[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 128 (Tuesday, September 28, 1999)]
[Senate]
[Pages S11563-S11564]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        MESSAGES FROM THE HOUSE

  A message from the House of Representatives, received during the 
adjournment of the Senate, announcing that the House has agreed to the 
report of committee of conference on the disagreeing votes of the two 
Houses on the amendment of the Senate to the bill (H.R. 2605) making 
appropriations for energy and water development of fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2000, and for other purposes.
  At 10:45 a.m., a message from the House of Representatives, delivered 
by Ms. Niland, one of its reading clerks, announced that the House has 
passed the following bills, without amendment:

       S. 293. An act to direct the Secretaries of Agriculture and 
     Interior and to convey certain lands in San Juan County, New 
     Mexico, to San Juan College.
       S. 944. An act to amend Public Law 105-188 to provide for 
     the mineral leasing of certain Indian lands in Oklahoma.
       S. 1072. An act to make certain technical and other 
     corrections relating to the Centennial of Flight 
     Commemoration Act (36 U.S.C. 143 note; 112 note; 112 Stat. 
     3486 et seq.).
       S. 1637. An act to extend through the end of the current 
     fiscal year certain expiring Federal Aviation Administration 
     authorizations.
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  At 2:26 p.m., a message from the House of Representatives, delivered 
by Ms. Niland, 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. 202. An act to restructure the financing for assisted 
     housing for senior citizens and otherwise provide for the 
     preservation of such housing in the 21st Century, and for 
     other purposes.
       H.R. 717. An act to amend title 49, United States Code, to 
     regulate overflights of national parks, and for other 
     purposes.
       H.R. 1934. An act to amend the Marine Mammal Protection Act 
     of 1972 to establish the John H. Prescott Marine Mammal 
     Rescue Assistance Grant Program.
       H.R. 2392. An act to amend the Small Business Act to extend 
     the authorization for the Small Business Innovation research 
     Program, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 2841. An act to amend the Revised Organic Act of the 
     Virgin Islands to provide for greater fiscal autonomy 
     consistent with other United States jurisdictions, and for 
     other purposes.
       H.R. 2942. An act to extend for 6 additional months the 
     period for which chapter 12 of title 11 of the United States 
     Code is reenacted.
       H.J. Res. 68. Joint resolution making continuing 
     appropriations for the fiscal year 2000, 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. 140. Concurrent resolution expressing the 
     sense of the Congress that Haiti should conduct free, fair, 
     transparent, and peaceful elections, and for other purposes.
       H. Con. Res. 187. Concurrent resolution expressing the 
     sense of the Congress regarding the European Council noise 
     rule affecting hushkitted and reengined aircraft.

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

       S. 323. An act to redesignate the Black Canyon of the 
     Gunnison National Monument as a national park and establish 
     the Gunnison Gorge National Conservation Area, and for other 
     purposes.

  The message also announced that pursuant to section 1 of the Act to 
create a Library of Congress Trust Fund Board (2 U.S.C. 154), as 
amended by section 1 of Public Law 102-246, the Speaker reappoints the 
following member on the part of the House to the Library of Congress 
Trust Fund Board for a 5-year term: Mr. Edwin L. Cox of Dallas, Texas.


                         enrolled bills signed

  The message further announced that the Speaker has signed the 
following enrolled bills:

       S. 293. An act to direct the Secretaries of Agriculture and 
     Interior to convey certain

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     lands in San Juan County, New Mexico to San Juan College.
       S. 944. An act to amend Public Law 105-188 to provide for 
     the mineral leasing of certain Indian lands in Oklahoma.
       S. 1072. An act to make certain technical and other 
     corrections relating to the Centennial of Flight 
     Commemoration Act (36 U.S.C. 143 note; 112 Stat. 3486 et 
     seq.).
       S. 1637. An act to extend through the end of the current 
     fiscal year certain expiring Federal Aviation Administration 
     authorizations.

  The enrolled bills were signed subsequently by the President pro 
tempore (Mr. Thurmond).

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