[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 97 (Monday, July 20, 1998)]
[House]
[Page H5864]
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                        MESSAGE FROM THE SENATE

  A message from the Senate by Mr. Lundregan, one of its clerks, 
announced that the Senate had passed without amendment bills of the 
House of the following titles:

       H.R. 1439. An act to facilitate the sale of certain land in 
     Tahoe National Forest in the State of California to Placer 
     County, California.
       H.R. 1460. An act to allow for election of the Delegate 
     from Guam by other than separate ballot, and for other 
     purposes.
       H.R. 1779. An act to make a minor adjustment in the 
     exterior boundary of the Devils Backbone Wilderness in the 
     Mark Twain National Forest, Missouri, to exclude a small 
     parcel of land containing improvements.
       H.R. 2165. An act to extend the deadline under the Federal 
     Power Act applicable to the construction of FERC Project 
     Number 3862 in the State of Iowa, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 2217. An act to extend the deadline under the Federal 
     Power Act applicable to the construction of FERC Project 
     Number 9248 in the State of Colorado, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 2841. An act to extend the time required for the 
     construction of a hydroelectric project.

  The message also 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. 434. An act to provide for the conveyance of small 
     parcels of land in the Carson National Forest and the Santa 
     Fe National Forest, New Mexico, to the village of El Rito and 
     the town of Jemez Springs, New Mexico.
       H.R. 765. An act to ensure maintenance of a herd of wild 
     horses in Cape Lookout National Seashore.
       H.R. 3616. An act to authorize appropriations for fiscal 
     year 1999 for military activities of the Department of 
     Defense, for military construction, and for defense 
     activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe 
     personnel strengths for such fiscal year for the Armed 
     Forces, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 4101. An act making appropriations for Agriculture, 
     Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related 
     Agencies programs 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. 3616) ``An Act to authorize appropriations for fiscal 
year 1999 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for 
military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of 
Energy, to prescribe personnel strengths for such fiscal year for the 
Armed Forces, and for other purposes,'' requests a conference with the 
House on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses thereon, and appoints 
Mr. Thurmond, Mr. Warner, Mr. McCain, Mr. Coats, Mr. Smith of New 
Hampshire, Mr. Kempthorne, Mr. Inhofe, Mr. Santorum, Ms. Snowe, Mr. 
Roberts, Mr. Levin, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Bingaman, Mr. Glenn, Mr. Byrd, Mr. 
Robb, Mr. Lieberman, and Mr. Cleland, 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. 4101) ``An Act making appropriations for Agriculture, 
Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies 
programs 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. Cochran, Mr. Specter, 
Mr. Bond, Mr. Gorton, Mr. McConnell, Mr. Burns, Mr. Stevens, Mr. 
Bumpers, Mr. Harkin, Mr. Kohl, Mr. Leahy, Mrs. Boxer, and Mr. Byrd, to 
be the conferees on the part of the Senate.
  The message also announced that the Senate passed bills and a 
concurrent resolution of the following titles, in which concurrence of 
the House is requested:

       S. 638. An act to provide for the expeditious completion of 
     the acquisition of private mineral interests within the Mount 
     St. Helens National Volcanic Monument mandated by the 1982 
     Act that established the Monument, and for other purposes.
       S. 1069. An act entitled the ``National Discovery Trails 
     Act of 1997''.
       S. 1132. An act to modify the boundaries of the Bandelier 
     National Monument to include the lands within the headwaters 
     of the Upper Alamo Watershed which drain into the Monument 
     and which are not currently within the jurisdiction of a 
     Federal land management agency, to authorize purchase or 
     donation of those lands, and for other purposes.
       S. 1403. An act to amend the National Historic Preservation 
     Act for purposes of establishing a national historic 
     lighthouse preservation program.
       S. 1418. An act to promote the research, identification, 
     assessment, exploration, and development of methane hydrate 
     resources, and for other purposes.
       S. 1510. An act to direct the Secretary of the Interior and 
     the Secretary of Agriculture to convey certain lands to the 
     county of Rio Arriba, New Mexico.
       S. 1683. An act to transfer administrative jurisdiction 
     over part of the Lake Chelan National Recreation Area from 
     the Secretary of the Interior to the Secretary of Agriculture 
     for inclusion in the Wenatchee National Forest.
       S. 1695. An act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior 
     to study the suitability and feasibility of designating the 
     Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Sit in the State of 
     Colorado as a unit of the National Park System, and for other 
     purposes.
       S. 1807. An act to transfer administrative jurisdiction 
     over certain parcels of public domain land in Lake Country, 
     Oregon, to facilitate management of the land, and for other 
     purposes.
       S. 2057. An act to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
     1999 for military activities of the Department of Defense, 
     for military construction, and for defense activities of the 
     Department of Energy, to prescribe personnel strengths for 
     such fiscal year for the Armed Forces, and for other 
     purposes.
       S. 2058. An act to authorize appropriates for fiscal year 
     1999 for defense activities of the Department of Energy, and 
     for other purposes.
       S. 2059. An act to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
     1999 for military construction, and for other purposes.
       S. 2060. An act to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
     1999 for military activities of the Department of Defense to 
     prescribe personnel strengths for such fiscal year for the 
     Armed Forces, and for other purposes.
       S. Con. Res. 105. Concurrent resolution expressing the 
     sense of the Congress regarding the culpability of Slobodan 
     Milosevie for war crimes, crimes against humanity, and 
     genocide in the former Yugoslavia, and for other purposes.

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