[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 16]
[Senate]
[Pages 23454-23455]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                         MESSAGE FROM THE HOUSE

  At 10:47 a.m., a message from the House of Representatives, delivered 
by Mr. Hays, 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. 3218. An act to amend title 31, United States Code, to 
     prohibit the appearance of Social Security account numbers on 
     or through unopened mailings of checks or other drafts issued 
     on public money in the Treasury.
       H.R. 4148. An act to make technical amendments to the 
     provisions of the Indian Self-Determination and Education 
     Assistance Act relating to contract support costs, and for 
     other purposes.

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

       H. Con. Res. 415. Concurrent resolution expressing the 
     sense of the Congress that there should be established a 
     National Children's Memorial Day.

  The message further announced that the House has agreed to the 
following concurrent resolution:

       S. Con. Res. 151. Concurrent resolution to make a 
     correction in the enrollment of the bill H.R. 2348.

  The message also announced that the House has passed the following 
bill, with an amendment:

       S. 964. An act to provide for equitable compensation for 
     the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe, and for other purposes.

  The message further announced that the House has agreed to the 
amendments of the Senate to the bill (H.R. 3671) 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.
  The message also announced that pursuant to section 491 of the Higher 
Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1098(c)), the Speaker reappoints the following 
member on the part of the House to the Advisory Committee on Student 
Financial Assistance for a 3 year term: Mr. Henry Givens of St. Louis, 
Missouri.


                          enrolled bill signed

  Under the authority of the order of the Senate of January 6, 1999, 
the Secretary of the Senate, on October 19, 2000, during the recess of 
the Senate, received a message from the House of Representatives 
announcing that the Speaker has signed the following enrolled bill:

       H.R. 4205. An act to authorize appropriations for fiscal 
     year 2001 for military activities of the Department of 
     Defense, for military construction, and for defense 
     activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe 
     personnel strengths for such fiscal year for the Armed 
     Forces, and for other purposes.

  Under the authority of the order of the Senate of January 6, 1999, 
the enrolled bill was signed subsequently by the President pro tempore 
(Mr. Thurmond) on October 19, 2000.
                                  ____

  At 2:30 p.m., a message from the House of Representatives, delivered 
by Ms. Niland, one of its reading clerks, announced that the House 
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. 4635) making

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appropriations for the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and 
Urban Development, and for sundry independent agencies, boards, 
commissions, corporations, and offices for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2001, and for other purposes.
  The message also announced that the House insists upon its amendment 
to the bill (S. 2796) to provide for the conservation and development 
of water and related resources, to authorize the Secretary of the Army 
to construct various projects for improvements to rivers and harbors of 
the United States, and for other purposes, and asks a conference with 
the Senate on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses thereon.
  That Mr. Shuster, Mr. Young of Alaska, Mr. Boehlert, Mr. Shaw, Mr. 
Oberstar, Mr. Borski, and Mr. Menendez, be the managers of the 
conference on the part of the House.
                                  ____

  At 5:27 p.m., a message from the House of Representatives, delivered 
by Mr. Hays, one of its reading clerks, announced that the House has 
passed the following joint resolution, in which it requests the 
concurrence of the Senate:

       H.J. Res. 114. Joint resolution making further continuing 
     appropriations for the fiscal year 2001, and for other 
     purposes.
                                  ____

  At 7:09 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 bill, in which it requests the concurrence of the 
Senate:

       H.R. 4541. An act to reauthorize and amend the Commodity 
     Exchange Act to promote legal certainty, enhance competition, 
     and reduce systemic risk in markets for futures and over-the-
     counter derivatives, and for other purposes.

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