[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 141 (Tuesday, October 31, 2000)]
[Senate]
[Pages S11422-S11423]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        MESSAGES FROM THE HOUSE

  At 5:16 p.m., a message from the House of Representatives, delivered 
by Mr. Hayes, one of its reading clerks, announced that the House has 
passed the following bills, without amendment:

       S. 2485. An act to direct the Secretary of the Interior to 
     provide assistance in planning and constructing a regional 
     heritage center in Calais, Maine.
       S. 3164. An act to protect seniors from fraud.

  The message also announced that the House has agreed to the following 
concurrent resolutions, without amendment:

       S. Con. Res. 154. Concurrent resolution to acknowledge and 
     salute the contributions of coin collectors.
       S. Con. Res. 165. Concurrent resolution to make a 
     correction in the enrollment of the bill S. 1474.

  The message further announced that the House has agreed to the 
amendment of the Senate to the bill (H.R. 5239) to provide for 
increased penalties for violations of the Export Administration Act of 
1979, and for other purposes.
  The message also announced that the House has agreed to the 
amendments of the Senate to the resolution (H.J. Res. 102) recognizing 
that the Birmingham Pledge has made a significant contribution in 
fostering racial harmony and reconciliation in the United States and 
around the world, and for other purposes.
  The message further announced that the House has passed the following 
bills, in which it requests the concurrence of the Senate:

       H.R. 4907. An act to establish the Jamestown 400th 
     Commemoration Commission, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 5461. An act to amend the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery 
     Conservation and Management Act to eliminate the wasteful and 
     unsportsmanlike practice of shark finning.
       H.R. 5537. An act to waive the period of Congressional 
     review of the Child in Need of Protection Amendment Act of 
     2000.

  The message also announced that the House has agreed to the following 
concurrent resolutions, and requests the concurrence of the Senate:

       H. Con. Res. 434. Concurrent resolution commending the men 
     and women who fought the year 2000 wildfires for their heroic 
     efforts in protecting human lives and safety and limiting 
     property losses.
       H. Con. Res. 439. Concurrent resolution correcting the 
     enrollment of H.R. 2614.


                         enrolled bills signed

  At 5:16 p.m., a message from the House of Representatives, delivered 
by Mr. Hayes, one of its clerks, announced that the Speaker has signed 
the following enrolled bills:

       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. 710. An act to authorize the feasibility study on the 
     preservation of certain Civil 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 estate 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. 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. 2060. 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. 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. 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.
       H.R. 2498. 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.

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       H.R. 4788. An act to amend the United States Grain 
     Standards Act to extend the authority of the Secretary of 
     Agriculture to collect fees to cover the cost of services 
     performed under the Act, to extend the authorization of 
     appropriations for the Act, and to improve the administration 
     of the Act.
       H.R. 4868. An act to amend the Harmonized Tariff Schedule 
     of the United States to modify temporarily certain rates of 
     duty, to make other technical amendments to the trade laws, 
     and for other purposes.

  Under the authority of the order of the Senate of October 30, 2000, 
at 8 p.m., a message from the House of Representatives, delivered by 
Ms. Kevie Niland, one of its reading clerks, announced that the House 
has passed the following joint resolution:

       H.J. Res. 121. Joint resolution making further continuing 
     appropriations for the fiscal year 2001, and for other 
     purposes.


                          enrolled bill signed

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

       H.J. Res. 121. Joint resolution making further continuing 
     appropriations for the fiscal year 2001, and for other 
     purposes.

  The enrolled joint resolution was signed subsequently by the 
President pro tempore (Mr. Thurmond).

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