[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 88 (Tuesday, July 11, 2000)]
[Senate]
[Page S6468]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         MESSAGE FROM THE HOUSE

  At 2:16 p.m., a message from the House of Representatives, delivered 
by Ms. Niland, one of its reading clerks, announced that pursuant to 
section 5(a) of the Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission Act (36 
U.S.C. 101 note) and the order of the House of Thursday, June 29, 2000, 
the Speaker on Friday, June 30, 2000 appointed the following member on 
the part of the House to the Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission to 
fill the existing vacancy thereon: Ms. Lura Lynn Ryan of Illinois.
  The message also announced that the House passed the following bill, 
without amendment:

       S. 986. An act to direct the Secretary of the Interior to 
     convey the Griffith Project to the Southern Nevada Water 
     Authority.

  The message further announced that the House agreed to the following 
concurrent resolution, without amendment:

       S. Con. Res. 129. A concurrent resolution expressing the 
     sense of Congress regarding the importance and value of 
     education in United States history.

  The message also announced that the House passed the following bills, 
in which it requests the concurrence of the Senate:

       H.R. 1787. An act to reauthorize the participation of the 
     Bureau of Reclamation in the Deschutes Resources Conservancy, 
     and for other purposes.
       H.R. 4132. An act to reauthorize grants for water resources 
     research and technology institutes established under the 
     Water Resources Research Act of 1984.
       H.R. 4286. An act to provide for the establishment of the 
     Cahaba River National Wildlife Refuge in Bibb County, 
     Alabama.

  The message further announced that the House agreed to the following 
concurrent resolution, in which it requests the concurrence of the 
Senate:

       H. Con. Res. 322. A concurrent resolution expressing the 
     sense of the Congress regarding Vietnamese Americans and 
     others who seek to improve social and political conditions in 
     Vietnam.

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