[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 109 (Tuesday, July 29, 1997)]
[Senate]
[Pages S8260-S8261]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        MESSAGES FROM THE HOUSE

  At 11:25 a.m., a message from the House of Representatives, delivered 
by 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. 103. An act to expedite State reviews of criminal 
     records of applicants for private security officer 
     employment, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 1596. An act to amend title 28, United States Code, to 
     authorize the appointment of additional bankruptcy judges, 
     and for other purposes.
       H.R. 1855. An act to establish a moratorium on large 
     fishing vessels in Atlantic herring and mackerel fisheries.
       H.R. 1953. An act to clarify State authority to tax 
     compensation paid to certain employees.
       H.R. 2005. An act to amend title 49, United States Code, to 
     clarify the application of the Act popularly known as the 
     ``Death on the High Seas Act'' to aviation incidents, and for 
     other purposes.
       H.R. 2209. An act making appropriations for the Legislative 
     Branch for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1998, and for 
     other purposes.

  The message also announced that the House has agreed to the following 
concurrent resolutions, in which it requests the concurrence of the 
Senate:

       H. Con Res. 74. Concurrent resolution concerning the 
     situation between the Democratic People's Republic of Korea 
     and the Republic of Korea.
       H. Con. Res. 98. Concurrent resolution authorizing the use 
     of the Capitol grounds for the SAFE KIDS Buckle Up Car Seat 
     Safety Check.
       H. Con. Res. 124. Concurrent resolution expressing the 
     sense of the Congress regarding acts of illegal aggression by 
     Canadian fishermen with respect to the Pacific salmon 
     fishery, and for other purposes.


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  The message further announced that the House has passed the following 
bills, without amendment:

       S. 430. An act to amend the Act of June 20, 1910, to 
     protect the permanent trust funds of the State of New Mexico 
     from erosion due to inflation and modify the basis on which 
     distributions are made from those funds.
       S. 670. An act to amend the Immigration and Nationality 
     Technical Corrections Act of 1994 to eliminate the special 
     transition rule for issuance of a certificate of citizenship 
     for certain children born outside the United States.

  The message also announced that pursuant to clause 6 of rule X, the 
Speaker announced the following modifications to the conference 
appointment to the bill (H.R. 1119) 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:
  Mr. McKeon is added to the panel for the Committee on National 
Security to follow Mr. Bartlett.
  The first proviso to the panel from the Committee on Resources is 
stricken.
  The message further announced that the House disagrees to the 
amendment of the Senate to the bill (H.R. 1757) to consolidate 
international affairs agencies, to authorize appropriations for the 
Department of State and related agencies for fiscal years 1998 and 
1999, and ensure that the enlargement of the North Atlantic Treaty 
Organization [NATO] proceeds in a manner consistent with United States 
interests, to strengthen relations between the United States and 
Russia, to preserve the prerogatives of the Congress with respect to 
certain arms control agreements, and for other purposes, and requests a 
conference with the Senate on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses 
thereon;
  And appoints the following Members as the managers of the conference 
on the part of the Houses:
  For the consideration of the House bills (except title XXI) and the 
Senate amendment, and modification committed to conference: Mr. Gilman, 
Mr. Leach, Mr. Hyde, Mr. Bereuter, Mr. Smith of New Jersey, Mr. 
Hamilton, Mr. Gejdenson, Mr. Lantos, and Mr. Berman.
  For the consideration of title XXI of the House bill, and 
modifications committed to conference: Mr. Gilman, Mr. Hyde, Mr. Smith 
of New Jersey, Mr. Hamilton, and Mr. Gejdenson.
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  At 5:33 p.m., a message from the House of Representatives, delivered 
by Ms. Goetz, one of its reading clerks, announced that the House 
agreed to the following concurrent resolution, in which it requests the 
concurrence of the Senate:

       H. Con. Res. 75. Concurrent resolution expressing the sense 
     of the Congress that States should work more aggressively to 
     attack the problem of violent crimes committed by repeat 
     offenders and criminals serving abbreviated sentences.

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

       H.R. 1348. An act to amend title 28, United States Code, 
     relating to war crimes.
       H.R. 2266. An act making appropriations for the Department 
     of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1998, and 
     for other purposes.

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