[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 150 (Tuesday, October 20, 1998)]
[Senate]
[Page S12717]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        MESSAGES FROM THE HOUSE

  At 10:01 a.m., a message from the House of Representatives, delivered 
by Mr. Keleher, one of its reading clerks, announced that the House has 
passed the following bills and joint resolution, in which it requests 
the concurrence of the Senate:

       H.R. 1467. An act to provide for the continuance of oil and 
     gas operations pursuant to certain existing leases in the 
     Wayne National Forest.
       H.R. 3972. An act to amend the Outer Continental Shelf 
     Lands Act to prohibit the Secretary of the Interior from 
     charging State and local government agencies for certain uses 
     of the sand, gravel, and shell resources of the Outer 
     Continental Shelf.
       H.R. 4572. An act to classify that governmental pension 
     plans of the possessions of the United States shall be 
     treated in the same manner as State pension plans for 
     purposes of the limitation on the State income taxation of 
     pension income.
       H.R. 4821. An act to extend into fiscal year 1999 the visa 
     processing period for diversity applicants whose visa 
     processing was suspended during fiscal year 1998 due to 
     embassy bombings.
       H.R. 4829. An act to authorize the Secretary of the 
     Interior to transfer administrative jurisdiction over land 
     within the boundaries of the Home of Franklin D. Roosevelt 
     National Historic Site to the Archivist of the United States 
     for the construction of a visitor center, and for other 
     purposes.
       H.R. 4831. An act to temporarily reenact chapter 12 of 
     title 11 of the United States Code.
       H.J. Res. 137. Joint resolution making further continuing 
     appropriations for the fiscal year 1999, and for other 
     purposes.

  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. 351. Concurrent resolution directing the Clerk 
     of the House of Representatives to make a technical 
     correction in the enrollment of the bill H.R. 3910.
       H. Con. Res. 352. Concurrent resolution directing the Clerk 
     of the House of Representatives to make technical corrections 
     in the enrollment of a bill.

  The message further announced that the House agrees to the amendment 
of the Senate to the bill (H.R. 1197) to amend title 35, United States 
Code, to protect patent owners against the unauthorized sale of plant 
parts taken from plants illegally reproduced, and for other purposes.
  The message also announced that the House agrees to the amendment of 
the Senate to the bill (H.R. 1756) to amend chapter 53 of title 31, 
United States Code, to require the development and implementation by 
the Secretary of the Treasury of a national money laundering and 
related financial crimes strategy to combat money laundering and 
related financial crimes, and for other purposes.
  The message further announced that the House has passed the following 
bill, with an amendment, in which it requests the concurrence of the 
Senate:

       H.R. 2204. An act to authorize appropriations for fiscal 
     years 1998 and 1999 for the Coast Guard, and for other 
     purposes, with an amendment.


                    enrolled joint resolution signed

  The message also announced that the Speaker has signed the following 
enrolled joint resolution:

       H.J. Res. 137. Joint resolution making further continuing 
     appropriations for the fiscal year 1999, and for other 
     purposes.

  The enrolled joint resolution was signed subsequently by the 
President pro tempore (Mr. Thurmond).

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