[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 116 (Thursday, September 9, 1999)]
[House]
[Page H8001]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        MESSAGE FROM THE SENATE

  A message from the Senate by Ms. McDevitt, one of its clerks, 
announced that the Senate had passed without amendment a bill of the 
House of the following title:

       H.R. 457. An act to amend title 5, United States Code, to 
     increase the amount of leave time available to a Federal 
     employee in any year in connection with serving as an organ 
     donor, and for other purposes.

  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. 2670. An act making appropriations for the Departments 
     of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related 
     agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2000, and 
     for other purposes.

  The message also announced that the Senate insists upon its amendment 
to the bill (H.R. 2670) ``An Act making appropriations for the 
Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary and related 
agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2000, and for other 
purposes,'' requests a conference with the House on the disagreeing 
votes of the two Houses thereon, and appoints Mr. Gregg, Mr. Stevens, 
Mr. Domenici, Mr. McConnell, Mrs. Hutchison, Mr. Campbell, Mr. Cochran, 
Mr. Hollings, Mr. Inouye, Mr. Lautenberg, Ms. Mikulski, and Mr. Byrd, 
to be the conferees on the part of the Senate.
  The message also announced that the Senate had passed a bill of the 
following title in which concurrence of the House is requested:

       S. 1076. An act to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     enhance programs providing health care and other benefits for 
     veterans, to authorize major medical facility projects, to 
     reform eligibility for burial in Arlington National Cemetery, 
     and for other purposes.

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