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P Passed

P HJ62

Education web portal. Requests the Virginia Information Providers Network Authority, in association with the Virginia Information Providers Network, to create a common gateway to serve as a web portal for educational information and services similar to that created by the Authority for government information and services. The web portal would provide a fast, convenient access to educational information and services for all Virginians interested in such information and services. The resolution requests that the web portal include information on the procurement of educational technology compiled from the Department of General Services' central electronic procurement website and other appropriate websites. This resolution is a recommendation of the Joint Commission on Technology and Science.

Patron - Plum

P HJ65

Electronic commerce. Expresses the sense of the General Assembly that state agencies and institutions take such steps as are necessary to ensure that the Commonwealth is fully engaged in electronic commerce by July 1, 2002.

Patron - Nixon

P HJ71

Voluntary school prayer. Urges Congress to propose a constitutional amendment to allow for voluntary school prayer in public schools.

Patron - Landes

P HJ103

Funding of rest stops. Urges Congress to provide additional federal funding for construction of new interstate highway rest stops and expansion of existing rest stops in order to provide truckers with places to rest and thus improve highway safety.

Patron - McQuigg

P HJ127

Greek Independence Day. Designates March 25, 2000, as Greek Independence Day in Virginia in honor of the anniversary of Greece's successful struggle for self-determination.

Patron - Joannou

P HJ133

Battle of Great Bridge. Commemorates the 225th anniversary of the Battle of Great Bridge in which the Second Virginia Regiment defeated the British at the first land battle of the American Revolution fought on Virginia soil.

Patron - Blevins

P HJ148

Quilt Museum. Designates the Virginia Quilt Museum in Harrisonburg as the Official Quilt Museum of the Commonwealth.

Patron - Weatherholtz

P HJ150

National World War II Memorial. Expresses the support of the General Assembly for Virginia's contribution to the completion of the memorial, and encourages citizens of the Commonwealth and the governments of the other states to contribute.

Patron - Davis

P HJ163

National Airborne Day in Virginia. Designates August 16, in 2000 and in each year thereafter, as National Airborne Day in Virginia, in honor of the courage and sacrifice of America's paratroopers.

Patron - Jones, J.C.

P HJ165

Rail service to Dulles. Expresses the sense of the General Assembly that the General Assembly, the Governor, and executive branch should work cooperatively to bring about extension of Metrorail service through Tyson's Corner to Dulles Airport.

Patron - Plum

P HJ168

Long-term care. Urges Congress to protect senior assets from liquidation to meet the eligibility requirements for federal medical and long-term care benefits.

Patron - Larrabee

P HJ171

Support of rail transportation. Expresses the sense of the General Assembly that greater attention and resources should be devoted to rail transportation in Virginia.

Patron - Shuler

P HJ199

Race and ethnicity classifications. Encourages state agencies and private sector health-related organizations to adopt the new federal race and ethnicity classifications and to implement administrative practices to comply with new federal standards.

Patron - Melvin

P HJ204

Virginia FFA Day. Proclaims February 24, 2000, as Virginia FFA Day, in honor of the many contributions of the Future Farmers of America to the Commonwealth.

Patron - Orrock

P HJ207

Army Museum at Fort Belvoir. Urges the Congress of the United States to establish the national United States Army Museum at Fort Belvoir.

Patron - Albo

P HJ210

National World War II Memorial. Expresses the support of the General Assembly for Virginia's contribution to the completion of the memorial, and encourages citizens of the Commonwealth and the governments of the other states to contribute.

Patron - Watts

P HJ214

Importation of waste. Urges Congress to enact legislation giving states and localities the power to control the importation of waste into their jurisdictions.

Patron - Plum

P HJ242

Health; advance directives. Requests the Virginia Board of Medicine, the Medical Society of Virginia, the Old Dominion Medical Society, the Virginia Academy of Family Physicians, the Virginia Hospital and Healthcare Association, the Virginia Healthcare Association, the Virginia Association of Non-Profit Homes for the Aging, the Virginia Association for Home Care, the Virginia Bar Association, the Virginia State Bar, and other appropriate entities to encourage their members to promote greater awareness of advance directives. This is a recommendation of the Joint Commission on Health Care.

