[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 166 (Monday, November 22, 1999)]
[House]
[Pages H12898-H12900]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        MESSAGE FROM THE SENATE

  A message from the Senate by Mr. Lundregan, one of its clerks, 
announced that the Senate had passed without amendment bills, joint 
resolutions and concurrent resolutions of the House of the following 
titles:

       H.R. 15. An act to designate a portion of the Otay Mountain 
     region of California as wilderness.
       H.R. 20. An act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior 
     to construct and operate a visitor center for the Upper 
     Delaware Scenic and Recreational River on land owned by the 
     State of New York.
       H.R. 100. An act to establish designations for United 
     States Postal Service buildings in Philadelphia, 
     Pennsylvania.
       H.R. 197. An act to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service at 410 North 6th Street in Garden City, 
     Kansas, as the ``Clifford R. Hope Post Office''.
       H.R. 322. An act for the relief of Suchada Kwong.
       H.R. 449. An act to authorize the Gateway Visitor Center at 
     Independence National Historical Park, and for other 
     purposes.
       H.R. 459. An act to extend the deadline under the Federal 
     Power Act for FERC Project No. 9401, the Mt. Hope Waterpower 
     Project.
       H.R. 592. An act to designate a portion of Gateway National 
     Recreation Area as ``World War Veterans Park at Miller 
     Field''.
       H.R. 658. An act to establish the Thomas Cole National 
     Historic Site in the State of New York as an affiliated area 
     of the National Park System.
       H.R. 747. An act to protect the permanent trust funds of 
     the State of Arizona from erosion due to inflation and modify 
     the basis on which distributions are made from those funds.
       H.R. 748. An act to amend the Act that established the 
     Keweenaw National Historical Park to require the Secretary of 
     the Interior to consider nominees of various local interests 
     in appointing members of the Keweenaw National Historical 
     Park Advisory Commission.
       H.R. 791. An act to amend the National Trails System Act to 
     designate the route of the War of 1812 British invasion of 
     Maryland and Washington, District of Columbia, and the route 
     of the American defense, for study for potential addition to 
     the national trails system.
       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. 1094. An act to amend the Federal Reserve Act to 
     broaden the range of discount window loans which may be used 
     as collateral for Federal reserve notes.
       H.R. 1104. An act to authorize the Secretary of the 
     Interior to transfer administrative jurisdiction over land 
     within the boundaries of the Home of Franklin D. Roosevelt 
     National Historic Site to the Archivist of the United States 
     for the construction of a visitor center.
       H.R. 1191. An act to designate certain facilities of the 
     United States Postal Service in Chicago, Illinois.
       H.R. 1251. An act to designate the United States Postal 
     Service building located at 8850 South 700 East, Sandy, Utah, 
     as the ``Noal Cushing Bateman Post Office Building''.
       H.R. 1327. An act to designate the United States Postal 
     Service building located at 34480 Highway 101 South in 
     Cloverdale, Oregon, as the ``Maurine B. Neuberger United 
     States Post Office''.
       H.R. 1528. An act to reauthorize and amend the National 
     Geologic Mapping Act of 1992.
       H.R. 1619. An act to amend the Quinebaug and Shetucket 
     Rivers Valley National Heritage Corridor Act of 1994 to 
     expand the boundaries of the Corridor.
       H.R. 1665. An act to allow the National Park Service to 
     acquire certain land for addition to the Wilderness 
     Battlefield in Virginia, as previously authorized by law, by 
     purchase or exchange as well as by donation.
       H.R. 1693. An act to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 
     1938 to clarify the overtime exemption for employees engaged 
     in fire protection activities.
       H.R. 1794. An act concerning the participation of Taiwan in 
     the World Health Organization (WHO).
       H.R. 1887. An act to amend title 18, United States Code, to 
     punish the depiction of animal cruelty.
       H.R. 1932. An act to authorize the President to award a 
     gold medal on behalf of the Congress to Father Theodore M. 
     Hesburgh, in recognition of his outstanding and enduring 
     contributions to civil rights, higher education, the Catholic 
     Church, the Nation, and the global community.
       H.R. 2079. An act to provide for the conveyance of certain 
     National Forest System lands in the State of South Dakota.
       H.R. 2140. An act to improve protection and management of 
     the Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area in the State 
     of Georgia.
       H.R. 2401. An act to amend the U.S. Holocaust Assets 
     Commission Act of 1998 to extend the period by which the 
     final report is due and to authorize additional funding.
       H.R. 2632. An act to designate certain Federal lands in the 
     Talladega National Forest in the State of Alabama as the 
     Dugger Mountain Wilderness.
       H.R. 2737. An act to authorize the Secretary of the 
     Interior to convey to the State of Illinois certain Federal 
     land associated with the Lewis and Clark National Historic 
     Trail to be used as an historic and interpretive site along 
     the trail.
       H.R. 2886. An act to amend the Immigration and Nationality 
     Act to provide that an adopted alien who is less than 18 
     years of age may be considered a child under such Act if 
     adopted with or after a sibling who is a child under such 
     Act.
       H.R. 2889. An act to amend the Central Utah Project 
     Completion Act to provide for acquisition of water and water 
     rights for Central Utah Project purposes, completion of 
     Central Utah project facilities, and implementation of water 
     conservation measures.
       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. 3373. 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 Leif Ericson.
       H.R. 3381. An act to reauthorize the Overseas Private 
     Investment Corporation and the

