[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 16]
[Senate]
[Pages 23793-23794]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                        MESSAGES FROM THE HOUSE


                         enrolled bills signed

  Under the authority of the order of the Senate of January 6, 1999, 
the Secretary of the Senate, on October 18, 2000, during the recess of 
the Senate, received a message from the House of Representatives 
announcing that the Speaker has signed the following enrolled bills and 
joint resolution:

       S. 1455. An act to enhance protections against fraud in the 
     offering of financial assistance for college education, and 
     for other purposes.
       H.R. 2296. An act to amend the Revised Organic Act of the 
     Virgin Islands to provide

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     that the number of members on the legislature of the Virgin 
     Islands and the number of such members constituting a quorum 
     shall be determined by the laws of the Virgin Islands, and 
     for other purposes.
       H.R. 2348. An act to authorize the Bureau of Reclamation to 
     provide cost sharing for the endangered fish recovery 
     implementation programs for the upper Colorado and San Juan 
     River Basins.
       H.R. 3244. An act to combat trafficking in persons, 
     especially into the sex trade, slavery, and involuntary 
     servitude, to reauthorize certain Federal programs to prevent 
     violence against women, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 4461. An act making appropriations for Agriculture, 
     Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration and Related 
     Agencies programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 
     2001, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 4635. An act making 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.
       H.R. 5164. An act to amend title 49, United States Code, to 
     require reports concerning defects in motor vehicles or tires 
     or other motor vehicle equipment in foreign countries, and 
     for other purposes.
       H.R. 5212. An act to direct the American Folklife Center at 
     the Library of Congress to establish a program to collect 
     video and audio recordings of personal histories and 
     testimonials of American war veterans, and for other 
     purposes.
       H.J. Res. 114. Joint resolution making further continuing 
     appropriations for the fiscal year 2001, 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 11 a.m., a message from the House of Representatives, delivered by 
Ms. Niland, one of its reading clerks, announced that the house passed 
the following bill:

       S. 3062. An act to modify the date on which the Mayor of 
     the District of Columbia submits a performance accountability 
     plan to Congress, and for other purposes.

  The message also announced that the House disagree to the amendment 
of the Senate to the bill (H.R. 4811) making appropriations for foreign 
operations, export financing, and related programs for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 2001, and for other purposes, and agree to the 
conference asked by the Senate on the disagreeing votes of the two 
Houses thereon. That Mr. Callahan, Mr. Porter, Mr. Wolf, Mr. Packard, 
Mr. Knollenberg, Mr. Kingston, Mr. Lewis of California, Mr. Wicker, Mr. 
Young of Florida, Ms. Pelosi, Mrs. Lowey, Mr. Jackson of Illinois, Ms. 
Kilpatrick, Mr. Sabo, and Mr. Obey, be the managers of the conference 
on the part of the House.


                         Enrolled Bills 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 bills and 
joint resolution:

       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. 1296. An act to designate portions of the lower Delaware 
     River and associated tributaries as a component of the 
     National Wild and Scenic Rivers system.
       S. 1402. An act to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     increases the rates of educational assistance under the 
     Montgomery GI Bill, to improve procedures for the adjustment 
     of rates of pay for nurses employed by the Department of 
     Veterans Affairs, to make other improvements in veterans 
     educational assistance, health care, and benefits programs, 
     and for other purposes.
       S. 1705. An act to direct the Secretary of the Interior to 
     enter into land exchanges to acquire from the private owner 
     and to convey to the State of Idaho approximately 1,240 acres 
     of land near the City of Rocks National Reserve, Idaho, and 
     for other purposes.
       S. 1707. An act to amend the Inspector General Act of 1978 
     (5 U.S.C. App.) to provide that certain designated Federal 
     entities shall be establishments under such Act, and for 
     other purposes.
       S. 2102. An act to provide to the Timbisha Shoshone Tribe a 
     permanent land base within its aboriginal homeland, and for 
     other purposes.
       S. 2412. An act to amend title 49, United States Code, to 
     authorize appropriations for the National Transportation 
     Safety Board for fiscal years 2000, 2001, 2002, and 2003, and 
     for other purposes.
       S. 2498. An act to authorize the Smithsonian Institution to 
     plan, design, construct, and equip laboratory, 
     administrative, and support space to house base operations 
     for the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory Submillimeter 
     Array located on Mauna Kea at Hilo, Hawaii.
       S. 2917. An act to settle the land claims of the Pueblo of 
     Santo Domingo.
       S. 3201. An act to rename the National Museum of American 
     Art.
       H.R. 1695. An act to provide for the conveyance of certain 
     Federal public lands in the Ivanpah Valley, Nevada, to Clark 
     County, Nevada, for the development of an airport facility, 
     and for other purposes.
       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 Commercialization, and 
     for other purposes.
       H.R. 3069. An act to authorize the Administrator of General 
     Services to provide for redevelopment of the Southeast 
     Federal Center in the District of Columbia.
       H.R. 4132. An act to reauthorize grants for water resources 
     research and technology institutes established under the 
     Water Resources Research Act of 1984.
       H.R. 4850. An act to increase, effective as of December 1, 
     2000, the rates of compensation for veterans with service-
     connected disabilities and the rates of dependency and 
     indemnity compensation for the survivors of certain disabled 
     veterans.

  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. Thumond) on October 20, 2000.
                                  ____

  At 4:34 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:

       H.R. 2592. An act to amend the Consumer Safety Act to 
     provide that low-speed electric bicycles are consumer 
     products subject to such Act.
       H.R. 2780. An act to authorize the Attorney General to 
     provide grants for organizations to find missing adults.
       H.R. 5157. An act to amend title 44, United States Code, to 
     ensure preservation of the records of the Freedman's Bureau.

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

       H. Con. Res. 271. Concurrent resolution expressing the 
     support of Congress for activities to increase public 
     awareness of multiple sclerosis.

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