[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 148 (2002), Part 12]
[House]
[Page 16045]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                        MESSAGE FROM THE SENATE

  A message from the Senate by Mr. Monahan, one of its clerks, 
announced that the Senate has passed without amendment a concurrent 
resolution of the House of the following title:

       H. Con. Res. 348. Concurrent resolution authorizing the use 
     of the Capitol Grounds for the National Book Festival.

  The message also announced that the Senate has passed with an 
amendment in which the concurrence of the House is requested, a bill of 
the House of the following title:

       H.R. 640. An act to adjust the boundaries of Santa Monica 
     Mountains National Recreation Area, and for other purposes.

  The message also announced that the Senate has passed with amendments 
in which the concurrence of the House is requested, a bill of the House 
of the following title:

       H.R. 3253. An act to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     provide for the establishment within the Department of 
     Veterans Affairs of improved emergency medical preparedness, 
     research, and education programs to combat terrorism, and for 
     other purposes.

  The message also announced that the Senate has passed bills and a 
concurrent resolution of the following titles in which the concurrence 
of the House is requested:

       S. 691. An act to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to 
     convey certain land in the Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit, 
     Nevada, to the Secretary of the Interior, in trust for the 
     Washoe Indian Tribe of Nevada and California.
       S. 812. An act to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and 
     Cosmetic Act to provide greater access to affordable 
     pharmaceuticals.
       S. 1010. An act to extend the deadline for commencement of 
     construction of a hydroelectric project in the State of North 
     Carolina.
       S. 1227. An act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior 
     to conduct a study of the suitability and feasibility of 
     establishing the Niagara Falls National Heritage Area in the 
     State of New York, and for other purposes.
       S. 1240. An act to provide for the acquisition of land and 
     construction of an interagency administrative and visitor 
     facility at the entrance to American Fork Canyon, Utah, and 
     for other purposes.
       S. 1325. An act to ratify an agreement between the Aleut 
     Corporation and the United States of America to exchange land 
     rights received under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act 
     for certain land interests on Adak Island, and for other 
     purposes.
       S. 1339. An act to amend the Bring Them Home Alive Act of 
     2000 to provide an asylum program with regard to American 
     Persian Gulf War POW/MIAs, and for other purposes.
       S. 1649. An act to amend the Omnibus Parks and Public Lands 
     Management Act of 1996 to increase the authorization of 
     appropriations for the Vancouver National Historic Reserve 
     and for the preservation of Vancouver Barracks.
       S. 1843. An act to extend certain hydro-electric licenses 
     in the State of Alaska.
       S 1852. An act to extend the deadline for commencement of 
     construction of a hydroelectric project in the State of 
     Wyoming.
       S. 1894. An act to direct the Secretary of the Interior to 
     conduct a special resource study to determine the national 
     significance of the Miami Circle site in the State of Florida 
     as well as the suitability and feasibility of its inclusion 
     in the National Park, and for other purposes.
       S. 1907. An act to direct the Secretary of the Interior to 
     convey certain land to the city of Haines, Oregon.
       S. 1946. An act to amend the National Trails System Act to 
     designate the Old Spanish Trail as a National Historic Trail.
       S. 2487. An act to provide for global pathogen surveillance 
     and response.
       S. 2549. An act to ensure that child employees of traveling 
     sales crews are protected under the Fair Labor Standards Act 
     of 1938.
       S. 2558. An act to amend the Public Health Service Act to 
     provide for the collection of data on benign brain-related 
     tumors through the national program of cancer registries.
       S. 2810. An act to amend the Communications Satellite Act 
     of 1962 to extent the deadline for the INTELSAT initial 
     public offering.
       S. Con. Res. 137. Concurrent resolution expressing the 
     sense of Congress that the Federal Mediation and Conciliation 
     Service should exert its best efforts to cause the Major 
     League Baseball Players Association and the owners of the 
     teams of Major League Baseball to enter into a contract to 
     continue to play professional baseball games without engaging 
     in a strike, a lockout, or any conduct that interferes with 
     the playing of scheduled professional baseball games.

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