[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 115 (Thursday, September 6, 2001)]
[Senate]
[Page S9194]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         MESSAGE FROM THE HOUSE

  At 12:29 p.m., a message from the House of Representatives, delivered 
by Ms. Niland, 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. 1866. An act to amend title 35, United States Code, to 
     clarify the basis for granting requests for reexamination of 
     patents.
       H.R. 1886. An act to amend title 35, United States Code, to 
     provide for appeals by third parties in certain patent 
     reexamination proceedings.
       H.R. 2048. An act to require a report on the operations of 
     the State Justice Institute.
       H.R. 2277. An act to provide for work authorization for 
     nonimmigrant spouses of treaty traders and treaty investors.
       H.R. 2278. An act to provide for work authorization for 
     nonimmigrant spouses of intracompany transferees, and to 
     reduce the period of time during which certain inntracompany 
     transferees have to be continuously employed before applying 
     for admission to the United States.
       H.R. 2291. An act to extend the authorization of Drug-Free 
     Communities Support Program for an additional 5 years, to 
     authorize a National Community Antidrug Coalition Institute, 
     and for other purposes.
       H.R. 2510. An act to extend the expiration date of the 
     Defense Production Act of 1950, and for other purposes.

  The message also announced that the House has agreed to the following 
resolution:

       H. Res. 234. Resolution stating that the House has heard 
     with profound sorrow of the death of the Honorable Floyd 
     Spence, a Representative from the State of South Carolina.

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