[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 128 (Saturday, October 9, 2004)]
[Senate]
[Pages S10985-S10986]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         MESSAGE FROM THE HOUSE

  At 10:02 a.m., a message from the House of Representatives, delivered 
by Ms. Niland, one of its reading clerks, announced that the House 
agreed to the amendment of the Senate to the bill (H.R. 1533) to amend 
the securities laws to permit church plans to be invested in collective 
trash trusts.
  The message also announced that the House agreed to the amendment of 
the Senate to the bill (H.R. 2608) to reauthorize the National 
Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program, and for other purposes.
  The message further announced that the House agreed to the amendment 
of the Senate to the bill (H.R. 2714) to reauthorize the State Justice 
Institute.
  The message also announced that the House agreed to the amendment of 
the Senate to the bill (H.R. 4175) to increase, effective as of 
December 1, 2004, the rates of disability compensation for veterans 
with service-connected disabilities and the rates of dependency and 
indemnity compensation for survivors of certain-connected disabled 
veterans, and for other purposes.
  The message further announced that the House passed the following 
bills, without amendment:

       S. 524. An act to expand the boundaries of the Fort 
     Donelson National Battlefield to authorize the acquisition 
     and interpretation of lands associated with the campaign that 
     resulted in the capture of the for in 1862, and for other 
     purposes.
       S. 1368. An act to authorize the President to award a gold 
     medal on behalf of the Congress to Reverend Doctor Martin 
     Luther King, Jr. (posthumously) and his widow Coretta Scott 
     King in recognition of their contributions to the Nation on 
     behalf of the civil rights movement.
       S. 2195. An act to amend the Controlled Substances Act to 
     clarify the definition of anabolic steroids and to provide 
     for research and education activities relative to steroids 
     and steroid precursors.
       S. 2864. An act to extend for eighteen months the period 
     for which chapter 12 of title 11, United States Code, is 
     reenacted.
       S. 2883. An act to authorize the Gateway Arch in St. Louis, 
     Missouri, to be illuminated by pink lights in honor of breast 
     cancer awareness month.
       S. 2896. An act to modify and extend certain privatization 
     requirements of the Communications Satellite Act of 1962.

  The message also announced that the House passed the following bills, 
in which it requests the concurrence of the Senate:

       H.R. 2760. An act to limit United States assistance for 
     Ethiopia and Eritrea if those countries are not in compliance 
     with the terms and conditions of agreements entered into by 
     the two countries to end hostilities and provide for a 
     demarcation of the border between the two countries, and 
     for other purposes.
       H.R. 4917. An act to amend title 5, United States Code, to 
     authorize appropriations for the Administrative Conference of 
     the United States for fiscal years 2005, 2006, and 2007, and 
     for other purposes.
       H.R. 5245. An act to extend the liability indemnification 
     regime for the commercial space transportation industry.
       H.R. 5294. An act to amend the John F. Kennedy Center Act 
     to reauthorize appropriations for the John F. Kennedy Center 
     for the Performing Arts, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 5295. An act to amend part III of title 5, United 
     States Code, to provide for the establishment of programs 
     under which supplemental dental and vision benefits are made 
     available to Federal employees, retirees, and their 
     dependents, to expand the contracting authority of the Office 
     of Personnel Management, and for other purposes.

  The message further announced that the House passed the bill (S. 
2292) to require a report on acts of anti-Semitism around the world, 
with amendments.
  The message also announced that the House disagrees to the amendment 
of the Senate to the bill (H.R. 1350) to reauthorize the Individuals 
with Disabilities Education Act, and for other purposes, requests a 
conference asked by the Senate on the disagreeing votes of the two 
Houses thereon and appoints the following members as the managers of 
the conference on the part of the House:
  From the Committee on Education and the Workforce, for consideration 
of the house bill and the Senate amendment, and modifications committed 
to conference: Messrs. Boehner, Castle, Ehlers, Keller, Wilson of South 
Carolina, George Miller of California, Ms. woolsey, and Mr. Owens.
  From the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for consideration of 
section

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101 and title V of the Senate amendment, and modifications committed to 
conference: Messrs. Barton of Texas, Bilirakis, and Dingell.
  From the Committee on the Judiciary, for consideration of section 205 
of the House bill, and section 101 of the Senate amendment, and 
modifications committed to conference: Messrs. Sensenbrenner, Smith of 
Texas, and Conyers.
  The message further announced that the House has agreed 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. 1047) 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.

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