[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 34 (Monday, March 17, 1997)]
[Senate]
[Page S2356]
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                        MESSAGES FROM THE HOUSE

  At 12:02 pm., a message from the House of Representatives, delivered 
by Ms. Goetz, one of its reading clerks, announced that the House has 
passed the following bill and joint resolution, in which it requests 
the concurrence of the Senate:

       H.R. 852. An act to amend chapter 35, of title 44, United 
     States Code, popularly known as the Paperwork Reduction Act, 
     to minimize the burden of Federal paperwork demand upon small 
     business, educational and nonprofit institutions, Federal 
     contractors, State, and local governments, and other persons 
     through the sponsorship and use of alternative information 
     technologies.
       H.J. Res. 58. Joint resolution disapproving the 
     certification of the President under the section 490(b) of 
     the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 regarding foreign 
     assistance for Mexico during fiscal year 1997.

  The message also announced that the Speaker appoints the following 
Members of the House to the Commission on Security and Cooperation in 
Europe: Mr. Smith of New Jersey, Co-Chairman, Mr. Porter, Mr. Wolf, Mr. 
Salmon, and Mr. Christensen.
  The message further announced that the Speaker appoints Mr. Jeffrey 
S. Blair of Georgia from private life to the National Committee on 
Vital and Health Statistics on the part of the House.
  The message also announced that the Speaker appoints the following 
Member of the House to the Mexico-United States Interparliamentary 
Group: Mr. Kolbe, Chairman.
  The message further announced that the Speaker appoints the following 
Member of the House to the Canada-United States Interparliamentary 
Group: Mr. Houghton, Chairman.

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