[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 144 (Monday, October 12, 1998)]
[Senate]
[Pages S12401-S12402]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




             MESSAGES FROM THE HOUSE RECEIVED DURING RECESS

  Under the authority of the order of the Senate of January 7, 1997, 
the Secretary of the Senate, on October 12, 1998, during the recess of 
the Senate, received a message from the House of Representatives 
announcing that the House has passed the following bills, in which it 
requests the concurrence of the Senate:

       H.R. 3610. An act to authorize and facilitate a program to 
     enhance training, research and development, energy 
     conservation and efficiency, and consumer education in the 
     oilheat industry for the benefit of oilheat consumers and the 
     public, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 3910. Ac act to authorize the Automobile National 
     Heritage Area in the State of Michigan, and for other 
     purposes.
       H.R. 4566. An act to make technical corrections to the 
     National Capital Revitalization and Self-Government 
     Improvement Act of 1997 with respect to the courts and court 
     system of the District of Columbia.
       H.R. 4567. An act to amend titles XI and XVIII of the 
     Social Security Act to revise the per beneficiary and per 
     visit home health payment limits under the medicare program, 
     to improve access to health care services for certain 
     medicare-eligible veterans, to authorize additional 
     exceptions to the imposition of civil money penalties in 
     cases of payments to beneficiaries, and to expand the 
     membership of the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission.
       H.R. 4735. An act to make technical corrections to the 
     Omnibus Parks and Public Lands Management Act of 1996.

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

       H. Con. Res. 295. Concurrent resolution expressing the 
     sense of Congress that the 65th anniversary of the Ukrainian 
     Famine of 1932-1933 should serve as a reminder of the 
     brutality of the government of the former Soviet Union's 
     repressive policies toward the Ukrainian people.
       H. Con. Res. 320. Concurrent resolution supporting the 
     Baltic people of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania, and 
     condemning the Nazi-Soviet Pact of Non-Aggression of August 
     23, 1939.
       H. Con. Res. 334. Concurrent resolution relating to 
     Taiwan's participation in the World Health Organization.

  The message further announced that the House agrees to the amendments 
of the Senate to the bill (H.R. 2186) to authorize the Secretary of the 
Interior to provide assistance to the National Historic Trails 
Interpretive Center in Casper, Wyoming.
  The message also announced that the House agrees to the amendments of 
the Senate to the bill (H.R. 2431) to establish an Office of Religious 
Persecutions Monitoring, to provide for the imposition of sanction 
against countries engaged in a pattern of religious persecution, and 
for other purposes.
  The message further announced that the House agrees to the amendment 
of the Senate to the bill (H.R. 2616) to amend title VI and X of the 
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to improve and expand 
charter schools.
  The message also announced that the House agrees to the amendment of 
the Senate to the bill (H.R. 2886) to provide for a demonstration 
project in the Stanislaus National Forest, California, under which a 
private contractor will perform multiple resource management activities 
for that unit of the National Forest System.
  The message further announced that the House agrees to the amendments 
of the Senate to the bill (H.R. 3528) to amend title 28, United States 
Code, with respect to the use of alternative dispute resolution process 
in United States district courts, and for other purposes.
  The message also announced that the House agrees to the amendment of 
the Senate to the bill (H.R. 3796) to authorize the Secretary of 
Agriculture to convey the administrative site for the Rogue River 
National Forest and use the proceeds for the construction or 
improvement of offices and support buildings for the Rogue River 
National Forest and the Bureau of Land Management.
  The message further announced that the House agrees to the amendments 
of the Senate to the bill (H.R. 3903) to provide for an exchange of 
lands located near Gustavus, Alaska, and for other purposes.
  The message further announced that the House agrees to the amendment 
of the Senate to the bill (H.R. 4309) to provided a comprehensive 
program of support for victims of torture.
  The message also announced that the House has passed the following 
bills, with an amendment, in which it requests the concurrence of the 
Senate:

       S. 391. An act to provide for the disposition of certain 
     funds appropriated to pay judgment in favor of the 
     Mississippi Sioux Indians, and for other purposes.
       S. 852. An act to establish nationally uniform requirements 
     regarding the titling and registration of salvage, 
     nonrepairable, and rebuild vehicles.
       S. 1408. An act to establish the Lower East Side Tenement 
     National Historic Site, and for other purposes.
       S. 1525. An act to provide financial assistance for higher 
     education to the dependents of Federal, State, and local 
     public safety officers who are killed or permanently and 
     totally disabled as the result of a traumatic injury 
     sustained in the line of duty.

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

       S. 469. An act to designate a portion of the Sudbury, 
     Assabet, and Concord Rivers as a component of the National 
     Wild and Scenic Rivers System.
       S. 1677. An act reauthorize the North American Wetlands 
     Conservation Act and the Partnerships for Wildlife Act.
       S. 1718. An act to amend the Weir Farm National Historic 
     Site Establishment Act of 1990 to authorize the acquisition 
     of additional acreage for the historic site to permit the 
     development of visitor and administrative facilities and to 
     authorize the appropriations of additional amounts for the 
     acquisition of real and personal property.
       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.

  The message also announced that the House has passed the following 
bills and joint resolution, without amendment:

       S. 231. An act to establish the National Cave and Karst 
     Research Institute in the State of New Mexico, and for other 
     purposes.
       S. 1333. An act to amend the Land and Water Conservation 
     Fund Act of 1965 to allow national park units that cannot 
     charge an entrance or admission fee to retain other fees and 
     charges.
       S. 2106. An act to expand the boundaries of Arches National 
     Park, Utah, to include portions of certain drainages that are 
     under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Land Management, and 
     to include a portion of Fish Seep Draw owned by the State of 
     Utah, and for other purposes.

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       S. 2240. An act to establish the Adams National Historic 
     Park in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and for other 
     purposes.
       S. 2246. An act to amend the Act which establish the 
     Federal Law Olmstead National Historic Site, in the 
     Commonwealth of Massachusetts, by modifying the boundary, and 
     for other purposes.
       S. 2285. An act to establish a commission, in honor of the 
     150th Anniversary of the Seneca Falls Convention, to further 
     protect sites of importance in the historic efforts to secure 
     equal rights for women.
       S. 2413. An act providing the conveyance of Woodland Lake 
     Park tract in Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest in the State 
     of Arizona unless the conveyance is made to the town of 
     Pinetop-Lakeside or is authorized by Act of Congress.
       S. 2427. An act to amend the Omnibus Parks and Public Lands 
     Management Act of 1996 to extend the legislative authority 
     for the Black Patriots Foundation to establish a 
     commemorative work.
       S. 2468. An act to designate the Biscayne National Park 
     Visitor Center as the Dante Fascell Visitor Center.
       S.J. Res. 58. Joint resolution recognizing the 
     accomplishments of Inspectors General since their creation in 
     1978 in preventing and detecting waste, fraud, abuse, and 
     mismanagement, and in promoting economy, efficiency, and 
     effectiveness in the Federal Government.

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