[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 20 (Tuesday, February 24, 2004)]
[House]
[Page H517]
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. 3108. An act to amend the employee Retirement Income 
     Security Act of 1974 and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to 
     temporarily replace the 30-year Treasury rate with a rate 
     based on long-term corporate bonds for certain pension plan 
     funding requirements and other provisions, and for other 
     purposes.

  The message also announced that the Senate insists upon its amendment 
to the bill (H.R. 3108) ``An Act to amend the Employee Retirement 
Income Security Act of 1974 and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to 
temporarily replace the 30-year Treasury rate with a rate based on 
long-term corporate bonds for certain pension plan funding requirements 
and other provisions, and for other purposes,'' requests a conference 
with the House on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses thereon, and 
appoints Mr. Grassley, Mr. Gregg, Mr. McConnell, Mr. Baucus, and Mr. 
Kennedy, to be the conferees on the part of the Senate.
  The message was announced that the Senate has passed a bill of the 
following title in which the concurrence of the House is requested:

       S. 1786. An act to revise and extend the Community Services 
     Block Grant Act, the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Act of 
     1981, and the Assets for Independence Act.

  The message also announced that pursuant to Public Law 100-175, as 
amended by Public Laws 102-375, 103-171, and 106-501, the Chair, on 
behalf of the Democratic Leader, after consultation with the members of 
the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, and the 
Committee on Aging, appoints the following individuals as members of 
the Policy Committee to the White House Conference on Aging--
  The Senator from Iowa (Mr. Harkin); and
  The Senator from Nevada (Mr. Reid).

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