[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 15]
[House]
[Page 21883]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                        MESSAGE FROM THE SENATE

  A message from the Senate by Mr. Lundregan, one of its clerks, 
announced that the Senate agrees to the report of the Committee of 
Conference on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses on the amendment 
of the Senate to the bill (H.R. 2490) ``An Act making appropriations 
for the Treasury Department, the United States Postal Service, the 
Executive Office of the President, and certain Independent Agencies, 
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2000, and for other 
purposes.''
  The message also announced that the Senate agrees to the report of 
the Committee of Conference on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses 
on the amendment of the Senate to the bill (H.R. 2587) ``An Act making 
appropriations for the government of the District of Columbia and other 
activities chargeable in whole or in part against the revenues of said 
District for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2000, and for other 
purposes.''
  The message also announced that the Senate had passed bills and a 
concurrent resolution of the following titles, in which the concurrence 
of the House is requested:

       S. 299. An act to elevate the position of Director of the 
     Indian Health Service within the Department of Health and 
     Human Services to Assistant Secretary for Indian Health, and 
     for other purposes.
       S. 401. An act to provide for business development and 
     trade promotion for Native Americans, and for other purposes.
       S. 406. An act to amend the Indian Health Care Improvement 
     Act to make permanent the demonstration program that allows 
     for direct billing of medicare, medicaid, and other third 
     party payors, and to expand the eligibility under such 
     program to other tribes and tribal organizations.
       S. 613. An act to encourage Indian economic development, to 
     provide for the disclosure of Indian tribal sovereign 
     immunity in contracts involving Indian tribes, 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. Con. Res. 56. Concurrent resolution expressing the sense 
     of Congress regarding the importance of ``family friendly'' 
     programming on television.

  The message also announced that Mr. Leahy is added as a conferee, on 
the part of the Senate, to the bill (H.R. 2670) ``An Act 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.''
  The message also announced that pursuant to Public Law 99-498, the 
Chair, on behalf of the President pro tempore, reappoints Robert C. 
Khayat, of Mississippi, to the Advisory Committee on Student Financial 
Assistance for a term beginning October 1, 1999, and ending September 
30, 2002.
  The message also announced that pursuant to Public Law 93-415, as 
amended by Public Law 102-586, the Chair, on behalf of the Majority 
Leader, after consultation with the Democratic Leader, announces the 
appointment of Charles Sims, of Mississippi, to serve as a member of 
the Coordinating Council on Juvenile Justice and Delinquency 
Prevention, vice William Keith Oubre.

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