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     Trade and Development Agency, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 3419. An act to amend title 49, United States Code, to 
     establish the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, 
     and for other purposes.
       H.R. 3443. An act to amend part E of title IV of the Social 
     Security Act to provide States with more funding and greater 
     flexibility in carrying out programs designed to help 
     children make the transition from foster care to self-
     sufficiency, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 3456. An act to amend statutory damages provisions of 
     title 17, United States Code.
       H.J. Res. 46. Joint resolution conferring status as an 
     honorary veteran of the United States Armed Forces on Zachary 
     Fisher.
       H.J. Res. 65. Joint resolution commending the World War II 
     veterans who fought in the Battle of the Bulge, and for other 
     purposes.
       H.J. Res. 85. Joint resolution appointing the day for the 
     convening of the second session of the One Hundred Sixth 
     Congress.
       H. Con. Res. 122. Concurrent resolution recognizing the 
     United States Border Patrol's 75 years of service since its 
     founding.
       H. Con. Res. 141. Concurrent resolution celebrating One 
     America.
       H. Con. Res. 190. Concurrent resolution urging the United 
     States to seek a global consensus supporting a moratorium on 
     tariffs and on special, multiple, and discriminatory taxation 
     of electronic commerce.
       H. Con. Res. 205. Concurrent resolution recognizing and 
     honoring the heroic efforts of the Air National Guard's 109th 
     Airlift Wing and its rescue of Dr. Jerri Nielsen from the 
     South Pole.
       H. Con. Res. 236. Concurrent resolution correcting the 
     Enrollment of H.R. 1180.
       H. Con. Res. 239. Concurrent resolution directing the Clerk 
     of the House of Representatives to make a technical 
     correction in the enrollment of the bill H.R. 3194.

  The message also announced that the Senate had passed with amendments 
in which the concurrence of the House is requested, bills and a 
concurrent resolution of the House of the following titles:

       H.R. 149. An act to make technical corrections to the 
     Omnibus Parks and Public Lands Management Act of 1996 and to 
     other laws related to parks and public lands.
       H.R. 154. An act to provide for the collection of fees for 
     the making of motion pictures, television productions, and 
     sound tracks in National Park System and National Wildlife 
     Refuge System units, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 764. An act to reduce the incidence of child abuse and 
     neglect, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 1377. An act to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service at 13234 South Baltimore Avenue in 
     Chicago, Illinois, as the ``John J. Buchanan Post Office 
     Building''.
       H.R. 1451. An act to establish the Abraham Lincoln 
     Bicentennial Commission.
       H.R. 1753. An act to promote the research, identification, 
     assessment, exploration, and development of gas hydrate 
     resources, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 1802. An act to amend part E of title IV of the Social 
     Security Act to provide States with more funding and greater 
     flexibility in carrying out programs designed to help 
     children make the transition from foster care to self-
     sufficiency, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 2130. An act to amend the Controlled Substances Act to 
     add gamma hydroxybutyric acid and ketamine to the schedules 
     of controlled substances, to provide for a national awareness 
     campaign, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 2280. An act 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.
       H.R. 3111. An act to exempt certain reports from automatic 
     elimination and sunset pursuant to the Federal Reports 
     Elimination and Sunset Act of 1995.
       H. Con. Res. 221. Concurrent resolution authorizing 
     printing of the brochures entitled ``How Our Laws Are Made'' 
     and ``Our American Government'', the pocket version of the 
     United States Constitution, and the document-sized, annotated 
     version of the United States Constitution.

