[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 167 (Friday, December 3, 1999)]
[House]
[Pages H12906-H12907]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




 BILLS AND JOINT RESOLUTIONS PRESENTED TO THE PRESIDENT AFTER SINE DIE 
                              ADJOURNMENT

  Mr. THOMAS, from the Committee on House Administration, subsequent to 
the sine die adjournment of the 1st session, 106th Congress, did on the 
following date present to the President for his approval bills and 
joint resolutions of the House of the following titles:

           On November 23, 1999:
       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.
       H.R. 2116. To amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     establish a program of extended care services for veterans, 
     to make other improvements in health care programs of the 
     Department of Veterans Affairs, to enhance 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. 322. For the relief of Suchada Kwong.
       H.R. 197. 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. 100. To establish designation for United States Postal 
     Service buildings in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
       H.R. 20. 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. 2280. To amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     provide a cost-of-living adjustment in the rates of 
     disability compensation for veterans with service-connected 
     disabilities and the rates of dependency and indemnity 
     compensation for survivors of such veterans.
           On November 30, 1999:
       H.R. 15. To designate a portion of the Otay Mountain region 
     of California as wilderness.
       H.R. 449. To authorize the Gateway Visitor Center at 
     Independence National Historical Park, and for other 
     purposes.
       H.R. 459. To extend the deadline under the Federal Power 
     Act for FERC Project No. 9401, the Mt. Hope Waterpower 
     Project.
       H.R. 592. To designate a portion of Gateway National 
     Recreation Area as ``World War Veterans Park at Miller 
     Field''.
       H.R. 658. To establish the Thomas Cole National Historical 
     Site in the State of New York as an affiliated area of the 
     National Park System.
       H.R. 747. 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. 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. 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. To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to 
     provide assistance to the Perkins County Rural Water Systems, 
     Inc., for the construction of water supply facilities in 
     Perkins County, South Dakota.
       H.R. 1094. 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. 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. To designate certain facilities of the United 
     States Postal Service in Chicago, Illinois.
       H.R. 1251. 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. 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. To reauthorize and amend the National Geologic 
     Mapping Act of 1992.
       H.R. 1619. To amend the Quinebaug and Shetucket Rivers 
     Valley National Heritage Corridor Act of 1994 to expand the 
     boundaries of the Corridor.
       H.R. 1665. 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. To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to 
     clarify the overtime exemption for employees engaged in fire 
     protection activities.
       H.R. 1794. Concerning the participation of Taiwan in the 
     World Health Organization (WHO).
       H.R. 1887. To amend title 18, United States Code, to punish 
     the depiction of animal cruelty.
       H.R. 1932. 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. To provide for the conveyance of certain 
     National Forest System lands in the State of South Dakota.
       H.R. 2140. To improve protection and management of the 
     Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area in the State of 
     Georgia.

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       H.R. 2401. 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. To designate certain Federal lands in the 
     Talladega National Forest in the State of Alabama as the 
     Dugger Mountain Wilderness.
       H.R. 2737. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. To reauthorize the Overseas Private Investment 
     Corporation and the Trade and Development Agency, and for 
     other purposes.
       H.R. 3456. To amend statutory damages provisions of title 
     17, United States Code.
       H.J. Res. 46. Conferring status as an honorary veteran of 
     the United States Armed Forces on Zachary Fisher.
       H.J. Res. 65. Commending the World War II veterans who 
     fought in the Battle of the Bulge, and for other purposes.
       H.J. Res. 85. Appointing the day for the convening of the 
     second session of the One Hundred Sixth Congress.

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