[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 103 (Friday, July 12, 1996)]
[House]
[Page H7480]
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 without amendment a bill of the 
House of the following title:

       H.R. 2337. An act to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to provide for increased taxpayer protections.

  The message also announced that the Senate had passed with amendments 
in which the concurrence of the House is requested, a bill of the House 
of the following title:

       H.R. 3230. An act to authorize appropriations for fiscal 
     year 1997 for military activities of the Department of 
     Defense, for military construction, and for defense 
     activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe 
     personnel strengths for such fiscal year for the Armed 
     Forces, and for other purposes.

  The message also announced that the Senate insists upon its 
amendments to the bill (H.R. 3230) ``An Act to authorize appropriations 
for fiscal year 1997 for military activities of the Department of 
Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the 
Department of Energy, to prescribe personnel strengths for such fiscal 
year for the Armed Forces, and for other purposes,'' requests a 
conference with the House on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses 
thereon, and appoints Mr. Thurmond, Mr. Warner, Mr. Cohen, Mr. McCain, 
Mr. Coats, Mr. Smith, Mr. Kempthorne, Mrs. Hutchison, Mr. Inhofe, Mr. 
Santorum, Mrs. Frahm, Mr. Nunn, Mr. Exon, Mr. Levin, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. 
Bingaman, Mr. Glenn, Mr. Byrd, Mr. Robb, Mr. Lieberman, and Mr. Bryan, 
to be the conferees on the part of the Senate.
  The message also announced that the Senate disagrees to the amendment 
of the House to the bill (S. 1004) ``An Act to authorize appropriations 
for the United States Coast Guard, and for other purposes,'' agrees to 
a conference asked by the House on the disagreeing votes of the two 
Houses thereon, and appoints from the Committee on Commerce, Science, 
and Transportation: Mr. Pressler, Mr. Stevens, Mr. Gorton, Mr. Lott, 
Mrs. Hutchison, Ms. Snowe, Mr. Ashcroft, Mr. Abraham, Mr. Hollings, Mr. 
Inouye, Mr. Ford, Mr. Kerry, Mr. Breaux, Mr. Dorgan, and Mr. Wyden; and 
from the Committee on Environment and Public Works for consideration of 
Oil Pollution Act issues: Mr. Chafee, Mr. Warner, Mr. Smith, Mr. 
Faircloth, Mr. Inhofe, Mr. Baucus, Mr. Lautenberg, Mr. Lieberman, and 
Mrs. Boxer, to be the conferees on the part of the Senate.
  The message also announced that the Senate had passed bills of the 
following titles, in which the concurrence of the House is requested:

       S. 640. An act to provide for the conservation and 
     development of water and related resources, to authorize the 
     Secretary of the Army to construct various projects for 
     improvements to rivers and harbors of the United States, and 
     for other purposes;
       S. 1745. An act to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
     1997 for military activities of the Department of Defense, 
     for military construction and for defense activities of the 
     Department of Energy, to prescribe personnel strengths for 
     such fiscal year for the Armed Forces, and for other 
     purposes;
       S. 1762. An act to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
     1997 for military activities of the Department of Defense, to 
     prescribe personnel strengths for such fiscal year for the 
     Armed Forces, and for other purposes;
       S. 1763. An act to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
     1997 for defense activities of the Department of Energy, and 
     for other purposes; and
       S. 1764. An act to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
     1997 for military construction and for other purposes.

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