  The message also announced that the Senate 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) ``An Act 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.''
  The message also announced that the Senate agrees to the amendment of 
the House to the amendment of the Senate to the bill (H.R. 2280) ``An 
Act 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.''
  The message also announced that the Senate agrees to the report of 
the committee on conference on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses 
on the amendments of the Senate to the bill (H.R. 2116) ``An Act 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 announced that the Senate has passed bills and 
concurrent resolutions of the following titles in which concurrence of 
the House is requested:

       S. 244. An act to authorize the construction of the Lewis 
     and Clark Rural Water System and to authorize assistance to 
     the Lewis and Clark Rural Water System, Inc., a nonprofit 
     corporation, for the planning and construction of the water 
     supply system, and for other purposes.
       S. 276. An act for the relief of Sergio Lozano.
       S. 302. An act for the relief of Kerantha Poole-Christian.
       S. 348. An act to authorize and facilitate a program to 
     enhance training, research and development, energy 
     conservation and efficiency, and consumer education in the 
     oilheat industry for the benefit of oilheat consumers and the 
     public, and for other purposes.
       S. 366. An act to amend the National Trails System Act to 
     designate El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro as a National 
     Historic Trail.
       S. 439. An act to amend the National Forest and Public 
     Lands of Nevada Enhancement Act of 1988 to adjust the 
     boundary of the Toiyabe National Forest, Nevada.
       S. 486. An act to provide for the punishment of 
     methamphetamine laboratory operators, provide additional 
     resources to combat methamphetamine production, trafficking, 
     and abuse in the United States, and for other purposes.
       S. 501. An act to address resource management issues in 
     Glacier Bay National Park, Alaska.
       S. 624. An act to authorize construction of the Fort Peck 
     Reservation Rural Water System in the State of Montana, and 
     for other purposes.
       S. 692. An act to prohibit Internet gambling, and for other 
     purposes.
       S. 698. An act to review the suitability and feasibility of 
     recovering costs of high altitude rescues at Denali National 
     Park and Preserve in the State of Alaska, and for other 
     purposes.
       S. 710. An act to authorize a feasibility study on the 
     preservation of certain Civil War Battlefields along the 
     Vicksburg Campaign Trail.
       S. 711. An act to allow for the investment of joint Federal 
     and State funds from the civil settlement of damages from the 
     Exxon Valdez oil spill, and for other purposes.
       S. 734. An act entitled ``National Discovery Trails Act of 
     1999''.
       S. 748. An act to improve Native hiring and contracting by 
     the Federal Government within the State of Alaska, and for 
     other purposes.
       S. 761. An act to regulate interstate commerce by 
     electronic means by permitting and encouraging the continued 
     expansion of electronic commerce through the operation of 
     free market forces, and other purposes.
       S. 769. An act to provide a final settlement on certain 
     debt owed by the city of Dickinson, North Dakota, for 
     construction of the bascule gates on the Dickinson Dam.
       S. 905. An act to establish the Lackawanna Valley National 
     Heritage Area and for other purposes.
       S. 961. An act to amend the Consolidated Farm and Rural 
     Development Act to improve shared appreciation arrangements.
       S. 964. An act to provide for equitable compensation for 
     the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe, and for other purposes.
       S. 977. An act to provide for the conveyance by the Bureau 
     of Land Management to Douglas County, Oregon, of a county 
     park and certain adjacent land.
       S. 986. An act to direct the Secretary of the Interior to 
     convey the Griffith Project to the Southern Nevada Water 
     Authority.
       S. 1019. An act for the relief of Regine Beatie Edwards.
       S. 1030. An act to provide that the conveyance by the 
     Bureau of Land Management of the surface estate to certain 
     land in the State of Wyoming in exchange for certain private 
     land will not result in the removal of the land from 
     operation of the mining laws.
       S. 1088. An act to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture 
     to convey certain administrative sites in national forests in 
     the State of Arizona, to convey certain land to the City of 
     Sedona, Arizona for a wastewater treatment facility, and for 
     other purposes.
       S. 1117. An act to establish the Corinth Unit of Shiloh 
     National Military Park, in the vicinity of the city of 
     Corinth, Mississippi, and in the State of Tennessee, and for 
     other purposes.

