[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 2]
[Senate]
[Page 2981]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                        MESSAGES FROM THE HOUSE

  At 12:09 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 bills, in which it requests the concurrence of the 
Senate:

       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. 2372. An act to simplify and expedite access to the 
     Federal courts for injured parties whose rights and 
     privileges, secured by the United States Constitution, have 
     been deprived by final actions of Federal agencies, or other 
     government officials or entities acting under color of State 
     law; to prevent Federal courts from abstaining from 
     exercising Federal jurisdiction in actions where no State law 
     claim is alleged; to permit certification of unsettled State 
     law questions that are essential to resolving Federal claims 
     arising under the Constitution; and to clarify when 
     government action is sufficiently final to ripen certain 
     Federal claims arising under the Constitution.
       H.R. 3843. An act to reauthorize programs to assist small 
     business concerns, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 3081. An act to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to provide tax benefits for small businesses, to amend 
     the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to increase the minimum 
     wage, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 3699. An act to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 8409 Lee Highway in 
     Merrifield, Virginia, as the ``Joel T. Broyhill Postal 
     Building.''
       H.R. 3701. An act to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 3118 Washington Boulevard in 
     Arlington, Virginia, as the ``Joseph L. Fisher Post Office 
     Building.''
       H.R. 3845. An act to make corrections to the Small Business 
     Investment Act of 1958, and for other purposes.

  The message also announced that pursuant to section 101(f)(3) of the 
Ticket to Work and Work Incentives Improvement Act of 1999 (42 U.S.C. 
1320b-19), the Speaker has appointed the following members on the part 
of the House to the Ticket to Work and Work Incentives Advisory Panel: 
Mr. Steve Start of Spokane, Washington, to a 4-year term and Ms. Susan 
Webb of Phoenix, Arizona, to a 2-year term.


                          enrolled bill signed

  The President pro tempore (Mr. Thurmond) announced that on today, 
March 20, 2000, he had signed the following enrolled bill previously 
signed by the Speaker:

       H.R. 1000. An act to amend title 49, United States Code, to 
     reauthorize programs of the Federal Aviation Administration, 
     and for other purposes.

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