[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 21 (Wednesday, February 14, 2001)]
[Senate]
[Page S1392]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         MESSAGE FROM THE HOUSE

  At 2:18 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. 2. An act to establish a procedure to safeguard the 
     combined surpluses of the Social Security and Medicare 
     hospital insurance trust funds.
       H.R. 524. An act to require the Director of the National 
     Institute of Standards and Technology to assist small and 
     medium-sized manufacturers and other such businesses to 
     successfully integrate and utilize electronic commerce 
     technologies and business practices, and to authorize the 
     National Institute of Standards and Technology to assess 
     critical enterprise integration standards and implementation 
     activities for major manufacturing industries and to develop 
     a plan for enterprise integration for each major 
     manufacturing industry.
       H.R. 544. An act to establish a program, coordinated by the 
     National Transportation Safety Board, of assistance to 
     families of passengers involved in rail passenger accidents.
       H.R. 559. An act to designate the United States courthouse 
     located at 1 Courthouse Way in Boston, Massachusetts, as the 
     ``John Joseph Moakley United States Courthouse.''

  The message also announced that the House passed the following bill, 
without amendment:

       S. 279. An act affecting the representation of the majority 
     and minority membership of the Senate Members of the Joint 
     Economic Committee.

  The message further announced the House agreed to the following 
concurrent resolutions in which it requests the concurrence of the 
Senate:

       H. Con. Res. 28. A concurrent resolution providing for a 
     joint session of Congress to receive a message from the 
     President.
       H. Con. Res. 32. A concurrent resolution providing for a 
     conditional adjournment of the House of Representatives and a 
     conditional recess or adjournment of the Senate.

  The message also announced that pursuant to section 1505 of Public 
Law 99-498 (20 U.S.C. 4412), the Speaker appoints the following Members 
of the House of Representatives to the Board of Trustees of the 
Institute of American Indian Native Culture and Arts Development: Mr. 
Young of Alaska and Mr. Kildee of Michigan.
  The message further announced that pursuant to sections 5580 and 5581 
of the Revised Statutes (20 U.S.C. 42-43), the Speaker appoints the 
following Members of the House of Representatives to the Board of 
Regents of the Smithsonian Institution: Mr. Regula of Ohio, Mr. Sam 
Johnson of Texas, and Mr. Matsui of California.
  The message also announced that pursuant to section 103 of Public Law 
99-371 (20 U.S.C. 4303), the Speaker appoints the following Member of 
the House of Representatives to the Board of Trustees of Gallaudet 
University: Mr. LaHood of Illinois.

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