[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 31 (Thursday, March 19, 1998)]
[Senate]
[Pages S2294-S2295]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        MESSAGES FROM THE HOUSE

  At 11:54 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 bills, in which it requests the concurrence of the 
Senate:

       H.R. 2294. An act to make improvements in the operation and 
     administration of the Federal courts, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 2696. An act to amend title 17, United States Code, to 
     provide for protection of certain original designs.
       H.R. 3117. An act to reauthorize the United States 
     Commission on Civil Rights, and for other purposes.

  The message also announced that the House has agreed to the following 
concurrent resolutions, in which it requests the concurrence of the 
Senate:

       H. Con. Res. 152. Concurrent resolution expressing the 
     sense of the Congress that all parties to the multiparty 
     peace talks regarding Northern Ireland should condemn 
     violence and fully integrate internationally recognize human 
     rights standards and adequately address outstanding human 
     rights violations as part of the peace process.

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       H. Con. Res. 235. Concurrent resolution calling for an end 
     to the violent repression of the legitimate rights of the 
     people of Kosova.
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  At 2:13 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, in which it requests the concurrence of the 
Senate:

       H.R. 2870. An act to amend the Foreign Assistance Act of 
     1961 to facilitate protection of tropical forests through 
     debt reduction with developing countries with tropical 
     forests.

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