Patron - Brink

P HJ260

Virginia Center for Community Health. Requests the Governor, with the support and assistance from participants in the Virginia Turning Point initiative, to encourage and facilitate the development of a Virginia Center for Community Health between the public and private sector.

Patron - Bloxom

P HJ261

Farm and forest lands. Requests all entities that exercise eminent domain powers to recognize the intrinsic value of farm and forest lands.

Patron - Orrock

P HJ270

Day of National Concern About Young People and Gun Violence. Recognizes October 17, 2000, as the Day of National Concern About Young People and Gun Violence in Virginia and urges Virginia's school districts to give their students the opportunity to sign the Student Pledge Against Gun Violence.

Patron - Almand

P HJ283

Medicaid benefits for individuals displaced by NAFTA. Urges Congress to enhance the benefits for individuals eligible for NAFTA transitional adjustment assistance by providing expanded and short-term eligibility for medical assistance services to such individuals and their families.

Patron - Armstrong

P HJ284

NAFTA retraining benefits. Urges Congress to increase the amount of time for NAFTA retraining benefits from 52 weeks to 78 weeks.

Patron - Armstrong

P HJ289

Charitable choice. Requests the Secretary of Health and Human Resources to designate an individual in that office to act as a liaison to provide information and other resource assistance in the implementation of the "charitable choice" provision of the 1996 Personal Responsibility and Work Reconciliation Act, which allows faith-based, private, and charitable groups to compete with other organizations and be considered for contracts with the state to provide social services.

Patron - McDonnell

P HJ298

Armenian Genocide. Designates April 24, 2000, as Virginia Day of Remembrance of the Armenian Genocide of 1915-1923.

Patron - Cantor

P HJ300

Personal safety education in public schools. Requesting the Board of Education to join with the state boards of education for the states of Maryland, West Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee and North Carolina to encourage the inclusion of personal safety education in the public school curriculum and to encourage a similar program within the private schools.

Patron - Katzen

P HJ301

Virginia Naturally 2000. Recognizes Virginia Naturally 2000 as the Commonwealth's official environmental education initiative goals. The environmental educational initiative, launched by the Governor and spearheaded by the Secretary of Natural Resources, is designed to coordinate environmental education efforts among Virginia's state agencies, federal agencies, local governments, private industry and business, nonprofit environmental organizations, public and private school systems.

Patron - Katzen

P HJ310

Consumer credit reporting. Urges Congress to amend the Fair Credit Reporting Act to prohibit credit reporting agencies from using information related to the number of inquiries in a consumer's credit report to determine the consumer's overall rating.

Patron - Robinson

P HJ372

Sustainable Forestry Initiative. Encourages the public, forest landowners, environmental organizations, and resource agencies to support the forest industry's Sustainable Forestry Initiative and its objectives of increasing knowledge, understanding, professionalism, and stewardship that will foster the sustained yield of all benefits, economic and ecological, from Virginia's forests for the present as well as for all future generations.

Patron - Pollard

P HJ384

Antibiotics. Endorses the recommendations of the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the American Academy of Pediatrics regarding the overuse of antibiotics and urges Virginia's health care professionals and managed care plans to adopt those recommendations.

Patron - Morgan

P HJ385

Importation of municipal solid waste. Urges the Congress of the United States to enact the Solid Waste Interstate Transportation and Local Authority Act of 1999 (HR 1190) that gives state and local governments additional authority to regulate the importation of municipal solid waste into their jurisdictions.

Patron - Davis

P HJ386

Scottish-American Heritage Month. Designates September as Scottish-American Heritage Month in Virginia, in honor of the many contributions of Virginians of Scottish descent.

Patron - Grayson

P HJ399

Kid's Day. Designates June 4, 2000, and the first Sunday in June in each succeeding year, as Kid's Day in the Commonwealth.

