[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 41 (Tuesday, March 16, 1999)]
[House]
[Pages H1274-H1275]
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 bill of the 
House of the following title:

       H.R. 540. An act to amend title XIX of the Social Security 
     Act to prohibit transfers or discharges of residents of 
     nursing facilities as a result of a voluntary withdrawal from 
     participation in the Medicaid Program.

  The message also announced, That pursuant to section 201(a)(2) of 
Public Law 93-344, the Chair, on behalf of the President pro tempore of 
the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, announces 
the joint appointment of Mr. Dan Crippen as Director of the 
Congressional Budget Office,

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effective February 3, 1999, for a term expiring on January 3, 2003.

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