas, it is difficult to recruit drivers projects in Idaho, including irrigation, recre- creased from 20 to 204, with even more inter- who are twenty-one (21) years of age or older ation, hydropower and local flood control; est in hemp production anticipated in 2018; into the trucking industry because they have (2) Advocate that only storage projects and already entered another career path; and specifically authorized by Congress for sys- Whereas, from 2014 to 2017, the number of Whereas, the unemployment rate for per- tem-wide flood control may be required to hemp processors increased from nine to 49; sons between eighteen (18) and twenty-one provide such benefits under the treaty, with and (21) years of age is higher than that of other no increased flood control burden placed on Whereas, in 2017, the General Assembly age groups; and projects in Idaho; amended Kentucky’s Controlled Substances Whereas, the safety performance statistics (3) Recognize a need to review and rebal- Act to exclude many hemp materials and for noncommercial drivers who are between ance the Canadian Entitlement; products from the Commonwealth’s defini- eighteen (18) and twenty-one (21) years of age (4) Recognize the ecosystem benefits that tion of illegal marijuana; and do not necessarily reflect the safety perform- have already been provided by storage Whereas, processors in Kentucky and other ance of the same group who hold a commer- projects in the United States pursuant to the states have proven that hemp is an economi- cial driver’s license; and

VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:50 Apr 26, 2018 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00040 Fmt 4624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A25AP6.013 S25APPT1 April 25, 2018 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S2439 Whereas, the safety benefits of graduated Representatives and each Member of Con- *Michelle A. Schultz, of Pennsylvania, to licensing for noncommercial vehicle drivers gress from the State of Arizona. be a Member of the Surface Transportation are well documented and similar safety bene- Board for the term of five years. fits may be possible with a graduated com- POM–215. A proclamation adopted by the *Rebecca Kelly Slaughter, of Maryland, to mercial licensing program that expands com- Mayor and City Council of Hawaiian Gar- be a Federal Trade Commissioner for the mercial driving privileges; and dens, California, memorializing its support term of seven years from September 26, 2015. Whereas, legislation allowing a voluntary of Falun Gong practitioners in China and *Rubydee Calvert, of Wyoming, to be a compact between Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, condemning practices of forced and non-con- Member of the Board of Directors of the Cor- Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, senting organ harvesting; to the Committee poration for Public Broadcasting for a term North Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota, Utah on Foreign Relations. expiring January 31, 2022. and Wyoming could include a conditional POM–216. A resolution adopted by the City *Laura Gore Ross, of New York, to be a lowering of the twenty-one (21) year old com- Commission of the City of Miami, Florida, Member of the Board of Directors of the Cor- mercial driver age requirement and would urging the President of the United States poration for Public Broadcasting for a term allow these contiguous states to establish a and the United States Congress to reinstate expiring January 31, 2022. graduated commercial driver licensing pro- Temporary Protected Status (TPS) to Hai- *Coast Guard nomination of Vice Adm. gram to allow drivers between eighteen (18) tians and affected Central American immi- Karl L. Schultz, to be Admiral . and twenty-one (21) years of age to operate a grants from El Salvador, Honduras, and *Coast Guard nomination of Vice Adm. commercial motor vehicle in a consenting, Nicaragua residing in the United States, to Charles W. Ray, to be Admiral. contiguous state. Now, therefore, be it extend TPS to Venezuelans fleeing the cir- *Nomination was reported with rec- Resolved by the Members of the Legislature cumstances of their country, to either rein- ommendation that it be confirmed sub- of the State of Wyoming: state or extend the Deferred Action for ject to the nominee’s commitment to Section 1. That Congress enact legislation Childhood Arrivals (DACA) Program, and to respond to requests to appear and tes- permitting Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Mon- adopt legislation necessary to permanently tify before any duly constituted com- tana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, North protect Dreamers; to the Committee on the Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota, Utah and Judiciary. mittee of the Senate. Wyoming to enter into a voluntary compact f to establish a graduated commercial driver f INTRODUCTION OF BILLS AND licensing program to allow drivers who are REPORTS OF COMMITTEES between eighteen (18) and twenty-one (21) JOINT RESOLUTIONS years of age and who hold a commercial driv- The following reports of committees The following bills and joint resolu- er’s license issued by a compact state to op- were submitted: tions were introduced, read the first erate a commercial motor vehicle in a con- By Ms. MURKOWSKI, from the Committee and second times by unanimous con- senting, contiguous compact state. on Energy and Natural Resources, without sent, and referred as indicated: Section 2. That the Secretary of State of amendment: Wyoming transmit copies of this resolution S. 1335. A bill to establish the Ste. Gene- By Mr. MURPHY (for himself and Mr. to the President and