[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 203 (Monday, December 18, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H14965]
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 of its clerks, 
announced that the Senate had passed with an amendment a bill of the 
House of the following title:

       H.R. 1561. An act to consolidate the foreign affairs 
     agencies of the United States; to authorize appropriations 
     for the Department of State and related agencies for fiscal 
     years 1996 and 1997;  to responsibly reduce the 
     authorizations  of  appropriations  for United States foreign 
     assistance programs for fiscal years 1996 and 1997, and for 
     other purposes.

  The message also announced that the Senate insists upon its amendment 
to the bill (H.R. 1561) ``An Act to consolidate the foreign affairs 
agencies of the United States; to authorize appropriations for the 
Department of State and related agencies for fiscal years 1996 and 
1997; to responsibly reduce the authorizations of appropriations for 
United States foreign assistance programs for fiscal years 1996 and 
1997, and for other purposes,'' requests a conference with the House on 
the disagreeing votes of the two Houses thereon, and appoints Mr. 
Helms, Ms. Snowe, Mr. Brown, Mr. Coverdell, Mr. Ashcroft, Mr. Pell, Mr. 
Kerry, Mr. Sarbanes, and Mr. Dodd, to be the conferees on the part of 
the Senate.
  The message also announced that pursuant to Public Law 94-304, as 
amended by Public Law 99-7, the Chair, on behalf of the Vice President, 
appoints Mr. Feingold to the Commission on Security and Cooperation in 
Europe.

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