[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 152 (Thursday, November 12, 1998)]
[House]
[Pages H11709-H11710]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




  BILLS AND JOINT RESOLUTION APPROVED BY THE PRESIDENT AFTER SINE DIE 
                              ADJOURNMENT

  The President notified the Clerk of the House that on the following 
dates he had approved and signed bills and a joint resolution of the 
following titles:

           October 22, 1998:
       H.R. 2616. An act to amend title VI and X of the Elementary 
     and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to improve and expand 
     charter schools.
           October 23, 1998:
       H.R. 1659. An act to provide for the expeditious completion 
     of the acquisition of private mineral interests within the 
     Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument mandated by the 
     1982 Act that established the Monument, and for other 
     purposes.
           October 26, 1998:
       H.R. 2411. An act to provide for a land exchange involving 
     the Cape Cod National Seashore and to extend the authority 
     for the Cape Cod Seashore Advisory Commission.
       H.R. 2886. An act to provide for a demonstration project in 
     the Stanislaus National Forest, California, under which a 
     private

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     contractor will perform multiple resource management 
     activities for that unit of the National Forest System.
       H.R. 3796. An act 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.
       H.R. 4081. An act to extend the deadline under the Federal 
     Power Act applicable to the construction of a hydroelectric 
     project in the State of Arkansas.
       H.R. 4284. An act to authorize the Government of India to 
     establish a memorial to honor Mahatma Gandhi in the District 
     of Columbia.
           October 27, 1998:
       H.R. 8. An act to amend the Clean Air Act to deny entry 
     into the United States of certain foreign motor vehicles that 
     do not comply with State laws governing motor vehicle 
     emissions, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 624. An act to amend the Armored Car Industry 
     Reciprocity Act of 1993 to clarify certain requirements and 
     to improve the flow of interstate commerce.
       H.R. 1021. An act 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. An act 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. 2186. An act to authorize the Secretary of the 
     Interior to provide assistance to the National Historic 
     Trails Interpretive Center in Casper, Wyoming.
       H.R. 2370. An act to amend the Organic Act of Guam to 
     clarify local executive and legislative provisions in such 
     act, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 2431. An act to express United States foreign policy 
     with respect to, and to strengthen United States advocacy on 
     behalf of, individuals persecuted in foreign countries on 
     account of religion; to authorize United States actions in 
     response to violations of religious freedom in foreign 
     countries; to establish an Ambassador at Large for 
     International Religious Freedom within the Department of 
     State, a Commission on International Religious Freedom, and a 
     special Adviser on International Religious Freedom within the 
     National Security Council; and for other purposes.
       H.R. 2795. An act 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. 3069. An act 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. 4079. An act to authorize the construction of 
     temperature control devices at Folsom Dam in California.
       H.R. 4166. An act to amend the Idaho Admission Act 
     regarding the sale or lease of school land.
           On October 28, 1998:
       H.R. 1702. An act to encourage the development of a 
     commercial space industry in the United States, 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, and 
     for other purposes.
       H.R. 3332. An act 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 
     report to the President and the Congress on its activities, 
     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 
     supplemental security income benefits.
           On October 30, 1998:
       H.R. 700. An act to remove the restriction on the 
     distribution of certain revenues from the Mineral Springs 
     parcel to certain members of the Agua Caliente Band of 
     Cahuilla Indians.
       H.R. 1274. An act to authorize appropriations for the 
     National Institute of Standards and Technology for fiscal 
     years 1998 and 1999, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 1756. An act 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. 2675. An act 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. 2807. An act 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. An act 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. 3494. An act to amend title 18, United States Code, to 
     protect children from sexual abuse and exploitation, and for 
     other purposes.
       H.R. 3528. An act 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. An act to authorize prepayment of amounts due 
     under a water reclamation project contract for the Canadian 
     River Project, Texas.
       H.R. 3903. An act to provide for an exchange of lands 
     located near Gustavus, Alaska. And for other purposes.
       H.R. 4151. An act to amend chapter 47 of title 18, United 
     States Code, relating to identify fraud. And for other 
     purposes.
       H.R. 4293. An act to establish a cultural training program 
     for disadvantaged individuals to assist the Irish peace 
     process.
       H.R. 4309. An act to provide a comprehensive program of 
     support for victims of torture.
       H.R. 4326. An act 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. An act to authorize the Secretary of the 
     Interior to provide financial assistance to the Sate of 
     Maryland for a pilot program to develop measures to eradicate 
     or control nutria and restore marshland damaged by nutria.
       H.R. 4660. An act 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 tact, 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. An act 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.
           On October 31, 1998:
       H.R. 678. An act 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. 1853. An act to amend the Carl D. Perkins Vocational 
     and Applied Technology Education Act.
       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. 2327. An act 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. 3830. An act to provide for the exchange of certain 
     lands within the State of Utah.
       H.R. 3874. An act to amend the National School Lunch Act 
     and the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 to provide children with 
     increased access to food and nutrition assistance, to 
     simplify program operations and improve program management, 
     to extend certain authorities contained in those Acts through 
     fiscal year 2003. And for other purposes.
       H.R. 4259. An act to allow Haskell Indian Nations 
     University and the Southwestern Indian 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. 4655. An act to establish a program to support a 
     transition to democracy in Iraq.
           On November 3, 1998
       H.J. Res. 138. Joint resolution appointing the day for the 
     convening of the first session of the One Hundred Sixth 
     Congress.
           On November 6, 1998
       H.R. 3910. An act to authorize the Automobile National 
     Heritage Area in the State of Michigan. And for other 
     purposes.

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