[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 15 (Wednesday, February 25, 1998)]
[Senate]
[Pages S1002-S1003]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        MESSAGES FROM THE HOUSE

  At 1:37 p.m., a message from the House of Representatives, delivered 
by one of its reading clerks, announced that the House has passed the 
following bills, each without amendment:

       S. 916. An act to designate the United States Post Office 
     building located at 750 Highway 28 East in Taylorsville, 
     Mississippi, as the ``Blaine H. Eaton Post Office Building''.
       S. 985. An act to designate the post office located at 194 
     Ward Street in Paterson, New Jersey, as the ``Larry Doby Post 
     Office.''

  The message also announced that pursuant to section 202(b)(3) of 
Public Law 103-227, the Minority Leader appoints the following Member 
of the House to the National Education Goals Panel: Mr. Martinez of 
California.
  The message further announced that pursuant to section 203(b)(1) of 
Public Law 105-134, the Minority Leader appoints the following 
individual on the part of the House to the Amtrak Reform Council: Mr. 
S. Lee Kling of Villa Ridge, Missouri.
  The message also announced that the House insists upon its amendment 
to the bill (S. 1150) to ensure that federally funded agricultural 
research, extension, and education address high-

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priority concerns with national or multistate significance, to reform, 
extend, and eliminate certain agricultural research programs, and for 
other purposes, and asks a conference with the Senate on the 
disagreeing votes of the two Houses thereon; and appoints Mr. Smith of 
Oregon, Mr. Combest, Mr. Barrett of Nebraska, Mr. Stenholm, and Mr. 
Dooley, as the managers of the conference on the part of the House.
  The message further announced that the House has passed the following 
bills, in which it requests the concurrence of the Senate:

       H.R. 424. An act to provide for increased mandatory minimum 
     sentences for criminals possessing firearms, and for other 
     purposes.
       H.R. 429. An act to amend the Immigration and Nationality 
     Act to provide for special immigrant status for NATO civilian 
     employees in the same manner as for employees of 
     international organizations.
       H.R. 2766. An act to designate the United States Post 
     Office located at 215 East Jackson Street in Painesville, 
     Ohio, as the ``Karl Bernal Post Office Building.''
       H.R. 2773. An act to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 3750 North Kedzie Avenue in 
     Chicago, Illinois, as the ``Daniel J. Doffyn Post Office 
     Building.''
       H.R. 2836. An act to designate the building of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 180 East Kellogg Boulevard 
     in Saint Paul, Minnesota, as the ``Eugene J. McCarthy Post 
     Office Building.''
       H.R. 3116. An act to address the Year 2000 computer 
     problems with regard to financial institutions, to extend 
     examination parity to the Director of the Office of Thrift 
     Supervision and the National Credit Union Administration, and 
     for other purposes.
       H.R. 3120. An act to designate the United States Post 
     Office located at 95 West #100 South in Provo, Utah, as the 
     ``Howard C. Nielson Post Office Building.''


                         enrolled bills signed

  At 4:39 p.m., a message from the House of Representatives, delivered 
by Ms. Goetz, one of its reading clerks, announced that the Speaker has 
signed the following enrolled bills:

       S. 916. An act to designate the United States Post Office 
     building located at 750 Highway 28 East in Taylorsville, 
     Mississippi, as the ``Blaine H. Eaton Post Office Building.''
       S. 985. An act to designate the post office located at 194 
     Ward Street in Paterson, New Jersey, as the ``Larry Doby Post 
     Office.''

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