[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 86 (Wednesday, June 12, 1996)]
[House]
[Pages H6193-H6194]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT

  A message in writing from the President of the United States was 
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 of the House and Senate of the following 
titles:


                                 house

           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.
           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.
           March 15, 1996:
       H.J. Res. 163. Joint resolution making further continuing 
     appropriations for the fiscal year 1996, and for other 
     purposes.
           March 16, 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.
           March 22, 1996:
       H.J. Res. 165. Joint resolution making further continuing 
     appropriations for the fiscal year 1996, and for other 
     purposes.
           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.
           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.
           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.

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           April 4, 1996:
       H.R. 2854. An act to modify the operation of certain 
     agricultural programs.
           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.
           April 24, 1996:
       H.J. Res. 175. Joint resolution making further continuing 
     appropriations for the fiscal year 1996, and for other 
     purposes.
           April 25, 1996:
       H.R. 3034. An act to amend the Indian Self-Determination 
     and Education Assistance Act to extend to 2 months the 
     authority for promulgating regulations under the act.
           April 26, 1996:
       H.R. 3019. An act making appropriations for fiscal year 
     1996 to make further downpayment toward a balanced budget, 
     and for other purposes.
           April 30, 1996:
       H.R. 255. An act to designate the Federal Justice Building 
     in Miami, Florida, as the ``James Lawrence King Federal 
     Justice Building.''
       H.R. 869. An act to designate the Federal Building and 
     United States courthouse located at 125 Market Street in 
     Youngstown, Ohio, as the ``Thomas D. Lambros Federal Building 
     and United States Courthouse.''
       H.R. 1804. An act to designate the United States Post 
     Office-Courthouse located at South 6th and Rogers Avenue, 
     Fort Smith, Arkansas, as the ``Judge Isaac C. Parker Federal 
     Building.''
       H.R. 2415. An act to designate the United States Customs 
     Administrative Building at the Ysleta/Zaragosa Port of Entry 
     located at 797 South Zaragosa Road in El Paso, Texas, as the 
     ``Timothy C. McCaghren Customs Administrative Building.''
       H.R. 2556. An act to redesignate the Federal building 
     located at 345 Middlefield Road in Menlo Park, California, 
     and known as the Earth Sciences and Library Building, as the 
     ``Vincent E. McKelvey Federal Building.''
           May 6, 1996:
       H.R. 3055. An act to amend section 326 of the Higher 
     Education Act of 1965 to permit continued participation in 
     Historically Black Graduate Professional Schools in the grant 
     program authorized by that section.


                                 senate

           June 5, 1996:

  The President has approved the following:

           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.
           April 1, 1996:
       S.J. Res. 38. Joint resolution granting the consent of 
     Congress to the Vermont-New Hampshire Interstate Public Water 
     Supply Compact.
           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.
           April 24, 1996:
       S. 735. An act to deter terrorism, provide justice for 
     victims, provide for an effective death penalty, and for 
     other purposes.
           May 2, 1996:
       S.J. Res. 53. Joint resolution making corrections to Public 
     Law 104-134.
           May 20, 1996:
       S. 641. An act to amend the Public Health Service Act to 
     revise and extend programs established pursuant to the Ryan 
     White Comprehensive AIDS Resources Emergency Act of 1990.
           May 13, 1996:
       H.R. 2024. An act to phase out the use of mercury in 
     batteries and provide for the efficient and cost-effective 
     collection and recycling or proper disposal of used nickel 
     cadmium batteries, small sealed lead-acid batteries, and 
     certain other batteries, and for other purposes.
           May 15, 1996:
       H.R. 2243. An act to amend the Trinity River Basin Fish and 
     Wildlife Management Act of 1984, to extend for 3 years the 
     availability of Moneys for the restoration of fish and 
     wildlife in the Trinity River, and for other purposes.
           May 16, 1996:
       H.R. 2064. An act to grant the consent of Congress to an 
     amendment of the Historic Chattahoochee Compact between the 
     States of Alabama and Georgia.
           May 17, 1996:
       H.R. 2137. An act to amend the Violent Crime Control and 
     Law Enforcement Act of 1994 to require the release of 
     relevant information to protect the public from sexually 
     violent offenders.
           May 24, 1996:
       H.R. 1743. An act to amend the Water Resources Research Act 
     of 1984 to extend the authorizations of appropriations 
     through fiscal year 2000, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 1836. An act to authorize the Secretary of the 
     Interior to acquire property in the town of East Hampton, 
     Suffolk County, New York, for inclusion in the Amagansett 
     National Wildlife Refuge.
           May 29, 1996:
       H.R. 2066. An act to amend the National School Lunch Act to 
     provide greater flexibility to schools to meet the Dietary 
     Guidelines for Americans under the school lunch and school 
     breakfast programs.
           June 3, 1996:
       H.R. 1965. An act to reauthorize the Coastal Zone 
     Management Act of 1972, and for other purposes.

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Committee will resume its sitting.

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