[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 2]
[Senate]
[Page 1897]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                         MESSAGE FROM THE HOUSE

  At 11:44 a.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. 1749. An act to designate Wilson Creek in Avery and 
     Caldwell Counties, North Carolina, as a component of the 
     National Wild and Scenic Rivers System.
       H.R. 2484. An act to provide that land which is owned by 
     the Lower Sioux Indian Community in the State of Minnesota 
     but which is not held in trust by the United States for the 
     Community may be leased or transferred by the Community 
     without further approval by the United States.

  The message also announced that the House has passed the following 
bill, without amendment:

       S. 613. An act to encourage Indian economic development, to 
     provide for the disclosure of Indian tribal sovereign 
     immunity in contracts involving Indian tribes, and for other 
     purposes.

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