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P HJ493

National motto. Supports the public display of the national motto, "In God We Trust," in public buildings and public schools in Virginia.
Patron - Black

P HJ494

Portrait of Governor Gilmore. Authorizes the painting of a portrait of Governor James S. Gilmore III to be hung in the Capitol.
Patron - Griffith

P HJ524

Lymphedema D-Day. Designates March 6th, in 2001 and in each succeeding year, as Lymphedema D-Day in Virginia in honor of the many Virginians who suffer from lymphedema.
Patron - Wardrup

P HJ548

Education program on hearing loss prevention. Requests the Commissioner of Health and the Director of the Department of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing to develop a plan for implementing an education program on prevention of hearing loss, in conjunction with the duties relating to testing of hearing of students in the public schools, and providing "technical assistance and training within the Commonwealth to support efforts to initiate or improve programs and services for the hearing impaired," as required by law. This resolution notes the injurious effects of loud noises and sustained loud noise. The Department of Health has examined strategies to prevent hearing loss from loud noises, known as Noise-Induced Hearing Loss (NIHL). An education program for elementary school children was identified as an appropriate response to this issue. The Commissioner and the Director are directed to work with the Superintendent of Public Instruction in developing a plan to implement any such hearing loss prevention education program.
Patron - Morgan

P HJ564

Prostate Cancer Awareness Month. Designates September, in 2001 and in each succeeding year, as Prostate Cancer Awareness Month in Virginia.
Patron - McQuigg

P HJ571

Veterans' History Week. Designates the second week of November as Veterans' History Week in Virginia.
Patron - Albo

P HJ577

2012 Olympic Games. Expresses the General Assembly's support for the bid of the Washington-Baltimore 2012 Coalition for the 2012 Olympic Summer Games. This resolution incorporates HJR 647 (Almand) and HJR 774 (Plum).
Patron - Callahan

P HJ581

Asthma assessment tools. Encourages the Departments of Health and Education to develop a plan, in consultation with Virginia Asthma Coalition and other stakeholders, that will increase the use of asthma assessment tools.
Patron - Baskerville

P HJ607

Eugenics. Expresses the General Assembly's profound regret over the Commonwealth's involvement in the discredited eugenics movement from 1924 until 1979.
Patron - Van Yahres

P HJ608

Remediation of students. Requests the Board of Education to consider the findings and recommendations of the Commission on Education Accountability's Task Force on Remediation and provide leadership to ensure that the interests and needs of students required to attend remediation programs or special prevention and intervention programs, and other at-risk students, are advanced. The four-year study of the Joint Subcommittee on Remediation was continued under the auspices of the Commission on Educational Accountability, pursuant to House Joint Resolution 302 (2000). The Commission appointed a task force to assume and continue the joint subcommittee's work. The task force considered the findings and recommendations of the joint subcommittee to date, and determined that certain aspects of the joint subcommittee's study needed completion, which the task force accomplished. The work of the task force confirms the findings and recommendations of the joint subcommittee, which are transmitted via this resolution to the Board of Education for consideration and action. This resolution is a recommendation of the Commission on Educational Accountability's Task Force on Remediation.
Patron - Van Yahres

P HJ651

Electoral College. Affirms Virginia's commitment to the principles of government embodied in the federal structure of government and reflected in the design of the Electoral College.
Patron - Ware

P HJ661

Commercial, promotional, and corporate partnerships and sponsorships in schools. Requests the Virginia School Boards Association and the Virginia High School League to cooperate in addressing issues relating to commercial, promotional, and corporate partnerships and sponsorships with schools. This resolution notes that commercial activities are not new to public schools, that commercial involvement in public education has increased significantly during the past decade; that most school officials, parents, and policy makers agree that corporate and business involvement in education has been positive; that although business and industry collaboration with schools should be encouraged and fostered, the school boards of Virginia must not lose sight of their primary purpose, i.e., to protect the best interest of schools and students. The VSBA and the VHSL are required to publicize the issues relating to commercial, promotional, and corporate partnerships and sponsorships; to provide the school boards with factual information on these issues and the problems that have occurred in other jurisdictions, including the concerns about inappropriate advertising and products, and the activities across the nation and in Virginia concerning amateur athletics; to provide information on the various kinds of commercial, promotional, and corporate partnerships and sponsorships being implemented; and to recommend the appropriate components of school board policies on these matters.
Patron - Tata

