[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 114 (Wednesday, September 3, 1997)]
[House]
[Page H6717]
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 with an amendment in which the 
concurrence of the House is requested, a bill of the House of the 
following title:

       H.R. 2160. An act making appropriations for Agriculture, 
     Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related 
     Agencies programs 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. 2160) ``An Act making appropriations for Agriculture, 
Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies 
programs 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. Cochran, Mr. Specter, 
Mr. Bond, Mr. Gorton, Mr. McConnell, Mr. Burns, Mr. Stevens, Mr. 
Bumpers, Mr. Harkin, Mr. Kohl, Mr. Byrd, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Inouye, to 
be the conferees on the part of the Senate.
  The message also announced that the Senate has passed bills of the 
following titles in which the concurrence of the House is requested:

       S. 797. An act to amend the John F. Kennedy Center Act to 
     authorize the design and construction of additions to the 
     parking garage and certain site improvements, and for other 
     purposes;
       S. 910. An act to authorize appropriations for carrying out 
     the Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act of 1977 for fiscal years 
     1998 and 1999, and for other purposes;
       S. 996. An act to provide for the authorization of 
     appropriations in each fiscal year for arbitration in United 
     States district courts; and
       S. 1120. An act to provide for a consultant for the 
     President pro tempore.

  The message also announced that pursuant to Public Law 94-304, as 
amended by Public Law 99-7, the Chair, on behalf of the Vice President, 
appoints the following Senators to the Commission on Security and 
Cooperation in Europe--the Senator from Wisconsin [Mr. Feingold], the 
Senator from Florida [Mr. Graham], the Senator from New Jersey [Mr. 
Lautenberg], and the Senator from Nevada [Mr. Reid].
  The message also announced that pursuant to Public Law 94-304, as 
amended by Public Law 99-7, the Chair, on behalf of the Vice President, 
appoints the following Senators to the Commission on Security and 
Cooperation in Europe--the Senator from Montana [Mr. Burns], the 
Senator from Colorado [Mr. Campbell], the Senator from Maine [Ms. 
Snowe], and the Senator from Michigan [Mr. Abraham].

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