[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 5]
[Senate]
[Page 7029]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                        MESSAGES FROM THE HOUSE

  At 1:16 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 bills, in which it requests the concurrence of the 
Senate:

       H.R. 673. An act to authorize the Administrator of the 
     Environmental Protection Agency to make grants to the Florida 
     Keys Aqueduct Authority and other appropriate agencies for 
     the purpose of improving water quality throughout the marine 
     ecosystem of the Florida Keys.
       H.R. 1106. An act to authorize the Administrator of the 
     Environmental Protection Agency to make grants to State 
     agencies with responsibility for water source development for 
     the purpose of maximizing available water supply and 
     protecting the environment through the development of 
     alternative water sources.

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

       H. Con. Res. 317. Concurrent resolution expressing the 
     sense of the Congress on the death of John Cardinal O'Connor, 
     Archbishop of New York.

  The message further announced that pursuant to the provisions of 22 
U.S.C. 276h, the Speaker has appointed the following Members of the 
House to the Mexico-United States Interparliamentary Group, in addition 
to Mr. Kolbe of Arizona, Chairman, appointed on February 14, 2000: Mr. 
Ballenger of North Carolina, Vice Chairman, Mr. Dreier of California, 
Mr. Barton of Texas, Mr. Ewing of Illinois, Mr. Bilbray of California, 
Mr. Stenholm of Texas, Mr. Pastor of Arizona, Mr. Filner of California. 
Ms. Roybal-Allard of California, and Mr. Faleomavaega of American 
Samoa.
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  At 3:34 p.m., a message from the House of Representatives, delivered 
by Ms. Niland, one of its reading clerks, announced that the Speaker 
has signed the following enrolled bills:

       S. 1744. An act to amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 
     to provide that certain species conservation reports shall 
     continue to be submitted.
       S. 2323. An act to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 
     1938 to clarify the treatment of stock options under the Act.

  The enrolled bills were signed subsequently by the President pro 
tempore (Mr. Thurmond).

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