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[Congressional Record: October 18, 2000 (Senate)]
[Page S10712-S10713]
From the Congressional Record Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
[DOCID:cr18oc00-124]
MESSAGES FROM THE HOUSE
At 2:22 p.m., a message from the House of Representatives, delivered
by Mr. Hays, one of its reading clerks, announced that the House has
passed the following bills, in which it requests the concurrence of the
Senate:
H.R. 460. An act to amend title 5, United States Code, to
provide that the mandatory separation age for Federal
firefighters be made the same as the age that applies with
respect to Federal law enforcement officers.
H.R. 2570. An act to require the Secretary of the Interior
to undertake a study regarding methods to commemorate the
national significance of the United States roadways that
comprise the Lincoln Highway, and for other purposes.
H.R. 3926. An act to amend the Illinois and Michigan Canal
National Heritage Corridor Act of 1984 to increase the amount
authorized to be appropriated to the Illinois and Michigan
Canal National Heritage Corridor Commission.
H.R. 4187. An act to assist the establishment of an
interpretive enter and museum in the vicinity of the Diamond
Valley Lake in southern California to ensure the protection
and interpretation of the paleontology discoveries made at
the lake and to develop a trail system for the lake for use
by pedestrians and nonmotorized vehicles.
H.R. 4281. An act to establish, wherever feasible,
guidelines, recommendations, and regulations that promote the
regulatory acceptance of new or revised scientifically valid
toxicological tests that protect human and animal health and
the environment while reducing, refining, or replacing animal
tests and ensuring human safety and product effectiveness.
H.R. 4312. An act to direct the Secretary of the Interior
to conduct a study of the suitability and feasibility of
establishing an Upper Housatonic Valley National Heritage
Area in the State of Connecticut and the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts, and for other purposes.
H.R. 4404. An act to permit the payment of medical expenses
incurred by the United States Park Police in the performance
of duty to be made directly by the National Park Service, to
allow for waiver and indemnification in mutual law
enforcement agreements between the National Park Service and
a State or political subdivision when required by State law,
and for other purposes.
H.R. 4493. An act to establish grants for drug treatment
alternative to prison programs administered by State or local
prosecutors.
H.R. 4521. An act to direct the Secretary of the Interior
to authorize and provide funding for rehabilitation of the
Going-to-the-Sun Road in Glacier National Park, to authorize
funds for maintenance of utilities related to the Park, and
for other purposes.
H.R. 4646. An act to designate certain National Forest
System lands within the boundaries of the State of Virginia
as wilderness areas.
H.R. 4965. An act to amend the Perishable Agricultural
Commodities Act, 1930, to extend the time period during which
persons may file a complaint alleging the preparation of
false inspection certificates at Hunts Point Terminal Market,
Bronx, New York.
H.R. 5016. An act to redesignate the facility of the United
States Postal Service located at 514 Express Center Drive in
Chicago, Illinois, as the ``J.T. Weeker Service Center.''
H.R. 5041. An act to establish the boundaries and
classification of a segment of the Missouri River in Montana
under the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act.
H.R. 5110. An act to designate the United States courthouse
located at 3470 12th Street in Riverside, California, as the
``George E. Brown, Jr. United States Courthouse.''
H.R. 5210. An act to designate the facility of the United
States Postal Service located at 200 South George Street in
York, Pennsylvania, as the ``George Atlee Goodling Post
Office Building.''
H.R. 5225. An act to revise the boundaries of the Richmond
National Battlefield Park based on the findings of the Civil
War Sites Advisory Committee and the National Park Service
and to encourage cooperative management, protection, and
interpretation of the resources associated with the Civil War
and the Civil War battles in and around the city of Richmond,
Virginia.
H.R. 5302. An act to designate the United States courthouse
located at 1010 Fifth Avenue in Seattle, Washington, as the
``William Kenzo Nakamura United States Courthouse.''
H.R. 5312. An act to amend the Controlled Substances Act to
protect children from drug traffickers.
