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                        MESSAGE FROM THE SENATE

  A message from the Senate by Ms. McDevitt, one of its clerks, 
announced that the Senate had passed without amendment a joint 
Resolution of the House of the following title:

       H.J. Res. 54. Joint resolution granting the consent of 
     Congress to the Missouri-Nebraska Boundary Compact.

  The message also announced that the Senate had passed with amendments 
in which the concurrence of the House is requested, bills of the House 
of the following titles:

       H.R. 1654. An act to authorize appropriations for the 
     National Aeronautics and Space Administration for fiscal 
     years 2000, 2001, and 2002, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 2116. An act to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     establish a program of extended care services for veterans 
     and to make other improvements in health care programs of the 
     Department of Veterans Affairs.

  The message also announced that the Senate insists upon its amendment 
to the bill (H.R. 1654) ``An Act to authorize appropriations for the 
National Aeronautics and Space Administration for fiscal year 2000, 
2001, and 2002, and for other purposes,'' requests a conference with 
the House on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses thereon, and 
appoints Mr. McCain, Mr. Stevens, Mr. Frist, Mr. Hollings, and Mr. 
Breaux, to be the conferees on the part of the Senate.
  The message also announced that the Senate insists upon its 
amendments to the bill (H.R. 2116) ``An Act to amend title 38, United 
States Code, to establish a program of extended care services for 
veterans and to make other improvements in health care programs of the 
Department of Veterans Affairs,'' requests a conference with the House 
on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses thereon, and appoints Mr. 
Specter, Mr. Thurmond, and Mr. Rockefeller, to be the conferees on the 
part of the Senate.
  The message also announced that the Senate has passed bills of the 
following titles in which concurrence of the House is requested:

       S. 791. An Act to amend the Small Business Act with respect 
     to the women's business center program.
       S. 1346. An Act to ensure the independence and nonpartisan 
     operation of the Office of Advocacy of the Small Business 
     Administration.
       S. 1418. An Act to provide for the holding of court at 
     Natchez, Mississippi, in the same manner as court is held at 
     Vicksburg, Mississippi, and for other purposes.
       S. 1769. An Act to continue the reporting requirements of 
     section 2519 of title 18, United States Code, beyond December 
     21, 1999, and for other purposes.

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