[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 157 (Tuesday, November 9, 1999)]
[Senate]
[Page S14405]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         MESSAGE FROM THE HOUSE

  At 11:22 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, in which it requests the concurrence of the 
Senate:

       H.R. 359. An act to clarify the intent of Congress in 
     Public Law 93-632 to require the Secretary of Agriculture to 
     continue to provide for the maintenance and operation of 18 
     concrete dams and weirs that were located in the Emigrant 
     Wilderness at the time the wilderness area was designated in 
     that Public Law.
       H.R. 1832. An act to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 
     1938 to increase the Federal minimum wage.
       H.R. 2307. An act to designate the building of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 5 Cedar Street in Hopkinton, 
     Massachusetts, as the ``Thomas J. Brown Post Office 
     Building.''
       H.R. 2904. An act to amend the Ethics in Government Act of 
     1978 to reauthorize funding for the Office of Government 
     Ethics.
       H.R. 3002. An act to provide for the continued preparation 
     of certain useful reports concerning public lands, Native 
     Americans, fisheries, wildlife, insular areas, and other 
     natural resources-related matters, and to repeal provisions 
     of law regarding terminated reporting requirements concerning 
     such matters.
       H.R. 3077. An act to amend the Act that authorized 
     construction of the San Luis Unit of the Central Valley 
     Project, California, to facilitate water transfers in the 
     Central Valley Project.
       H.R. 3189. An act to designate the United States post 
     office located at 14071 Peyton Drive in Chino Hills, 
     California, as the ``Joseph Ileto Post Office.''

  The message also announced that the House disagrees to the amendments 
of the Senate to the bill (H.R. 2116) to amend title 38, United States 
Code, to establish a program of extended care services for veterans and 
to make other improvements in health care programs of the Department of 
Veterans Affairs, and agrees to the conference asked by the Senate on 
the disagreeing votes of the two Houses thereon; and appoints Mr. 
Stump, Mr. Smith of New Jersey, Mr. Quinn, Mr. Stearns, Mr. Evans, Ms. 
Brown of Florida, and Mr. Doyle, as managers of the conference on the 
part of the House.
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  At 2:15 p.m., a message from the House of Representatives, delivered 
by Ms. Niland, one of its reading clerks, announced that the House 
agrees to the amendment of the Senate to the bill (H.R. 2280) to amend 
title 38, United States Code, to provide a cost-of-living adjustment in 
rates of compensation paid for service connected disabilities, to 
enhance the compensation, memorial affairs, and housing programs of the 
Department of Veterans Affairs, to improve retirement authorities 
applicable to judges of the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans 
Claims, and for other purposes, with amendments, in which it requests 
the concurrence of the Senate.
  The message also announced that the House has passed the following 
joint resolution, in which it requests the concurrence of the Senate:

       H.J. Res. 76. Joint resolution waiving certain enrollment 
     requirements for the remainder of the first session of the 
     One Hundred Sixth Congress with respect to any bill or joint 
     resolution making general appropriations or continuing 
     appropriations for fiscal year 2000.
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  At 5:12 p.m., a message from the House of Representatives, delivered 
by Ms. Niland, one of its reading clerks, announced that the House 
agrees to the report of the committee of conference on the disagreeing 
votes of the two Houses on the amendment of the Senate to the bill 
(H.R. 1555) to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2000 for 
intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the United States 
Government, the Community Management Account, and the Central 
Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System, and for other 
purposes.




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