[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 18]
[House]
[Pages 26177-26178]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                 SENATE BILLS APPROVED BY THE PRESIDENT

  The President notified the Clerk of the House that on the following 
dates he had approved and signed bills of the Senate of the following 
titles:

           September 22, 2000:
       S. 1027. An act to reauthorize the participation of the 
     Bureau of Reclamation in the Deschutes Resources Conservancy, 
     and for other purposes.
       S. 1117. An act to establish the Corinth Unit of Shiloh 
     National Military Park, in the vicinity of the city of 
     Corinth, Mississippi, and in the State of Tennessee, and for 
     other purposes.
       S. 1374. An act to authorize the development and 
     maintenance of a multi-agency campus project in the town of 
     Jackson, Wyoming.
       S. 1937. An act to amend the Pacific Northwest Electric 
     Power Planning and Conservation Act to provide for sales of 
     electricity by the Bonneville Power Administration to joint 
     operating entities.
       S. 2869. An act to protect religious liberty, and for other 
     purposes.
           October 2, 2000:
       S. 1638. An act to amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 
     Streets Act of 1968 to extend the retroactive eligibility 
     dates for financial assistance for higher education for 
     spouses and dependent children of Federal, State, and local 
     law enforcement officers who are killed in the line of duty.
       S. 2460. An act to authorize the payment of rewards to 
     individuals furnishing information relating to persons 
     subject to indictment for serious violations of international 
     humanitarian law in Rwanda, and for other purposes.
           October 6, 2000:
       S. 430. An act to amend the Alaska Native Claims Settlement 
     Act to provide for a land exchange between the Secretary of 
     Agriculture and the Kake Tribal Corporation, and for other 
     purposes.
           October 10, 2000:
       S. 1295. An act to designate the United States Post Office 
     located at 3813 Main Street in East Chicago, Indiana, as the 
     ``Lance Corporal Harold Gomez Post Office.''
       S. 1324. An act to expand the boundaries of the Gettysburg 
     National Military Park to include the Wills House, and for 
     other purposes.
           October 12, 2000:
       S. 704. An act to amend title 18, United States Code, to 
     combat the overutilization of prison health care services and 
     control rising prisoner health care costs.
           October 13, 2000:
       S. 302. An act for the relief of Kerantha Poole-Christian.
       S. 366. An act to amend the National Trails System Act to 
     designate El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro as a National 
     Historic Trail.
       S. 1794. An act to designate the Federal courthouse at 145 
     East Simpson Avenue in Jackson, Wyoming, as the ``Clifford P. 
     Hansen Federal Courthouse.''
           October 17, 2000:
       S. 1198. An act to establish a 3-year pilot project for the 
     General Accounting Office to report to Congress on 
     economically significant rules of Federal agencies, and for 
     other purposes.
       S. 2045. An act to amend the Immigration and Nationality 
     Act with respect to H-1B nonimmigrant aliens.
       S. 2272. An act to improve the administrative efficiency 
     and effectiveness of the Nation's abuse and neglect courts 
     and for other purposes consistent with the Adoption and Safe 
     Families Act of 1997.
           October 19, 2000:
       S. 1236. An act to extend the deadline under the Federal 
     Power Act for commencement of the construction of the 
     Arrowrock Dam Hydroelectric project in the State of Idaho.
           October 20, 2000:
       S. 2311. An act to amend the Public Health Service Act to 
     revise and extend programs established under the Ryan White 
     Comprehensive AIDS Resources Emergency Act of 1990, and for 
     other purposes.
           October 24, 2000:
       S. 1849. An act to designate segments and tributaries of 
     White Clay, Delaware and Pennsylvania, as a component of the 
     National Wild and Scenic Rivers System.
           October 27, 2000:
       S. 624. An act to authorize construction of the Fort Peck 
     Reservation Rural Water System in the State of Montana, 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. 2686. An act to amend chapter 36 of title 39, United 
     States Code, to modify rates relating to reduced rate mail 
     matter, and for other purposes.
       S. 3201. An act to rename the National Museum of American 
     Art.
           October 30, 2000:
       S. 1809. An act to improve service systems for individuals 
     with developmental disabilities, and for other purposes.
           November 1, 2000:
       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 
     increase 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. 1455. An act to enhance protections against fraud in the 
     offering of financial assistance for college education, 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

