[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 138 (Tuesday, December 7, 2004)]
[Senate]
[Page S11896]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        MESSAGES FROM THE HOUSE

  At 9:33 a.m., a message from the House of Representatives, delivered 
by Ms. Niland, one of its reading clerks, announced that the House has 
passed the following bill, in which it requests the concurrence of the 
Senate:

       H.R. 5394. An act to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to modify the taxation of arrow components.

  The message also announced that the House has passed the following 
bills, without amendment:

       S. 2657. 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.
       S. 2856. An act to limit the transfer of certain Commodity 
     Credit Corporation funds between conservation programs for 
     technical assistance for the programs.

  The message further announced that the House agree to the amendments 
of the Senate to the bill (H.R. 4012) to amend the District of Columbia 
College Access Act of 1999 to reauthorize for 5 additional years the 
public school and private school tuition assistance programs 
established under the Act.
  The message also announced that the House agree to the amendment of 
the Senate to the resolution (H. Con. Res. 528) directing the clerk of 
the House of Representatives to make technical corrections in the 
enrollment of the bill H.R. 4818.

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