[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]




                           MEASURES REFERRED

  The following bill was read the first and second times by unanimous 
consent and referred as indicated:

       H.R. 2496. An act to reauthorize the Junior Duck Stamp 
     Conservation and Design Program Act of 1994; to the Committee 
     on Environment and Public Works.
       H.R. 2886. 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; to the Committee on Governmental Affairs.
       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; to the Committee on Energy and Natural 
     Resources.

  The following bills were referred to the Committee on Banking, 
Housing, and Urban Affairs by unanimous consent, sequentially, and if 
the bills are not reported by that Committee by November 2, 1999, the 
Committee be discharged from further consideration thereof, and the 
bills be placed on the calendar:

       S. 225. A bill to provide housing assistance to Native 
     Hawaiians.
       S. 400. A bill to provide technical corrections to the 
     Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act 
     of 1996, to improve the delivery of housing assistance to 
     Indian tribes in a manner that recognizes the right of tribal 
     self-governance, and for other purposes.

  The following concurrent resolutions were read and referred as 
indicated:

       H. Con. Res. 20. Concurrent resolution concerning economic, 
     humanitarian, and other assistance to the northern part of 
     Somalia; to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
       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; to the 
     Committee on Foreign Relations.
       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; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
       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; to the Committee 
     on Foreign Relations.
       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; to 
     the Committee on Finance.

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