[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 139 (Wednesday, October 8, 1997)]
[Senate]
[Page S10625]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        MESSAGES FROM THE HOUSE

  At 12:01 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 bills, in which it requests the concurrence of the 
Senate:

       H.R. 629. An act to grant the consent of the Congress to 
     the Texas Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Compact.
       H.R. 998. An act for the relief of Lloyd B. Gamble.
       H.R. 1127. An act to amend the Antiquities Act regarding 
     the establishment by the President of certain national 
     monuments.
       H.R. 1211. An act for the relief of Global Exploration and 
     Development Corporation, Kerr-McGee Corporation, and Kerr-
     McGee Chemical Corporation.
       H.R. 1313. An act for the relief of Nancy B. Wilson.
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  At 2:13 p.m., a message from the House of Representatives, delivered 
by Mr. Hays, one of its reading clerks, announced that the House agrees 
to the amendments of the Senate to the bill (H.R. 1122) to amend title 
18, United States Code, to ban partial-birth abortions.


               enrolled bills and joint resolution signed

  At 2:50 p.m., a message from the House of Representatives, delivered 
by Mr. Hays, one of its reading clerks, announced that the Speaker has 
signed the following bills and joint resolution:

       S. 1000. An act to designate the United States courthouse 
     at 500 State Avenue in Kansas City, Kansas, as the ``Robert 
     J. Dole United States Courthouse.''
       H.R. 1122. An act to amend title 18, United States Code, to 
     ban partial-birth abortions.
       H.J. Res. 75. Joint resolution to confer status as an 
     honorary veteran of the United States Armed Forces on Leslie 
     Townes (Bob) Hope.

  The enrolled bills and joint resolution were signed subsequently by 
the President pro tempore [Mr. Thurmond].
  At 4:46 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 report of the committee of conference on the disagreeing 
votes of the two Houses on the amendment of the Senate to the bill 
(H.R. 2158) 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.
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  At 5:50 p.m., a message from the House of Representatives, delivered 
by Ms. Goetz, one of its reading clerks, announced that the House has 
agreed to the following concurrent resolution, in which it requests the 
concurrence of the Senate:

       H. Con. Res. 169. Concurrent resolution providing for an 
     adjournment of the two Houses.

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