Patron - Drake

P HR3

House of Delegates; portrait of the former Speaker. Authorizes the painting of a portrait of former Speaker of the House of Delegates Thomas Warren Moss, Jr., to be hung in the Chamber of the House.

Patron - Wilkins

P HR4

Confirming nominations to the House Ethics Advisory Panel. Confirms the nominations of the Speaker to appoint the Honorable Bernard S. Cohen and Mrs. Phyllis E. Galanti to four-year terms commencing July 1, 2000.

Patron - Reid

P HR6

Coal Industry Retiree Health Benefit Act. Memorializes the President of the United States and the Congress to work together to reform the financial structure of the Coal Industry Retiree Health Benefit Act.

Patron - Stump

P SB568

Virginia Biotechnology Research Park Authority, powers and duties. Amends the powers and duties of the Virginia Biotechnology Research Park Authority. The bill allows the President of Virginia Commonwealth University, the Mayor for the City of Richmond, and the Secretary of Commerce and Trade (the three ex officio members of the Authority's board of directors) to appoint designees who are entitled to exercise all powers of their designators and to perform all related functions. In addition to the Authority's existing power to issue bonds, the bill allows the Authority to borrow money; to create entities to facilitate activities or programs; to participate in joint ventures; and to assist entities that the Authority may create or entities with whom the Authority may participate in joint ventures.

Patron - Rerras

P SJ35

Health care for military retirees. Memorializes Congress to pass "The Keep Our Promise to America's Military Retirees Act." The Act fulfills the broken promise to retirees, who entered the uniformed services prior to June 7, 1956, by extending to them coverage under the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (FEHBP) paid entirely by government contributions. In addition, the Act reestablishes adequate health care to all military retirees by allowing them to participate in the FEHBP program.

Patron - Schrock

P SJ41

Education web portal. Requests the Virginia Information Providers Network Authority, in association with the Virginia Information Providers Network, to create a common gateway to serve as a web portal for educational information and services similar to that created by the Authority for government information and services. The web portal would provide a fast, convenient access to educational information and services for all Virginians interested in such information and services. The resolution requests that the web portal include information on the procurement of educational technology. This resolution is a recommendation of the Joint Commission on Technology and Science.

Patron - Howell

P SJ92

Site of the United States Army Museum. Urges Congress and the Secretary of the Army to select Fort Belvoir, Virginia, as the site of the United States Army Museum, the creation of which has been authorized by Congress.

Patron - Puller

P SJ97

Medicaid benefits for individuals displaced by NAFTA. Urges Congress to enhance the benefits for individuals eligible for NAFTA transitional adjustment assistance by providing expanded and short-term eligibility for medical assistance services to such individuals and their families.

Patron - Reynolds

P SJ98

NAFTA retraining benefits. Urges Congress to increase the amount of time for NAFTA retraining benefits from 52 weeks to 78 weeks.

Patron - Reynolds

P SJ109

Virginia byways. Requests the Virginia Department of Transportation, in conjunction with the Commonwealth Transportation Board, to encourage local governments to nominate additional eligible roads for Virginia byway designation.

Patron - Ticer

P SJ125

Health care benefits for active duty and retired military personnel. Urges Congress to restore full health care service benefits to active duty and military retirees. In 1995, federal legislation was enacted that eliminated the right to free, quality, lifetime medical care to persons in the military who serve 20 years or more. Due to the elimination of this guarantee and the closing and downsizing of numerous military medical facilities, military retirees on a fixed income, in particular, have difficulty accessing health care and cannot afford out-of-pocket costs for medical services and prescriptions.

Patron - Schrock

P SJ129

Naming the tower at the Air and Space Museum. Urges the Smithsonian Institute to name the tower, to be located at the new Air and Space Museum at Dulles International Airport, the "Donald D. Engen Tower."

Patron - Colgan

P SJ147

Exceptional Children's Week. Designates the week of February 14-18, 2000, and the third week in February in each succeeding year, as Exceptional Children's Week in Virginia, in recognition of the outstanding efforts of educators and organizations to bring the benefits of education to Virginia's exceptional children.

