[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 106 (Thursday, July 24, 1997)]
[House]
[Page H5667]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        MESSAGE FROM THE SENATE

  A message from the Senate by Mr. Lundregan, one of its clerks, 
announced that the Senate had passed without amendment bills of the 
House of the following titles:

       H.R. 709. An act to reauthorize and amend the National 
     Geologic Mapping Act of 1992, and for other purposes; and
       H.R. 1226. An act to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to prevent the unauthorized inspection of tax returns or 
     tax return information.

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

       H.R. 2158. An act making appropriations for the Departments 
     of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and 
     for sundry independent agencies, commissions, corporations, 
     and offices for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1998, 
     and for other purposes.

  The message also announced that the Senate insists upon its amendment 
to the bill (H.R. 2158) ``An Act making appropriations for the 
Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and 
for sundry independent agencies, commissions, corporations, and offices 
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1998, and for other 
purposes,'' requests a conference with the House on the disagreeing 
votes of the two Houses thereon, and appoints Mr. Bond, Mr. Burns, Mr. 
Stevens, Mr. Shelby, Mr. Campbell, Mr. Craig, Mr. Cochran, Ms. 
Mikulski, Mr. Leahy, Mr. Lautenberg, Mr. Harkin, Mrs. Boxer, and Mr. 
Byrd, to be the conferees on the part of the Senate.
  The message also announced that the Senate had passed concurrent 
resolutions of the following titles, in which the concurrence of the 
House is requested:

       S. Con. Res. 40. Concurrent resolution expressing the sense 
     of the Congress regarding the OAS-CIAV Mission in Nicaragua; 
     and
       S. Con. Res. 41. Concurrent resolution calling for a United 
     States initiative seeking a just and peaceful resolution of 
     the situation on Cyprus.

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