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       S. 1119. An act to amend the act of August 9, 1950, to 
     continue funding of the Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection 
     and Restoration Act.
       S. 1211. An act to amend the Colorado River Basin Salinity 
     Control Act to authorize additional measures to carry out the 
     control of salinity upstream of Imperial Dam in a cost-
     effective manner.
       S. 1236. An act to extend the deadline under the Federal 
     Power Act for commencement of the construction of the 
     Arrowrock Dam Hydroelectric Project in the State of Idaho.
       S. 1243. An act to amend the Public Health Service Act to 
     revise and extend the prostate cancer preventive health 
     program.
       S. 1268. An act to amend the Pubilc Health Service Act to 
     provide support for the modernization and construction of 
     biomedical and behavioral research facilities and laboratory 
     instrumentation.
       S. 1275. An act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior 
     to produce and sell products and to sell publications 
     relating to the Hoover Dam, and to deposit revenues generated 
     from the sales into the Colorado River Dam fund.
       S. 1288. An act to provide incentives for collaborative 
     forest restoration projects on National Forest System and 
     other public lands in New Mexico, and for other purposes.
       S. 1295. An act to designate the United States Post Office 
     located at 3813 Main Street in East Chicago, Indiana, as the 
     ``Lance Corporal Harold Gomez Post Office''.
       S. 1296. An act to designate portions of the lower Delaware 
     River and associated tributaries as a component of the 
     National Wild and Scenic Rivers System.
       S. 1309. An act to amend title I of the Employee Retirement 
     Income Security Act of 1974 to provide for the preemption of 
     State law in certain cases relating to certain church plans.
       S. 1324. An act to expand the boundaries of the Gettysburg 
     National Military Park to include the Wills House, and for 
     other purposes.
       S. 1329. An act to direct the Secretary of the Interior to 
     convey certain land to Nye County, Nevada, and for other 
     purposes.
       S. 1330. An act to give the city of Mesquite, Nevada, the 
     right to purchase at fair market value certain parcels of 
     public land in the city.
       S. 1349. An act to direct the Secretary of the Interior to 
     conduct special resource studies to determine the national 
     significance of specific sites as well as the suitability and 
     feasibility of their inclusion as units of the National Park 
     System.
       S. 1374. An act to authorize the development and 
     maintenance of a multiagency campus project in the town of 
     Jackson, Wyoming.
       S. 1453. An act to facilitate famine relief efforts and a 
     comprehensive solution to the war in Sudan.
       S. 1488. An act to amend the Public Health Service Act to 
     provide for recommendations of the Secretary of Health and 
     Human Services regarding the placement of automatic external 
     defibrillators in Federal Buildings in order to improve 
     survival rates of individuals who experience cardiac arrest 
     in such buildings, and to establish protections from civil 
     liability arising from the emergency use of the devices.
       S. 1503. An act to amend the Ethics in Government Act of 
     1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) to extend the authorization of 
     appropriations for the Office of Government Ethics through 
     fiscal year 2003.
       S. 1508. An act to provide technical and legal assistance 
     to tribal justice systems and members of Indian tribes, and 
     for other purposes.
       S. 1515. An act to amend the Radiation Exposure 
     Compensation Act, and for other purposes.
       S. 1516. An act to amend title III of the Stewart B. 
     McKinney Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11331 et seq.) to 
     reauthorize the Federal Emergency Management Food and Shelter 
     Program, and for other purposes.
       S. 1569. An act to amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to 
     designate segments of the Taunton River in the Commonwealth 
     of Massachusetts for study for potential addition to the 
     National Wild and Scenic Rivers system, and for other 
     purposes.
       S. 1599. An act to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture 
     to sell or exchange all or part of certain administrative 
     sites and other land in the Black Hills National Forest and 
     to use funds derived from the sale or exchange to acquire 
     replacement sites and to acquire or construct administrative 
     improvements in connection with the Black Hills National 
     Forest.
       S. 1707. An act to amend the Inspector General Act of 1978 
     (5 U.S.C. App.) to provide that certain designated Federal 
     entities shall be establishments under such Act, and for 
     other purposes.
       S. 1733. An act to amend the Food Stamp Act of 1977 to 
     provide for a national standard of interoperability and 
     portability applicable to electronic food stamp benefit 
     transactions.
       S. 1813. An act to amend the Public Health Service Act to 
     provide additional support for and to expand clinical 
     research programs, and for other purposes.
       S. 1877. An act to amend the Federal Report Elimination and 
     Sunset Act of 1995.
       S. 1937. An act to amend the Pacific Northwest Electric 
     Power Planning and Conservation Act to provide for sales of 
     electricity by the Bonneville Power Administration to joint 
     operating entities.
       S. 1971. An act to authorize the President to award a gold 
     medal on behalf of the Congress to Milton Friedman, in 
     recognition of his outstanding and enduring contributions to 
     individual freedom and opportunity to American society 
     through his exhaustive research and teaching of economics, 
     and his extensive writing on economics and public policy.
       S. 1996. An act to amend the Public Health Service Act to 
     clarify provisions relating to the content of petitions for 
     compensation under the vaccine injury compensation program.
       S. Con. Res. 42. Concurrent resolution expressing the sense 
     of the Congress that a commemorative postage stamp should be 
     issued by the United States Postal Service honoring the 
     members of the Armed Forces who have been awarded the Purple 
     Heart.
       S. Con. Res. 71. Concurrent resolution expressing the sense 
     of the Congress that Miami, Florida, and not a competing 
     foreign city, should serve as the permanent location for the 
     Secretariat of the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) 
     beginning in 2005.
       S. Con. Res. 77. Concurrent resolution making technical 
     corrections to the enrollment of H.R. 3194.