Patron - Houck

P SJ157

Virginia Center for Community Health. Requests the Governor, with the support and assistance from participants in the Virginia Turning Point initiative to encourage and facilitate the development of a Virginia Center for Community Health between the public and private sector.

Patron - Quayle

P SJ163

Long-term care. Urges Congress to protect senior assets from liquidation to meet the eligibility requirements for federal medical and long-term care benefits.

Patron - Forbes

P SJ175

Environmental education. Recognizes Virginia Naturally 2000 as the official environmental education initiative goals of the Commonwealth.

Patron - Hawkins

P SJ178

Medicaid; low-income programs. Encourages Virginia's aging community, advocacy groups, and health care professional organizations to include information in their publications and activities that would educate their members about Medicaid assistance programs for low-income Medicare beneficiaries. In educating their members, the organizations are encouraged to gain and share knowledge about the benefits and general eligibility requirements for these programs and to encourage enrollment in these programs by eligible elderly and disabled individuals in their communities. This is a recommendation of the Joint Commission on Health Care.

Patron - Schrock

P SJ195

Quilt Museum. Designates the Virginia Quilt Museum in Harrisonburg as the Official Quilt Museum of the Commonwealth.

Patron - Miller, K.G.

P SJ196

Battle flag of the 28th Virginia Infantry Regiment. Urges the Governor of Minnesota and the Minnesota Legislature to expedite the return of the battle flag of the 28th Virginia Infantry Regiment captured during Pickett's Charge at the Battle of Gettysburg. The battle flag is currently in the possession of the Minnesota Historical Society.

Patron - Trumbo

P SJ222

Increase funding for HBCUs; Urges the Congress to increase funding for Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) an financial aid for middle income students. This resolution is a recommendation of the Commission on Access and Diversity in Higher Education.

Patron - Marsh

P SJ244

Voluntary citizen review panels. Encourages local governing bodies to establish voluntary citizen review panels to present the views of citizens before the governing body, further communication between citizens and police departments, and represent citizens in seeking resolution to problems with police departments. This resolution is a recommendation of the Joint Subcommittee Studying the Status and Needs of African-American Males in Virginia.

Patron - Maxwell

P SJ246

Education and job training programs and pastoral care services. Encourages the Departments of Corrections and Juvenile Justice Services to increase their educational programs and to strengthen and improve transition services in order to reduce recidivism among their respective populations. The Departments of Corrections and Juvenile Justice are also encouraged to provide more space and opportunities to accommodate inmates' needs for spiritual counseling and pastoral care. This resolution is a recommendation of the Joint Subcommittee Studying the Status and Needs of African-American Males in Virginia.

Patron - Maxwell

P SJ249

Grand Caverns and Natural Chimneys Regional Parks. Requests the Department of Conservation and Recreation to develop a plan, in conjunction with localities comprising the Upper Valley Regional Park Authority, for a possible partnership with the state or the gradual conversion to state ownership and operation of Grand Caverns and Natural Chimneys Regional Parks.

Patron - Hanger

P SJ250

Resolution; social services. Requests the Governor to direct all executive agencies to review their policies and procedures for the delivery of services under their purview to maximize the "charitable choice" provision in federal law efficiently and in a manner which meets constitutional scrutiny.

Patron - Hanger

P SJ253

Payment vouchers. Encourages the Department of Social Services to develop a payment voucher system for reimbursement of services provided to clients.

Patron - Hanger

P SJ255

Dairy industry. Urges Congress to protect Virginia's dairy industry by approving the Southern Dairy Compact and ensuring that the federal Clean Water Act is implemented in a way that does not place an undue burden on farmers.

Patron - Reynolds

P SJ266

Vietnam War "In Memory" plaque. Urges Congress to pass the Vietnam Veterans Recognition Act of 1999, which authorizes a memorial plaque within the current Vietnam Memorial to recognize those veterans who died after their service in Vietnam, but as a direct result of that service.

