[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 148 (Wednesday, October 27, 1999)]
[Senate]
[Page S13255]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         MESSAGE FROM THE HOUSE

  At 1:50 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, without amendment:

       S. 1652. An act to designate the Old Executive Office 
     Building located at 17th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, 
     in Washington, District of Columbia, as the Dwight D. 
     Eisenhower Executive Office Building.
       S. 437. An act to designate the United States courthouse 
     under construction at 333 Las Vegas Boulevard South in Las 
     Vegas, Nevada, as the ``Lloyd D. George United States 
     Courthouse.''

  The message also announced that the House has agreed to the 
amendments of the Senate to the bill (H.R. 1175) to locate and secure 
the return of Zachary Baumel, a United States citizen, and other 
Israeli soldiers missing in action.
  The message further announced that pursuant to section 1404 of Public 
Law 99-661 (20 U.S.C. 4703), the Minority Leader appoints the following 
Member to the Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education 
Foundation: Mr. Owen B. Pickett of Virginia.
  The message also announced that the House has passed the following 
bill, with amendments, in which it requests the concurrence of the 
Senate:

       S. 1255. An act to protect consumers and promote electronic 
     commerce by amending certain trademark infringement, 
     dilution, and counterfeiting laws, and for other purposes.

  The message further announced that the House has passed the following 
bills, in which it requests the concurrence of the Senate:

       H.R. 970. An act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior 
     to provide assistance to the Perkins County Rural Water 
     System, Inc. for the construction of water supply facilities 
     in Perkins County, South Dakota.
       H.R. 1528. An act to reauthorize and amend the National 
     Geologic Mapping Act of 1992.
       H.R. 1753. An act to promote the research, identification, 
     assessment, exploration, and development of gas hydrate 
     resources, and other purposes.
       H.R. 2496. An act to reauthorize the Junior Duck Stamp 
     Conservation and Design Program Act of 1994.
       H.R. 2885. An act to provide uniform safeguards for the 
     confidentiality of information acquired for exclusively 
     statistical purposes, and to improve the efficiency and 
     quality of Federal statistics and Federal statistical 
     programs by permitting limited sharing of records among 
     designated agencies for statistical purposes under strong 
     safeguards.
       H.R. 2970. An act to prescribe certain terms for the 
     resettlement of the people of Rongelap Atoll due to 
     conditions created of Rongelap during United States 
     administration of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, 
     and other purposes.
       H.R. 3061. An act to amend the Immigration and Nationality 
     Act to extend for an additional 2 years the period for 
     admission of an alien as a nonimmigrant under section 
     101(a)(15)(S) of such Act, and to authorize appropriations 
     for the refugee assistance program under chapter 2 of title 
     IV of the Immigration and Nationality Act.
  The message also announced that the House has agreed to the following 
concurrent resolution, in which it requests the concurrence of the 
Senate:

       H. Con. Res. 20. Concurrent resolution concerning economic, 
     humanitarian, and other assistance to the northern part of 
     Somalia.
       H. Con. Res. 46. Concurrent resolution urging an end of the 
     war between Eritrea and Ethiopia and calling on the United 
     Nations Human Rights Commission and other human rights 
     organizations to investigate human rights abuses in 
     connection with the Eritrean and Ethiopian conflict.
       H. Con. Res. 102. Concurrent resolution celebrating the 
     50th anniversary of the Geneva Conventions of 1949 and 
     recognizing the humanitarian safeguards these treaties 
     provide in times of armed conflict.
       H. Con. Res. 188. Concurrent resolution commending Greece 
     and Turkey for their mutual and swift response to the recent 
     earthquakes in both countries by providing to each other 
     humanitarian assistance and rescue relief.
       H. Con. Res. 190. Concurrent resolution urging the United 
     States to seek a global consensus supporting a moratorium on 
     tariffs on special, multiple, and discriminatory taxation of 
     electronic commerce.
       H. Con. Res. 208. Concurrent resolution expressing the 
     sense of Congress that there should be no increase in Federal 
     taxes in order to fund additional Governmental spending.

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