[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 122 (Monday, September 9, 1996)]
[House]
[Page H10109]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        MESSAGE FROM THE SENATE

  A message from the Senate by Ms. McDevitt, one of its clerks, 
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. 3666. An act making appropriations for the Departments 
     of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and 
     for sundry independent agencies, boards, commissions, 
     corporations, and offices 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. 3666) ``An act making appropriations for 
the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, 
and for sundry independent agencies, boards, commissions, corporations, 
and offices 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. Bond, Mr. 
Burns, Mr. Stevens, Mr. Shelby, Mr. Bennett, Mr. Campbell, Mr. 
Hatfield, Ms. Mikulski, Mr. Leahy, Mr. Johnston, Mr. Lautenberg, Mr. 
Kerrey, and Mr. Byrd, to be the conferees on the part of the Senate.
  The message also announced that the Senate had passed bills and a 
concurrent resolution of the following titles in which the concurrence 
of the House is requested:

       S. 1972. An act to amend the Older Americans Act of 1965 to 
     improve the provisions relating to Indians, and for other 
     purposes;
       S. 1970. An act to amend the National Museum of the 
     American Indian Act to make improvements in the Act, and for 
     other purposes; and
       S. Con. Res. 14. Concurrent resolution urging the President 
     to negotiate a new base rights agreement with the Government 
     of Panama to permit United States Armed Forces to remain in 
     Panama beyond December 31, 1999.

  The message also announced that pursuant to the provisions of Senate 
Concurrent Resolution 47 (104th Congress), the Chair, on behalf of the 
Vice President, appoints the following Senators to the Joint 
Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies: The Senator from 
Mississippi [Mr. Lott]; the Senator from Virginia [Mr. Warner]; and the 
Senator from Kentucky [Mr. Ford].

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