[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 13]
[Senate]
[Page 18424]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                         MESSAGE FROM THE HOUSE

  At 12:17 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. 1113. An act to assist in the development and 
     implementation of projects to provide for the control of 
     drainage, storm, flood and other waters as part of water-
     related integrated resource management, environment 
     infrastructure, and resource protection and development 
     projects in the Colusa Basin Watershed, California.
       H.R. 1715. An act to extend the expiration date of the 
     Defense Production Act of 1950, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 2271. An act to amend the National Trails System Act 
     to designate El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro as a National 
     Historic Trail.
       H.R. 2798. An act to authorize the Secretary of Commerce to 
     provide financial assistance to the States of Alaska, 
     Washington, Oregon, and California for salmon habitat 
     restoration projects in coastal waters and upland drainages.
       H.R. 2799. An act to amend the Clear Creek County, 
     Colorado, Public Lands Transfer Act of 1993 to provide 
     additional time for Clear Creek County to dispose of certain 
     lands transferred to the county under the Act.
       H.R. 2984. An act to direct the Secretary of the Interior, 
     through the Bureau of Reclamation, to convey to the Loup 
     Basin Reclamation District, the Sargent River Irrigation 
     District, and the Farwell Irrigation District, Nebraska, 
     property comprising the assets of the Middle Loup Division of 
     the Missouri River Basin Project, Nebraska.
       H.R. 4096. An act to authorize the Secretary of the 
     Treasury to produce currency, postage stamps, and other 
     security documents at the request of foreign governments, and 
     security documents at the request of the individual States or 
     any political subdivision thereof, on a reimbursable basis, 
     and for other purposes.
       H.R. 4226. An act to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture 
     to sell or exchange all or part of certain administrative 
     sites and other land in the Black Hills National Forest and 
     to use funds derived from the sale or exchange to acquire 
     replacement sites and to acquire or construct administrative 
     improvements in connection with the Black Hills National 
     Forest.
       H.R. 4643. An act to provide for the settlement of issues 
     and claims related to the trust lands of the Torres-Martinez 
     Desert Cahuilla Indians, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 4931. An act to provide for the training or 
     orientation of individuals, during a Presidential transition, 
     who the President intends to appoint to certain key 
     positions, to provide for a study and report on improving the 
     financial disclosure process for certain Presidential 
     nominees, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 5010. An act to provide for a circulating quarter 
     dollar coin program to commemorate the District of Columbia, 
     the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the 
     United States Virgin Islands, and the Commonwealth of the 
     Northern Mariana Islands, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 5173. A bill to provide for reconciliation pursuant to 
     sections 103(b)(2) and 213(b)(2)(C) of the concurrent 
     resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2001 to reduce the 
     public debt and to decrease the statutory limit on the public 
     debt.
       H.R. 5193. An act to amend the National Housing Act to 
     temporarily extend the applicability of the down payment 
     simplification provisions for the FHA single family housing 
     mortgage insurance program.

  The message also announced that the House disagree to the amendment 
of the Senate to the bill (H.R. 4919) entitled ``An act to amend the 
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 and the Arms Export Control Act to make 
improvements to certain defense and security assistance provisions 
under those Acts, to authorize the transfer of naval vessels to certain 
foreign countries, and for other purposes,'' and agree to the 
conference asked by the Senate on the disagreeing votes of the two 
Houses and appoint the following Mr. Gilman, Mr. Goodling, and Mr. 
Gejdenson, to be the managers of the conference on the part of the 
House.
  The message further announced that the House has agreed to the Senate 
amendment to the following bill, with an amendment:

       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, and for other purposes.

  The message also announced that the House has agreed to the Senate 
amendment to the following bill, with an amendment:

       H.R. 2909. An act to provide for implementation by the 
     United States of the Hague Convention on Protection of 
     Children and Co-operation in Respect of Intercountry 
     Adoption, and for other purposes.

  The message further announced that the House has passed the following 
bill, with an amendment, in which it requests the concurrence of the 
Senate:

       S. 1849. An act to designate segments and tributaries of 
     White Clay Creek, Delaware and Pennsylvania, as a component 
     of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System, with an 
     amendment.

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