[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 110 (Wednesday, July 30, 1997)]
[House]
[Page H6299]
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                        MESSAGE FROM THE SENATE

  A message from the Senate by Mr. Lundregan, one of its clerks, 
announced that the Senate had passed with amendments in which the 
concurrence of the House is requested, bills of the House of the 
following titles:

       H.R. 2209. An act making appropriations for the Legislative 
     Branch for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1998, and for 
     other purposes; and
       H.R. 2266. An act making appropriations for the Department 
     of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1998, and 
     for other purposes.

  The message also announced that the Senate insists upon its 
amendments to the bill (H.R. 2209) ``An Act making appropriations for 
the Legislative Branch 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. Bennett, 
Mr. Stevens, Mr. Craig, Mr. Cochran, Mr. Dorgan, Mrs. Boxer, and Mr. 
Byrd, to be the conferees on the part of the Senate.
  The message also announced that the Senate insists upon its amendment 
to the bill (H.R. 2266) ``An Act making appropriations for the 
Department of Defense 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. Stevens, 
Mr. Cochran, Mr. Specter, Mr. Domenici, Mr. Bond, Mr. McConnell, Mr. 
Shelby, Mr. Gregg, Mrs. Hutchison, Mr. Inouye, Mr. Hollings, Mr. Byrd, 
Mr. Leahy, Mr. Bumpers, Mr. Lautenberg, Mr. Harkin, and Mr. Dorgan, to 
be the conferees on the part of the Senate.
  The message also announced that the Senate insists upon its amendment 
to the bill (H.R. 1757) ``An Act to consolidate international affairs 
agencies, to authorize appropriations for the Department of State and 
related agencies for fiscal years 1998 and 1999, and to 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'', disagreed to by the House and 
agrees to the conference asked by the House on the disagreeing votes of 
the two Houses thereon, and appoints Mr. Helms, Mr. Coverdell, Mr. 
Hagel, Mr. Grams, Mr. Biden, Mr. Sarbanes, and Mr. Dodd, to be the 
conferees on the part of the Senate.

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