[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 17]
[Senate]
[Page 25494]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                         MESSAGE FROM THE HOUSE

  Under the authority of the order of the Senate of January 6, 1999, 
the Secretary of the Senate, on October 30, 2000, during the recess of 
the Senate, received a message from the House of Representatives 
announcing that the House agrees to the amendment of the Senate to the 
bill (H.R. 2498) to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for 
recommendations of the Secretary of Health and Human Services regarding 
the placement of automatic external defibrillators in Federal buildings 
in order to improve survival rates of individuals who experience 
cardiac arrest in such buildings, and to establish protections from 
civil liability arising from the emergency use of the devices.
  The message also announced that the House has passed the following 
joint resolution, in which it requests the concurrence of the Senate:

       H.J. Res. 120. Joint resolution making further continuing 
     appropriations for the fiscal year 2001, and for other 
     purposes.


                         enrolled bills signed

  A message from the House of Representatives, delivered by one of its 
reading clerks, announced that the Speaker has signed the following 
enrolled joint resolution:

       H.J. Res. 120. Joint resolution making further continuing 
     appropriations for the fiscal year 2001, and for other 
     purposes.

  The enrolled bill was signed subsequently by the President pro 
tempore (Mr. Thurmond).

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