[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 16]
[House]
[Pages 22831-22832]
[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 has passed with amendments in which the 
concurrence of the House is requested, bills of the House of the 
following titles:

       H.R. 2607. An act to promote the development of the 
     commercial space transportation industry, to authorize 
     appropriations for the Office of the Associate Administrator 
     for Commercial Space Transportation, to authorize 
     appropriations for the Office of Space Communications, and 
     for other purposes.
       H.R. 3048. An act to amend section 879 of title 18, United 
     States Code, to provide clearer coverage over threats against 
     former Presidents and members of their families, and for 
     other purposes.
       H.R. 3417. An act to complete the orderly withdrawal of the 
     National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration from the 
     civil administration of the Pribilof Islands, Alaska.
       H.R. 3671. An act to amend the Acts popularly known as the 
     Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act and the Dingell-
     Johnson Sport Fish Restoration Act to enhance the funds 
     available for grants to States for fish and wildlife 
     conservation projects and increase opportunities for 
     recreational hunting, bow hunting, trapping, archery, and 
     fishing, by eliminating opportunities for waste, fraud, 
     abuse, maladministration, and unauthorized expenditures for 
     administration and execution of those Acts, and for other 
     purposes.
       H.R. 4788. An act to amend the United States Grain 
     Standards Act to extend the authority of the Secretary of 
     Agriculture to collect fees to cover the cost of services 
     performed under that Act, extend the authorization of 
     appropriations for that Act, and improve the administration 
     of that Act, to reenact the United States Warehouse Act to 
     require the licensing and inspection of warehouses used to 
     store agricultural products and provide for the issuance of 
     receipts, including electronic receipts, for agricultural 
     products stored or handled in licensed warehouses, and for 
     other purposes.
       H.R. 4850. An act to provide a cost-of-living adjustment in 
     rates of compensation paid to veterans and service-connected 
     disabilities, to enhance programs providing compensation and 
     life insurance benefits for veterans, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 4868. An act to amend the Harmonized Tariff Schedule 
     of the United States to modify temporarily certain rates of 
     duty, to make other technical amendments to the trade laws, 
     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. 623. An act to amend Public Law 89-108 to increase 
     authorization levels for State and Indian tribal, municipal, 
     rural, and industrial water supplies, to meet current and 
     future water quantity and quality needs of the Red River 
     Valley, to deauthorize certain project features and 
     irrigation service areas, to enhance natural resources and 
     fish and wildlife habitat, and for other purposes.
       S. 1474. An act providing for conveyance of the Palmetto 
     Bend project to the State of Texas.
       S. 1697. An act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior 
     to refund certain collections received pursuant to the 
     Reclamation Reform Act of 1982.
       S. 1848. An act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior, 
     pursuant to the provisions of the Reclamation Wastewater and 
     Groundwater Study and Facilities Act to participate in the 
     design, planning, and construction of the Denver Water Reuse 
     project.
       S. 2195. An act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior, 
     pursuant to the provisions of the Reclamation Wastewater and 
     Groundwater Study and Facilities Act to participate in the 
     design, planning, and construction of the Truckee watershed 
     reclamation project for the reclamation and reuse of water.
       S. 2253. An act to authorize the establishment of a joint 
     United States-Canada commission to study the feasibility of 
     connecting the rail system in Alaska to the North American 
     continental rail system; and for other purposes.
       S. 2301. An act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior, 
     pursuant to the provisions of the Reclamation Wastewater and 
     Groundwater Study and Facilities Act to participate in the 
     design, planning, and construction of the Lakehaven water 
     reclamation project for the reclamation and reuse of water.
       S. 2425. An act to authorize the Bureau of Reclamation to 
     participate in the planning, design, and construction of the 
     Bend Feed Canal Pipeline Project, Oregon, and for other 
     purposes.
       S. 2594. An act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior 
     to contract with the Mancos Water Conservancy District to use 
     the Mancos Project facilities for impounding, storage, 
     diverting, and carriage of non-project water for the purpose 
     of irrigation, domestic, municipal, industrial, and any other 
     beneficial purposes.
       S. 2877. An act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior 
     to conduct feasibility studies on water optimization in the 
     Burnt River basin, Malheur River basin, Owyhee River basin, 
     and Power River basin, Oregon.
       S. 2882. An act to authorize the Bureau of Reclamation to 
     conduct certain feasibility studies to augment water supplies 
     for the Klamath Project, Oregon and California, and for other 
     purposes.
       S. 2951. An act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior 
     to conduct a study to investigate opportunities to better 
     manage the water resources in the Salmon Creek watershed of 
     the upper Columbia River.
       S. 3022. An act to direct the Secretary of the Interior to 
     convey certain irrigation facilities to the Nampa and 
     Meridian Irrigation District.
       S. 3201. An act to rename the National Museum of American 
     Art.
       S. Con. Res. 114. Concurrent resolution recognizing the 
     Liberty Memorial in Kansas City, Missouri, as a national 
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     symbol honoring those who defended liberty and our country 
     through service in World War I.
       S. Con. Res. 151. Concurrent resolution to make a 
     correction in the enrollment of the bill H.R. 2348.
       S. Con. Res. 152. Concurrent resolution to make a technical 
     correction in the enrollment of the bill H.R. 4868.

  The message also announced that the Senate agrees to the amendments 
of the House to the bill (S. 1402) ``An Act to amend title 38, United 
States Code, to enhance programs providing education benefits for 
veterans, and for other purposes,'' with amendments.

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