P HJ662

National Collegiate Athletic Association's pending amateurism deregulation proposals. Expresses the strong opposition of the General Assembly to the NCAA's proposals to allow student athletes to receive pay for participation in sports while in high school and yet retain eligibility for college athletics by abstaining from such activities upon entering higher education. This resolution notes that the NCAA's official policy is still that there is "a clear line of demarcation between college athletics and professional sports," that the lure of big money and benefits has moved basketball toward professionalism at all levels, that a number of embarrassing and costly incidents have occurred relating to college teams and players who have engaged in prohibited activities during high school; that these incidents have lead to discussion at the organizational level and resulted in the NCAA amateurism deregulation proposals, and that deregulation could result in increased drop-out rates and the demise of high school athletic programs.
Patron - Tata

P HJ673

Constitutional rights and responsibilities. Requests the Office of the Attorney General, in cooperation with certain bar associations and civic organizations, to collaborate and cooperate to use existing state, local, and community mechanisms and resources to disseminate information and educate the citizens of the Commonwealth concerning their rights, privileges, and responsibilities under the United States Constitution and the laws and Constitution of Virginia. The Office of Attorney General and participating bar associations and civic organizations are requested to particular attention to explaining the First, Second, Fourth, and Fourteenth Amendments in a manner that can be easily understood by citizens of all generations and from diverse backgrounds.
Patron - Robinson

P HJ761

Virginia School Counseling Week. Designates the week of February 5-9, 2001, as Virginia School Counseling Week.
Patron - Dillard

P HJ765

Shallow waters of the Cheseapeake Bay. Requests that the Virginia Institute of Marine Science, in consultation with appropriate state and federal agencies, local governments, and interested stakeholders, prepare a management plan for shallow water areas in the Chesapeake Bay and the tidal portion of its tributaries.
Patron - Drake

P HJ790

Virginia FFA Day. Proclaims February 22, 2001, as Virginia FFA Day, in honor of the many contributions of the Future Farmers of America to the Commonwealth.
Patron - Orrock

P HJ800

Equal pay for equal work. Recognizes the significance of Equal Pay Day to demonstrate the disparity between wages paid to men and women and supports efforts to eliminate wage discrimination.
Patron - Baskerville

P HJ802

A balanced curriculum for all students. Requests the Board of Education to encourage a balanced curriculum for all students. This resolution notes the present sustained period of prosperity, the current shortage of skilled workers, the increasing complexity of manufacturing and information technology and other matters indicating that many students may need opportunities to learn life skills in high school. The Board is beseeched to provide opportunities in all of Virginia's secondary schools for students to pursue the academic, career and technical skills that will enable the students to reach their desired goals in life and to become productive contributors to our state and national economy.
Patron - Bloxom

P HJ805

Virginia Biotechnology Month. Designates October, in 2001 and in each succeeding year, as Virginia Biotechnology Month.
Patron - O'Bannon

P HJ808

Recognizing the role of America's military. Recognizes the role of America's military and veterans in defending freedom during the Cold War and urges the Board of Education to ensure that Virginia's schoolchildren learn about that role.
Patron - Cox

P HJ826

Surry County. Recognizes Surry County's significance in Virginia's history upon its 350th anniversary celebration. This resolution is identical to SJR 448 (Quayle)
Patron - Barlow

P HJ831

Forgotten Airmen Day. Designates February 2 as Forgotten Airmen Day in Bedford County in honor of the crew of the B-25 that crashed in the county on February 2, 1943.
Patron - Putney

P HJ844

Gulf War Veterans Week. Designates the week of February 26, 2001, as Gulf War Veterans Appreciation and Remembrance Week in Virginia, to acknowledge their sacrifices, demonstrate the esteem in which they are held, and express gratitude for their service to the country.
Patron - Moran

P HR39

Memorializing resolution; Railroad Retirement and Survivors Improvement Act. Memorializes Congress to support the Railroad Retirement and Survivors Improvement Act.
Patron - Diamonstein

P SJ377

African-American Scientist and Inventor Day. Designates February 25 each year as "African-American Scientist and Inventor Day" to acknowledge and recognize the significant achievements and contributions of African-American scientists, mathematicians, and inventors, many of whom were native sons and daughters of Virginia, with a special day on which these great minds may be honored and esteemed.
Patron - Lambert

