[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 11 (Thursday, February 12, 1998)]
[Senate]
[Page S730]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                        MESSAGES FROM THE HOUSE

  At 10:15 a.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 an amendment, in which it requests the 
concurrence of the Senate:

       S. 927. An act to reauthorize the Sea Grant Program.

  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. 202. Concurrent resolution expressing the 
     sense of the Congress that the Federal Government should 
     acknowledge the importance of at-home parents and should not 
     discriminate against families who forgo a second income in 
     order for a mother or father to be at home with their 
     children.

  The message further announced that pursuant to the provisions of 
section 210(c)(1) of Public Law 105-119, the Chair announces the 
Speaker's appointment of the following individuals on the part of the 
House to the Census Monitoring Board: Mr. J. Kenneth Blackwell of Ohio 
and Mr. David W. Murray of Virginia.
  The message also announced that pursuant to the provisions of section 
3162(b) of Public Law 104-201, the Chair announces the Speaker's 
appointment of the following members on the part of the House to the 
Commission on Maintaining United States Nuclear Weapons Expertise: Mr. 
Robert B. Barker of California and Mr. Roland F. Herbst of California.
  The message further announced that pursuant to the provisions of 
section 955(b)(1)(B) of Public Law 105-83, the Chair announces the 
Speaker's appointment of the following Members of the House to the 
National Council on the Arts: Mr. Doolittle of California and Mr. 
Ballenger of North Carolina.
  The message also announced that pursuant to the provisions of section 
491 of the Higher Education Act, as amended by section 407 of Public 
Law 99-498, the Chair announces the Speaker's appointment of the 
following member of the part of the House to the Advisory Committee on 
Student Financial Assistance for a three-year term: Mr. Henry Givens of 
Missouri.

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