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Congressional Record United States of America PROCEEDINGS and DEBATES of the 106Th CONGRESS, SECOND SESSION E PL UR UM IB N U U S Congressional Record United States of America PROCEEDINGS AND DEBATES OF THE 106th CONGRESS, SECOND SESSION Vol. 146 WASHINGTON, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 27, 2000 No. 137 House of Representatives The House met at 9 a.m. ceedings and announces to the House H.R. 2780. An act to authorize the Attorney The Chaplain, the Reverend Daniel P. his approval thereof. General to provide grants for organizations Coughlin, offered the following prayer: Pursuant to clause 1, rule I, the Jour- to find missing adults. God of all grace, be with us now and nal stands approved. H.R. 4404. An act to permit the payment of until the end. f medical expenses incurred by the United You know each of the Members of States Park Police in the performance of this House. You have given each dif- PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE duty to be made directly by the National ferent gifts; that together they may The SPEAKER. Will the gentleman Park Service, to allow for waiver and indem- achieve Your purpose and bring about from Wisconsin (Mr. SENSENBRENNER) nification in mutual law enforcement agree- liberty and justice for all. come forward and lead the House in the ments between the National Park Service You have called them forth from dif- Pledge of Allegiance. and a State or political subdivision when re- ferent places and assembled them in Mr. SENSENBRENNER led the quired by State law, and for other purposes. this Chamber to serve this great Na- Pledge of Allegiance as follows: H.R. 4957. An act to amend the Omnibus tion and shape its future. I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the Parks and Public Lands Management Act of Give them vision rooted in faith, at- United States of America, and to the Repub- 1996 to extend the legislative authority for tentive listening to the needs of the lic for which it stands, one nation under God, the Black Patriots Foundation to establish a times, and discerning hearts to make indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. commemorative work. right judgments. f H.R. 5083. An act to extend the authority of God of all grace, be with us now and the Los Angeles Unified School District to MESSAGE FROM THE SENATE forever. Amen. use certain park lands in the City of South f A message from the Senate by Mr. Gate, California, which were acquired with Lundregan, one of its clerks, an- amounts provided from the land and water THE JOURNAL nounced that the Senate has passed conservation fund, for elementary school The SPEAKER. The Chair has exam- without amendment bills of the House purposes. ined the Journal of the last day's pro- of the following titles: NOTICEÐOCTOBER 23, 2000 A final issue of the Congressional Record for the 106th Congress, 2d Session, will be published on November 29, 2000, in order to permit Members to revise and extend their remarks. All material for insertion must be signed by the Member and delivered to the respective offices of the Official Reporters of Debates (Room HT±60 or S±123 of the Capitol), Monday through Friday, between the hours of 10:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. through November 28. The final issue will be dated November 29, 2000, and will be delivered on Friday, December 1, 2000. None of the material printed in the final issue of the Congressional Record may contain subject matter, or relate to any event that occurred after the sine die date. Senators' statements should also be submitted electronically, either on a disk to accompany the signed statement, or by e-mail to the Official Reporters of Debates at ``Records@Reporters''. Members of the House of Representatives' statements may also be submitted electronically by e-mail, to accompany the signed statement, and formatted according to the instructions for the Extensions of Remarks template at http:// clerkhouse.house.gov. The Official Reporters will transmit to GPO the template formatted electronic file only after receipt of, and authentication with, the hard copy, signed manuscript. Deliver statements to the Official Reporters in Room HT±60. Members of Congress desiring to purchase reprints of material submitted for inclusion in the Congressional Record may do so by contacting the Congressional Printing Management Division, at the Government Printing Office, on 512±0224, be- tween the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. daily. By order of the Joint Committee on Printing. WILLIAM M. THOMAS, Chairman. b This symbol represents the time of day during the House proceedings, e.g., b 1407 is 2:07 p.m. Matter set in this typeface indicates words inserted or appended, rather than spoken, by a Member of the House on the floor. H11359 . H11360 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD Ð HOUSE October 27, 2000 H.R. 5157. An act to amend title 44, United SECTION 1. PERMANENT RESIDENCE. SERGIO LOZANO States Code, to ensure preservation of the (a) SHORT TITLE.