[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 154 (Friday, September 29, 1995)]
[House]
[Pages H9695-H9696]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        MESSAGE FROM THE SENATE

  A message from the Senate by Mr. Lundregan, one if its clerks, 
announced that the Senate had passed without amendment a bill of the 
House of the following title:

       H.R. 2399. An act to amend the Truth in Lending Act to 
     clarify the intent of such Act and to reduce burdensome 
     regulatory requirements on creditors.

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

       H.R. 2099. An act making appropriations for the Departments 
     of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and 
     for sundry independent agencies, boards, commissions, 
     corporations, and offices for the fiscal year ending 
     September 30, 1996, and for other purposes.

  The message also announced that the Senate insists upon its 
amendments to the bill (H.R. 2099) ``An Act making appropriations for 
the Departments of 

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Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and for sundry 
independent agencies, boards, commissions, corporations, and offices 
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1996, and for other 
purposes'', requests a conference with the House on the disagreeing 
votes of the two Houses thereon, and appoints Mr. Bond, Mr. Gramm, Mr. 
Burns, Mr. Stevens, Mr. Shelby, Mr. Bennett, Mr. Hatfield, Ms. 
Mikulski, Mr. Leahy, Mr. Johnston, Mr. Lautenberg, Mr. Kerrey, and Mr. 
Byrd, to be the conferees on the part of the Senate.
  The message also announced that the Senate had passed bills of the 
following titles, in which the concurrence of the House is requested:

       S. 144. An act to amend section 526 of title 28, United 
     States Code, to authorize awards of attorney's fees;
       S. 531. An act to authorize a circuit judge who has take 
     part in an en banc hearing of a case to continue to 
     participate in that case after taking senior status, and for 
     other purposes;
       S. 977. An act to correct certain references in the 
     Bankruptcy Code;
       S. 1111. An act to amend title 35, United States Code, with 
     respect to patents on biotechnological processes; and
       S. 1147. An act to extend and reauthorize the Defense 
     Production Act of 1950, and for other purposes.

  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 amendments of the House to the bill (S. 895) ``An Act to amend 
the Small Business Act to reduce the level of participation by the 
Small Business Administration in certain loans guaranteed by the 
Administration, and for other purposes''.
  The message also announced that in accordance with sections 1928a-
1928d of title 22 United States Code, as amended, the Chair, on behalf 
of the Vice President, appoints Mr. Cochran, Mr. Grassley, Mr. 
Murkowski, Mr. Gorton, and Mr. Akaka, as members of the Senate 
delegation to the North Atlantic Assembly Fall Meeting during the 1st 
session of the 104th Congress, to be held in Turin, Italy, October 5-9, 
1995.

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