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     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 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 200, 2001, 2002, and 2003, and 
     for other purposes.
       S. 2917. An act to settle land claims of the Pueblo of 
     Santo Domingo.
           November 6, 2000:
       S. 614. An act to provide for regulatory reform in order to 
     encourage investment, business, and economic development with 
     respect to activities conducted on Indian lands.
       S. 2812. An act to amend the Immigration and Nationality 
     Act to provide a waiver of the oath of renunciation and 
     allegiance for naturalization of aliens having certain 
     disabilities.
       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.
           November 7, 2000:
       S. 501. An act to address resource management issues in 
     Glacier Bay National Park, Alaska.
       S. 503. An act designating certain land in the San Isabel 
     National Forest in the State of Colorado as the ``Spanish 
     Peaks Wilderness''.
       S. 835. An act to encourage the restoration of estuary 
     habitat through more efficient project financing and enhanced 
     coordination of Federal and non-Federal restoration programs, 
     and for other purposes.
       S. 1088. An act to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture 
     to convey certain administrative sites in national forests in 
     the State of Arizona, to convey certain land to the City of 
     Sedona, Arizona for a wastewater treatment facility, and for 
     other purposes.
       S. 1211. An act to amend the Colorado River Basin Salinity 
     Control Act to authorize additional measures to carry out the 
     control of salinity upstream of Imperial Dam in a cost-
     effective manner.
       S. 1218. An act to direct the Secretary of the Interior to 
     issue to the Landusky School District, without consideration, 
     a patent for the surface and mineral estates of certain lots, 
     and for other purposes.
       S. 1275. An act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior 
     to produce and sell products and to sell publications 
     relating to the Hoover Dam, and to deposit revenues generated 
     from the sales into the Colorado River Dam fund.
       S. 1586. An act to reduce the fractionated ownership of 
     Indian lands, and for other purposes.
       S. 2300. An act to amend the Mineral Leasing Act to 
     increase the maximum acreage of Federal leases for coal that 
     may be held by an entity in any 1 State.
       S. 2719. An act to provide for business development and 
     trade promotion for Native Americans, and for other purposes.
       S. 2950. An act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior 
     to establish the Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site 
     in the State of Colorado.
       S. 3022. An act to direct the Secretary of the Interior to 
     convey certain irrigation facilities to the Nampa and 
     Meridian Irrigation District.
           November 9, 2000:
       S. 484. An act to provide for the granting of refugee 
     status in the United States to nationals of certain foreign 
     countries in which American Vietnam War POW/MIAs or American 
     Korean War POW/MIAs may be present, if those nationals assist 
     in the return to the United States of those POW/MIAs alive.
       S. 610. An act to direct the Secretary of the Interior to 
     convey certain land under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of 
     Land Management in Washakie County and Big Horn County, 
     Wyoming, to the Westside Irrigation District, Wyoming, and 
     for other purposes.
       S. 698. An act to review the suitability and feasibility of 
     recovering costs of high altitude rescues at Denali National 
     Park and Preserve in the State of Alaska, and for other 
     purposes.
       S. 710. An act to authorize a feasibility study on the 
     preservation of certain Civil War battlefields along the 
     Vicksburg Campaign Trail.
       S. 748. An act to improve Native hiring and contracting by 
     the Federal Government within the State of Alaska, and for 
     other purposes.
       S. 893. An act to amend title 46, United States Code, to 
     provide equitable treatment with respect to State and local 
     income taxes for certain individuals who perform duties on 
     vessels.
       S. 1030. An act to provide that the conveyance by the 
     Bureau of Land Management of the surface estate to certain 
     land in the State of Wyoming in exchange for certain private 
     land will not result in the removal of the land from 
     operation of the mining laws.
       S. 1367. An act to amend the Act which established the 
     Saint-Gaudens National Historic Site, in the State of New 
     Hampshire, by modifying the boundary and for other purposes.
       S. 1438. An act to establish the National Law Enforcement 
     Museum on Federal land in the District of Columbia.
       S. 1778. An act to provide for equal exchanges of land 
     around the Cascade Reservoir.
       S. 1894. An act to provide for the conveyance of certain 
     land to Park County, Wyoming.
       S. 2069. An act to permit the conveyance of certain land in 
     Powell, Wyoming.
       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. 2872. An act to improve the cause of action for 
     misrepresentation of Indian arts and crafts.
       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. 2977. An act to assist in the establishment of an 
     interpretive center and museum in the vicinity of the Diamond 
     Valley Lake in southern California to ensure the protection 
     and interpretation of the paleontology discoveries made at 
     the lake and to develop a trail system for the lake for use 
     by pedestrians and nonmotorized vehicles.
           November 13, 2000:
       S. 700. An act to amend the National Trails System Act to 
     designate the Ala Kahakai Trail as a National Historic Trail.
       S. 938. An act to eliminate restrictions on the acquisition 
     of certain land contiguous to Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, 
     and for other purposes.
       S. 964. An act to provide for equitable compensation for 
     the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe, and for other purposes.
       S. 1474. An act providing for conveyance of the Palmetto 
     Bend project to the State of Texas.
       S. 1482. An act to amend the National Marine Sanctuaries 
     Act, and for other purposes.
       S. 1752. An act to reauthorize and amend the Coastal 
     Barrier Resources Act.
       S. 1865. An act to provide grants to establish 
     demonstration mental health courts.
       S. 2345. An act to direct the Secretary of the Interior to 
     conduct a special resource study concerning the preservation 
     and public use of sites associated with Harriet Tubman 
     located in Auburn, New York, and for other purposes.
       S. 2413. An act to amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 
     Streets Act of 1968 to clarify the procedures and conditions 
     for the award of matching grants for the purchase of armor 
     vests.
       S. 2915. An act to make improvements in the operation and 
     administration of the Federal courts, and for other purposes.

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