[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 100 (Tuesday, July 15, 1997)]
[House]
[Page H5185]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        MESSAGE FROM THE SENATE

  A message from the Senate from Mr. Lundregan, one of its clerks, 
announced that the Senate had passed without amendment a bill of the 
House of the following title:

       H.R. 2018. An act to waive temporarily the Medicaid 
     enrollment composition rule for the Better Health Plan of 
     Amherst, N.Y.

  The message also announced that the Senate had passed with amendments 
in which the concurrence of the House is requested, a bill of the House 
of the following title:

       H.R. 1119. An act to authorize appropriations for fiscal 
     year 1998 for military activities of the Department of 
     Defense, for military construction, and for defense 
     activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe 
     personnel strengths for such fiscal year for the Armed 
     Forces, and for other purposes.

  The message also announced that the Senate insists upon its 
amendments to the bill (H.R. 1119) ``An Act to authorize appropriations 
for fiscal year 1998 for military activities of the Department of 
Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the 
Department of Energy, to prescribe personnel strengths for such fiscal 
year for the Armed Forces, and for other purposes,'' requests a 
conference with the House on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses 
thereon, and appoints Mr. Thurmond, Mr. Warner, Mr. McCain, Mr. Coats, 
Mr. Smith of New Hampshire, Mr. Kempthorne, Mr. Inhofe, Mr. Santorum, 
Ms. Snowe, Mr. Roberts, Mr. Levin, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Bingaman, Mr. 
Glenn, Mr. Byrd, Mr. Robb, Mr. Lieberman, and Mr. Cleland, to be the 
conferees on the part of the Senate.
  The message also announced that the Senate had passed bills of the 
following titles, in which the concurrence of the House is requested:

       S. 231. An act to establish the National Cave and Karst 
     Research Institute in the State of New Mexico, and for other 
     purposes;
       S. 423. An act to extend the legislative authority for the 
     Board of Regents of Gunston Hall to establish a memorial to 
     honor George Mason;
       S. 669. An act to provide for the acquisition of the Plains 
     Railroad Depot at the Jimmy Carter National Historic Site;
       S. 731. An act to extend the legislative authority for 
     construction of the National Peace Garden memorial, and for 
     other purposes; and
       S. 936. An act to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
     1998 for military activities of the Department of Defense, 
     for military construction, and for defense activities of the 
     Department of Energy, to prescribe personnel strengths for 
     such fiscal year for the Armed Forces, and for other 
     purposes.

  The message also announced that pursuant to Public Law 105-18, the 
Chair, on behalf of the Democratic leader, appoints the following 
individuals to serve as members of the National Commission on the Cost 
of Higher Education:
  Robert V. Burns, of South Dakota; and
  Clare M. Cotton, of Massachusetts.
  The message also announced that pursuant to Public Law 105-18, the 
Chair, on behalf of the majority leader, appoints the following 
individuals to serve as members of the National Commission on the Cost 
of Higher Education:
  William D. Hansen, of Virginia;
  Frances M. Norris, of Virginia; and
  William E. Troutt, of Tennessee.

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