[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 7]
[Senate]
[Pages 9030-9031]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                        MESSAGES FROM THE HOUSE

  At 11:02 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 bill, with amendments in which it requests the 
concurrence of the Senate.

       S. 1402. An act to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     enhance programs providing education benefits for veterans, 
     and for other purposes.

  The message also announced that the House has agreed to the 
amendments of the Senate to the bill (H.R. 371) to facilitate the 
naturalization of aliens who served with special guerrilla units or 
irregular forces in Laos.
  The message further announced that the House has passed the following 
bills, in which it requests the concurrence of the Senate:

       H.R. 297. An act to authorize the construction of the Lewis 
     and Clark Rural Water System and to authorize assistance to 
     the Lewis and Clark Rural Water System, Inc., a nonprofit 
     corporation, for the planning and construction of the water 
     supply system, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 2498. An act to amend the Public Health Service Act to 
     provide for recommendations of the Secretary of Health and 
     Human Services regarding the placement of automatic external 
     defibrillators in Federal buildings in order to improve 
     survival rates of individuals who experience cardiac arrest 
     in such buildings, and to establish protections from civil 
     liability arising from the emergency use of the devices.
       H.R. 3544. An act to authorize a gold medal to be presented 
     on behalf of the Congress to Pope John Paul II in recognition 
     of his many and enduring contributions to peace and religious 
     understanding, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 3637. An act to amend the Homeowners Protection Act of 
     1998 to make certain technical corrections.
       H.R. 3639. An act to designate the Federal building located 
     at 2201 C Street, Northwest, in the District of Columbia, 
     currently headquarters for the Department of State, as the 
     ``Harry S. Truman Federal Building.''
       H.R. 4392. An act to authorize appropriations for fiscal 
     year 2001 for intelligence and

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     intelligence-related activities of the United States 
     Government, the Community Management Account, and the Central 
     Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System, and for 
     other purposes.
       H.R. 4489. An act to amend section 110 of the Illegal 
     Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996, 
     and for other purposes.

  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. 293. Concurrent resolution urging compliance 
     with the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of 
     International Child Abduction.


                          enrolled bill signed

  At 12:11 p.m., a message from the House of Representatives, delivered 
by Mr. Hays, one of its reading clerks, announced that the Speaker has 
signed the following enrolled bill:

       H.R. 371. An act to expedite the naturalization of aliens 
     who served with special guerrilla units in Laos.

  The enrolled bill was signed subsequently by the President pro 
tempore (Mr. Thurmond).

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