[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 125 (Thursday, September 18, 1997)]
[Senate]
[Page S9635]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        MESSAGES FROM THE HOUSE

  At 2:02 p.m., a message from the House of Representatives, delivered 
by Mr. Hays, one of its reading clerks, announced that the House has 
passed the following bill, in which it requests the concurrence of the 
Senate:

       H.R. 2248. An act to authorize the President to award a 
     gold medal on behalf of the Congress to Ecumenical Patriarch 
     Bartholomew in recognition of his outstanding and enduring 
     contributions toward religious understanding and peace, and 
     for other purposes.
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  At 7:14 p.m., a message from the House of Representatives, delivered 
by Ms. Goetz, one of its reading clerks, announced that the House 
agrees to the amendments of the Senate to the bill (H.R. 680) to amend 
the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 to 
authorize the transfer of surplus personal property to States for 
donation to nonprofit providers of necessaries to impoverished families 
and individuals, and to authorize the transfer of surplus real property 
to States, political subdivisions and instrumentalities of States, and 
nonprofit organizations for providing housing or housing assistance for 
low-income individuals or families.
  The message also announced that the House has passed the following 
bill, in which it requests the concurrence of the Senate:

       H.R. 2443. An act to designate the Federal building located 
     at 601 Fourth Street, N.W., in the District of Columbia, as 
     the ``Federal Bureau of Investigation, Washington Field 
     Office Memorial Building,'' in honor of William H. Christian, 
     Jr., Martha Dixon Martinez, Michael J. Miller, Anthony 
     Palmisano, and Edwin R. Woodriffe.


                          enrolled bill signed

  The message further announced that the Speaker has signed the 
following enrolled bill:

       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.

  The enrolled bill was signed subsequently by the President pro 
tempore (Mr. Thurmond).

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