[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 50 (Thursday, April 24, 1997)]
[Senate]
[Page S3659]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        MESSAGES FROM THE HOUSE

  At 2 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 following concurrent resolution, in which it requests the 
concurrence of the Senate:

       H. Con. Res. 8 Concurrent resolution recognizing the 
     significance of maintaining the health and stability of coral 
     reef ecosystems.

  The message also announced that the House has passed the following 
bills, in which it requests the concurrence of the Senate:

       H.R. 39. An act to reauthorize the African Elephant 
     Conservation Act.
       H.R. 400. An act to amend title 35, United States Code, 
     with respect to patents, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 449. An act to provide for the orderly disposal of 
     certain Federal lands in Clark County, Nevada, and to provide 
     for the acquisition of environmentally sensitive lands in the 
     State of Nevada.
       H.R. 688. An act to amend the Solid Waste Disposal Act to 
     require at least 85 percent of funds appropriated to the 
     Environmental Protection Agency from the Leaking Underground 
     Storage Tank Trust Fund to be distributed to States for 
     cooperative agreements for undertaking corrective action and 
     for enforcement of subtitle I of such Act.
       H.R. 1272. An act to authorize appropriations for fiscal 
     years 1998 and 1999 for the United States Fire 
     Administration, and for other purposes.
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  At 6:26 p.m., 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. 1273. An act to authorize appropriations for fiscal 
     years 1998 and 1999 for the National Science Foundation, and 
     for other purposes.
       H.R. 1274. An act to authorize appropriations for the 
     National Institute of Standards and Technology for fiscal 
     years 1998 and 1999, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 1275. An act to authorize appropriations for the 
     National Aeronautics and Space Administration for fiscal 
     years 1998 and 1999, and for other purposes.

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