ÐThis Act may be cited as The Clerk called the Senate bill (S. records of the Freedmen's Bureau. the ``Wei Jingsheng Freedom of Conscience H.R. 5331. An act to authorize the Fred- Act''. 276) for the relief of Sergio Lozano. erick Douglass Gardens, Inc., to establish a (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of There being no objection, the Clerk memorial and gardens on Department of the law, for purposes of the Immigration and Na- read the Senate bill as follows: Interior lands in the District of Columbia or tionality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101 et seq.), Wei S. 276 its environs in honor and commemoration of Jingsheng shall be held and considered to Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep- Frederick Douglass. have been lawfully admitted to the United resentatives of the United States of America in The message also announced that the States for permanent residence as of the date Congress assembled, Senate has passed with amendments in of the enactment of this Act upon payment SECTION 1. PERMANENT RESIDENT STATUS FOR which the concurrence of the House is of the required visa fee. SERGIO LOZANO. (a) IN GENERAL.ÐNotwithstanding sub- requested, a bill and a joint resolution SEC. 2. REDUCTION OF NUMBER OF AVAILABLE VISAS. sections (a) and (b) of section 201 of the Im- of the House of the following titles: Upon the granting of permanent residence migration and Nationality Act, Sergio H.R. 4940. An act to designate the museum to Wei Jingsheng as provided in this Act, the Lozano shall be eligible for issuance of an operated by the Secretary of Energy in Oak Secretary of State shall instruct the proper immigrant visa or for adjustment of status Ridge, Tennessee, as the ``American Museum officer to reduce by one during the current to that of an alien lawfully admitted for per- of Science and Energy'', and for other pur- fiscal year the total number of immigrant manent residence upon filing an application poses. visas available to natives of the country of for issuance of an immigrant visa under sec- H.J. Res. 102. Joint resolution recognizing the alien's birth under section 203(a) of the tion 204 of such Act or for adjustment of sta- that the Birmingham Pledge has made a sig- Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. tus to lawful permanent resident. nificant contribution in fostering racial har- 1153(a)). (b) ADJUSTMENT OF STATUS.ÐIf Sergio mony and reconciliation in the United Lozano enters the United States before the States and around the world, and for other The Senate bill was ordered to be filing deadline specified in subsection (c), he purposes. read a third time, was read the third shall be considered to have entered and re- The message also announced that the time, and passed, and a motion to re- mained lawfully and shall, if otherwise eligi- Senate agrees to the amendment of the consider was laid on the table. ble, be eligible for adjustment of status House to the amendment of the Senate under section 245 of the Immigration and Na- f tionality Act as of the date of the enactment to the bill (H.R. 4868) ``An Act to of this Act. amend the Harmonized Tariff Schedule MARINA KHALINA (c) DEADLINE FOR APPLICATION AND PAY- of the United States to modify tempo- MENT OF FEES.ÐSubsections (a) and (b) shall The Clerk called the Senate bill (S. rarily certain rates of duty, to make apply only if the application for issuance of 150) for the relief of Marina Khalina other technical amendments to the an immigrant visa or the application for ad- and her son, Albert Miftakhov. trade laws, and for other purposes.'' justment of status are filed with appropriate The message also announced that the There being no objection, the Clerk fees within 2 years after the date of the en- Senate has passed bills and a concur- read the Senate bill as follows: actment of this Act. S. 150 (d) REDUCTION OF IMMIGRANT VISA NUM- rent resolution of the following titles BER.ÐUpon the granting of an immigrant in which the concurrence of the House Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep- visa or permanent residence to Sergio is requested: resentatives of the United States of America in Lozano, the Secretary of State shall instruct Congress assembled, S. 1880. An act to amend the Public Health the proper officer to reduce by one, during Service Act to improve the health of minor- SECTION 1. PERMANENT RESIDENCE. the current or next following fiscal year, the ity individuals. Notwithstanding any other provision of total number of immigrant visas that are S.
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