H.R. 5398. An act to provide that land which is owned by
the Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana but which is not held in
trust by the United States for the Tribe may be leased or
transferred by the Tribe without further approval by the
United States.
H.R. 5410. An act to establish revolving funding for the
operation of certain programs and activities of the Library
of Congress, and for other purposes.
The message also announced that the House has passed the following
bills, without amendment:
S. 406. An act to amend the Indian Health Care Improvement
Act to make permanent the demonstration program that allows
for direct billing of medicare, medicaid, and other third
party payors, and to expand the eligibility under such
program to other tribes and tribal organizations.
S. 1296. An act to designate portions of the lower Delaware
River and associated tributaries as a component of the
National Wild and Scenic Rivers System.
S. 1705. An act to direct the Secretary of the Interior to
enter into land exchanges to acquire from the private owner
and to convey to the State of Idaho approximately 1,240 acres
of land near the City of Rocks National Reserve, Idaho, and
for other purposes.
S. 1707. An act to amend the Inspector General Act of 1978
(5 U.S.C. App.) to provide that certain designated Federal
entities shall be establishments under such Act, and for
other purposes.
S. 2102. An act to provide to the Timbisha Shoshone Tribe a
permanent land base within its aboriginal homeland, and for
other purposes.
S. 2412. An act to amend title 49, United States Code, to
authorize appropriations for the National Transportation
Safety Board for fiscal years 2000, 2001, 2002, and 2003, and
for other purposes.
S. 2498. An act to authorize the Smithsonian Institute to
plan, design, construct, and equip laboratory,
administrative, and support space to house base operations
for the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory Submillimeter
Array located on Mauna Kea at Hilo, Hawaii.
S. 2917. An act to settle the land claims of the Pueblo of
Santo Domingo.
S. 3201. An act to rename the National Museum American Art.
The message further announced that the House has agreed to the
following concurrent resolution, without amendment:
S. Con. Res. 145. Concurrent resolution expressing the
sense of Congress on the propriety and need for expeditious
construction of the National World War II Memorial at the
Rainbow Pool on the National Mall in the Nation's Capital.
The message also announced that the House has passed the bill (S.
1936) to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to sell or exchange all
or part of certain administrative sites and other National Forest
System land in the State of Oregon and use the proceeds derived from
the sale or exchange for National Forest System purposes, with an
amendment.
The message also announced that the House has agreed to the
amendments of the Senate to the bill (H.R. 1444) to authorize the
Secretary of the Interior to establish a program to plan, design, and
construct fish screens, fish passage devices, and related features to
mitigate adverse impacts associated with irrigation system water
diversions by local governmental entities in the States of Oregon,
Washington, Montana, Idaho, and California, with amendments.
The message further announced that the House has agreed to the
amendment of the Senate to the bill (H.R. 4788) to amend the United
States Grain Standards Act to extend the authority of the Secretary of
Agriculture to collect fees to cover the cost of services performed
under the Act, extend the authorization of appropriations for that Act,
and improve the administration of that Act, to reenact the United
States Warehouses used to store agricultural products and provide for
the issuance of receipts, including electronic receipts, for
agricultural products stored or handled in licensed warehouses, and for
other purposes, with an amendment.
The message also announced that the House has agreed to the amendment
of the Senate to the bill (H.R. 209) to improve the ability of Federal
agencies to license federally owned inventions, without amendment.
The message further announced that the House has agreed to the
amendments of the Senate to the amendments of the House to the bill (S.
1402) to amend the United States Code, to enhance programs providing
education benefits for veterans, and for other purposes, without
amendment.
The message also announced that the House has agreed to the
amendments of the Senate to the bill (H.R. 1695) to provide for the
conveyance of certain Federal public lands in the Ivanpah Valley,
Nevada, to Clark County, Nevada, for the development of an airport
facility, and for other purposes, without amendment.
