[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 129 (Thursday, September 24, 1998)]
[Senate]
[Pages S10916-S10917]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        MESSAGES FROM THE HOUSE

  At 12:12 p.m., a message from the House of Representatives, delivered 
by 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. 81. An act to designate the United States courthouse 
     located at South Michigan Street in South Bend, Indiana, as 
     the ``Robert K. Rodibaugh United States Courthouse.''
       H.R. 1481. An act to amend the Great Lakes Fish and 
     Wildlife Restoration Act of 1990 to provide for 
     implementation of recommendations of the United States Fish 
     and Wildlife Service contained in the Great Lakes Fishery 
     Resources Restoration Study.
       H.R. 1659. An act to provide for the expeditious completion 
     of the acquisition of private mineral interests within the 
     Mount St. Helens Volcanic Monument mandated by 1982 Act that 
     established the Monument, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 2000. An act to amend the Alaska Native Claims 
     Settlement Act to make certain clarifications to the land 
     bank protection provisions, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 2314. An act to restore Federal Indian services to 
     members of the Kickapoo Tribe of Oklahoma residing in 
     Maverick County, Texas, to provide trust land for the benefit 
     of the Tribe, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 3381. An act to direct the Secretary of Agriculture 
     and the Secretary of the Interior to exchange land and other 
     assets with Big Sky Lumber Co. and other entities.
       H.R. 4068. An act to make certain technical corrections in 
     laws relating to Native Americans, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 4558. An act to make technical amendments to clarify 
     the provision of benefits for noncitizens, and to improve the 
     provision of unemployment insurance, child support, and 
     supplementary security income benefits.

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

       H. Con. Res. 315. Concurrent Resolution expressing the 
     sense of the Congress condemning the atrocities by Serbian 
     police and military forces against Albanians in Kosova and 
     urging that blocked assets of the Federal Republic of 
     Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro) under control of the 
     United States and other governments be used to compensate the 
     Albanians in Kosova for losses suffered through Serbian 
     police and military.

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

       S. 1355. An act to designate the United States courthouse 
     located in New Haven,

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     Connecticut, as the ``Richard C. Lee United States 
     Courthouse.''

  At 12:44 p.m., a message from the House of Representatives, delivered 
by one of its reading clerks, announced that the House agrees to the 
report of the committee of conference on the disagreeing votes of the 
two House on the amendment of the Senate to the bill (H.R. 4112) making 
appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 1999, and for other purposes.
  At 3:00 p.m., a message from the House of Representatives, delivered 
by Mr. Hanrahan, one of its reading clerks, announced that the House 
agrees to the report of the committee of conference on the disagreeing 
votes of the two Houses on the amendment of the Senate to the bill 
(H.R. 3616) 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.


                         ENROLLED BILLS SIGNED

  The following enrolled bills, previously signed by the Speaker of the 
House, were signed on today on September 24, 1998, by the President pro 
tempore (Mr. Thurmond).

       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 Site in the State of 
     Colorado as a unit of the National Park System, and for other 
     purposes.
       H.R. 1856. An act to amend the Fish and Wildlife Act of 
     1956 to promote volunteer programs and community partnerships 
     for the benefits of national wildlife refuges, and for other 
     purposes.

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