the Majority Leader of vieve National Historic Site in the State of BLUMENTHAL): S. 2744. A bill to establish a grant program the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Missouri, and for other purposes (Rept. No. to provide assistance to States to prevent Representatives of the United States Con- 115–233). and repair damage to structures due to gress, the Wyoming Congressional Delega- S. 1446. A bill to reauthorize the Histori- pyrrhotite; to the Committee on Banking, tion and to the congressional delegations cally Black Colleges and Universities His- Housing, and Urban Affairs. and the legislative bodies of Arizona, Colo- toric Preservation program (Rept. No. 115– By Mr. BLUMENTHAL (for himself and rado, Idaho, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, 234). Mr. MURPHY): New Mexico, North Dakota, Oregon, South H.R. 648. A bill to authorize the Secretary S. 2745. A bill to establish a grant program Dakota and Utah. of the Interior to amend the Definite Plan to provide assistance to prevent and repair Report for the Seedskadee Project to enable damage to structures due to pyrrhotite; to POM–214. A concurrent memorial adopted the use of the active capacity of the the Committee on Banking, Housing, and by the Legislature of the State of Arizona Fontenelle Reservoir (Rept. No. 115–235). Urban Affairs. petitioning the United States Congress to H.R. 1135. A bill to reauthorize the Histori- By Mr. BOOKER (for himself, Mrs. enact into law the proposed Blue Water Navy cally Black Colleges and Universities His- GILLIBRAND, Mr. MERKLEY, Ms. HAR- Vietnam Veterans Act; to the Committee on toric Preservation program (Rept. No. 115– Veterans’ Affairs. RIS, and Ms. WARREN): 236). S. 2746. A bill to require the Secretary of HOUSE CONCURRENT MEMORIAL 2007 H.R. 2888. A bill to establish the Ste. Gene- Labor to establish a pilot program to provide Whereas, United States service members vieve National Historic Site in the State of grants for job guarantee programs; to the who served in the territorial seas of Vietnam Missouri, and for other purposes (Rept. No. Committee on Finance. 115–237). during the Vietnam War were exposed to By Ms. HASSAN (for herself, Mr. MAR- By Mr. ALEXANDER, from the Committee more than 20 million gallons of the herbicide KEY, Mrs. SHAHEEN, and Mr. SAND- on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, Agent Orange, a toxic chemical linked to a ERS): variety of detrimental health effects; and with an amendment in the nature of a sub- S. 2747. A bill to provide for the study and Whereas, the Agent Orange Act of 1991 al- stitute: evaluation of net metering, and for other lowed the United States Secretary of Vet- S. 382. A bill to require the Secretary of purposes; to the Committee on Energy and erans Affairs to expeditiously deliver vet- Health and Human Services to develop a vol- Natural Resources. erans’ benefits to veterans who suffer from untary registry to collect data on cancer in- By Mr. BROWN (for himself, Mr. any of the diseases the federal government cidence among firefighters. ROUNDS, and Mr. COONS): linked to Agent Orange, but this act was By Mr. ALEXANDER, from the Committee S. 2748. A bill to amend title 10, United limited in 2002 to only those veterans who on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, States Code, to require members of the could provide proof of ‘‘boots on the ground’’ without amendment: Armed Forces to receive additional training in Vietnam; and S. 2597. A bill to amend the Public Health under the Transition Assistance Program, Whereas, the Blue Water Navy Vietnam Service Act to reauthorize the program of and for other purposes; to the Committee on Veterans Act would restore the presumptive payments to children’s hospitals that oper- Veterans’ Affairs. coverage for blue water veterans and lift ate graduate medical education programs, By Mr. BROWN (for himself and Mr. from these individuals the burden of having and for other purposes. THUNE): to prove their exposure to Agent Orange; and f S. 2749. A bill to provide for the reform and Whereas, the Blue Water Navy Vietnam continuation of agricultural commodity pro- Veterans Act would lessen the suffering of EXECUTIVE REPORTS OF grams of the Department of Agriculture veterans who are currently enduring diseases COMMITTEE through fiscal year 2023, and for other pur- they received as a result of their honorable poses; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nu- service to this nation. The following executive reports of trition, and Forestry. Wherefore your memorialist, the House of nominations were submitted: By Mr. NELSON (for himself and Mr. Representatives of the State of Arizona, the By Mr. THUNE for the Committee on Com- RUBIO): Senate concurring, prays: merce, Science, and Transportation. S. 2750. A bill to require the Secretary of 1. That the United States Congress enact *Alan E. Cobb, of Kansas, to be a Member Veterans Affairs to ensure that the sup- into law the proposed Blue Water Navy Viet- of the Board of Directors of the Metropolitan ported housing program of the Department nam Veterans Act. Washington Airports Authority for a term of Veterans Affairs has not fewer than one 2. That the Secretary of State of the State expiring November 22, 2023. program manager for every 35 rental assist- of Arizona transmit copies of this Memorial *Patrick Fuchs, of Wisconsin, to be a Mem- ance cases under such program, and for other to the President of the United States Senate, ber of the Surface Transportation Board for purposes; to the Committee on Banking, the Speaker of the United States House of the term of five years. Housing, and Urban Affairs.

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