[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 134 (Tuesday, October 24, 2000)]
[Senate]
[Pages S10924-S10925]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         MESSAGE FROM THE HOUSE

  At 3:02 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, without amendment:

       S. 501. An act to address resource management issues in 
     Glacier Bay National Park, Alaska.
       S. 503. An act designating certain land in the San Isabel 
     National Forest in the State of Colorado as the ``Spanish 
     Peaks Wilderness.''
       S. 610. An act to direct the Secretary of the Interior to 
     convey certain land under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of 
     Land Management in Washakie County and Big Horn County, 
     Wyoming, to the Westside Irrigation District, Wyoming, and 
     for other purposes.
       S. 614. An act to provide for regulatory reform in order to 
     encourage investment, business, and economic development with 
     respect to activities conducted on Indian lands.
       S. 710. An act to authorize the feasibility study on the 
     preservation of certain Civil

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     War battlefields along the Vicksburg Campaign Trail.
       S. 748. An act to improve Native hiring and contracting by 
     the Federal Government within the State of Alaska, and for 
     other purposes.
       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. 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. 1218. An act to direct the Secretary of the Interior to 
     issue to the Landusky School District, without consideration, 
     a patent for the surface and mineral estates of certain lots, 
     and for other purposes.
       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. 1367. An act to amend the Act which established the 
     Saint-Gaudens Historic Site, in the State of New Hampshire, 
     by modifying the boundary and for other purposes.
       S. 1586. An act to reduce the fractionated ownership of 
     Indian Lands, and for other purposes.
       S. 1778. An act to provide for equal exchanges of land 
     around the Cascade Reservoir.
       S. 1894. An act to provide for the conveyance of certain 
     land to Park County, Wyoming.
       S. 2069. An act to permit the conveyance of certain land in 
     Powell, Wyoming.
       S. 2300. An act to amend the Mineral Leasing Act to 
     increase the maximum acreage of Federal leases for coal that 
     may be held by an entity in any 1 State.
       S. 2425. An act to authorize the Bureau of Reclamation to 
     participate in the planning, design, and construction of the 
     Bend Feed Canal Pipeline Project, Oregon, and for other 
     purposes.
       S. 2719. An act to provide for business development and 
     trade promotion for Native Americans, and for other purposes.
       S. 2872. An act to improve the cause of action for 
     misrepresentation of Indian arts and crafts.
       S. 2882. An act to authorize the Bureau of Reclamation to 
     conduct certain feasibility studies to augment water supplies 
     for the Klamath Project, Oregon and California, and for other 
     purposes.
       S. 2950. An act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior 
     to establish the Sand Creek Massacre Historic Site in the 
     State of Colorado.
       S. 2951. An act to authorize the Commissioner of 
     Reclamation to conduct a study to investigate opportunities 
     to better manage the water resources in the Salmon Creek 
     watershed of the upper Columbia River.
       S. 2977. An act to assist in the establishment of an 
     interpretive center and museum in the vicinity of the Diamond 
     Valley Lake in southern California to ensure the protection 
     and interpretation of the paleontology discoveries made at 
     the lake and to develop a trail system for the lake for use 
     by pedestrians and nonmotorized vehicles.
       S. 3022. An act to direct the Secretary of the Interior to 
     convey certain irrigation facilities to the Nampa and 
     Meridian Irrigation District.

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

       H.R. 3388. An act to promote environmental restoration 
     around the Lake Tahoe basin.
       H.R. 3595. An act to increase the authorization of 
     appropriations for the Reclamation Safety of Dams Act of 
     1978, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 4794. An act to require the Secretary of the Interior 
     to complete a resource study of the 600 mile route through 
     Connecticut, Delaware, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, 
     New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Virginia, used by 
     George Washington and General Rochambeau during the American 
     Revolutionary War.
       H.R. 5086. An act to amend the National Marine Sanctuaries 
     Act to honor Dr. Nancy Foster.

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

       S. Con. Res. 139. A concurrent resolution authorizing the 
     use of the Capitol grounds for the dedication of the 
     Japanese-American Memorial to Patriotism.

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

       S. 1508. An Act to provide technical and legal assistance 
     for tribal justice systems and members of Indian tribes, and 
     for other purposes.
       S. 1509. An Act to amend the Indian Employment, Training, 
     and Related Services Demonstration Act of 1992, to emphasize 
     the need for job creation on Indian reservations, and for 
     other purposes.
       S. 2440. An Act to amend title 49, United States Code, to 
     improve airport security.

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

       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.

  The message also announced that the House agrees to the amendment of 
the Senate to the bill (H.R. 3657) to provide for the conveyance of a 
small parcel of public domain land in the San Bernardino National 
Forest in the State of California, and for other purposes.
  The message further announced that the House agrees to the amendment 
of the Senate to the bill (H.R. 1725) to provide for the conveyance by 
the Bureau of Land Management to Douglas County, Oregon, of a county 
park and certain adjacent land.


                         enrolled bills signed

  The message also announced that the Speaker has signed the following 
enrolled bills:

       H.R. 209. An act to improve the ability of Federal agencies 
     to license federally owned inventions.
       H.R. 2961. An act to amend the Immigration and Nationality 
     Act to authorize a 3-year pilot program under which the 
     Attorney General may extend the period for voluntary 
     departure in the case of certain nonimmigrant aliens who 
     require medical treatment in the United States and were 
     admitted under the visa waiver pilot program, and for other 
     purposes.
       H.R. 3671. An act to amend the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife 
     Restoration Act and the Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish 
     Restoration Act to enhance the funds available for grants to 
     States for fish and wildlife conservation projects, to 
     reauthorize and amend the National Fish and Wildlife 
     Foundation Establishment Act, to commemorate the centennial 
     of the establishment of the first national wildlife refuge in 
     the United States on March 14, 1903, and for other purposes.
       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. 4110. An act to amend title 44, United States Code, to 
     authorize appropriations for the National Historical 
     Publications and Records Commission for fiscal years 2002 
     through 2005.
       H.R. 4320. An act to assist in the conservation of great 
     apes by supporting and providing financial resources for the 
     conservation programs of countries within the range of great 
     apes and projects of persons with demonstrated expertise in 
     the conservation of great apes.
       H.R. 4392. An act to authorize appropriations for fiscal 
     year 2001 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. 4835. An act to authorize the exchange of land between 
     the Secretary of the Interior and the Director of Central 
     Intelligence at the George Washington Memorial Parkway in 
     McLean, Virginia, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 5234. An act to amend the Hmong Veterans' 
     Naturalization Act of 2000 to extend the applicability of 
     that Act to certain former spouses of deceased Hmong 
     veterans.

  The enrolled bills were signed subsequently by the President pro 
tempore (Mr. Thurmond).

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