[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 47 (Monday, April 15, 1996)]
[House]
[Page H3233]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                   SUNDRY MESSAGES FROM THE PRESIDENT

  Sundry messages in writing from the President of the United States 
were communicated to the House by Mr. Edwin Thomas, one of his 
secretaries, who also informed the House that on the following dates 
the President approved and signed bills and joint resolutions of the 
House of the following titles:

           On March 7, 1996:
       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.
           On March 12, 1996:
       H.R. 927. An act to seek international sanctions against 
     the Castro government in Cuba, to plan for support of a 
     transition government leading to a democratically elected 
     government in Cuba, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 3021. An act to guarantee the continuing full 
     investment of Social Security and other Federal funds in 
     obligations of the United States.
           On March 15, 1996:
       H.J. Res. 163. Joint resolution making further continuing 
     appropriations for the fiscal year 1996, and for other 
     purposes.
           On March 20, 1996:
       H.R. 2778. An act to provide that members of the Armed 
     Forces performing services for the peacekeeping efforts in 
     Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, and Macedonia shall be 
     entitled to tax benefits in the same manner as if such 
     services were performed in a combat zone, and for other 
     purposes.
           On March 22, 1996:
       H.J. Res. 165. Joint resolution making further continuing 
     appropriations for the fiscal year 1996, and for other 
     purposes.
           On March 26, 1996:
       H.R. 2036. An act to amend the Solid Waste Disposal Act to 
     make certain adjustments in the land disposal program to 
     provide needed flexibility, and for other purposes.
           On March 29, 1996:
       H.J. Res. 170. Joint resolution making further continuing 
     appropriations for the fiscal year 1996, and for other 
     purposes.
       H.R. 3136. An act to provide for enactment for the Senior 
     Citizens' Right to Work Act of 1996, the Line Item Veto Act, 
     and the Small Business Growth and Fairness Act of 1996, and 
     to provide for a permanent increase in the public debt limit.
           On April 1, 1996:
       H.J. Res. 78. Joint resolution to grant the consent of the 
     Congress to certain additional powers conferred upon the Bi-
     State Development Agency by the States of Missouri and 
     Illinois.
       H.R. 1266. An act to provide for the exchange of lands 
     within Admiralty Island National Monument, and for other 
     purposes.
       H.R. 1787. An act to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and 
     Cosmetic Act to repeal the saccharin notice requirement.
           On April 4, 1996:
       H.R. 2854. An act to modify the operation of certain 
     agricultural programs.
           On April 9, 1996:
       H.J. Res. 168. Joint resolution waiving certain enrollment 
     requirements with respect to two bills of the One Hundred 
     Fourth Congress.
       H.R. 2969. An act to eliminate the Board of Tea Experts by 
     repealing the Tea Importation Act of 1897.

  The message further announced that on the following dates the 
President approved and signed bills and a joint resolution of the 
Senate of the following titles:

           On March 28, 1996:
       S. 1494. An act to provide an extension for fiscal year 
     1996 for certain programs administered by the Secretary of 
     Housing and Urban Development and the Secretary of 
     Agriculture, and for other purposes.
           On April 1, 1996:
       S.J. Res. 38. Joint resolution granting the consent of 
     Congress to the Vermont-New Hampshire Interstate Public Water 
     Supply Compact.
           On April 9, 1996:
       S. 4. An act to give the President line-item veto authority 
     with respect to appropriations, new direct spending, and 
     limited tax benefits.

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