[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 198 (Wednesday, December 13, 1995)]
[Senate]
[Page S18557]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        MESSAGES FROM THE HOUSE

  At 1:58 p.m., a message from the House of Representatives, delivered 
by Ms. Goetz, one of its reading clerks, announced that the House has 
passed the following bills, in which it requests the concurrence of the 
Senate:

       H.R. 632. An act to enhance fairness in compensating owners 
     of patents used by the United States.
       H.R. 1253. An act to rename the San Francisco Bay National 
     Wildlife Refuge as the Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National 
     Wildlife Refuge.
       H.R. 1295. An act to amend the Trademark Act of 1946 to 
     make certain revisions relating to the protection of famous 
     marks.
       H.R. 1533. An act to amend title 18, United States Code, to 
     increase the penalty for escaping from a Federal prison.
       H.R. 1574. An act to amend the Federal Deposit Insurance 
     Act to exclude certain bank products from the definition of a 
     deposit.
       H.R. 1747. An act to amend the Public Health Service Act to 
     permanently extend and clarify malpractice coverage for 
     health centers, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 2196. An act to amend the Stevenson-Wydler Technology 
     Innovation Act of 1980 with respect to inventions made under 
     cooperative research and development agreements, and for 
     other purposes.
       H.R. 2243. An act to amend the Trinity River Basin Fish and 
     Wildlife Management Act of 1984, to extend for three years 
     the availability of moneys for the restoration of fish and 
     wildlife in the Trinity River, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 2289. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     extend permanently certain housing programs, to improve the 
     veterans employment and training system, and to make 
     clarifying and technical amendments to further clarify the 
     employment and reemployment rights and responsibilities of 
     members of the uniformed services, as well as those of the 
     employer community, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 2418. An act to improve the capability of analyze 
     deoxyribonucleic acid.
       H.R. 2538. An act to make clerical and technical amendments 
     to title 18, United States Code, and other provisions of law 
     relating to crime and criminal justice.
  The message also announced that the House has agreed to the following 
concurrent resolution, in which it requests the concurrence of the 
Senate:

       H. Con. Res. 117. Concurrent resolution concerning writer, 
     political philosopher, human rights advocate, and Nobel Peace 
     Prize nominee Wei Jingsheng.

  The message further announced that the House agrees to the amendment 
of the Senate to the bill (H.R. 1240) to combat crime by enhancing the 
penalties for certain sexual crimes against children.
  The message also announced that the House recedes from its amendments 
to the amendments of the Senate to the bill (H.R. 1868) making 
appropriations for foreign operations, export financing, and related 
programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1996, and for other 
purposes, and concurs therein with an amendment.
  The message further announced that the Speaker appoints Mr. Wise as a 
conferee in the conference on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses 
on the amendment of the Senate to the bill (H.R. 2539) to abolish the 
Interstate Commerce Commission, to amend subtitle IV of title 49, 
United States Code, to reform economic regulation of transportation, 
and for other purposes, vice Mr. Lipinski, resigned.
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  At 4:25 p.m., a message from the House of Representatives, delivered 
by Ms. Goetz, one of its reading clerks, announced that the House 
agrees to the report of the committee of conference on the disagreeing 
votes of the two Houses on the amendments of the Senate to the bill 
(H.R. 1977) making appropriations for the Department of the Interior 
and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1996, and 
for other purposes.

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