[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 68 (Thursday, May 26, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: May 26, 1994]
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                        MESSAGE FROM THE SENATE

  A message from the Senate by Mr. Hallen, one of its clerks, announced 
that the Senate had passed without amendment bills of the House of the 
following titles:

       H.R. 1632. An act to amend title 11, District of Columbia 
     Code, and Part C of title IV of the District of Columbia 
     Self-Government and Governmental Reorganization Act to remove 
     gender-specific references.
       H.R. 3863. An act to designate the Post Office building 
     located at 401 E. South Street in Jackson, Mississippi, as 
     the ``Medgar Wiley Evers Post Office''.

  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. 1631. An act to amend title 11, District of Columbia 
     Code, to increase the maximum amount in controversy permitted 
     for cases under the jurisdiction of the Small Claims and 
     Conciliation Branch of the Superior Court of the District of 
     Columbia.
       H.R. 4278. An act to make improvements in the old-age, 
     survivors, and disability insurance program under title II of 
     the Social Security Act.

  The message also announced that the Senate insists upon its amendment 
to the bill (H.R. 4278) ``An Act to make improvements in the old-age, 
survivors, and disability insurance program under title II of the 
Social Security Act,'' requests a conference with the House on the 
disagreeing votes of the two Houses thereon, and appoints Mr. Moynihan, 
Mr. Baucus, Mr. Breaux, Mr. Packwood, and Mr. Dole, to be the conferees 
on the part of the Senate.
  The message also announced that the Senate agrees to the report of 
the committee of conference on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses 
on the amendment of the House to the amendment of the Senate to the 
bill (H.R. 965) ``An Act to provide for toy safety and for other 
purposes.''.
  The message also announced that the Senate had passed bills of the 
following titles, in which the concurrence of the House is requested:

       S. 729. An act to amend the Toxic Substances Control Act to 
     reduce the levels of lead in the environment, and for other 
     purposes.
       S. 1030. An act to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     improve the Department of Veterans Affairs program of sexual 
     trauma services for veterans, to improve certain Department 
     of Veterans Affairs programs for women veterans, to extend 
     the period of entitlement to inpatient care for veterans 
     exposed to Agent Orange or ionizing radiation, to establish a 
     hospice care pilot program, to establish a rural health care 
     clinics program, to authorize the Secretary of Veterans 
     Affairs to provide per diem payments and construction grants 
     to State homes for adult day health care services, to 
     establish an education debt reduction program, and for other 
     purposes.
       S. 1357. An act to reaffirm and clarify the Federal 
     relationships of the Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa 
     Indians and the Little River Band of Ottawa Indians as 
     distinct federally recognized Indian tribes, and for other 
     purposes.
       S. 1406. An act to amend the Plant Variety Protection Act 
     to make such Act consistent with the International Convention 
     for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants of March 19, 
     1991, to which the United States is a signatory, and for 
     other purposes.
       S. 2145. An act to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture 
     to determine which programs of the Department of Agriculture 
     are eligible for State mediation and to certify States to 
     administer mediation for the programs, and for other 
     purposes.

  The message also announced that pursuant to section 1928a-1928d, of 
title 22, United States Code, as amended, the Chair, on behalf of the 
Vice President, appoints Mr. Murkowski, as a member of the Senate 
delegation to the North Atlantic Assembly Spring Meeting during the 
second session of the one hundreds third Congress, to be held in Oslo, 
Norway, May 26-30, 1994.

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