[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 3 (Thursday, January 9, 2003)]
[Senate]
[Page S128]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        MESSAGES FROM THE HOUSE

  Under the authority of the order of January 7, 2003, the Secretary of 
the Senate, on January 8, 2003, during the recess of the Senate, 
received a message from the House of Representatives announcing that 
the House has passed the following bill, without amendment:

       S. 23. An act to provide for a 5-month extension of the 
     Temporary Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 2002 and 
     for a transition period for individuals receiving 
     compensation when the program under such Act ends.

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

       H. Res. 2. Resolution stating that the Senate be informed 
     that a quorum of the House of Representatives; has assembled; 
     that J. Dennis Hastert, a Representative from the State of 
     Illinois, has been elected Speaker; and Jeffrey J. Trandahl, 
     a citizen of the State of South Dakota, has been elected 
     Clerk of the House of Representatives of the One Hundred 
     Eight Congress.
       H. Res. 3. Resolution stating that a committee of two 
     Members be appointed by the Speaker on the part of the House 
     of Representatives to join with a committee on the part of 
     the Senate to notify the President of the United States that 
     a quorum of each House has assembled and Congress is ready to 
     receive any communication that he may be pleased to make.

  The message further announced that pursuant to section 5(a)(2) of the 
Benjamin Franklin Tercentenary Commission Act (Public Law 107-202), the 
Speaker appoints the following Member of the House of Representatives 
to the Benjamin Franklin Tercentenary Commission: Mr. Castle of 
Delaware; and Mrs. Elise DuPoint of Rockland, Delaware.
  The message also announced that pursuant to section 206 of the 
Juvenile Justice and Delinquency prevention Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 
5616) and upon the recommendation of the Minority Leader, the Speaker 
reappoints the following member on the part of the House of 
Representatives to the Coordinating Council on Juvenile Justice and 
Delinquency Prevention to a 2-year term: Mr. Gordon A. Marin of 
Roxbury, Massachusetts.
  The message further announced that pursuant to section 4404(c)(2) of 
the Congressional Hunger Fellows Act of 2002 (Public Law 107-171), the 
Speaker appoints the following members on the part of the House of 
Representatives to the Board of Trustees of the Congressional Hunger 
Fellows Program for a term of 4 years: Mrs. Jo Ann Emerson of Cape 
Girardeau, Missouri; and Mr. David Weaver, Jr. of Lubbock, Texas.

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