[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 40 (Thursday, March 21, 1996)]
[House]
[Page H2561]
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. 3019. An act making appropriations for fiscal year 
     1996 to make a further downpayment toward a balanced budget, 
     and for other purposes.

  The message also announced that the Senate insists upon its amendment 
to the bill (H.R. 3019) ``An act making appropriations for fiscal year 
1996 to make a further downpayment toward a balanced budget, and for 
other purposes,'' requests a conference with the House on the 
disagreeing votes of the two Houses thereon, and appoints Mr. Hatfield, 
Mr. Stevens, Mr. Cochran, Mr. Specter, Mr. Domenici, Mr. Bond, Mr. 
Gorton, Mr. McConnell, Mr. Mack, Mr. Burns, Mr. Shelby, Mr. Jeffords, 
Mr. Gregg, Mr. Bennett, Mr. Campbell, Mr. Byrd, Mr. Inouye, Mr. 
Hollings, Mr. Johnston, Mr. Leahy, Mr. Bumpers, Mr. Lautenberg, Mr. 
Harkin, Ms. Mikulski, Mr. Reid, Mr. Kerrey, Mr. Kohl, and Mrs. Murray 
to be the conferees on the part of the Senate.
  The message also announced that the Senate had passed bills and 
concurrent resolutions of the following titles, in which the 
concurrence of the House is requested:

       S. 942. An act to promote increased understanding of 
     Federal regulations and increased voluntary compliance with 
     such regulations by small entities, to provide for the 
     designation of regional ombudsmen and oversight boards to 
     monitor the enforcement practices of certain Federal agencies 
     with respect to small business concerns, to provide relief 
     from excessive and arbitrary regulatory enforcement actions 
     against small entities, and for other purposes;
       S. 956. An act to establish a Commission on Structural 
     Alternatives for the Federal Courts of Appeals;
       S. Con. Res. 47. Concurrent resolution to provide for a 
     Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies; and
       S. Con. Res. 48. Concurrent resolution authorizing the 
     rotunda of the United States Capitol to be used on January 
     20, 1997, in connection with the proceedings and ceremonies 
     for the inauguration of the President-elect and the Vice 
     President-elect of the United States.

  The message also announced that pursuant to sections 276h-276k, of 
title 22, United States Code, the Chair, on behalf of the Vice 
President, appoints Mrs. Hutchison as the chairperson of the Senate 
delegation to the Mexico-United States Interparliamentary Union during 
the 2d session of the 104th Congress.

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