Patron - Puller

F Failed

F HJ12

Resolution; Chesapeake 2000 Agreement. Requests the Governor to sign an agreement which contains a commitment to reduce the rate of conversion of forest and agricultural land to development by 30 percent.

Patron - Murphy

F HJ120

Virginia Livestock Center. Designates the Rockingham County Fairgrounds as the Virginia Livestock Center of the Shenandoah Valley.

Patron - Weatherholtz

F HJ123

Completion of the US Route 58 Improvement Program. Memorializes the Virginia Department of Transportation to complete the U. S. Route 58 Improvement Program as expeditiously as possible.

Patron - Day

F HJ180

Blue crab management. Expresses the General Assembly's recognition of the importance of the Virginia Marine Resources Commission to develop an effective Blue Crab Management Plan.

Patron - Pollard

F HJ221

Virginia Long-Term Care Foundation created. Creates the Virginia Long-Term Care Foundation, similar to the Virginia Health Care Foundation, to provide financial and technical support, in the form of grants, donations, or other assistance, to promote the development of innovative regional and local long-term care strategies and best practices. Membership of the foundation board consists of 14 persons representing the legislature and appointees of the Governor. The leadership of the various affected state agencies shall serve as nonvoting, ex officio members. A separate budget amendment has been prepared. This is a recommendation of the Joint Commission on Health Care. Letter from the Speaker to the Governor encouraging him to establish the Virginia Long-Term Care Foundation. Identical to SJR 158.

Patron - Hamilton

F HJ233

Parent Educational Advocacy Training Centers. Requests the Board of Education to inform school divisions, parents, and advocates of children with disabilities of the services offered by the Parent Educational Advocacy Training Centers to support parents and families of disabled children. The Board shall provide a listing of regional Parent Educational Advocacy Training Centers in Virginia, including information that services are free of charge and information regarding contact persons and a description of the services offered. This resolution is a recommendation of the Joint Subcommittee Studying the Overrepresentation of African-American Students in Special Education Programs. Letter from the Speaker to the Board of Education requesting it to disseminate such information.

Patron - McEachin

F HJ292

State Council of Higher Education; outreach, recruitment and retention programs. Requests the State Council of Higher Education to encourage institutions of higher education to establish outreach, recruitment and retention programs to provide poor and minority students the opportunity to pursue undergraduate, graduate and professional education. This resolution is a recommendation of the Commission on Access and Diversity in Higher Education. Letter from the Speaker to the State Council of Higher Education requesting the Council to notify higher education institutions accordingly.

Patron - Barlow

F HJ295

State Council of Higher Education (SCHEV); costs of higher education. Expresses support for the State Council of Higher Education's proposal that the General Assembly fund 100 percent of "true need" to assist students and their families in meeting the real costs of higher education. Funding 100 percent of "true need" will allow more poor and minority students, and others who would not be able to afford college, to seek higher education. The Commission on Access and Diversity in Higher Education supports the Council's proposal that an additional $6 million per year be appropriated to meet 100 percent funding of true need to reduce student debt burden system-wide. The Commission also requests that the General Assembly consider the Council's proposal and any other available ways of relieving financial pressures on college students, including increasing the availability of financial aid and lowering higher education costs. This resolution is a recommendation of the Commission on Access and Diversity in Higher Education.

Patron - Christian

F HJ306

Advisory board on commercial driver training schools. Requests the Governor to appoint an advisory board on commercial driver training schools to facilitate communications between the Commissioner of the Department of Motor Vehicles and the commercial driver training schools of Virginia, in order to improve the effectiveness of the regulation of those schools in the interest of all Virginians.

Patron - O'Brien

F HJ309

Memorializing Congress; health care. Memorializing Congress and the President to enact revisions to the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 to address the severe financial impact that this legislation is having on the Commonwealth's academic health centers, and to review how certain aspects of the BBA have been interpreted and implemented by the U.S. Health Care Financing Administration.

