[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 12]
[House]
[Page 16586]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                     COMMUNICATION FROM THE SPEAKER

  The SPEAKER pro tempore laid before the House the following 
communication from the Speaker of the House of Representatives:

                                              The Speaker's Rooms,


                                     House of Representatives,

                                    Washington, DC, July 19, 1999.
     Hon. C.W. Bill Young,
     Chairman, Committee on Appropriations,
     House of Representatives, Washington, DC.
       Dear Mr. Chairman: This is to advise you that 
     Representative Michael P. Forbes' election to the Committee 
     on Appropriations has been automatically vacated pursuant to 
     clause 5(b) of rule X effective today.
           Sincerely,
                                                J. Dennis Hastert,
     Speaker of the House of Representatives.

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