[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 143 (Wednesday, October 22, 1997)]
[Senate]
[Pages S10948-S10949]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        MESSAGES FROM THE HOUSE

  At 12:05 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 concurrent resolution (H. Con. Res. 
8) recognizing the significance of maintaining the health and stability 
of coral reef ecosystems.
  The message also announced that the House has passed the following 
bills and joint resolution, in which it requests the concurrence of the 
Senate:

       H.R. 282. An act to designate the United States Post Office 
     building located at 153

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     East 110th Street, New York, New York, as the ``Oscar Garcia 
     Rivera Post Building.''
       H.R. 681. An act to designate the United States Post Office 
     building located at 313 East Broadway in Glendale, 
     California, as the ``Carlost J. Moorhead Post Office 
     Building.''
       H.R. 708. An act to require the Secretary of the Interior 
     to conduct a study concerning grazing use and open space 
     within and adjacent to the Grand Teton National Park, 
     Wyoming, and to extend temporarily certain grazing 
     privileges.
       H.R. 1779. An act to make a minor adjustment in the 
     exterior boundary of the Devils Backbone Wilderness in the 
     Mark Twain National Forest, Missouri, to exclude a small 
     parcel of land containing improvements.
       H.R. 1787. An act to assist in the conservation of Asian 
     elephants by supporting and providing financial resources for 
     the conservation programs of nations within the range of 
     Asian elephants and projects of persons with demonstrated 
     expertise in the conservation of Asian elephants.
       H.R. 1789. An act to reauthorize the dairy indemnity 
     program.
       H.R. 1962. An act to provide for a Chief Financial Officer 
     in the Executive Office of the President.
       H.R. 2013. An act to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 551 Kingstown Road in South 
     Kingstown, Rhode Island, as the ``David B. Champagne Post 
     Office Building.''
       H.R. 2129. An act to designate the United States Post 
     Office located at 150 North 3rd Street in Steubenville, Ohio, 
     as the ``Douglas Applegate Post Office.''
       H.R. 2204. An act to authorize appropriations for fiscal 
     years 1998 and 1999 for the Coast Guard, and for other 
     purposes.
       H.R. 2366. An act to transfer to the Secretary of 
     Agriculture the authority to conduct the census of 
     agriculture, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 2464. An act to amend the Immigration and Nationality 
     Act to exempt internationally adopted children 10 years of 
     age or younger from the immunization requirement in section 
     212(a)(1)(A)(ii) of such.
       H.R. 2535. An act to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 
     to allow the consolidation of student loans under the Federal 
     Family Loan Program and the Direct Loan Program.
       H.R. 2564. An act to designate the United States Post 
     Office located at 450 North Centre Street in Pottsville, 
     Pennsylvania, as the ``Peter J. McCloskey Postal Facility.''
       H.R. 2610. An act to amend the National Narcotics 
     Leadership Act of 1988 to extend the authorization for the 
     Office of National Drug Control Policy until September 30, 
     1999, to expand the responsibilities and powers of the 
     Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy, and 
     for other purposes.
       H.J. Res. 97. Joint resolution making further continuing 
     appropriations for the fiscal year 1998, and for other 
     purposes.

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

       H. Con. Res. 151. Concurrent resolution expressing the 
     sense of the Congress that the United States should manage 
     its forests to maximize the reduction of carbon dioxide in 
     the atmosphere among many other objectives, and that the 
     United States should serve as an example and as a world 
     leader in managing its forests in a manner that substantially 
     reduces the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.

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