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The message further announced that the House has agreed to the
amendment of the Senate to the bill (H.R. 2607) to promote the
development of the commercial space transportation industry, to
authorize appropriations for the Office of the Associate Administrator
for Commercial Space Transportation, to authorize appropriations for
the Office of Space Commercialization, and for other purposes, without
amendment.
The message also announced that the House has agreed to the
amendments of the Senate to the bill (H.R. 3069) to authorize the
Administrator of General Services to provide for redevelopment of the
Southeast Federal Center in the District of Columbia, without
amendment.
The message further announced that the House has agreed to the
amendments of the Senate to the bill (H.R. 4850) to provide a cost-of-
living adjustment in rates of compensation paid to veterans with
service-connected disabilities, to enhance programs providing
compensation and life insurance benefits for veterans, and for other
purposes, without amendment.
The message also announced that the House has agreed to the amendment
of the Senate to the bill (H.R. 4864) to amend title 38, United States
Code, to reaffirm and clarify the duty of the Secretary of Veterans
Affairs to assist claimants for benefits under laws administered by the
Secretary, and for other purposes, without amendment.
The message further announced that the House disagreed to the
amendment of the Senate to the bill (H.R. 4635) making appropriations
for the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban
Development, and for sundry independent agencies, boards, commissions,
corporations, and offices for the fiscal year ending September 30,
2001, and for other purposes, and agreed to the conference asked by the
Senate on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses and appoints Mr.
Walsh, Mr. DeLay, Mr. Hobson, Mr. Knollenberg, Mr. Frelinghuysen, Mrs.
Northup, Mr. Sununu, Mr. Goode, Mr. Young of Florida, Mr. Mollohan, Ms.
Kaptur, Mrs. Meek of Florida, Mr. Price of North Carolina, Mr. Cramer,
and Mr. Obey, as the managers of the conference on the part of the
House.
The message also announced that pursuant to provisions of section 206
of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 (42
U.S.C. 5616), the Speaker reappointed Mr. Gordon A. Martin of Roxbury,
Massachusetts, on the part of the House to the Coordinating Council on
Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, to a 2-year term.
____
At 4:39 p.m., a message from the House of Representatives, delivered
by Ms. Niland, one of its reading clerks, announced that the Speaker
has signed the following enrolled bills:
S. 624. An act to authorize construction of the Fort Peck
Reservation Rural Water System in the State of Montana, and
for other purposes.
S. 2686. An act to improve service systems for individuals
with developmental disabilities, and for other purposes.
S. 1809. An act to amend chapter 36 of title 39, United
States Code, to modify rates relating to reduced rate mail
matter, and for other purposes.
H.R. 3986. An act to provide for a study of the engineering
feasibility of a water exchange in lieu of electrification of
the Chandler Pumping Plant at Prosser Diversion Dam,
Washington.
H.R. 34. An act to direct the Secretary of the Interior to
make technical corrections to a map relating to the Coastal
Barrier Resources System.
H.R. 208. An act to amend title 5, United States Code, to
allow for the contribution of certain rollover distributions
to accounts in the Thrift Savings Plan, to eliminate certain
waiting-period requirements for participating in the Thrift
Savings Plan, and for other purposes.
H.R. 707. An act to amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster
Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to authorize a program
for predisaster mitigation, to streamline the administration
of disaster relief, to control the Federal costs of disaster
assistance, and for other purposes.
H.R. 1654. An act to authorize appropriations for the
National Aeronautics and Space Administration for fiscal
years 2000, 2001, and 2002, and for other purposes.
H.R. 1715. An act to extend and reauthorize the Defense
Production Act of 1950.
H.R. 2389. An act to restore stability and predictability
to the annual payments made to States and counties containing
National Forest System lands and public domain lands managed
by the Bureau of Land Management for use by the counties for
the benefit of public schools, roads, and other purposes.
H.R. 2842. An act to amend chapter 89 of title 5, United
States Code, concerning the Federal Employees Health Benefits
(FEHB) Program, to enable the Federal Government to enroll an
employee and his or her family in the FEHB Program when a
State court orders the employee to provide health insurance
coverage for a child of the employee but the employee fails
to provide the coverage, and for other purposes.
