[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 151 (Wednesday, October 21, 1998)]
[House]
[Pages H11703-H11704]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




        BILLS AND A JOINT RESOLUTION PRESENTED TO THE PRESIDENT

  Mr. THOMAS, from the Committee on House Oversight, reported that that 
committee did on the following dates present to the President, for his 
approval, bills and a joint resolution of the House of the following 
titles:

           On October 20, 1998:
       H.R. 624. To amend the Armored Car Industry Act of 1993 to 
     clarify certain requirements and to improve the flow of 
     interstate commerce.
       H.R. 678. To require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint 
     coins in commemoration of Thomas Alva Edison and the 125th 
     anniversary of Edison's invention of the light bulb, and for 
     other purposes.
       H.R. 700. To remove the restriction on the distribution of 
     certain revenue from the Mineral Springs parcel to certain 
     members of the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians.
       H.R. 1021. To provide for a land exchange involving certain 
     National Forest System lands within the Routt National Forest 
     in the State of Colorado.
       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.
       H.R. 1274. To authorize appropriations for the National 
     Institute of Standards and Technology for fiscal years 1998 
     and 1999, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 1702. To encourage the development of a commercial 
     space industry in the United States, and for other purposes.
       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.
       H.R. 1853. To amend the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and 
     Applied Technology Education Act.
       H.R. 2000. To amend the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act 
     to make certain clarifications to the land bank protection 
     provisions, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 2186. To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to 
     provide assistance to the National Historic Trails 
     Interpretive Center in Casper, Wyoming.
       H.R. 2281. To amend title 17, United States Code, to 
     implement the World Intellectual Property Organization 
     Copyright Treaty and Performances and Phonograms Treaty, and 
     for other purposes.
       H.R. 2327. To provide for a change in the exemption from 
     the child labor provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 
     1938 for minors who are 17 years of age and who engage in the 
     operation of automobiles and trucks.
       H.R. 2370. To amend the Organic Act of Guam to clarify 
     local executive and legislative provisions in such Act, and 
     for other purposes.
       H.R. 2616. To amend title VI and X of the Elementary and 
     Secondary Education Act of 1965 to improve and expand charter 
     schools.
       H.R. 2675. To provide for the Office of Personnel 
     Management to conduct a study and submit a report to Congress 
     on the provision of certain options for universal life 
     insurance coverage and additional death and dismemberment 
     insurance under chapter 87 of title 5, United States Code, to 
     improve the administration of such chapter, and for other 
     purposes.
       H.R. 2795. To extend certain contracts between the Bureau 
     of Reclamation and irrigation water contractors in Wyoming 
     and Nebraska that receive water from Glendo Reservoir.
       H.R. 2807. To clarify restrictions under the Migratory Bird 
     Treaty Act on baiting and to facilitate acquisition of 
     migratory bird habitat, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 3055. To deem the activities of the Miccosukee Tribe 
     on the Miccosukee Reserved Area to be consistent with the 
     purposes of the Everglades National Park, and for other 
     purposes.
       H.R. 3069. To extend the Advisory Council on California 
     Indian Policy to allow the Advisory Council to advise 
     Congress on the implementation of the proposals and 
     recommendations of the Advisory Council.
       H.R. 3332. To amend the High-Performance Computing Act of 
     1991 to authorize appropriations for fiscal years 1999 and 
     2000 for the Next Generation Internet program, to require the 
     President's Information Technology Advisory Committee to 
     monitor and give advice concerning the development and 
     implementation of the Next Generation Internet program and to 
     report to the President and the Congress on its activities, 
     and for other purposes.
       H.R. 3494. To amend title 18, United States Code, to 
     protect children from sexual abuse and exploitation, and for 
     other purposes.
       H.R. 3528. To amend title 28, United States Code, with 
     respect to the use of alternative dispute resolution 
     processes in United States district courts, and for other 
     purposes.
       H.R. 3687. To authorize payment of amounts due under a 
     water reclamation project contract for the Canadian River 
     Project, Texas.

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       H.R. 3830. To provide for the exchange of certain lands 
     with the State of Utah.
       H.R. 3874. To amend the National School Lunch Act and Child 
     Nutrition Act of 1966 to provide children with increased 
     access to food and nutrition assistance, to simplify certain 
     authorities contained in those Acts through fiscal year 2003, 
     and for other purposes.
       H.R. 3903. To provide for an exchange of lands located near 
     Gustavus, Alaska, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 4079. To authorize the construction of temperature 
     control devices at Folsom Dam in California.
       H.R. 4151. To amend chapter 47 of title 18, United States 
     Code, relating to identity fraud, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 4166. To amend the Idaho Admission Act regarding the 
     sale of lease of school land.
       H.R. 4259. To allow Haskell Indian Nations University and 
     the Southwestern Polytechnic Institute each to conduct a 
     demonstration project to test the feasibility and 
     desirability of new personnel management policies and 
     procedures, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 4293. To establish a cultural training program for 
     disadvantaged individuals to assist the Irish peace process.
       H.R. 4309. To provide a comprehensive program of support 
     for victims of torture.
       H.R. 4326. To transfer administrative jurisdiction over 
     certain Federal lands located within or adjacent to the Rogue 
     River National Forest and to clarify the authority of the 
     Bureau of Land Management to sell and exchange other Federal 
     lands in Oregon.
       H.R. 4337. To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to 
     provide financial assistance to the State of Maryland for a 
     pilot program to develop measures to eradicate or control 
     nutria and restore marshland damaged by nutria.
       H.R. 4566. 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. 4558. To make technical amendments to clarify the 
     provision of benefits for noncitizens, and to improve the 
     provision of unemployment insurance, child support, and 
     supplemental security income benefits.
       H.R. 4655. To establish a program to support a transition 
     to democracy in Iraq.
       H.R. 4660. To amend the State Department Basic Authorities 
     Act of 1956 to provide rewards for information leading to the 
     arrest or conviction of any individual for the commission of 
     an act, or conspiracy to act, of international terrorism, 
     narcotics related offenses, or for serious violations of 
     international humanitarian law relating to the Former 
     Yugoslavia, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 4679. To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic 
     Act to clarify the circumstances in which a substance is 
     considered to be a pesticide chemical for purposes of such 
     Act, and for other purposes.
       H.J. Res. 137. Making further continuing appropriations for 
     the fiscal year 1999, and for other purposes.
           On October 21, 1998:
       H.R. 1757. To consolidate international affairs agencies, 
     to authorize appropriations for the Department of State and 
     related agencies for fiscal years 1998 and 1999, and to 
     ensure that the enlargement of the North Atlantic Treaty 
     Organization (NATO) proceeds in a manner consistent with 
     United States interests, to strengthen relations between the 
     United States and Russia, to preserve the prerogatives of the 
     Congress with respect to certain arms control agreements, and 
     for other purposes.
       H.R. 4328. Making omnibus consolidated and emergency 
     appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1999, 
     and for other purposes.

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