[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 140 (Wednesday, October 2, 1996)]
[Senate]
[Page S12194]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        MESSAGES FROM THE HOUSE


               enrolled bills and joint resolution signed

  At noon, 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. 543. An act to reauthorize the National Marine 
     Sanctuaries Act, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 1734. An act to reauthorize the National Film 
     Preservation Board, and for other purposes.
       H.J. Res. 198. Joint resolution appointing the day for the 
     convening of the first session of the One Hundred Fifth 
     Congress and the day for the counting in Congress of the 
     electoral votes for the President and Vice President cast in 
     December 1996.

  The enrolled bills and joint resolution were signed subsequently by 
the President pro tempore [Mr. Thurmond].
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  At 2:29 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. 2579. An act to establish the National Tourism Board 
     and the National Tourism Organization to promote 
     international travel and tourism to the United States.
       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.
       S. 811. An act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior 
     to conduct studies regarding the desalination of water and 
     water reuse, and for other purposes.
       S. 1044. An act to amend title III of the Public Health 
     Service Act to consolidate and reauthorize provisions 
     relating to health centers, and for other purposes.
       S. 1467. An act to authorize the construction of the Fort 
     Peck Rural County Water Supply System, to authorize 
     assistance to the Fort Peck Rural County Water District, 
     Inc., a nonprofit corporation, for the planning, design, and 
     construction of the water supply system, and for other 
     purposes.
       S. 1505. An act to reduce risk to public safety and the 
     environment associated with pipeline transportation of 
     natural gas and hazardous liquids, and for other purposes.
       S. 1711. An act to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     improve the benefits programs administered by the Secretary 
     of Veterans Affairs to provide for a study of the Federal 
     programs for veterans, and for other purposes.
       S. 1965. An act to prevent the illegal manufacturing and 
     use of methamphetamine.
       S. 1973. An act to provide for the settlement of the 
     Navajo-Hopi land dispute, and for other purposes.
       S. 2153. An act to designate the United States Post Office 
     building located in Brewer, Maine, as the ``Joshua Lawrence 
     Chamberlain Post Office Building'', and for other purposes.

  The enrolled bills were signed subsequently by the President pro 
tempore [Mr. Thurmond].
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  At 5:28 p.m., a message from the House of Representatives, delivered 
by Mr. Hays, one of its reading clerks, announced that pursuant to the 
provisions of section 1 of 2 U.S.C. 154, as amended by section 1 of 
Public Law 102-246, the Speaker appoints Mr. Edwin L. Cox of Dallas, 
TX, as a member from private life on the part of the House to fill the 
unexpired term of Mrs. Marguerite S. Roll to the Library of Congress 
Trust Fund Board.


                         enrolled bills signed

  The message also announced that the Speaker has signed the following 
enrolled bills:

       H.R. 2297. An act to codify without substantive change, 
     laws related to transportation and improve the United States 
     Code.
       H.R. 3005. An act to amend the Federal securities laws in 
     order to promote efficiency and capital formation in the 
     financial market, and to amend the Investment Company Act of 
     1940 to promote more efficient management of mutual funds, 
     protect investors, and provide more effective and less 
     burdensome regulation.
       H.R. 3118. An act to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     reform eligibility for health care provided by the Department 
     of Veterans Affairs, to authorize major medical facility 
     construction projects for the Department, to improve 
     administration of health care by the Department, and for 
     other purposes.
       H.R. 3159. An act to amend title 49, United States Code, to 
     authorize appropriations for fiscal years 1997, 1998, and 
     1999 for the National Transportation Safety Board, and for 
     other purposes.
       H.R. 3815. An act to make technical corrections and 
     miscellaneous amendments to trade laws.

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