[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 87 (Thursday, June 13, 1996)]
[Senate]
[Pages S6219-S6220]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        MESSAGES FROM THE HOUSE

  At 10:58 a.m., a message from the House of Representatives, delivered 
by Ms. Goetz, one of its reading clerks, announced that the House 
agrees to the amendment of the Senate to the concurrent resolution (H. 
Con. Res. 172) authorizing the 1996 Summer Olympic Torch Relay to be 
run through the Capitol Grounds, and for other purposes.
  The message also announced that the House agrees to the report of the 
committee of conference on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses on 
the amendment of the Senate to the concurrent

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resolution (H. Con. Res. 178) establishing the congressional budget for 
the U.S. Government for fiscal year 1997 and setting forth appropriate 
budgetary levels for fiscal years 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, and 2002.
  The message further announced that the House agrees to the following 
concurrent resolution, without amendment:

       S. Con. Res. 63. Concurrent resolution to express 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, and for other purposes.

  The message also announced that the House has passed the following 
bills, in which it requests the concurrence of the Senate:

       H.R. 2909. An act to amend the Silvio O. Conte National 
     Fish and Wildlife Refuge Act to provide that the Secretary of 
     the Interior may acquire lands for purposes of that Act only 
     by donation or exchange, or otherwise with the consent of the 
     owner of the lands.
       H.R. 3603. An act making appropriations for Agriculture, 
     Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related 
     Agencies programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 
     1997, and for other purposes.

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