P SJ379

Blood-lead testing or low-risk determinations for Virginia's children. Requests the Boards of Health and Medicine to cooperate in publicizing the statutory requirements for blood-lead testing or low-risk determinations for Virginia's children. This resolution notes that lead is a poison to which children are particularly susceptible and the effects of lead poisoning are not reversible and may include reduced intelligence and neurological deficits such as loss of hearing and the sense of balance/coordination. The resolution also states that the law to require the blood-lead testing or low-risk determinations for children was an initiative of the Joint Subcommittee to Study Lead Poisoning Prevention. To implement this provision, the Board of Health is requested to submit an article concerning the dangers of lead poisoning to children, the CDC's goal of eliminating childhood lead poisoning by 2010, the origin of the protocol statute, the requirements of the protocol law, the development of the protocol, and the contents of the protocol to the Board of Medicine; the Board of Medicine is requested to include the Board of Health's article and protocol regulations in one of its issues of "Board Briefs" or any other regularly published Board of Medicine document. The two boards are further requested to initiate other reasonable efforts within the scope of their present duties and activities to publicize the new lead-testing requirements to practitioners who treat pediatric patients. This resolution is a recommendation of the Joint Subcommittee to Study Lead Poisoning Prevention.
Patron - Lambert

P SJ380

Cooperation in preventing childhood lead poisoning. Encourages the Departments of Health and Medical Assistance Services to continue to cooperate in preventing childhood lead poisoning. The Departments are requested to address issues relating to (i) the identification of Medicaid-enrolled children who are at risk for lead poisoning; (ii) the monitoring of children tested for elevated blood lead levels and those children testing positive for elevated blood lead levels; (iii) notification of providers regarding specific children to be tested or managed; (iv) the education and training of providers concerning lead poisoning and the lead testing and management protocols; and (v) working to improve their data systems and enhancing effective data sharing. The Departments are exhorted to improve their collaborative relationship for the benefit of the Commonwealth's children and are requested to keep the Joint Subcommittee Studying Lead Poisoning Prevention informed of their activities and progress in the coming year.
Patron - Lambert

P SJ401

Resolution; James River Reserve Fleet. Memorializes the U.S. Coast Guard to provide funding from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund to remove the oil contained in the 27 vessels in the Reserve Fleet of the Maritime Administration (MARAD) listed as in dire need of scrapping, and urges Congress to provide funding sufficient to allow MARAD to complete the scrapping of their reserve vessels in a timely and responsible manner.
Patron - Forbes

P SJ409

Read Aloud to a Child Week. Designates the fourth week in October of each year as "Read Aloud to a Child Week" in Virginia to motivate all children to develop a passion for reading, a love for books, and an appreciation for lifelong learning. Parents, teachers, child caregivers, health care professionals, the religious community, civic and professional organizations, and all literate persons throughout the Commonwealth are encouraged to participate in activities that promote reading aloud to children. The Governor is requested also to call upon the citizens of the Commonwealth to celebrate the week by reading aloud to a child.
Patron - Lambert

P SJ423

Rail infrastructure in the I-81 corridor. Memorializes Congress to appropriate funds needed for improving the rail infrastructure in the Interstate Route 81 corridor to ensure that the railroad that parallels Interstate Route 81 in Virginia provides a viable alternative to the use of the Interstate for the movement of interstate freight traffic.
Patron - Edwards

P SJ428

Journey Through Hallowed Ground. Recognizes the importance to Virginia of the Journey Through Hallowed Ground project, which follows the Route 15 corridor and was created through a partnership among the National Park Service's National Register of Historic Places, Scenic America, the Virginia Department of Historic Resources, the Conservation Fund, the Piedmont Environmental Council, and the National Trust for Historic Preservation.
Patron - Ticer

F Failed

F HJ544

Memorializing Congress to increase federal funding for special education programs and services. Requests Congress to increase federal funding for the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, P. L. 105-17 as amended, and to defer implementation of unfunded special education requirements. Currently, the level of federal funding to Virginia for special education programs is approximately 12 percent of the actual costs. Special education programs and services are very expensive, and federal funding has been consistently insufficient to allow states and localities to implement the law fully without sacrificing other vital human services and bearing great fiscal burdens.
Patron - Diamonstein

F HJ562

Resolution; bust of Sam Houston. Requests the Governor to direct that a bust of Sam Houston be made and displayed in the Capitol Rotunda.
Patron - Marshall

F HJ618

Resolution; state navigator. Requests the Governor to create the position of "State Navigator."
Patron - Pollard

