[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 124 (Wednesday, September 11, 1996)]
[House]
[Page H10179]
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. 3396. An act to define and protect the institution of 
     marriage.

  The message also announced that the Senate agrees to the report of 
the committee of conference on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses 
on the amendments of the Senate 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.''
  The message also announced that the Senate had passed bills of the 
following titles in which the concurrence of the House is requested:

       S. 1669. An act to name the Department of Veterans Affairs 
     medical center in Jackson, Mississippi, as the ``G.V. (Sonny) 
     Montgomery Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center''; 
     and
       S. 1918. An act to amend trade laws and related provisions 
     to clarify the designation of normal trade relations.

  The message also announced that the Senate disagrees to the amendment 
of the House to the bill (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,'' requests a conference with the House on the disagreeing 
votes of the two Houses thereon, and appoints Mr. Chafee, Mr. Warner, 
Mr. Smith, Mr. Baucus, and Mr. Moynihan, to be the conferees on the 
part of the Senate.

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