[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 134 (Wednesday, September 25, 1996)]
[Senate]
[Pages S11289-S11290]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        MESSAGES FROM THE HOUSE

  A message from the House of Representatives, delivered by Ms. Goetz, 
one of its reading clerks, announced that the House has passed the 
following bills, in which it requests the concurrence of the Senate:

       H.R. 1791. An act to amend title XIX of the Social Security 
     Act to make certain technical corrections relating to 
     physicians' services.
       H.R. 3217. An act to provide for ballast water management 
     to prevent the introduction and spread of nonindigenous 
     species into the waters of the United States, and for other 
     purposes.
       H.R. 3452. An act to make certain laws applicable to the 
     Executive Office of the President, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 4083. An act to extend certain programs under the 
     Energy Policy and Conservation Act through September 30, 
     1997.

  The message also announced that the House has agreed to the following 
concurrent resolutions, in which it requests the concurrence of the 
Senate:

       H. Con. Res. 132. Concurrent resolution relating to the 
     trial of Martin Pang for arson and felony murder.
       H. Con. Res. 200. Concurrent resolution honoring the 
     victims of the June 25, 1996, terrorist bombing in Dhahran, 
     Saudi Arabia.
       H. Con. Res. 212. Concurrent resolution endorsing the 
     adoption by the European Parliament of a resolution 
     supporting the Republic of China on Taiwan's efforts at 
     joining the community of nations.

  The message further announced that the House 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. 3666) 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 House disagrees to the amendment 
of the Senate to the bill (H.R. 3539) to amend title 49, United States 
Code, to reauthorize programs of the Federal Aviation Administration, 
and for other purposes, and agrees to the conference asked by the 
Senate on the disagreeing votes of the Houses thereon; and appoints the 
following Members as the managers of the conference on the part of the 
House:
  From the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, for 
consideration of the House bill (except section 501) and the Senate 
amendment (except

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section 1001), and modifications committed to conference: Mr. Shuster, 
Mr. Clinger, Mr. Duncan, Mr. Oberstar, and Mr. Lipinski;
  From the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, for 
consideration of section 501 of the House bill and section 1001 of the 
Senate amendment, and modifications committed to conference: Mr. 
Shuster, Mr. Clinger, and Mr. Oberstar;
  As additional conferees from the Committee on Rules, for 
consideration of section 675 of the Senate bill, and modifications 
committed to conference: Mr. Dreier, Mr. Linder, and Mr. Beilenson;
  As additional conferees from the Committee on Science, for 
consideration of sections 601-605 of the House bill, and section 103 of 
the Senate amendment, and modifications committed to conference: Mr. 
Walker, Mrs. Morella, and Mr. Brown of California;
  As additional conferees from the Committee on Science, 
for consideration of section 501 of the Senate amendment and 
modifications committed to conference: Mr. Walker, Mr. Sensenbrener, 
and Mr. Brown of California;

  As additional conferees from the Committee on Ways and Means, for the 
consideration of section 501 of the bill H.R. 3539, and sections 417, 
906, and 1001 of the Senate amendment and modifications committed to 
conference: Mr. Archer, Mr. Crane, and Mr. Gibbons.


                         enrolled bills signed

  At 12:10 p.m., a message from the House of Representatives, delivered 
by Ms. Goetz, one of its reading clerks announced that the Speaker has 
signed the following enrolled bills:

       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.
       S. 1507. An act to provide for the extension of the Parole 
     Commission to oversee cases of prisoners sentenced under 
     prior law, to reduce the size of the Parole Commission, and 
     for other purposes.

  The enrolled bills were signed subsequently by the President pro 
tempore [Mr. Thurmond].
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  At 12:31 p.m., a message from the House of Representatives, delivered 
by Ms. Goetz, one of its reading clerks, announced that the House 
agrees to the report of the Committee of conference on the disagreeing 
votes of the two Houses on the amendment of the Senate to the bill 
(H.R. 3259) to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 1997 for 
intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the United States 
Government, the Community Management Account, and the Central 
Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System, and for other 
purposes.
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  At 4:01 p.m., a message from the House of Representatives, delivered 
by Mr. Hays, one of its reading clerks, announced that the House agrees 
to the report of the committee of conference on the disagreeing votes 
of the two Houses on the amendment of the Senate bill (H.R. 2202) to 
amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to improve deterrence of 
illegal immigration to the United States by increasing penalties for 
alien smuggling and for document fraud, and be reforming exclusion and 
deportation law and procedures, by improving the verification system 
for eligibility for employment, and through other measures, to reform 
the legal immigration system and facilitate legal entries into the 
United States, and for other purposes.

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