[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 144 (Thursday, October 23, 1997)]
[Senate]
[Page S11033]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        MESSAGES FROM THE HOUSE

  At 11:47 a.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:

       S. Con. Res. 56. Concurrent resolution authorizing the use 
     of the rotunda of the Capitol for a ceremony honoring Leslie 
     Townes (Bob) Hope by conferring upon him the status of an 
     honorary veteran of the Armed Forces of the United States.

  The message also announced that the House has passed the following 
bill, in which it requests the concurrence of the Senate:

       H.R. 1534. An act to simplify and expedite access to the 
     Federal courts for injured parties whose rights and 
     privileges, secured by the United States Constitution, have 
     been deprived by final actions of Federal agencies, or other 
     government officials or entities acting under color of State 
     law; to prevent Federal courts from abstaining from 
     exercising Federal jurisdiction in actions where no State law 
     claim is alleged; to permit certification of unsettled State 
     law questions that are essential to resolving Federal claims 
     arising under the Constitution; and to clarify when 
     government action is sufficiently final to ripen certain 
     Federal claims arising under the Constitution.

  The message further announced that the House insists upon its 
amendments to the bill (S. 830) to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and 
Cosmetic Act and the Public Health Service Act to improve the 
regulation of food, drugs, devices, and biological products, and for 
other purposes, and asks a conference with the Senate on the 
disagreeing votes of the two Houses thereon; and appoints Mr. Blily, 
Mr. Bilirakis, Mr. Barton, Mr. Greenwood, Mr. Burr, Mr. Whitfield, Mr. 
Dingell, Mr. Brown of Ohio, Mr. Waxman, and Mr. Klink, as the managers 
of the conference on the part of the House.


                    enrolled joint resolution signed

  A message from the House of Representatives, delivered by one of its 
reading clerks, announced that the Speaker has signed the following 
enrolled joint resolution:

       H.J. Res. 97. Joint resolution making further continuing 
     appropriations for the fiscal year 1998, and for other 
     purposes.

  The enrolled joint resolution was signed subsequently by the 
President pro tempore [Mr. Thurmond].
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  At 5:59 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, with an amendment, in which it requests the 
concurrence of the Senate:

       S. 1139. An act to reauthorize the programs of the Small 
     Business Administration, and for other purposes.

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