[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 159 (Wednesday, November 12, 1997)]
[House]
[Page H10584]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        MESSAGE FROM THE SENATE

  A message from the Senate by Mr. Lundregan, one of its clerks, 
announced that the Senate had passed without amendment bills of the 
House of the following titles:

       H.R. 1090. An act to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     allow revision of veterans benefits decisions based on clear 
     and unmistakable error;
       H.R. 1840. An act to provide a law enforcement exception to 
     the prohibition on the advertising of certain electronic 
     devices;
       H.R. 2366. An act to transfer to the Secretary of 
     Agriculture the authority to conduct the census of 
     agriculture, and for other purposes; and
       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.

  The message also announced that the Senate had passed with amendments 
in which the concurrence of the House is requested, bills of the House 
of the following titles:

       H.R. 1604. An act to provide for the division, use, and 
     distribution of judgment funds of the Ottawa and Chippewa 
     Indians of Michigan pursuant to dockets numbered 18-E, 58, 
     364, and 18-R before the Indian Claims Commission;
       H.R. 1658. An act to reauthorize and amend the Atlantic 
     Striped Bass Conservation Act and related laws; and
       H.R. 1847. An act to improve the criminal law relating to 
     fraud against consumers.

  The message also announced that the Senate had passed bills and a 
concurrent resolution of the following titles, in which the concurrence 
of the House is requested:

       S. 156. An act to provide certain benefits of the Pick-
     Sloan Missouri River Basin program to the Lower Brule Sioux 
     Tribe, and for other purposes;
       S. 222. An act to establish an advisory commission to 
     provide advice and recommendations on the creation of an 
     integrated, coordinated Federal policy designed to prepare 
     for and respond to serious drought emergencies;
       S. 318. An act to require automatic cancellation and notice 
     of cancellation rights with respect to private mortgage 
     insurance which is required as a condition for entering into 
     a residential mortgage transaction, to abolish the Thrift 
     Depositor Protection Oversight Board, and for other purposes;
       S. 493. An act to amend section 1029 of title 18, United 
     States Code, with respect to cellular telephone cloning 
     paraphernalia.
       S. 537. An act to amend title III of the Public Health 
     Service Act to revise and extend the mammography quality 
     standards program.
       S. 1115. An act to amend title 49, United States Code, to 
     improve the on-call notification process, and for other 
     purposes.
       S. 1354. An act to amend the Communications Act of 1934 to 
     provide for the designation of common carriers not subject to 
     the jurisdiction of a State commission as eligible 
     telecommunications carriers.
       S. 1505. An act to make technical and conforming amendments 
     to the Museum and Library Services Act, and for other 
     purposes.
       S. 1506. An act to amend the Professional Boxing Safety Act 
     (P.L. 104-272).
       S. 1511. An act to amend section 3165 of the National 
     Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1998 to clarify the 
     authority in the section.
       S. 1517. An act to extend the Visa Waiver Pilot Program.
       S. 1519. An act to provide a 6-month extension of highway, 
     highway safety, and transit programs pending enactment of a 
     law reauthorizing the Intermodal Surface Transportation 
     Efficiency Act of 1991; and
       S. Con. Res. 67. Concurrent resolution expressing the sense 
     of Congress that the museum entitled ``The Women's Museum: An 
     Institute for the Future'', in Dallas, Texas, be designated 
     as a millennium project for the United States.

  The message also announced that the Senate agrees, to the amendments 
of the House to the bill (S. 562) ``An act to amend section 255 of the 
National Housing Act to prevent the funding of unnecessary or excessive 
costs for obtaining a home equity conversion mortgage,'' with an 
amendment.
  The message also announced that the Senate agrees to the amendments 
of the House to the bill (S. 714) ``An act to amend title 38, United 
States Code, to revise, extend, and improve programs for veterans.''
  The message also announced that the Senate agrees to the amendments 
of the House to the bill (S. 923) ``An act to amend title 38, United 
States Code, to prohibit interment or memorialization in certain 
cemeteries of persons committing Federal or State capital crimes.''

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