[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 120 (Thursday, September 5, 1996)]
[Senate]
[Pages S9965-S9966]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        MESSAGES FROM THE HOUSE

  At 11:52 a.m., a message from the House of Representatives, delivered 
by Ms. Goetz, one of its reading clerks, announced that the House has 
passed the following bill, with an amendment, in which it requests the 
concurrence of the Senate:

       S. 1467. An act to authorize the construction of the Fort 
     Peck Rural County Water Supply System, to authorize 
     assistance to the Fort Peck Rural County Water District, 
     Inc., a nonprofit corporation, for the planning, design, and 
     construction of the water supply system, and for other 
     purposes.

  The message also announced that the House has passed the following 
bill, in which it requests the concurrence of the Senate:

       H.R. 3553. An act to amend the Federal Trade Commission Act 
     to authorize appropriations for the Federal Trade Commission.


                          ENROLLED BILL SIGNED

  The message further announced that the Speaker has signed the 
following enrolled bill:

       H.R. 3754. An act making appropriations for the Legislative 
     Branch for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1997, and for 
     other purposes.

  The enrolled bill was signed subsequently by the President pro 
tempore [Mr. Thurmond].
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  At 1:57 p.m., a message from the House of Representatives, delivered 
by Mr. Hays, one of its reading clerks, announced that the House has 
agreed to the following concurrent resolution, in which it requests the 
concurrence of the Senate:

       H. Con. Res. 120. Concurrent resolution supporting the 
     independence and sovereignty of Ukraine and the progress of 
     its political and economic reforms.

  The message also announced that pursuant to section 389(d)(2) of 
Public Law 104-127, the minority leader appoints Mr. Richard Roos-
Collins of California as a member from private life on the part of the 
House to the Water Rights Task Force.
  The message further announced that the House disagrees to the 
amendments of the Senate to the bill (H.R. 3675) making appropriations 
for the Department of Transportation and related agencies for the 
fiscal year ending September 30, 1997, and for other purposes, and 
agrees to the conference asked by the Senate on the disagreeing votes 
of the two Houses thereon; and appoints Mr. Wolf, Mr. DeLay, Mr. 
Regula, Mr. Rogers, Mr. Lightfoot, Mr. Packard, Mr. Callahan, Mr. 
Dickey, Mr. Livingston, Mr. Sabo, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Coleman, Mr. 
Foglietta, and Mr. Obey as the managers of the conference on the part 
of the House.
  The message also announced that the House disagrees to the amendment 
of the Senate to the bill (H.R. 3816) making appropriations for energy 
and water development for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1997, 
and for other purposes, and agrees to the conference asked by the 
Senate on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses thereon; and appoints 
Mr. Myers, Mr. Rogers, Mr. Knollenberg, Mr. Riggs, Mr. Frelinghuysen, 
Mr. Bunn, Mr. Parker, Mr. Livingston, Mr. Bevill, Mr. Fazio, Mr. 
Chapman, Mr. Visclosky, and Mr. Obey, as the managers of the conference 
on the part of the House.
  The message further announced that the House has passed the following 
bills, in which it requests the concurrence of the Senate:

       H.R. 401. An act entitled the ``Kenai Natives Association 
     Equity Act''.
       H.R. 447. An act to establish a toll free number in the 
     Department of Commerce to assist consumers in determining if 
     products are American-made.
       H.R. 1179. An act to authorize appropriations for the 
     preservation and restoration of historic buildings at 
     historically black colleges and universities.
       H.R. 1514. An act to authorize and facilitate a program to 
     enhance safety, training, research and development, and 
     safety education in the propane gas industry for the benefit 
     of propane consumers and the public, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 2122. An act to designate the Lake Tahoe Basin 
     National Forest in the States of California and Nevada to be 
     administered by the Secretary of Agriculture, and for other 
     purposes.
       H.R. 2135. An act to provide for the relief of certain 
     persons in Clark County, Nevada, who purchased lands in good 
     faith reliance on existing private land surveys.
       H.R. 2292. An act to preserve and protect the Hanford Reach 
     of the Columbia River, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 2438. An act to provide for the conveyance of lands to 
     certain individuals in Gunnison County, Colorado, and for 
     other purposes.
       H.R. 2518. An act to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture 
     to exchange certain lands in the Wenatachee National Forest, 
     Washington, for certain lands owned by Public Utility 
     District No. 1 of Chelan County, Washington, and for other 
     purposes.
       H.R. 2709. An act to provide for the conveyance of certain 
     land to the Del Norte County Unified School District of Del 
     Norte County, California.
       H.R. 2711. An act to provide for the substitution of timber 
     for the canceled Elkhorn Ridge Timber Sale.
       H.R. 3147. An act to provide for the exchange of certain 
     Federal lands in the State of California managed by the 
     Bureau of Land Management for certain non-Federal lands, and 
     for other purposes.
       H.R. 3378. An act to amend the Indian Health Care 
     Improvement Act to extend the demonstration program for 
     direct billing of Medicare, Medicaid, and other third party 
     payors.
       H.R. 3487. An act to reauthorize the National Marine 
     Sanctuaries Act, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 3547. An act to provide for the conveyance of a parcel 
     of real property in the Apache National Forest in the State 
     of Arizona to the Alpine Elementary School District 7 to be 
     used for the construction of school facilities and related 
     playing fields.
       H.R. 3579. An act to direct the Secretary of the Interior 
     to convey certain property containing a fish and wildlife 
     facility to the State of Wyoming, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 3660. An act to make amendments to the Reclamation 
     Wastewater and Groundwater Study and Facilities Act, and for 
     other purposes.
       H.R. 3793. An act to provide for a 10-year circulating 
     commemorative coin program to commemorate each of the 50 
     States, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 3864. An act to amend laws authorizing auditing, 
     reporting, other functions by the General Accounting Office.
       H.R. 3871. An act to waive temporarily the Medicaid 
     enrollment composition rule for certain health maintenance 
     organizations.
       H.R. 3916. An act to make available certain Voice of 
     America and Radio Marti multilingual computer readable text 
     and voice recordings.
       H.R. 4018. An act to make technical corrections in the 
     Federal Oil and Gas Royalty Management Act of 1982.


                         enrolled bills signed

  At 4:09 p.m., a message from the House of Representatives, delivered 
by Mr. Hays, one of its reading clerks, announced that the Speaker has 
signed the following enrolled bills.

       H.R. 740. An act to confer jurisdiction on the United 
     States Court of Federal Claims with respect to land claims of 
     Pueblo of Isleta Indian Tribe.
       H.R. 3269. An act to amend the Impact Aid program to 
     provide for a hold-harmless with respect to amounts for 
     payments relating to

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     the Federal acquisition of real property, and for other 
     purposes.
       H.R. 3517. An act making appropriations for military 
     construction, family housing, and base realignment and 
     closure for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year 
     ending September 30, 1997, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 3845. An act making appropriations for the government 
     of the District of Columbia and other activities chargeable 
     in whole or in part against the revenues of said District for 
     the fiscal year ending September 30, 1997, and for other 
     purposes.

  The enrolled bills were signed subsequently by the President pro 
tempore [Mr. Thurmond].

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