[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 155 (Friday, November 7, 1997)]
[Senate]
[Pages S11961-S11962]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




          MESSAGES FROM THE HOUSE RECEIVED DURING ADJOURNMENT

  Under the authority of the order of the Senate of January 7, 1997, 
the Secretary of the Senate, on November 7, 1997, during the 
adjournment of the Senate, received a message from the House of 
Representatives announcing that the Speaker has signed the following 
enrolled bill:

       H.R. 2367. An Act to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     provide a cost-of-living adjustment in the rates of 
     disability compensation for veterans with service-connected 
     disabilities and the rates of dependency and indemnity 
     compensation for survivors of such veterans.

  The enrolled bill was signed subsequently by the President pro 
tempore [Mr. Thurmond].

                        MESSAGES FROM THE HOUSE

  At 11:32 a.m., a message from the House of Representatives, delivered 
by Mr. Hays, 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 House to the bill (S. 858) to 
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 1998 for intelligence and 
intelligence-related activities of the United States Government, the 
Community Management Account, and the Central Intelligence Agency 
Retirement and Disability System, and for other purposes.
  The message also announced that the House has passed the following 
bills, in which it requests the concurrence of the Senate:

       H.R. 967. An act to prohibit the use of United States funds 
     to provide for the participation of certain Chinese officials 
     in international conferences, programs, and activities and to 
     provide that certain Chinese officials shall be ineligible to 
     receive visas and excluded from admission to the United 
     States.
       H.R. 2358. An act to provide for improved monitoring of 
     human rights violations in the People's Republic of China.
       H.R. 2386. An act to implement the provisions of the Taiwan 
     Relations Act concerning the stability and security of Taiwan 
     and United States cooperation with Taiwan on the development 
     and acquisition of defensive military articles.
       H.R. 2570. An act to condemn those officials of the Chinese 
     Communist Party, the Government of the People's Republic of 
     China, and other persons who are involved in the enforcement 
     of forced abortions by preventing such persons from entering 
     or remaining in the United States.
       H.R. 2605. An act to require the United States to oppose 
     the making of concessional loan by international financial 
     institutions to any entity in the People's Republic of China.
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  At 7:15 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 and joint resolution, in which it requests 
the concurrence of the Senate:

       H.R. 2616. An act to amend titles VI and X of the 
     Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to improve and 
     expand charter schools.
       H.R. 2647. An act to ensure that commercial activities of 
     the People's Liberation Army of China or any Communist 
     Chinese military company in the United States are monitored 
     and are subject to the authorities under the International 
     Emergency Economic Powers Act.
       H.J. Res. 101. Joint resolution making further continuing 
     appropriations for the fiscal year 1998, and for other 
     purposes.

  The message also 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. 2264) making 
appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health, and Human 
Services, and Education, and related agencies for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 1998, and for other purposes.

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                    enrolled joint resolution signed

  The message further announced that the Speaker pro tempore (Mr. 
LaTourette) has signed the following enrolled joint resolution:

       H.J. Res. 101. Joint resolution making further continuing 
     appropriations for the fiscal year 1998, and for other 
     purposes.

  The enrolled joint resolution was signed subsequently by the Acting 
President pro tempore [Mr. Roberts].

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