[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 163 (Wednesday, November 17, 1999)]
[Senate]
[Page S14693]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        MESSAGES FROM THE HOUSE

  At 10:02 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. 2541. An act to adjust the boundaries of the Gulf 
     Islands National Seashore to include Cat Island, Mississippi.
       H.R. 2818. An act to prohibit oil and gas drilling in 
     Mosquito Creek Lake in Cortland, Ohio.
       H.R. 2862. An act to direct the Secretary of the Interior 
     to release reversionary interests held by the United States 
     in certain parcels of land in Washington County, Utah, to 
     facilitate an anticipated land exchange.
       H.R. 2863. An act to clarify the legal effect on the United 
     States of the acquisition of a parcel of land in the Red 
     Cliffs Desert Reserve in the State of Utah.
       H.R. 3063. An act to amend the Mineral Leasing Act to 
     increase the maximum acreage of Federal leases for sodium 
     that may be held by an entity in any one State, and for other 
     purposes.
       H.R. 3257. An act to amend the Congressional Budget Act of 
     1974 to assist the Congressional Budget Office with the 
     scoring of State and local mandates.
       H.R. 3257. An act to require the Secretary of the Treasury 
     to mint coins in conjunction with the minting of coins by the 
     Republic of Iceland in commemoration of the millennium of the 
     discovery of the New World by Lief Ericson.

  .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. 165. Concurrent resolution expressing United 
     States policy toward the Slovak Republic.
       H. Con. Res. 206. Concurrent resolution expressing grave 
     concern regarding armed conflict in the North Caucasus region 
     of the Russian Federation which has resulted in civilian 
     casualties and internally displaced persons, and urging all 
     sides to pursue dialog for peaceful resolution of the 
     conflict.
       H. Con. Res. 211. Concurrent resolution expressing the 
     strong support of the Congress for the recently concluded 
     elections in the Republic of India and urging the President 
     to travel to India.
       H. Con. Res. 222. Concurrent resolution condemning the 
     assassination of Armenian Prime Minister Vazgen Sargsian and 
     other officials of the Armenian Government and expressing the 
     sense of the Congress in mourning this tragic loss of the 
     duly elected leadership of Armenia.

  The message further announced that the House agrees to the report of 
the committee of conference on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses 
on 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.
  The message also reported that the House disagrees to the amendment 
of the Senate to the bill (H.R. 2112) to amend title 28, United States 
Code, to allow a judge to whom a case is transferred to retain 
jurisdiction over certain multidistrict litigation cases for trial, and 
to provide for Federal jurisdiction of certain multiparty, multiform 
civil actions, and asks a conference with the Senate on the disagreeing 
votes of the two houses thereon; and appoints Mr. Hyde, Mr. 
Sensenbrenner, Mr. Coble, Mr. Conyers, and Mr. Berman, as managers of 
the conference on the part of the House.
                                  ____

  At 11:20 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 joint resolutions, in which it requests the 
concurrence of the Senate:

       H.J. Res. 80. Joint resolution making further continuing 
     appropriations for the fiscal year 2000, and for other 
     purposes.
                                  ____

  A message from the House of Representatives, received during the 
recess of the Senate, announced that the House has passed the following 
bills, without amendment:

       S. 278. An act to direct the Secretary of the Interior to 
     convey certain lands to the county of Rio Arriba, New Mexico.
       S. 382. An act to establish the Minuteman Missile National 
     Historic Site in the State of South Dakota, and for other 
     purposes.
       S. 1235. An act to amend part G of title I of the Omnibus 
     Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to allow railroad 
     police officers to attend the Federal Bureau of Investigation 
     National Academy for law enforcement training.
       S. 1398. An act to clarify certain boundaries on maps 
     relating to the Coastal Barrier Resources System.

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


       S. 416. An act to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to 
     convey the city of Sisters, Oregon, a certain parcel of land 
     for use in connection with a sewage treatment facility.
                                  ____

  At 3:33 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 bill, in which it requests the concurrence of the 
Senate:

       H.R. 3381. An act to reauthorize the Overseas Private 
     Investment Corporation and the Trade and Development Agency, 
     and for other purposes.


                    enrolled joint resolution signed

  At 4:33 p.m., a message from the House of Representatives, delivered 
by Ms. Niland, one of its reading clerks, announced that the Speaker 
had signed the following enrolled joint resolution:

       H.J. Res. 80. Joint resolution making further continuing 
     appropriations for the fiscal year 2000, and for other 
     purposes.

  The enrolled joint resolution was signed subsequently by the 
President pro tempore (Mr. Thurmond).

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