[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 67 (Wednesday, May 22, 2002)]
[Senate]
[Page S4700]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        MESSAGES FROM THE HOUSE

  At 12:35 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. 486. An act for the relief of Barbara Makuch.
       H.R. 487. An act for the relief of Eugene Makuch.
       H.R. 1877. An act to amend title 18, United States Code, to 
     provide that certain sexual crimes against children are 
     predicate crimes for the interception of communications, and 
     for other purposes.
       H.R. 3375. An act to provide compensation for the United 
     States citizens who were victims of the bombings of United 
     States embassies in East Africa on August 7, 1998, on the 
     same basis as compensation is provided to victims of the 
     terrorist-related aircraft crashes on September 11, 2001.
       H.R. 3833. An act to facilitate the creation of a new, 
     second-level Internet domain within the United States country 
     code domain that will be a haven for material that promotes 
     positive experiences for children and families using the 
     Internet, provides a safe online environment for children, 
     and helps to prevent children from being exposed to harmful 
     material on the Internet, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 3994. An act to authorize economic and democratic 
     development assistance for Afghanistan and to authorize 
     military assistance for Afghanistan and certain other foreign 
     countries.
       H.R. 4015. An act to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     revise and improve employment, training, and placement 
     services furnished to veterans, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 4085. An act to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     provide a cost-of-living increase in the rates of 
     compensation for veterans with service-connected disability 
     and dependency and indemnity compensation for surviving 
     spouses of such veterans, to expand certain benefits for 
     veterans and their survivors, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 4231. An act to improve small business advocacy, and 
     for other purposes.
       H.R. 4514. An act to authorize the Secretary of Veterans 
     Affairs to carry out construction projects for the purpose of 
     improving, renovating, and updating patient care facilities 
     at Department of Veterans Affairs medical centers, and for 
     other purposes.
       H.R. 4592. An act to name the chapel located in the 
     national cemetery in Los Angeles, California, as the ``Bob 
     Hope Veterans Chapel.''
       H.R. 4626. An act to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to accelerate the marriage penalty relief in the 
     standard deduction and to modify the work opportunity credit 
     and the welfare-to-work credit.
       H.R. 4782. An act to extend the authority of the Export-
     Import Bank until June 14, 2002.

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

       H. Con. Res. 405. Concurrent resolution commemorating the 
     independence of East Timor and commending the President for 
     promptly establishing diplomatic relations with East Timor.
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  At 2:03 p.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. 3448) to improve the ability of the United States to prevent, 
prepare for, and respond to bioterrorism and other public health 
emergencies.

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