[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 131 (Tuesday, October 8, 2002)]
[Senate]
[Pages S10113-S10114]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         MESSAGE FROM THE HOUSE

  At 11:17 a.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 and joint resolution, in which it requests 
the concurrence of the Senate:

       H.R. 163. An act to amend the Fair Debt Collection 
     Practices Act to exempt mortgage servicers from certain 
     requirements of the Act with respect to federally related 
     mortgage loans secured by a first lien, and for other 
     purposes.
       H.R. 2578. An act to redesignate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 8200 South Vermont Avenue in 
     Los Angeles, California, as the ``Augustus F. Hawkins Post 
     Office Building''.
       H.R. 2672. An act to designate the United States courthouse 
     to be constructed at 8th Avenue and Mill Street in Eugene, 
     Oregon, as the ``Wayne Lyman Morse United States 
     Courthouse''.
       H.R. 3100. An act to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to allow for the expansion of areas designated as 
     renewal communities based on 2000 census data.
       H.R. 3340. An act to amend title 5, United States Code, to 
     allow certain catch-up contributions to the Thrift Savings 
     Plan to be made by participants age 50 or over; to 
     reauthorize the Merit Systems Protection Board and the Office 
     of Special Counsel; and for other purposes.
       H.R. 3731. An act to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     increase amounts available to State approving agencies to 
     ascertain the qualifications of educational institutions for 
     furnishing courses of education to veterans and eligible 
     persons under the Montgomery GI Bill and under other programs 
     of education administered by the Department of Veterans 
     Affairs, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 4005. An act to provide for a circulating quarter 
     dollar coin program to commemorate the District of Columbia, 
     the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the 
     United States Virgin Islands, and the Commonwealth of the 
     Northern Mariana Islands, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 4561. An act to amend title 5, United States Code, to 
     require that agencies, in promulgating rules, take into 
     consideration the impact of such rules on the privacy of 
     individuals, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 4685. An act to amend title 31, United States Code, to 
     expand the types of Federal agencies that are required to 
     prepare audited financial statements.
       H.R. 5083. An act to designate the United States courthouse 
     at South Federal Place in Santa Fe, New Mexico, as the 
     ``Santiago E. Compos United States Courthouse''.
       H.R. 5169. An act to amend the Federal Water Pollution 
     Control Act to enhance the security of wastewater treatment 
     works.
       H.R. 5331. An act to amend the General Education Provisions 
     Act to clarify the definition of a student regarding family 
     educational and privacy rights.
       H.R. 5335. An act to designate the Federal building and 
     United States courthouse located at 200 West 2nd Street in 
     Dayton, Ohio, as the ``Tony Hall Federal Building and United 
     States Courthouse''.
       H.R. 5340. An act to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 5805 White Oak Avenue in 
     Encino, California, as the ``Francis Doyle `Chick' Hearn Post 
     Office''.
       H.R. 5385. An act to amend the Harmonized Tariff Schedule 
     of the United States to modify temporarily certain rates of 
     duty, to make other technical amendments to the trade laws, 
     and for other purposes.
       H.R. 5427. An act to designate the Federal building located 
     at Fifth and Richardson Avenues in Roswell, New Mexico, as 
     the ``Joe Skeen Federal Building''.
       H.R. 5469. An act to amend title 17, United States Code, 
     with respect to the statutory license for webcasting, and for 
     other purposes.
       H.R. 5507. An act to amend the Truth in Lending Act to 
     adjust the exempt transactions amount for inflation.
       H.R. 5531. An act to facilitate famine relief efforts and a 
     comprehensive solution to the war in Sudan.
       H.J. Res. 6. A joint resolution recognizing Commodore John 
     Barry as the first flag officer of the United States Navy.

  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. 116. Concurrent resolution recommending the 
     integration of Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia into the North 
     Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).
       H. Con. Res. 409. Concurrent resolution supporting the 
     goals and ideals of National Community Role Models Week, and 
     for other purposes.
       H. Con. Res. 411. Concurrent resolution recognizing the 
     exploits of the officers and crew of the S.S. Henry Bacon, a 
     United States Liberty ship that was sunk on February 23, 
     1945.
       H. Con. Res. 465. Concurrent resolution recognizing, 
     applauding, and supporting the efforts of the Army Aviation 
     Heritage Foundation, a nonprofit organization incorporated in 
     the State of Georgia, to utilize veteran aviators of the 
     Armed Forces and former Army Aviation aircraft to inspire 
     Americans and to ensure that our Nation's military legacy and 
     heritage of service are never forgotten.
       H. Con. Res. 503. Concurrent resolution directing the Clerk 
     of the House of Representatives to correct the enrollment of 
     the bill H.R. 2215.

  The message further announced that the House agrees to the amendments 
of the Senate to the bill (H.R. 2121) to make available funds under the 
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to expand

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democracy, good governance, and anti-corruption programs in the Russian 
Federation in order to promote and strengthen democratic government and 
civil society in that country and to support independent media.
  The message further announced that the House agrees to the amendments 
of the Senate to the bill (H.R. 4085) to amend title 38, United States 
Code, to provide a cost-of-living increase in the rates compensation 
for veterans with service-connected disability and dependency and 
indemnity compensation for surviving spouses of such veterans and their 
survivors, and for other purposes.

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