[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 81 (Wednesday, June 5, 1996)]
[Senate]
[Pages S5854-S5855]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        MESSAGES FROM THE HOUSE

  At 3:55 p.m., a message from the House of Representatives, delivered 
by Mr. Hays, 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. 234. An act to amend title 11 of the United States 
     Code to make nondischargeable a debt for death or injury 
     caused by the debtor's operation of watercraft or aircraft 
     while intoxicated.
       H.R. 2650. An act to amend title 18, United States Code, to 
     eliminate certain sentencing inequities for drug offenders.
       H.R. 2977. An act to reauthorize alternative means of 
     dispute resolution in the Federal administrative process, and 
     for other purposes.
       H.R. 3235. An act to amend the Ethics in Government Act of 
     1978, to extend the authorization of appropriations for the 
     Office of Government Ethics for 3 years, and for other 
     purposes.
       H.R. 3376. An act to authorize major medical facility 
     projects and major medical facility leases for the Department 
     of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 1997, and for other 
     purposes.

  The message also announced that the House has agreed to the following 
concurrent resolution, in which it request the concurrence of the 
Senate:

       H. Con. Res. 181. Concurrent resolution expressing the 
     sense of Congress that the Secretary of Agriculture should 
     dispose of all remaining commodities in the disaster reserve 
     maintained under the Agricultural Act of 1970 to relieve the 
     distress of livestock producers whose ability to maintain 
     livestock is adversely affected by disaster conditions 
     existing in certain areas of the United States, such as 
     prolonged drought or flooding.

  The message further announced that the House has passed the following 
bill (S. 1136) to control and prevent commercial counterfeiting, and 
for other purposes, with an amendment; the House insists upon its 
amendment, and asks a conference with the Senate on the disagreeing 
votes of the two Houses thereon; and appoints Mr. Hyde, Mr.

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Moorhead, Mr. Goodlatte, Mr. Conyers, and Mrs. Schroeder as the 
managers of the conference on the part of the House.
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  At 6:12 p.m., a message from the House of Representatives, delivered 
by Mr. Hays, one of its reading clerks, announced that the House has 
passed the following bill, in which it requests the concurrence of the 
Senate:

       H.R. 1861. An act to make technical corrections in the 
     Satellite Home Viewer Act of 1994 and other provisions of 
     title 17, United States Code.

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