[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 15]
[Senate]
[Pages 21388-21389]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                         MESSAGE FROM THE HOUSE


                          enrolled bill signed

  At 9:44 a.m., a message from the House of Representatives, delivered 
by Mr. Berry, one of its reading clerks, announced that the Speaker has 
signed the following enrolled bill:

       H.R. 457. An act to amend title 5, United States Code, to 
     increase the amount of leave time available to a Federal 
     employee in any year in connection with serving as an organ 
     donor, and for other purposes.

  The enrolled bill was signed subsequently by the President pro 
tempore (Mr. Thurmond).
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  At 1:52 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:

       H.R. 658. An act to establish the Thomas Cole National 
     Historic Site in the State of New York as an affiliated area 
     of the National Park System.
       H.R. 898. An act designating certain land in the San Isabel 
     National Forest in the State of Colorado as the ``Spanish 
     Peaks Wilderness''.
       H.R. 940. An act to establish the Lackawanna Heritage 
     Valley American Heritage Area.
       H.R. 1619. An act to amend the Quinebaug and Shetucket 
     Rivers Valley National Heritage Corridor Act of 1994 to 
     expand the boundaries of the Corridor.
       H.R. 1651. An act to amend the Fisherman's Protective Act 
     of 1967 to extend the period during which reimbursement may 
     be provided to owners of United States fishing vessels for 
     costs incurred when such a vessel is seized and detained by a 
     foreign country.
       H.R. 2112. An act to amend title 28, United States Code, to 
     allow a judge to whom a case is transferred to retain 
     jurisdiction over certain multidistrict litigation cases for 
     trial, and to provide for Federal jurisdiction of certain 
     multiparty, multiforum civil actions.
       H.R. 2368. An act to assist in the resettlement and 
     relocation of the people of Bikini Atoll by amending the 
     terms of the trust fund established during the United States 
     administration of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands.

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

       H. Con. Res. 184. Concurrent resolution expressing the 
     sense of Congress regarding the importance of ``family 
     friendly'' programming on television.

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

       S. 380. An act to reauthorize the Congressional Award Act.
  The message also announced that the House disagrees to the amendment 
of the Senate to the bill (H.R. 1906) making appropriations for 
Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and 
Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2000, and for 
other purposes, and agrees to the conference asked by the Senate on the 
disagreeing votes of the two Houses, thereon; and appoints Mr. Skeen, 
Mr. Walsh, Mr. Dickey, Mr. Kingston, Mr. Nethercutt, Mr. Bonilla, Mr. 
Latham, Mrs. Emerson, Mr. Young of Florida, Ms. Kaptur, Ms. DeLauro, 
Mr. Hinchey, Mr. Farr of California, Mr. Boyd, and Mr. Obey, as the 
managers of the conference on the part of the House.
  The message further announced that the House disagrees to the 
amendment of the Senate to the bill (H.R. 2561) making appropriations 
for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 
2000, and for other

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purposes, and agrees to the conferences asked by the Senate on the 
disagreeing votes of the two Houses thereon; and appoints Mr. Lewis of 
California, Mr. Young of Forida, Mr. Skeen, Mr. Hobson, Mr. Bonilla, 
Mr. Nethercutt, Mr. Istook, Mr. Cunningham, Mr. Dickey, Mr. 
Frelinghuysen, Mr. Murtha, Mr. Dicks, Mr. Sabo, Mr. Dixon, Mr. 
Visclosky, Mr. Moran of Virginia, and Mr. Obey, as the managers of the 
conference on the part of the House.
  The message also announced that the House disagrees to the amendment 
of the Senate to the bill (H.R. 2605) making appropriations for energy 
and water development for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2000, 
and for other purposes, and agrees to the conference asked by the 
Senate on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses thereon; and appoints 
Mr. Packard, Mr. Rogers, Mr. Knollenberg, Mr. Frelinghuysen, Mr. 
Callahan, Mr. Latham, Mr. Blunt, Mr. Young of Florida, Mr. Visclosky, 
Mr. Edwards, Mr. Pastor, Mr. Forbes, and Mr. Obey, as the managers of 
the conference on the part of the House.
  The message further announced that the House disagrees to the 
amendment of the Senate to the bill (H.R. 2670) making appropriations 
for the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and 
related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2000, and for 
other purposes, and agrees to the conference asked by the Senate on the 
disagreeing votes of the two Houses thereon; and appoints Mr. Rogers, 
Mr. Kolbe, Mr. Taylor of North Carolina, Mr. Regula, Mr. Latham, Mr. 
Miller of Florida, Mr. Wamp, Mr. Young of Florida, Mr. Serrano, Mr. 
Dixon, Mr. Mollohan, Ms. Roybal-Allard, and Mr. Obey, as the managers 
of the conference on the part of the House.
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  At 2:41 p.m., a message from the House of Representatives, delivered 
by Ms. Niland, one of its reading clerks, announced that the House 
disagrees to the amendment of the Senate to the bill (H.R. 2606) making 
appropriations for foreign operations, export financing and related 
programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2000, and for other 
purposes, and agrees to the conference asked by the Senate on the 
disagreeing votes of the two Houses thereon; and appoints Mr. Callahan, 
Mr. Porter, Mr. Wolf, Mr. Packard, Mr. Knollenberg, Mr. Kingston, Mr. 
Lewis of California, Mr. Blunt, Mr. Young of Florida, Ms. Pelosi, Mrs. 
Lowey, Mr. Jackson of Illinois, Ms. Kilpatrick, Mr. Sabo, and Mr. Obey, 
as managers of the conference on the part of the House.

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