[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 112 (Friday, July 26, 1996)]
[House]
[Page H8560]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        MESSAGE FROM THE SENATE

  The 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. 1051. An act to provide for the extension of certain 
     hydroelectric projects located in the State of West Virginia.

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

       H.R. 782. An act to amend title 18 of the United States 
     Code to allow members of employee associations to represent 
     their views before the United States Government;
       H.R. 1642. An act to extend nondiscriminatory treatment 
     (most-favored-nation treatment) to the products of Cambodia, 
     and for other purposes;
       H.R. 2980. An act to amend title 18, United States Code, 
     with respect to stalking;
       H.R. 3166. An act to amend title 18, United States Code, 
     with respect to the crime of false statement in a Government 
     matter;
       H.R. 3448. An act to provide tax relief for small 
     businesses, to protect jobs, to create opportunities, to 
     increase the take home pay of workers, to amend the Portal-
     to-Portal Act of 1947 relating to the payment of wages to 
     employees who use employer owned vehicles, and to amend the 
     Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to increase the minimum wage 
     rate and to prevent job loss by providing flexibility to 
     employers in complying with minimum wage and overtime 
     requirements under that Act; and
       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.

  The message also announced that the Senate insists upon its 
amendments to the bill (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,'' requests a conference with the House on 
the disagreeing votes of the two Houses thereon, and appoints Mr. 
Cochran, Mr. Specter, Mr. Bond, Mr. Gorton, Mr. McConnell, Mr. Burns, 
Mr. Hatfield, Mr. Bumpers, Mr. Harkin, Mr. Kerrey, Mr. Johnston, Mr. 
Kohl, and Mr. Byrd to be the conferees on the part of the Senate.
  The message also announced that the Senate insists upon its 
amendments to the bill (H.R. 3448) ``An act to provide tax relief for 
small businesses, to protect jobs, to create opportunities, to increase 
the take home pay of workers, to amend the Portal-to-Portal Act of 1947 
relating to the payment of wages to employees who use employer owned 
vehicles, and to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to increase 
the minimum wage rate and to prevent job loss by providing flexibility 
to employers in complying with minimum wage and overtime requirements 
under that Act,'' requests a conference with the House on the 
disagreeing votes of the two Houses thereon, and appoints from the 
Committee on Labor and Human Resources: Mrs. Kassebaum, Mr. Jeffords, 
and Mr. Kennedy; and from the Committee on Finance: Mr. Roth, Mr. 
Chafee, Mr. Grassley, Mr. Hatch, Mr. Simpson, Mr. Pressler, Mr. 
Moynihan, Mr. Baucus, Mr. Bradley, Mr. Pryor, and Mr. Rockefeller to be 
the conferees on the part of the Senate.
  The message also announced that the Senate insists upon its amendment 
to the bill (H.R. 3103) ``An act to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986 to improve portability and continuity of health insurance coverage 
in the group and individual markets, to combat waste, fraud, and abuse 
in health insurance and health care delivery, to promote the use of 
medical savings accounts, to improve access to long-term care services 
and coverage, to simplify the administration of health insurance, and 
for other purposes,'' disagreed to by the House, and agrees to the 
conference asked by the House on the disagreeing votes of the two 
Houses thereon, and appoints Mr. Roth, Mrs. Kassebaum, Mr. Lott, Mr. 
Kennedy, and Mr. Moynihan to be the conferees on the part of the 
Senate.
  The message also announced that the Senate has passed bills of the 
following titles in which the concurrence of the House is requested:

       S. 1577. An act to authorize appropriations for the 
     National Historical Publications and Records Commission for 
     fiscal years 1998, 1999, 2000, and 2001;
       S. 1675. An act to provide for the nationwide tracking of 
     convicted sexual predators, and for other purposes; and
       S. 1784. An act to amend the Small Business Investment Act 
     of 1958, and for other purposes.

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