[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 51 (Thursday, April 30, 1998)]
[House]
[Pages H2611-H2612]
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 a concurrent 
resolution of the House of the following title:

       H.J. Res. 102. Joint resolution expressing the sense of the 
     Congress on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the 
     founding of the modern State of Israel and reaffirming the 
     bonds of friendship and cooperation between the United States 
     and Israel.

  The message also announced that the Senate had passed with an 
amendment in which the concurrence of the House is requested, a bill of 
the House of the following title:

       H.R. 2646. An act to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to allow tax-free expenditures from education individual 
     retirement accounts for elementary and secondary school 
     expenses, to increase the maximum annual amount of 
     contributions to such accounts, and for other purposes.

  The message also announced that the Senate insists upon its amendment 
to the bill (H.R. 2646) ``An Act to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986 to allow tax-free expenditures from education individual 
retirement accounts for elementary and secondary school expenses, to 
increase the maximum annual amount of contributions to such accounts, 
and for other purposes,'' requests a conference with the House on the 
disagreeing votes of the two Houses thereon, and appoints Mr. Roth, Mr. 
Mack, Mr. Coats, Mr. Gorton, Mr. Coverdell, Mr. Moynihan, Ms. Moseley-
Braun, Mr. Kennedy, and Mr. Bingaman, to be the conferees on the part 
of the Senate.
  The message also announced that pursuant to section 4355(a) of title 
10, United States Code, the Chair, on behalf of the Vice President, 
appoints the following Senators to the Board of Visitors of the United 
States Military Academy:
  The Senator from Indiana (Mr. Coats), from the Committee on Armed 
Services, and the Senator from Texas (Mrs. Hutchison), from the 
Committee on Appropriations.
  The message also announced that pursuant to section 4355(a) of title 
10, United States Code, the Chair, on behalf of the Vice President, 
appoints the Senator from Rhode Island (Mr. Reed), At Large, to the 
Board of Visitors of the United States Military Academy.
  The message also announced that pursuant to section 6968(a) of title 
10, United States Code, the Chair, on behalf of the Vice President, 
appoints the following Senators to the Board of Visitors of the United 
States Naval Academy:
  The Senator from Arizona (Mr. McCain), from the Committee on Armed 
Services, and the Senator from Mississippi (Mr. Cochran), from the 
Committee on Appropriations.
  The message also announced that pursuant to section 6968(a) of title 
10,

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United States Code, the Chair, on behalf of the Vice President, 
appoints the following Senators to the Board of Visitors of the United 
States Naval Academy:
  The Senator from Maryland (Ms. Mikulski), from the Committee on 
Appropriations, and the Senator from Maryland (Mr. Sarbanes), At Large.
  The message also announced that pursuant to section 9355(a) of title 
10, United States Code, the Chair, on behalf of the Vice President, 
appoints the following Senators to the Board of Visitors of the United 
States Air Force Academy:
  The Senator from Idaho (Mr. Kempthorne), from the Committee on Armed 
Services, and the Senator from Montana (Mr. Burns), from the Committee 
on Appropriations.
  The message also announced that pursuant to section 9355(a) of title 
10, United States Code, the Chair, on behalf of the Vice President, 
appoints the following Senators to the Board of Visitors of the United 
States Air Force Academy:
  The Senator from South Carolina (Mr. Hollings), from the Committee on 
Appropriations, and the Senator from Georgia (Mr. Cleland), At Large.

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