[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 112 (Monday, August 31, 1998)]
[Senate]
[Pages S9680-S9681]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        MESSAGES FROM THE HOUSE

  At 12:02 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

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following bills, in which it requests the concurrence of the Senate:

       H.R. 379. An act for the relief of Larry Errol Pieterse.
       H.R. 1728. An act to provide for the development of a plan 
     and a management review of the National Park System and to 
     reform the process by which areas are considered for addition 
     to the National Park System, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 1865. An act to designate certain lands in the San 
     Isabel National Forest, in Colorado, as the Spanish Peaks 
     Wilderness.
       H.R. 2070. An act to amend title 18, United States Code, to 
     provide for the testing of certain persons who are 
     incarcerated or ordered detained before trial, for the 
     presence of the human immunodeficiency virus, and for other 
     purposes.
       H.R. 2183. An act to amend the Federal Election Campaign 
     Act of 1971 to reform the financing of campaigns for 
     elections for Federal office, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 2281. An act to amend title 17, United States Code, to 
     implement the World Intellectual Property Organization 
     Copyright Treaty and Performances and Phonograms Treaty.
       H.R. 2592. An act to amend title 28 of the United States 
     Code to provide trustees the right to seek administrative and 
     judicial review of the refusal of a United States trustee to 
     assign, and of certain actions of a United States trustee 
     relating to expenses claimed relating to, cases under title 
     11 of the United States Code.
       H.R. 2744. An act for the relief of Chong Ho Kwak.
       H.R. 2759. An act to amend the Immigration and Nationality 
     Act with respect to the requirements for the admission of 
     nonimmigrant nurses who will practice in health professional 
     shortage areas.
       H.R. 3047. An act to authorize expansion of Fort Davis 
     National Historic Site in Fort Davis, Texas, by 16 acres.
       H.R. 3460. An act to approve a governing international 
     fishery agreement between the United States and the Republic 
     of Latvia, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 3633. An act to amend the Controlled Substances Import 
     and Export Act to place limitations on controlled substances 
     brought into the United States.
       H.R. 3687. An act to authorize prepayment of amounts due 
     under a water reclamation project contract for the Canadian 
     River Project, Texas.
       H.R. 3696. An act to designate the Federal courthouse 
     located at 316 North 26th Street in Billings, Montana, as the 
     ``James F. Battin United States Courthouse.''
       H.R. 3743. An act to withhold voluntary proportional 
     assistance for programs and projects of the International 
     Atomic Energy Agency relating to the development and 
     completion of the Bushehr nuclear power plant in Iran, and 
     for other purposes.
       H.R. 3790. An act to require the Secretary of the Treasury 
     to mint coins in commemoration of the bicentennial of the 
     Library of Congress.
       H.R. 3821. An act to designate the Headquarters Compound of 
     the Central Intelligence Agency located in Langley, Virginia 
     as the George H.W. Bush Center for Central Intelligence.
       H.R. 3980. An act to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     extend the authority for the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to 
     treat illnesses of Persian Gulf War veterans, to provide 
     authority to treat illnesses of veterans which may be 
     attributable to future combat service, and to revise the 
     process for determining priorities for research relative to 
     the health consequences of service in the Persian Gulf War, 
     and for other purposes.
       H.R. 4037. An act to require the Occupational Safety and 
     Health Administration to recognize that electronic forms of 
     providing material safety data sheets provide the same level 
     of access to information as paper copies and to improve the 
     presentation of safety and emergency information on such data 
     sheets.
       H.R. 4110. An act to provide a cost-of-living adjustment in 
     rates of compensation paid to veterans with service-connected 
     disabilities, to make various improvements in education, 
     housing, and cemetery programs of the Department of Veterans 
     Affairs, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 4342. An act to make miscellaneous and technical 
     changes to various trade laws, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 4380. An act making appropriations for the government 
     of the District of Columbia and other activities chargeable 
     in whole or in part against revenues of said District for the 
     fiscal year ending September 30, 1999, and for other 
     purposes.

  The message also announced that the House has agreed to the following 
concurrent resolution, in which it requests the concurrence of the 
Senate:

       H. Con. Res. 213. Concurrent resolution expressing the 
     sense of the Congress that the elimination of restrictions on 
     the importation of United States agricultural products by 
     United States trading partners should be a top priority in 
     trade negotiations.

  The message further announced that the House has passed the following 
bill, with an amendment, in which it requests the concurrence of the 
Senate:

       S. 414. An act to amend the Shipping Act of 1984 to 
     encourage competition in international shipping and growth of 
     United States imports and exports, and for other purposes.

  The message also announced that the House agrees to the amendments of 
the Senate to the bill (H.R. 3824) amending the Fastener Quality Act to 
exempt from its coverage certain fasterns approved by the Federal 
Aviation Administration for use in aircraft.

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