[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 82 (Thursday, June 5, 2003)]
[House]
[Page H4981]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        MESSAGE FROM THE SENATE

  A message from the Senate by Mr. Monahan, one of its clerks, 
announced that the Senate has passed with an amendment in which the 
concurrence of the House is requested, a bill of the House of the 
following title:

       H.R. 1588. An act to authorize appropriations for fiscal 
     year 2004 for military activities of the Department of 
     Defense, for military construction, and for defense 
     activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe 
     personnel strengths for such fiscal year for the Armed 
     Forces, and for other purposes.

  The message also announced that the Senate insists upon its amendment 
to the bill (H.R. 1588) ``An Act to authorize appropriations for fiscal 
year 2004 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for 
military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of 
Energy, to prescribe personnel strengths for such fiscal year for the 
Armed Forces, and for other purposes,'' requests a conference with the 
House on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses thereon, and appoints 
Mr. Warner, Mr. McCain, Mr. Inhofe, Mr. Roberts, Mr. Allard, Mr. 
Sessions, Ms. Collins, Mr. Ensign, Mr. Talent, Mr. Chambliss, Mr. 
Graham of South Carolina, Mrs. Dole, Mr. Cornyn, Mr. Levin, Mr. 
Kennedy, Mr. Byrd, Mr. Lieberman, Mr. Reed, Mr. Akaka, Mr. Nelson of 
Florida, Mr. Nelson of Nebraska, Mr. Dayton, Mr. Bayh, Mrs. Clinton, 
and Mr. Pryor, to be the conferees on the part of the Senate.
  The message also announced that the Senate has passed bills of the 
following titles in which the concurrence of the House is requested:

       S. 1047. An act to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
     2004 for military activities of the Department of Defense, to 
     prescribe personnel strengths for such fiscal year for the 
     Armed Forces, and for other purposes.
       S. 1048. An act to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
     2004 for military construction, and for other purposes.
       S. 1049. An act to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
     2004 for defense activities of the Department of Energy, and 
     for other purposes.

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