Patron - Hall

F HJ312

Communication, collaboration, and cooperation among the public and higher education systems and the Virginia General Assembly. Encourages the Secretary of Education to facilitate communication, collaboration, and cooperation among the public and higher education systems, and the Virginia General Assembly to establish a K-16 continuum. The Secretary of Education is also requested to apprise the Commission on Access and Diversity in Higher Education regarding progress toward accomplishing the objectives, initiatives that promote the K-16 continuum, and dialogue with the community and business to strengthen support for public and higher education, and efforts to ensure better articulation and alignment of curricula between public and higher education. The Secretary shall also recommend to the Commission by December 1, 2000, any changes to existing state laws that are necessary to assist public and higher education agencies in accomplishing their individual missions and the objectives of this resolution. Letter from the Speaker to the Secretary of Education encouraging him to facilitate communication, collaboration, and cooperation among the public and higher education systems, and the Virginia General Assembly to establish a K-16 continuum.

Patron - Rhodes

F HJ426

Communications Education Week. Recognizes April 2 through April 8, 2000, as Communications Education Week in Virginia and commends six inductees into the Virginia Communications Hall of Fame.

Patron - Cox

F HJ427

Global Nomads International Day. Designates October 14, 2000, as Global Nomads International Day in the Commonwealth.

Patron - Tata

F HJ429

Pearl S. Buck Month. Designates April as Pearl S. Buck Month in Virginia.

Patron - Bryant

F HJ430

Sheikh Hasina Day. Designates April 8, 2000, as Sheikh Hasina Day in Virginia to honor the recipient of the Pearl S. Buck Award.

Patron - Bryant

F SJ34

Resolution; Chesapeake 2000 Agreement. Requests the Governor to sign an agreement which contains a commitment to reduce the rate of conversion of forest and agricultural land to development by 30 percent.

Patron - Gartlan

F SJ158

Virginia Long-Term Care Foundation. Encourages the Governor, with the support and assistance of the General Assembly, to facilitate the establishment of the Virginia Long-Term Care Foundation. A separate budget amendment has been prepared to fund the Foundation. This is a recommendation of the Joint Commission on Health Care. Letter from the Speaker to the Governor requesting that he apprise the 2001 General Assembly of any action that he may take regarding the resolution. Identical to HJR 221.

Patron - Schrock

F SJ165

Certified nurse aides. Requests the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia to work with Virginia nursing schools to encourage students to obtain certified nurse aide credentials early in their nursing training to meet the anticipated shortage of nurse aides in future years as our population ages and demand for long-term care in nursing facilities increases. Letter from the Speaker to the State Council of Higher Education to conduct the study.

Patron - Martin

F SJ201

Metropolitan Washington Regional Transportation Act. Urges Congress to approve the Metropolitan Washington Regional Transportation Act.

Patron - Saslaw

F SJ203

National air traffic control and airport infrastructure deficiencies. Urges the Congress of the United States and requests the United States Secretary of Transportation and the Governor of Virginia to provide leadership in bringing together interested parties to resolve the nation's air traffic control and airport infrastructure deficiencies.

Patron - Saslaw

F SJ247

Commissioners for Promotion of Uniformity of Legislation. Requests the Virginia Commissioners for Promotion of Uniformity of Legislation to encourage the National Conference of the Commissioners for Promotion of Uniformity of Legislation to establish a special committee to develop a model act relating to concealed handgun permits and licenses, and that the National Conference use Virginia's current statute as the special committee's guide.

Patron - Hanger

F SR3

Judicial nominations. Increases the responsibility of the Committee for Courts of Justice in the selection process of persons elected to the Supreme Court of Virginia and the Virginia Court of Appeals. In addition to qualifying candidates for these courts, the Committee will nominate qualified candidates for consideration by the Senate.

Patron - Edwards

C Carried Over

C HJ279

Memorializing Congress; federal judiciary. Memorializes Congress to amend the United States Constitution to provide for 10-year terms for federal judges.

Patron - Purkey

C SJ254

Piedmont Regional Criminal Justice Training Academy. Supporting continuation of the Piedmont Regional Criminal Justice Training Academy as it is currently structured.

Patron - Reynolds