  The message also announced that the Senate agrees to the amendment of 
the House to the bill (S. 335) ``An act to amend chapter 30 of title 
39, United States Code, to provide for the nonmailability of certain 
deceptive matter relating to sweepstakes, skill contests, facsimile 
checks, administrative procedures, orders, and civil penalties relating 
to such matter, and for other purposes.''
  The message also announced that the Senate agrees to the amendment of 
the House to the bill (S. 416) ``An act to direct the Secretary of 
Agriculture to convey to the city of Sisters, Oregon, a certain parcel 
of land for use in connection with a sewage treatment facility.''
  The message also announced that the Senate agrees to the amendment of 
the House to the bill (S. 1257) ``An act to amend statutory damages 
provisions of title 17, United States Code'' with amendments.
  The message also announced that the Senate agrees to the amendment of 
the House to the bill (S. 1418) ``An act to provide for the holding of 
court at Natchez, Mississippi, in the same manner as court is held at 
Vicksburg, Mississippi, and for other purposes.''
  The message also announced that the Senate agrees to the amendment of 
the House to the bill (S. 376) ``An act to amend the Communications 
Satellite Act of 1962 to promote competition and privatization in 
satellite communications, and for other purposes,'' requests a 
conference with the House on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses 
thereon, and appoints Mr. McCain, Mr. Stevens, Mr. Burns, Mr. Hollings, 
and Mr. Inouye, to be the conferees on the part of the Senate.
  The message also announced that pursuant to section 8002 of title 26, 
United States Code, the Chair, announces on behalf of the Chairman of 
the Finance Committee, the designation of the Senator from Utah (Mr. 
Hatch) as a member of the Joint Committee on Taxation, in lieu of the 
late Senator from Rhode Island (Mr. Chafee).

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