F HJ637

Requesting certain state and local agencies of the Commonwealth to inform parents and the public of certain preventable health and social conditions to avoid the need for costly special education programs and services for children. Requests certain state agencies to work collaboratively and cooperatively and with their local counterparts to inform students, parents, educators, constituents of the respective agencies, and the public regarding preventable health and social factors that converge to influence the identification, referral, and placement of African-American and other minority children in special education programs. State and local agencies are requested to use existing mechanisms and resources to disseminate such information. This resolution is a recommendation of the Joint Subcommittee Studying the Overrepresentation of African-American Students in Special Education Programs.
Patron - McEachin

F HJ647

2012 Olympic Games. Expresses the General Assembly's support for the bid of the Washington-Baltimore 2012 Coalition for the 2012 Olympic Summer Games. Incorporated into HJR 577.
Patron - Almand

F HJ656

International Criminal Court. Memorializes the President and the U.S. Senate to oppose the ratification of any treaty that seeks to establish an International Criminal Court that has jurisdiction over U.S. citizens.
Patron - Joannou

F HJ657

Japanese War Crimes. Urges Congress to process the claims of the 300 living American prisoner-of-war survivors believed to have been held at Mukden, Manchuria, during World War II, many of whom claim to suffer from physical ailments resulting from their subjection to the Japanese military, chemical, and biological experiments. The Congress is urged to provide necessary medical care to these survivors whether or not the Japanese government releases the records of these American prisoners-of-war.
Patron - Landes

F HJ658

Clean Air Act. Urges Congress to support legislation that helps improve Virginia's air quality and specifically that of the Shenandoah National Park by providing funding for clean coal technology and research and tax credits for retrofitting the older, exempt coal-fired power plants equipped with new emissions cleanup technologies.
Patron - Landes

F HJ679

Constitution on the one-dollar bill. Urges Congress in support of the Liberty Dollar Bill Act, which redesigns the one-dollar bill to include a summary of the United States Constitution on its reverse side.
Patron - Katzen

F HJ750

Special education funding and mandates. Memorializes Congress to fully fund the federal share of local school divisions' special education costs and to refrain from imposing additional mandates under the Individuals with Disabilities in Education Act until such full funding is accomplished.
Patron - Diamonstein

F HJ763

Medical benefits for retired veterans. Memorializes Congress to reinstate full medical benefits for veterans aged 65 and older.
Patron - Harris

F HJ766

Railroad Retirement and Survivors Improvement Act. Urges Congress to support the Railroad Retirement and Survivors' Improvement Act in the 107th Congress.
Patron - Diamonstein

F HJ774

2012 Olympic Games. Expresses the General Assembly's support for the bid of the Washington-Baltimore 2012 Coalition for the 2012 Olympic Summer Games. Incorporated into HJR 577.
Patron - Plum

F HJ785

Flag desecration. Urges the Congress of the United States to propose an amendment to the Constitution of the United States authorizing Congress and the states to prohibit the physical desecration of the American flag.
Patron - Hargrove

F HJ792

Emergency contraception over-the-counter. Commends the American Medical Association for recommending over-the-counter status for emergency contraception and urges the Food and Drug Administration to approve a manufacturer's filing for over-the-counter status for emergency contraception.
Patron - Baskerville

F HJ793

Governor; busts of Pocahontas and Ballard T. Edwards. Requests the Governor to direct that busts of Pocahontas and Ballard T. Edwards be made and displayed in the Old House Chamber in the State Capitol building.
Patron - Marshall

F HJ856

"New Bretton Woods." Calls for a "New Bretton Woods" conference for international monetary system stability and development of the real economy.
Patron - Robinson

F SJ325

Resolution; importation of municipal solid waste. Memorializes Congress to enact legislation providing for a reasonable limitation on the amount of municipal solid waste that a state must accept from another state.
Patron - Martin

F SJ343

Global Sullivan Principles. Expresses the General Assembly's endorsement of the Global Sullivan Principles of corporate citizenship. The principles ask companies to support universal human rights, promote equal opportunity, respect employee freedom of association, provide a safe and healthy workplace, promote fair competition, and improve the quality of life in their communities.
Patron - Miller, Y.B.

F SJ353

F SJ358

Child day care services. Requests the State Board of Social Services to publish its evaluation of current child day care market rates.
Patron - Ticer

F SJ368

F SJ386

Streamlined Sales Tax Project. Encourages the Governor to provide for the executive branch to participate in the Streamlined Sales Tax Project. In addition, the resolution provides that the General Assembly will participate in the project.
Patron - Hanger

F SJ388

Resolution; elimination of the estate tax. Memorializes Congress to enact legislation repealing the federal estate tax. This is a recommendation of the farmland protection task force created by SJR 134 (2000).
Patron - Hanger

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