[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 56 (Thursday, May 7, 1998)]
[Senate]
[Page S4526]
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                        MESSAGES FROM THE HOUSE

  At 12:02 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. 1872. An act to amend the Communications Satellite Act 
     of 1962 to promote competition and privatization in satellite 
     communications, and for other purposes.

  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. 265. Concurrent resolution authorizing the use 
     of the East Front of the Capitol Grounds for performances 
     sponsored by the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing 
     Arts.

  The message further announced that the Speaker appoints the following 
Members as additional conferees in the conference on the disagreeing 
votes of the two Houses on the amendment of the Senate to the bill 
(H.R. 2400) to authorize funds for Federal-aid highways, highway safety 
programs, and transit programs, and for other purposes; and appoints as 
additional conferees from the Committee on the Budget, for 
consideration of titles VII and X of the House bill and modifications 
committed to conference: Mr. Parker, Mr. Radanovich, and Mr. Spratt.
  The message also announced that the Clerk be directed to return to 
the Senate the bill (S. 414) to amend the Shipping Act of 1984 to 
encourage competition in international shipping and growth of United 
States exports, and for other purposes, in compliance with a request of 
the Senate for the return thereof.
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  At 2:01 p.m., a message from the House of Representatives, delivered 
by Mr. Hays, one of its reading clerks, announced that the House 
disagrees to the amendment of the Senate to the bill (H.R. 2646) to 
amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow tax-free expenditures 
from education individual retirement accounts for elementary and 
secondary expenses, to increase the maximum annual amount of 
contributions to such accounts, and for other purposes, and agrees to 
the conference asked by the Senate on the disagreeing votes of the two 
Houses thereon; and appoints for the consideration of the House bill 
and Senate amendment, and modifications committed to conference: Mr. 
Archer, Mr. Goodling, Mr. Armey, Mr. Rangel, and Mr. Clay, as the 
managers of the conference on the part of the House.


                          enrolled bill signed

  The message also announced that the Speaker has signed the following 
enrolled bill:

       S. 1502. An act entitled the ``District of Columbia Student 
     Opportunity Scholarship Act of 1998.''

  Under the authority of the order of today, May 7, 1998, the enrolled 
bill was signed subsequently by the Acting President pro tempore (Mr. 
Coats).
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  At 7:15 p.m., a message from the House of Representatives, delivered 
by Mr. Hays, 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. 6. An act to extend the authorization of programs 
     under the Higher Education Act of 1965, and for other 
     purposes.
       H.R. 3694. An act to authorize appropriations for fiscal 
     year 1999 for intelligence and intelligence-related 
     activities of the United States Government, the Community 
     Management Account, and the Central Intelligence Agency 
     Retirement and Disability System, and for other purposes.

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