[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 123 (Wednesday, September 16, 1998)]
[Senate]
[Pages S10419-S10420]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        MESSAGES FROM THE HOUSE

  At 1:40 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 and joint resolution, in which it requests 
the concurrence of the Senate:

       H.R. 2795. An act to extend certain contracts between the 
     Bureau of Reclamation and irrigation water contractors in 
     Wyoming and Nebraska that receive water from Glendo 
     Reservoir.
       H.R. 2993. An act to provide for the collection of fees for 
     the making of motion pictures, television productions, and 
     sound tracks in National Park System and National Wildlife 
     Refuge System units, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 3445. An act to establish the Commission on Ocean 
     Policy, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 3898. An act to amend the Controlled Substances Act 
     and the Controlled Substances Import and Export Act to 
     conform penalties for violations involving certain amounts of 
     methamphetamine to penalties for violations involving similar 
     amounts cocaine base.
       H.R. 3903. An act to provide for an exchange of lands 
     located near Gustavus, Alaska, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 4002. An act to designate the United States Postal 
     Service building located at 5300 West Jefferson Street, 
     Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, as the ``Freeman Hankins Post 
     Office Building''.
       H.R. 4003. An act to designate the United States Postal 
     Service building located at 2037 Chestnut Street, 
     Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, as the ``Max Weiner Post Office 
     Building''.
       H.R. 4079. An act to authorize the construction of 
     temperature control devices at Folsom Dam in California.
       H.R. 4166. An act to amend the Idaho Admission Act 
     regarding the sale or lease of school land.
       H.R. 4284. An act to authorize the Government of India to 
     establish a memorial to honor Mahatma Gandhi in the District 
     of Columbia.
       H.R. 4382. An act to amend the Public Health Service Act to 
     revise and extend the program for mammography quality 
     standards.
       H.J. Res. 117. Joint resolution expressing the sense of 
     Congress in support of the existing Federal legal process for 
     determining the safety and efficacy of drugs, including 
     marijuana and other Schedule I drugs, for medicinal use.

  The message also announced that the House disagrees to the amendment 
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the Senate to the bill (H.R. 4101) making appropriations for 
Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and 
Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 
1999, and for other purposes, and agrees to the conference asked by the 
Senate on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses thereon; and appoints 
Mr. Skeen, Mr. Walsh, Mr. Dickey, Mr. Kingston, Mr. Nethercutt, Mr. 
Bonilla, Mr. Latham, Mr. Livingston, Ms. Kaptur, Mr. Fazio of 
California, Mr. Serrano, Ms. DeLauro, and Mr. Obey as the managers of 
the conference on the part of the House.
  The message further announced that the House disagrees to the 
amendment of the Senate to the bill (H.R. 4194) making appropriations 
for the Department of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban 
Development, and for sundry independent agencies, boards, commissions, 
corporations, and offices for the fiscal year ending September 30, 
1999, and for other purposes, and agrees to the conference asked by the 
Senate on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses thereon; and appoints 
Mr. Lewis of California, Mr. DeLay, Mr. Walsh, Mr. Hobson, 
Mr. Knollenberg, Mr. Frelinghuysen, Mr. Neumann, Mr. Wicker, Mr. 
Livingston, Mr. Stokes, Mr. Mollohan, Ms. Kaptur, Mrs. Meek of Florida, 
Mr. Price of North Carolina, and Mr. Obey as the managers of the 
conference on the part of the House.

  The message also announced that the House disagrees to the amendment 
of the Senate to the bill (H.R. 4328) making appropriations for the 
Department of Transportation and related agencies for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 1999, and for other purposes, and agrees to the 
conference asked by the Senate on the disagreeing votes of the two 
Houses thereon; and appoints Mr. Wolf, Mr. DeLay, Mr. Regula, Mr. 
Rogers, Mr. Packard, Mr. Callahan, Mr. Tiahrt, Mr. Aderholt, Mr. 
Livingston, Mr. Sabo, Mr. Torres, Mr. Olver, Mr. Pastor, Mr. Cramer, 
and Mr. Obey as the managers of the conference on the part of the 
House.
  The message further announced that the House disagrees to the 
amendment of the Senate to the bill (H.R. 4104) making appropriations 
for the Treasury Department, the United States Postal Service, the 
Executive Office of the President, and certain Independent Agencies, 
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1999, and for other purposes, 
and agrees to the conference asked by the Senate on the disagreeing 
votes of the two Houses thereon; and appoints Mr. Kolbe, Mr. Wolf, Mr. 
Istook, Mrs. Northup, Mr. Aderholt, Mr. Livingston, Mr. McDade, Mr. 
Hoyer, Mrs. Meek of Florida, Mr. Price of North Carolina, and Mr. Obey 
as the managers of the conference on the part of the House.
  The message also announced that the House disagrees to the amendment 
of the Senate to the bill (H.R. 4103) making appropriations for the 
Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1999, 
and for other purposes, and agrees to the conference asked by the 
Senate on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses thereon; and appoints 
Mr. Young of Florida, Mr. McDade, Mr. Lewis of California, Mr. Skeen, 
Mr. Hobson, Mr. Bonilla, Mr. Nethercutt, Mr. Istook, Mr. Cunningham, 
Mr. Livingston, Mr. Murtha, Mr. Dicks, Mr. Hefner, Mr. Sabo, Mr. Dixon, 
Mr. Visclosky, and Mr. Obey as the managers of the conference on the 
part of the House.
  The message further announced that the House disagrees to the 
amendment of the Senate to the bill (H.R. 4112) making appropriations 
for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal year ending September 30, 
1999, and for other purposes, and agrees to the conference asked by the 
Senate on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses thereon; and appoints 
Mr. Walsh, Mr. Young of Florida, Mr. Cunningham, Mr. Wamp, Mr. Latham, 
Mr. Livingston, Mr. Serrano, Mr. Fazio of California, Mr. Hoyer, and 
Mr. Obey as the managers of the conference on the part of the House.
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  At 5:57 p.m., a message from the House of Representatives, delivered 
by 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. 4300. An act to support enhanced drug interdiction 
     efforts in the major transit countries and support a 
     comprehensive supply eradication and crop substitution 
     program in source countries.

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