[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 110 (Wednesday, August 1, 2001)]
[House]
[Pages H4991-H4992]
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 has passed a bill of the following title in 
which the concurrence of the House is requested:

       S. Con. Res. 45. Concurrent resolution expressing the sense 
     of the Congress that the Humane Methods of Slaughter Act of 
     1958 should be fully enforced so as to prevent needless 
     suffering of animals.

  The message also announced that the Senate has passed with amendments 
in which the concurrence of the House is requested, a bill of the House 
of the following title:

       H. R. 2647. An act making appropriations for the 
     Legislative Branch for the fiscal year ending September 30, 
     2002, and for other purposes.

  The message also announced that the Senate insists upon its 
amendments to the bill (H.R. 2647) ``An Act making appropriations for 
the Legislative Branch for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2002, 
and for other purposes,'' requests a conference with the House on the 
disagreeing votes of the two Houses thereon, and appoints Mr. Durbin, 
Mr. Johnson, Mr. Reed, Mr. Byrd, Mr. Bennett, Mr. Stevens, and Mr. 
Cochran, to be the conferees on the part of the Senate.
  The message also announced that pursuant to section 2761 of title 22, 
United States Code, as amended, the Chair, on behalf of the President 
pro tempore, and upon the recommendation of the Republican Leader, 
appoints

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the Senator from Mississippi (Mr. Cochran) as Vice Chairman of the 
Senate Delegation to the British-American Interparliamentary Group 
during the One Hundred Seventh Congress.
  The message also announced that in accordance with sections 1928a-
1928d of title 22, United States Code, as amended, the Chair, on behalf 
of the Vice President, appoints the Senator from Oregon (Mr. Smith) as 
Vice Chairman of the Senate Delegation to the North Atlantic Treaty 
Organization Parliamentary Assembly during the One Hundred Seventh 
Congress.

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