[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 112 (Wednesday, September 20, 2000)]
[Senate]
[Pages S8819-S8820]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        MESSAGES FROM THE HOUSE

  At 12:00 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 bills, in which it requests the concurrence of the 
Senate:


[[Page S8820]]


       H.R. 2842. An act to amend chapter 89 of title 5, United 
     States Code, concerning the Federal Employees Health Benefits 
     (FEHB) Program, to enable the Federal Government to enroll an 
     employee and his or her family in the FEHB Program when a 
     State court orders the employee to provide health insurance 
     coverage for a child of the employee but the employee fails 
     to provide the coverage.
       H.R. 2883. An act to amend the Immigration and Nationality 
     Act to confer United States citizenship automatically and 
     retroactively on certain foreign-born children adopted by 
     citizens of the United States.
       H.R. 3679. An act to provide for the minting of 
     commemorative coins to support the 2002 Salt Lake Olympic 
     Winter Games and the programs of the United States Olympic 
     Committee.
       H.R. 3834. An act to amend the rural housing loan guarantee 
     program under section 502(h) of the Housing Act of 1949 to 
     provide loan guarantees for loans made to refinance existing 
     mortgage loans guaranteed under such section.
       H.R. 4068. An act to amend the Immigration and Nationality 
     Act to extend for an additional 3 years the special immigrant 
     religious worker program.
       H.R. 4450. An act to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 900 East Fayette Street in 
     Baltimore, Maryland, as the ``Judge Harry Augustus Cole Post 
     Office Building.''
       H.R. 4625. An act to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 2108 East 38th Street in 
     Erie, Pennsylvania, as the ``Gertrude A. Barber Post Office 
     Building.''
       H.R. 4642. An act to make certain personnel flexibilities 
     available with respect to the General Accounting Office, and 
     for other purposes.
       H.R. 4673. An act to assist in the enhancement of the 
     development and expansion of international economic 
     assistance programs that utilize cooperatives and credit 
     unions, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 4786. An act to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 110 Postal Way in 
     Carrollton, Georgia, as the ``Samuel P. Roberts Post Office 
     Building.''
       H.R. 4870. An act to make technical corrections in patent, 
     copyright, and trademark laws.
       H.R. 4975. An act to designate the post office and 
     courthouse located at 2 Federal Square, Newark, New Jersey, 
     as the ``Frank R. Lautenberg Post Office and Courthouse.''
       H.R. 4999. An act to control crime by providing law 
     enforcement block grants.
       H.R. 5062. An act to establish the eligibility of certain 
     aliens lawfully admitted for permanent residence for 
     cancellation of removal under section 240A of the Immigration 
     and Nationality Act.
       H.R. 5106. An act to make technical corrections in 
     copyright law.
       H.R. 5107. An act to make certain corrections in copyright 
     law.
       H.R. 5203. An act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to 
     sections 103(a)(2), 103(b)(2), and 213(b)(2)(C) of the 
     concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2001 to 
     reduce the public debt and to decrease the statutory limit on 
     the public debt, and to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to provide for retirement security.

  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. 257. Concurrent resolution concerning the 
     emancipation of the Iranian Baha'i community.
       H. Con. Res. 345. Concurrent resolution expressing the 
     sense of the Congress regarding the need for cataloging and 
     maintaining public memorials commemorating military conflicts 
     of the United States and the service of individuals in the 
     Armed Forces.

  The message further announced that the House has passed the following 
bill, without amendment:

       S. 704. An act to amend title 18, United States Code, to 
     combat the overultization of prison health care services and 
     control rising prisoner health care costs.

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

       S. 1638. An act to amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 
     Streets Act of 1968 to extend the retroactive eligibility 
     dates for financial assistance for higher education for 
     spouses and dependent children of Federal, State, and local 
     law enforcement officers who are killed in the line of duty.


                         enrolled bills signed

  At 5:05 p.m., a message from the House of Representatives, delivered 
by Ms. Niland, one of its reading clerks, announced that the Speaker 
has signed the following enrolled bill:

       S. 1638. An act to amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 
     Streets Act of 1968 to extend the retroactive eligibility 
     dates for financial assistance for higher education for 
     spouses and dependent children of Federal, State, and local 
     law enforcement officers who are killed in the line of duty.
                                  ____

  At. 5:34 p.m., a message from the House of Representatives, delivered 
by Ms. Niland, one of its reading clerks, announced that the Speaker 
has signed the following enrolled bill:

       S. 2460. An act to authorize the payment of rewards to 
     individuals furnishing information relating to persons 
     subject to indictment for serious violations of international 
     humanitarian law in Rwanda, and for other purposes.

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