[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 96 (Wednesday, July 9, 1997)]
[Senate]
[Pages S7114-S7115]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        MESSAGES FROM THE HOUSE

  At 12 noon, a message from the House of Representatives, delivered by 
Mr. Hays, 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. 748. An act to amend the prohibition of title 18, 
     United States Code, against financial transactions with 
     terrorists.
       H.R. 822. An act to facilitate a land exchange involving 
     private land within the exterior boundaries of Wenatchee 
     National Forest in Chelan County, Washington.
       H.R. 849. An act to prohibit an alien who is not lawfully 
     present in the United States from receiving assistance under 
     the Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property 
     Acquisition Policies Act of 1970.
       H.R. 951. An act to require the Secretary of the Interior 
     to exchange certain lands located in Hinsdale, Colorado.
       H.R. 960. An act to validate certain conveyances in the 
     City of Tulare, Tulare County, California, and for other 
     purposes.
       H.R. 1086. An act to codify without substantive change laws 
     related to transportation and to improve the United States 
     Code.
       H.R. 1198. An act to direct the Secretary of the Interior 
     to convey certain land to the City of Grants Pass, Oregon.
       H.R. 1840. An act to provide a law enforcement exception to 
     the prohibition on the advertising of certain electronic 
     devices.
       H.R. 1658. An act to reauthorize and amend the Atlantic 
     Striped Bass Conservation Act and related laws.
       H.R. 1847. An act to improve the criminal law relating to 
     fraud against consumers.
       H.R. 2016. An act making appropriations for military 
     construction, family housing, and base realignment and 
     closure for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year 
     ending September 30, 1998, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 2018. An act to waive temporarily the Medicaid 
     enrollment composition rule for the Better Health Plan of 
     Amherst, New York.

  The message also announced that the House has passed the following 
joint resolution, without amendment:

       S.J. Res. 29. Joint resolution to direct the Secretary of 
     the Interior to design and construct a permanent addition to 
     the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial in Washington, D.C., 
     and for other purposes.


                         enrolled bills signed

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

       H.R. 173. An act to amend the Federal Property and 
     Administrative Services Act of 1949 to authorize donation of 
     Federal law enforcement canines that are no longer needed for 
     official purposes to individuals with experience handling 
     canines in the performance of law enforcement duties.
       H.R. 649. An act to amend sections of the Department of 
     Energy Organization Act that are obsolete or inconsistent 
     with other statutes and to repeal section of the Federal 
     Energy Administration Act of 1974.

  The enrolled bills were signed subsequently by the President pro 
tempore [Mr. Thurmond].
  The message also announced that pursuant to the provisions of section 
711 of Public Law 104-293, the minority leader appointed the following 
individual to the Commission to Assess the Organization of the Federal 
Government to Combat the Proliferation of

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Weapons of Mass Destruction: Mr. Tony Beilenson of Maryland.
  The message further announced that pursuant to the provisions of 
section 806(c)(1) of Public Law 104-132, the majority leader appoints 
the following individual to the Commission on the Advancement of 
Federal Law Enforcement: Mr. Gilbert Gallegos of New Mexico.

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