[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 157 (Sunday, November 9, 1997)]
[Senate]
[Page S12290]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


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                        MESSAGES FROM THE HOUSE

  At 6:14 p.m., a message from the House of Representatives, delivered 
by Ms. Goetz, one of its reading clerks, announced that the House has 
passed the following bill, with amendments, in which it requests the 
concurrence of the Senate:

       S. 714. An act to extend and improve the Native American 
     Veteran Housing Loan Pilot Program of the Department of 
     Veterans Affairs, to extend certain authorities of the 
     Secretary of Veterans Affairs relating to services for 
     homeless veterans, to extend certain other authorities of the 
     Secretary, and for other purposes.

  The message also announced that the House agrees to the Senate 
amendment to the House amendment to the bill (S. 1139) to reauthorize 
the programs of the Small Business Administration, and for other 
purposes.
  The message further announced that the House has passed the following 
bills, in which it requests the concurrence of the Senate:

       H.R. 2513. An act to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to restore and modify the provision of the Taxpayer 
     Relief Act of 1997 relating to exempting active financing 
     income from foreign personal holding company income and to 
     provide for the nonrecognition of gain on the sale of stock 
     in agricultural processors to certain farmers' cooperatives, 
     and for other purposes.
       H.R. 2614. An act to improve the reading and literacy 
     skills of children and families by improving in-service 
     instructional practices for teachers who teach reading, to 
     stimulate the development of more high-quality family 
     literacy programs, to support extended learning-time 
     opportunities for children, to ensure that children can read 
     well and independently not later than third grade, and for 
     other purposes.
       H.R. 2813. An act to waive time limitations specified by 
     law in order to allow the Medal of Honor to be awarded to 
     Robert R. Ingram of Jacksonville, Florida, for acts of valor 
     while a Navy Hospital Corpsman in the Republic of Vietnam 
     during the Vietnam conflict.

  At 7:57 p.m., a message from the House of Representatives, delivered 
by Ms. Goetz, one of its reading clerks, announced that the House has 
passed the following joint resolution, in which it requests the 
concurrence of the Senate:

       H.J. Res. 104. Joint resolution making further continuing 
     appropriations for the fiscal year 1998, and for other 
     purposes.


                    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. 104. 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. Enzi].


                         enrolled bills signed

  At 8:50 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 enrolled bills:

       S. 813. An act to amend chapter 91 of title 18, United 
     States Code, to provide criminal penalties for theft and 
     willful vandalism at national cemeteries.
       S. 1377. An act to amend the act incorporating the American 
     Legion to make a technical correction.
       H.R. 1747. An act to amend the John F. Kennedy Center Act 
     to authorize the design and construction of additions to the 
     parking garage and certain site improvements, and for other 
     purposes.

  The enrolled bills were signed subsequently by the Acting President 
pro tempore [Mr. Enzi].

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