[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 18]
[Senate]
[Page 25776]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                        MESSAGES FROM THE HOUSE

  At 1:19 p.m., a message from the House of Representatives, delivered 
by Ms. Niland, one of its reading clerks, announced that the House has 
passed to the following bills and joint resolution, in which it 
requests the concurrence of the Senate:

       H.J. Res. 71. Joint resolution making further continuing 
     appropriations for the fiscal year 2000, and for other 
     purposes.
       H.R. 462. An act to clarify that governmental pension plans 
     of the possessions of the United States shall be treated in 
     the same manner as State pension plans for purposes of the 
     limitation on the State income taxation of pension income.
       H.R. 795. An act to provide for the settlement of the water 
     rights claims of the Chippewa Cree Tribe of the Rocky Boy's 
     Reservation, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 2140. An act to improve protection and management of 
     the Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area in the State 
     of Georgia.
       H.R. 2821. An act to amend the North American Wetlands 
     Conservation Act to provide for appointment of 2 additional 
     members of the North American Wetlands Conservation Council.
       H.R. 2886. An act to amend the Immigration and Nationality 
     Act to provide that an adopted alien who is less than 18 
     years of age may be considered a child under such Act if 
     adopted with or after a sibling who is a child under such 
     Act.

  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. 196. Concurrent resolution permitting the use 
     of the rotunda of the Capitol for the presentation of the 
     Congressional Gold Medal to President and Mrs. Gerald R. 
     Ford.

  The message further announced that the House has agreed to the 
amendments of the Senate to the bill, H.R. 659, to authorize 
appropriations for the protection of Paoli and Brandywine Battlefields 
in Pennsylvania, to direct the National Park Service to conduct a 
special resource study of Paoli and Brandywine Battlefields, to 
authorize the Valley Forge Museum of the American Revolution at Valley 
Forge National Historic Park, and for other purposes.


                    enrolled joint resolution signed

  A message from the House of Representatives announced that the 
Speaker has signed the following enrolled joint resolution:

       H.J. Res. 71. Joint resolution making further continuing 
     appropriations for the fiscal year 2000, and for other 
     purposes.

  The enrolled joint resolution was signed subsequently by the 
President pro tempore (Mr. Thurmond).
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  At 6:21 p.m., a message from the House of Representatives, delivered 
by Mr. Berry, one of its reading clerks, announced that the House has 
passed the following bill, in which it requests the concurrence of the 
Senate:

       H.R. 1180. An act to amend the Social Security Act to 
     expand the availability of health care coverage for working 
     individuals with disabilities, to establish a Ticket to Work 
     and Self-Sufficiency Program in the Social Security 
     Administration to provide such individuals with meaningful 
     opportunities to work, and for other purposes.

  The message also announced that the Clerk of the House is directed to 
return to the Senate the bill (S. 331) to amend the Social Security Act 
to expand the availability of health care coverage for working 
individuals with disabilities, to establish a Ticket to Work and Self-
Sufficiency Program in the Social Security Administration to provide 
such individuals with meaningful opportunities to work, and for other 
purposes, in compliance with a request of the Senate for the return 
thereof.


                          enrolled bill signed

  The message further announced that the Speaker has signed the 
following enrolled bill:

       H.R. 659. An act to authorize appropriations for the 
     protection of Paoli and Brandywine Battlefields in 
     Pennsylvania, to direct the National Park Service to conduct 
     a special resource study of Paoli and Brandywine 
     Battlefields, to authorize the Valley Forge Museum of the 
     American Revolution at Valley Forge National Historical Park, 
     and for other purposes.

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