[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 105 (Wednesday, July 17, 1996)]
[Senate]
[Page S8012]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        MESSAGES FROM THE HOUSE


                          ENROLLED BILL SIGNED

  At 12:07 p.m., a message from the House of Representatives, delivered 
by Mr. Hays, one of its reading clerks, announced that the Speaker has 
signed the following enrolled bill:

       H.R. 248. An act to amend the Public Health Service Act to 
     provide for the conduct of expanded studies and the 
     establishment of innovative programs with respect to 
     traumatic brain injury, and for other purposes.

  The message also announced that the House has passed the following 
bills, without amendment:

       S. 966. An act for the relief of Nathan C. Vance, and for 
     other purposes.
       S. 1899. An act entitled the ``Mollie Beattie Wilderness 
     Area Act.

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

       H.R. 1975. An act to improve the management of royalties 
     from Federal and Outer Continental Shelf oil and gas leases, 
     and for other purposes.
       H.R. 2001. An act for the relief of Norton R. Girault.
       H.R. 3249. An act to authorize appropriations for a mining 
     institute or institutes to develop domestic technological 
     capabilities for the recovery of minerals from the Nation's 
     seabed, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 3458. An act to increase, effective as of December 1, 
     1996, the rates of compensation for veterans with service-
     connected disabilities and the rates of dependency and 
     indemnity compensation for the survivors of certain disabled 
     veterans.
       H.R. 3643. An act to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     extend through December 31, 1998, the period during which the 
     Secretary of Veterans Affairs is authorized to provide 
     priority health care to certain veterans who were exposed to 
     Agent Orange or who served in the Persian Gulf War and to 
     make such authority permanent in the case of certain veterans 
     exposed to ionizing radiation, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 3673. An act to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     revise and improve certain veterans programs and benefits, to 
     authorize the American Battle Monuments Commission to enter 
     into arrangements for the repair and long-term maintenance of 
     war memorials for which the Commission assumes 
     responsibility, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 3674. An act to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     clarify the causal relationship required between a veteran's 
     service-connected disability and employment handicap for 
     purposes of determining eligibility for training and 
     rehabilitation assistance entitlements from the Post-Vietnam 
     Era Educational Assistance Program to the Montgomery GI Bill, 
     and for other purposes.
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  At 3:58 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 terms of the 
Senate:

       H.R. 361. An act to provide authority to control exports, 
     and for other purposes.

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