[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 157 (Wednesday, November 14, 2001)]
[Senate]
[Pages S11784-S11785]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        MESSAGES FROM THE HOUSE

  At 10:57 a.m., a message from the House of Representatives, delivered 
by Ms. Niland, one of its reading clerks, announced that the House 
agrees to the report of the committee of conference on the disagreeing 
votes of the two Houses on the amendment of the Senate to the bill 
(H.R. 2330) making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, 
Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies programs for the 
fiscal year ending September 30, 2002, and for other purposes.
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  At 2:17 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. 400. An act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior 
     to establish the Ronald Reagan Boyhood Home National Historic 
     Site, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 2541. An act to enhance the authorities of special 
     agents and provide limited authorities to uniformed officers 
     responsible for the protection of domestic Department of 
     State occupied facilities.
       H.R. 2546. An act to amend title 49, United States Code, to 
     prohibit States from requiring a license or fee on account of 
     the fact that a motor vehicle is providing interstate pre-
     arranged ground transportation service, and for other 
     purposes.
       H.R. 2776. An act to designate buildings 315, 318, and 319 
     located at the Federal Aviation Administration's William J. 
     Hughes Technical Center in Atlantic City, New Jersey, as the 
     ``Frank R. Lautenberg Aviation Security Complex.''
       H.R. 2828. An act to authorize payments to certain Klamath 
     Project water distribution entities for amounts assessed by 
     the entities for operation and maintenance of the Project's 
     transferred works for 2001, to authorize refunds to such 
     entities of amounts collected by the Bureau of Reclamation 
     for reserved works for 2001, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 2841. An act to designate the building located at 1 
     Federal Plaza in New York, New York, as the ``James L. Watson 
     United States Court of International Trade Building.''
       H.R. 2873. An act to extend and amend the program entitled 
     Promoting Safe and Stable Families under title IV-B, subpart 
     2 of the Social Security Act, and to provide new authority to 
     support programs for mentoring children of incarcerated 
     parents; to amend the Foster Care Independent Living program 
     under title IV-E of that Act to provide for educational and 
     training vouchers for youths aging out of foster care, and 
     for other purposes.
       H.R. 2976. An act to provide for the issuance of a special 
     entrance pass for free admission to any federally owned area 
     which is operated and maintained by a Federal agency and used 
     for outdoor recreation purposes to the survivors, victims' 
     immediate families, and police, fire, rescue, recovery, and 
     medical personnel directly affected by the September 11, 
     2001, terrorist hijackings and the attacks on the World Trade 
     Center and the Pentagon, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 2985. An act to amend the Federal Trade Commission Act 
     to increase civil penalties for violations involving certain 
     proscribed acts or practices that exploit popular reaction to 
     an emergency or major disaster declared by the President, and 
     to authorize the Federal Trade Commission to seek civil 
     penalties for such violations in actions brought under 
     section 13 of that Act.
       H.R. 3060. An act to amend the Securities Exchange Act of 
     1934 to augment the emergency authority of the Securities and 
     Exchange Commission.
       H.R. 3240. An act to amend 38, United States Code, to 
     restore certain education benefits of individuals being 
     ordered to active duty as part of Operation Enduring Freedom.
       The message also announced that the House has agreed to the 
     following concurrent resolutions, in which it requests the 
     concurrence of the Senate:
       H. Con. Res. 88. Concurrent resolution expressing the sense 
     of the Congress that the President should issue a 
     proclamation to recognize the contribution of the Lao-Hmong 
     in defending freedom and democracy and supporting the goals 
     of Lao-Hmong Recognition Day.

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       H. Con. Res. 254. Concurrent resolution encouraging the 
     people of the United States to celebrate the 300th 
     anniversary of William Penn's Charter of Privileges, the 
     250th anniversary of the Liberty Bell, and the 225th 
     anniversary of the first public reading of the Declaration of 
     Independence.

  The message further announced that the House has agreed to the report 
of the committee of conference on the disagreeing votes of the two 
Houses on the amendment of the Senate to the bill (H.R. 2500) making 
appropriations for the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the 
Judiciary, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 
30, 2002, and for other purposes.

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