[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 93 (Tuesday, July 14, 1998)]
[House]
[Pages H5409-H5410]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        MESSAGE FROM THE SENATE

  A message from the Senate by Mr. Lundregan, one of its clerks, 
announced that the Senate had passed with amendments in which the 
concurrence of the House is requested, bills of the House of the 
following titles:

       H.R. 6. An act to extend the authorization of programs 
     under the Higher Education Act of 1965, and for other 
     purposes.
       H.R. 3694. An act to authorize appropriations for fiscal 
     year 1999 for intelligence and intelligence-related 
     activities of the United States Government, the Community 
     Management Account, and the Central Intelligence Agency 
     Retirement and Disability System, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 4059. 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, 1999, and for other purposes.

  The message also announced that the Senate insists upon its amendment 
to the bill (H.R. 6) ``An Act to extend the authorization of programs 
under the Higher Education Act of 1965, and for other purposes,'' 
requests a conference with the House on the disagreeing votes of the 
two Houses thereon, and appoints Mr. Jeffords,  Mr. Coats, Mr. Gregg, 
Mr. Frist, Mr. DeWine, Mr. Enzi, Mr. Hutchinson, Ms. Collins, Mr. 
Warner, Mr. McConnell, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Dodd, Mr. Harkin, Ms. Mikulski, 
Mr. Bingaman, Mr. Wellstone, Mrs. Murray, and Mr. Reed, to be the 
conferees on the part of the Senate.
  The message also announced that the Senate insists upon its amendment 
to the bill (H.R. 3694) ``An Act to authorize appropriations for fiscal 
year 1999 for intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the 
United States Government, the Community Management Account, and the 
Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System, and for 
other purposes,'' requests a conference with the House on the 
disagreeing votes of the two Houses thereon, and appoints Mr. Shelby, 
Mr. Chafee, Mr. Lugar, Mr. DeWine, Mr. Kyl, Mr. Inhofe, Mr. Hatch, Mr. 
Roberts, Mr. Allard, Mr. Coats, Mr. Kerrey, Mr. Glenn, Mr. Bryan, Mr. 
Graham, Mr. Kerry, Mr. Baucus, Mr. Robb, Mr. Lautenberg, and Mr. Levin; 
and from the Committee on Armed Services, Mr. Thurmond, to be the 
conferees on the part of the Senate.
  The message also announced that the Senate insists upon its amendment 
to the bill (H.R. 4059) ``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, 1999, 
and for other purposes,'' requests a conference with the House on the 
disagreeing votes of the two Houses thereon, and appoints Mr. Burns, 
Mrs. Hutchison, Mr. Faircloth, Mr. Craig, Mr. Stevens, Mrs. Murray, Mr. 
Reid, Mr. Inouye, and Mr. Byrd, to be the conferees on the part of the 
Senate.
  The message also announced that the Senate passed bills and 
concurrent resolutions of the following titles, in which concurrence of 
the House is requested:

       S. 439. An act to provide for Alaska State jurisdiction 
     over small hydroelectric projects, to address voluntary 
     licensing of hydroelectric projects on fresh waters in the 
     State of Hawaii, to provide an exemption for portion of a 
     hydroelectric project located in the State of New Mexico, and 
     for other purposes.
       S. 538. An act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior 
     to convey certain facilities of the Minidoka project to the 
     Burley Irrigation District, and for other purposes.
       S. 799. An act to direct the Secretary of the Interior to 
     transfer to the personal representative of the estate of Fred 
     Steffens of Big Horn County, Wyoming, certain land comprising 
     the Steffens family property.
       S. 814. An act to direct the Secretary of the Interior to 
     transfer to John R. and Margaret J. Lowe of Big Horn County, 
     Wyoming, certain land so as to correct an error in the patent 
     issued to their predecessors in interest.
       S. 846. An act to amend the Federal Power Act to remove the 
     jurisdiction of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to 
     license projects on fresh waters in the State of Hawaii.
       S. 1158. An act to amend the Alaska Native Claims 
     Settlement Act, regarding the Huna Totem Corporation public 
     interest land exchange, and for other purposes.
       S. 1159. An act to amend the Alaska Native Claims 
     Settlement Act, regarding the Kake Tribal Corporation public 
     interest land exchange.
       S. 1609. An act to amend the High-Performance Computing Act 
     of 1991 to authorize appropriations for fiscal years 1999 and 
     2000 for the Next Generation Internet program, to require the 
     Advisory Committee on High-Performance Computing and 
     Communications, Information Technology, and the Next 
     Generation Internet to monitor and give advice concerning the 
     development and implementation of the Next Generation 
     Internet program and report to the President and the Congress 
     on its activities, and for other purposes.
       S. 1976. An act to increase public awareness of the plight 
     of victims of crime with developmental disabilities, to 
     collect data to measure the magnitude of the problem, and to 
     develop strategies to address the safety and justice needs of 
     victims of crime with developmental disabilities.
       S. 2022. An act to provide for the improvement of 
     interstate criminal justice identification, information, 
     communications, and forensics.
       S. 2073. An act to authorize appropriations for the 
     National Center for Missing and Exploited Children.

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       S. 2275. An act to make technical corrections to the 
     Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 
     1998.
       S. 2282. An act to amend the Arms Export Control Act, and 
     for other purposes.
       S. 2294. An act to facilitate the exchange of criminal 
     history records for noncriminal justice purposes, to provide 
     for the decentralized storage of criminal history records, to 
     amend the National Child Protection Act of 1993 to facilitate 
     the fingerprint checks authorized by that Act, and for other 
     purposes.
       S. Con. Res. 30. Concurrent resolution expressing the sense 
     of Congress that the rules of multilateral economic 
     institutions, including the International Monetary Fund and 
     the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, 
     should be amended to allow membership for the Republic of 
     China on Taiwan and other qualified economies.
       S. Con. Res. 81. Concurrent resolution honoring the Berlin 
     Airlift and commending the Berlin Sculpture Fund.
       S. Con. Res. 106. Concurrent resolution to commend the 
     Library of Congress for 200 years of outstanding service to 
     Congress and the Nation, and to encourage activities to 
     commemorate the bicentennial anniversary of the Library of 
     Congress.
       S. Con. Res. 107. Concurrent resolution affirming United 
     States commitments under the Taiwan Relations Act.

  The message also announced that pursuant to the provisions of Public 
Law 105-186, the Chair, on behalf of the Democratic Leader, appoints 
the following Senators to the Presidential Advisory Commission on 
Holocaust Assets in the United States--the Senator from California 
(Mrs. Boxer); and the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Dodd).
  The message also announced that pursuant to the provisions of Public 
Law 105-186, the Chair, on behalf of the Majority Leader, appoints the 
following Senators to the Presidential Advisory Commission on Holocaust 
Assets in the United States--the Senator from New York (Mr. D'Amato); 
and the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Specter).

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