[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 52 (Wednesday, May 1, 2002)]
[Senate]
[Page S3623]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        MESSAGES FROM THE HOUSE

  At 2 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. 64. An act to provide for the establishment of the 
     position of Deputy Administrator for Science and Technology 
     of the Environmental Protection Agency, and for other 
     purposes.
       H.R. 2109. An act to authorize the Secretary of the 
     Interior to conduct a special resource study of Virginia Key 
     Beach Park in Biscayne Bay, Florida, for possible inclusion 
     in the National Park System.
       H.R. 2628. An act to direct the Secretary of the Interior 
     to conduct a study of the suitability and feasibility of 
     establishing the Muscle Shoals National Heritage Area in 
     Alabama, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 3421. An act to provide adequate school facilities 
     within Yosemite National Park, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 3909. An act to designate certain Federal lands in the 
     State of Utah as the Gunn McKay Nature Preserve, and for 
     other purposes.

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

       S. 1094. An act to amend the Public Health Service Act to 
     provide for research, information, and education with respect 
     to blood cancer.

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

       H. Con. Res. 358. Concurrent resolution supporting the 
     goals and ideals of National Better Hearing and Speech Month, 
     and for other purposes.
       H. Con. Res. 386. Concurrent resolution supporting a 
     National Charter Schools Week, and for other purposes.
       H. Con. Res. 388. Concurrent resolution expressing the 
     sense of the Congress that there should be established a 
     National Minority Health and Health Disparities Month, and 
     for other purposes.
       H. Con. Res. 391. Concurrent resolution honoring the 
     University of Minnesota Golden Gophers men's hockey and 
     wrestling teams and the University of Minnesota-Duluth 
     Bulldogs women's hockey team for winning the 2002 National 
     Collegiate Athletic Association championships.
       H. Con. Res. 348. Concurrent resolution authorizing the use 
     of the Capitol Grounds for the National Book Festival.
       H. Con. Res. 347. Concurrent resolution authorizing the use 
     of the Capitol Grounds for the National Peace Officers' 
     Memorial Service.
       H. Con. Res. 354. Concurrent resolution authorizing the use 
     of the Capitol Grounds for the District of Columbia Special 
     Olympics Law Enforcement Torch Run.
       H. Con. Res. 356. Concurrent resolution authorizing the use 
     of the Capitol Grounds for the Greater Washington Soap Box 
     Derby.

  The message also announced that the House has agreed to the 
amendments of the Senate to the bill (H.R. 169) to require that Federal 
agencies be accountable for violations of anti-discrimination and 
whistleblower protection laws; to require that each Federal agency post 
quarterly on its public Web site, certain statistical data relating to 
Federal sector equal employment opportunity complaints filed with such 
agency; and for other purposes.

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