[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 152 (Friday, November 22, 2002)]
[House]
[Page H9038]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        MESSAGE FROM THE SENATE

  A message from the Senate by Mr. Monahan, one of its clerks, 
announced that the Senate has passed with amendments in which the 
concurrence of the House is requested, bills of the House of the 
following titles:

       H.R. 37. An act to amend the National Trails System Act to 
     update the feasibility and suitability studies of 4 national 
     historic trails and provide for possible additions to such 
     trails.
       H.R. 695. An act to establish the Oil Region National 
     Heritage Area.
       H.R. 980. An act to establish the Moccasin Bend National 
     Historic Site in the State of Tennessee as a unit of the 
     National Park System.
       H.R. 1606. An act to amend section 507 of the Omnibus Parks 
     and Public Lands Management Act of 1996 to authorize 
     additional appropriations for Historically Black Colleges and 
     Universities, to decrease the matching requirement related to 
     such appropriations, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 1989. An act to reauthorize various fishing 
     conservation management programs, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 5005. An act to establish the Department of Homeland 
     Security, and for other purposes.
  The message also announced that the Senate has passed bills and 
concurrent resolutions of the following titles in which the concurrence 
of the House is requested:

       S. 12. An act to amend the Peace Corps Act to promote 
     global acceptance of the principles of international peace 
     and nonviolent coexistence among peoples of diverse cultures 
     and systems of government, and for other purposes.
       S. 13. An act to extend authorization for the national 
     flood insurance program.
       S. 14. An act to amend the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 
     1938 to extend the farm reconstitution provision to the 2003 
     and 2004 crops.
       S. 198. An act to require the Secretary of the Interior to 
     establish a program to provide assistance through States to 
     eligible weed management entities to control or eradicate 
     harmful, nonnative weeds on public and private land.
       S. 606. An act to provide additional authority to the 
     Office of Ombudsman of the Environmental Protection Agency.
       S. 1340. An act to amend the Indian Land Consolidation Act 
     to provide for probate reform with respect to trust or 
     restricted lands.
       S. 1816. An act to provide for the continuation of higher 
     education through the conveyance of certain public lands in 
     the State of Alaska to the University of Alaska, and for 
     other purposes.
       S. 2063. An act to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture 
     to sell or exchange all or part of certain administrative 
     sites and other land in the Ozark-St. Francis and Ouachita 
     National Forests and to use funds derived from the sale or 
     exchange to acquire, construct, or improve administrative 
     sites.
       S. 2222. An act to resolve certain conveyance and provide 
     for alternative land selection under the Alaska Native Claims 
     Settlement Act related to Cape Fox Corporation and Sealaska 
     Corporation, and for other purposes.
       S. 2556. An act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior 
     to convey certain facilities to the Fremont-Madison 
     Irrigation District in the State of Idaho.
       S. 2577. An act to repeal the sunset of the Economic Growth 
     and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001 with respect to the 
     exclusion from Federal income tax for restitution received by 
     victims of the Nazi Regime,
       S. 2670 An act to establish Institutes to conduct research 
     on the prevention of, and restoration from, wildfires in 
     forest and woodland ecosystems of the interior West.
       S. 2711. An act to reauthorize and improve programs 
     relating to Native Americans.
       S. 2872. An act to reinstate and extend the deadline for 
     commencement of construction of a hydroelectric project in 
     the State of Illinois.
       S. 3079. An act to authorize the issuance of immigrant 
     visas to, and the admission to the United States for 
     permanent residence of, certain scientists, engineers, and 
     technicians who have worked in Iraqi weapons of mass 
     destruction programs.
       S. Con. Res. 159. Concurrent Resolution to corr3ect the 
     enrollment of S. 1843
       S. Con. Res. 160. Concurrent Resolution providing for the 
     sine die adjournment of the One Hundred Seventh Congress, 
     Second Session.

  The message also announced that the Senate agrees to the amendments 
of the House to the bills of the Senate of the following titles:

       S. 941. An act to revise the boundaries of the Golden Gate 
     National Recreation Area in the State of California, to 
     extend the term of the advisory commission for the recreation 
     area, and for other purposes.
       S. 1894. An act to direct the Secretary of the Interior to 
     conduct a special resource study to determine the national 
     significance of the Miami Circle site in the State of Florida 
     as well as the suitability and feasibility of its inclusion 
     in the National Park System as part of Biscayne National 
     Park, and for other purposes.

  The message also announced that the Senate disagreed to the amendment 
of the House to the bill of the Senate of the following title:

       S. 1105. An act to provide for the expeditious completion 
     of the acquisition of State of Wyoming lands within the 
     boundaries of Grand Teton National Park, and for other 
     purposes.

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