[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 36 (Thursday, March 26, 1998)]
[Senate]
[Page S2658]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        MESSAGES FROM THE HOUSE

  At 3:56 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. 1178. An act to amend the Immigration and Nationality 
     Act to extend the visa waiver pilot program, and for other 
     purposes.

  The message also announced that the House has passed the following 
bill, in which it requests the concurrence of the Senate:

       H.R. 2589. An act to amend the provisions of title 17, 
     United States Code, with respect to the duration of 
     copyright, and for other purposes.
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  At 5:05 p.m., a message from the House of Representatives, delivered 
by Mr. Hays, one of its reading clerks, announced that the House agrees 
to the report of the committee of conference on the disagreeing votes 
of the two Houses on the amendment of the Senate to the bill (H.R. 
1757) to consolidate international affairs agencies, to authorize 
appropriations for the Department of State and related agencies for 
fiscal years 1998 and 1999, and to ensure that the enlargement of the 
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) proceeds in a manner 
consistent with United States interests, to strengthen relations 
between the United States and Russia, to preserve the prerogatives of 
the Congress with respect to certain arms control agreements, and for 
other purposes.

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