[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 2]
[Senate]
[Page 2319]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                        MESSAGES FROM THE HOUSE

  At 10:07 a.m., a message from the House of Representatives, delivered 
by Mr. Hays, one of its reading clerks, announced that the House has 
passed the following bills, in which it requests the concurrence of the 
Senate.

       H.R. 169. An act to amend the Packers and Stockyards Act, 
     1921, to expand the pilot investigation for the collection of 
     information regarding prices paid for the procurement of 
     cattle and sheep for slaughter and of muscle cuts of beef and 
     lamb to include swine and muscle cuts of swine.
       H.R. 433. An act to restore the management and personnel 
     authority of the Mayor of the District of Columbia.
       H.R. 435. An act to make miscellaneous and technical 
     changes to various trade law, and for other purposes
       H.R. 439. An act to amend chapter 35 of title 44, United 
     States Code, popularly known as the Paperwork Reduction Act, 
     to minimize the burden of Federal paperwork demands upon 
     small business, educational and nonprofit institutions, 
     Federal contractors, State and local governments, and other 
     persons through the sponsorship and use of alternative 
     information technologies.
       H.R. 440. An act to make technical corrections to the 
     Microloan Program.

  The message also announced that the House has agreed to the following 
concurrent resolution, without amendment:

       S. Con. Res. 6. Concurrent resolution authorizing flags 
     located in the Capitol complex to be flown at half-staff in 
     memory of R. Scott Bates, Legislative Clerk of the United 
     States Senate.

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