H.R. 2879. An act to provide for the placement at the
Lincoln Memorial of a plaque commemorating the speech of
Martin Luther King, Jr., known as the ``I Have A Dream''
speech.
H.R. 2883. An act to amend the Immigration and Nationality
Act to modify the provisions governing acquisition of
citizenship by children born outside of the United States,
and other purposes.
H.R. 2984. An act to direct the Secretary of the Interior,
through the Bureau of Reclamation, to convey to the Loup
Basin Reclamation District, the Sargent River Irrigation
District, and the Farwell Irrigation District, Nebraska,
property comprising the assets of the Middle Loup Division of
the Missouri River Basin Project, Nebraska.
H.R. 3235. An act to improve academic and social outcomes
for youth and reduce both juvenile crime and the risk that
youth will become victims of crime by providing productive
activities conducted by law enforcement personnel during non-
school hours.
H.R. 3236. An act to authorize the Secretary of the
Interior to enter into contracts with the Weber Basin Water
Conservancy District, Utah, to use Weber Basin Project
facilities for the impounding, storage, and carriage of
nonproject water for domestic, municipal, industrial, and
other beneficial purposes.
H.R. 3292. An act to provide for the establishment of the
Cat Island National Wildlife Refuge in West Feliciana Parish,
Louisiana.
H.R. 3468. An act to direct the Secretary of the Interior
to convey certain water rights to Duchesne City, Utah.
H.R. 3577. An act to increase the amount authorized to be
appropriated for the north side pumping division of the
Minidoka reclamation project, Idaho.
H.R. 3767. An act to amend the Immigration and Nationality
Act to make improvements to, and permanently authorize, the
visa waiver pilot program under section 217 of such Act.
H.R. 3986. An act to provide for a study of the engineering
feasibility of a water exchange in lieu of electrification of
the Chandler Pumping Plant at Prosser Diversion Dam,
Washingon.
H.R. 3995. An act to establish procedures governing the
responsibilities of court-appointed receivers who administer
departments, offices, and agencies of the District of
Columbia government.
H.R. 4002. An act to amend the Foreign Assistance Act of
1961 to revise and improve provisions relating to famine
prevention and freedom from hunger.
H.R. 4259. An act to require the Secretary of the Treasury
to mint coins in commemoration of the National Museum of the
American Indian of the Smithsonian Institution, and for other
purposes.
H.R. 4386. An act to amend title XIX of the Social Security
Act to provide medical assistance for certain women screened
and found to have breast or cervical cancer under a federally
funded screening program, to amend the Public Health Service
Act and the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act with respect
to surveillance and information concerning the relationship
between cervical cancer and the human papillomavirus (HPV),
and for other purposes.
H.R. 4389. An act to direct the Secretary of the Interior
to convey certain water distribution facilities to the
Northern Colorado Water Conservancy District.
H.R. 4681. An act to provide for the adjustment of status
of certain Syrian nationals.
H.R. 4828. An act to designate the Steens Mountain
Wilderness Area and the Steens Mountain Cooperative
Management and Protection Area in Harney County, Oregon, and
for other purposes.
H.R. 5107. An act to make certain corrections in copyright
law.
H.R. 5417. An act to rename the Stewart B. McKinney
Homeless Assistance Act as the ``McKinney-Vento Homeless
Assistance Act.''
The enrolled bills were signed subsequently by the President pro
tempore (Mr. Thurmond).
____
At 4:55 p.m., a message from the House of Representatives, delivered
by Ms. Niland, one of its reading clerks, announced that the House has
passed the following bill, in which it requests the concurrence of the
Senate:
H.R. 5308. An act to amend laws relating to the lands of
the citizens of the Muscogee (Creek), Seminole, Cherokee,
Chickasaw and Choctaw Nations, historically referred to as
the Five Civilized Tribes, and for other purposes.
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