[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 141 (Monday, October 18, 1999)]
[House]
[Page H10121]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        MESSAGE FROM THE SENATE

  A message from the Senate by Ms. McDevitt, one of its clerks, 
announced that the Senate had passed with amendments in which the 
concurrence of the House is requested, bills of the House of the 
following titles:

       H.R. 659. An act to authorize appropriations for the 
     protection of Paoli and Brandywine Battlefields in 
     Pennsylvania, to direct the National Park Service to conduct 
     a special resource study of Paoli and Brandywine 
     Battlefields, to authorize the Valley Forge Museum of the 
     American Revolution at Valley Forge National Historical Park, 
     and for other purposes.
       H.R. 2990. An act to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to allow individuals greater access to health insurance 
     through a health care tax deduction, a long-term care 
     deduction, and other health-related tax incentives, to amend 
     the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to 
     provide access to and choice in health care through 
     association health plans, to amend the Public Health Service 
     Act to create new pooling opportunities for small employers 
     to obtain greater access to health coverage through 
     HealthMarts; to amend title I of the Employee Retirement 
     Income Security Act of 1974, title XXVII of the Public Health 
     Service Act, and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to protect 
     consumers in managed care plans and other health coverage; 
     and for other purposes.

  The message also announced that the Senate insists upon its amendment 
to the bill (H.R. 2990) ``An Act to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986 to allow individuals greater access to health insurance through a 
health care tax deduction, a long-term care deduction, and other 
health-related tax incentives, to amend the Employee Retirement Income 
Security Act of 1974 to provide access to and choice in health care 
through association health plans, to amend the Public Health Service 
Act to create new pooling opportunities for small employers to obtain 
greater access to health coverage through HealthMarts; to amend title I 
of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, title XXVII of 
the Public Health Service Act, and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to 
protect consumers in managed care plans and other health coverage; and 
for other purposes,'' requests a conference with the House on the 
disagreeing votes of the two Houses thereon, and appoints Mr. Jeffords, 
Mr. Gregg, Mr. Frist, Mr. Hutchinson, Mr. Nickles, Mr. Gramm, Mr. Enzi, 
Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Dodd, Mr. Harkin, Ms. Mikulski, and Mr. Rockefeller, 
to be the conferees on the part of the Senate.
  The message also announced that the Senate has passed bills of the 
following titles in which concurrence of the House is requested:

       S. 548. An act to establish the Fallen Timbers Battlefield 
     and Fort Miamis National Historical Site in the State of 
     Ohio.
       S. 762. An act to direct the Secretary of the Interior to 
     conduct a special resource study to determine the national 
     significance of the Miami Circle site in the State of Florida 
     as well as the suitability and feasibility of its inclusion 
     in the National Park System as part of Biscayne National 
     Park, and for other purposes.
       S. 938. An act to eliminate restrictions on the acquisition 
     of certain land contiguous to Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, 
     and for other purposes.

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