[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 122 (Friday, September 17, 1999)]
[House]
[Page H8383]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         SENATE BILLS REFERRED

  Bills of the Senate of the following titles were taken from the 
Speaker's table and, under the rule, referred as follows:

       S. 299. An act to elevate the position of Director of the 
     Indian Health Service within the Department of Health and 
     Human Services to Assistant Secretary for Indian Health, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Resources; in 
     addition to the Committee on Commerce for a period to be 
     subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for 
     consideration of such provisions as fall within the 
     jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
       S. 406. An act to amend the Indian Health Care Improvement 
     Act to make permanent the demonstration program that allows 
     for direct billing of medicare, medicaid, and other third 
     party payors, and to expand the eligibility under such 
     program to other tribes and tribal organizations; to the 
     Committee on Resources; in addition to the Committee on Ways 
     and Means for a period to be subsequently determined by the 
     Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as 
     fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned; in 
     addition to the Committee on Commerce for a period to be 
     subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for 
     consideration of such provisions as fall within the 
     jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
       S. 613. An act to encourage Indian economic development, to 
     provide for the disclosure of Indian tribal sovereign 
     immunity in contracts involving Indian tribes, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Resources.
       S. 614. An act to provide for regulatory reform in order to 
     encourage investment, business, and economic development with 
     respect to activities conducted on Indian lands; to the 
     Committee on Resources.
       S. 944. An act to amend Public Law 105-188 to provide for 
     the mineral leasing of certain Indian lands in Oklahoma; to 
     the Committee on Resources.

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