[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 7]
[Senate]
[Page 9358]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                         MESSAGE FROM THE HOUSE

  At 12:47 p.m., a message from the House of Representatives, delivered 
by Ms. Niland, one of its reading clerks, announced that pursuant to 
section 301 of Public Law 104-1, the Chair announces on behalf of the 
Speaker and Minority Leader of the House of Representatives and the 
Majority and Minority Leaders of the United States Senate their joint 
appointment of the following individuals to a 5-year term to the Board 
of Directors of the Office of Compliance to fill the existing vacancies 
thereon: Ms. Barbara L. Camens of Washington, DC, and Ms. Roberta L. 
Holzwarth of Rockford, Illinois.
  The message also announced that the House has agreed to the following 
concurrent resolution, in which it requests the concurrence of the 
Senate:

       H. Con. Res. 336. Concurrent resolution providing for a 
     conditional adjournment of the House of Representatives and a 
     conditional recess or adjournment of the Senate.

  The message further announced that the House has passed the following 
bill, in which it requests the concurrence of the Senate:

       H.R. 4444. A bill to authorize extension of 
     nondiscriminatory treatment (normal trade relations 
     treatment) to the People's Republic of China, and to 
     establish a framework for relations between the United States 
     and the People's Republic of China.

  The message also announced that the House agrees 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. 2559) to amend the 
Federal Crop Insurance Act to strengthen the safety net for 
agricultural producers by providing greater access to more affordable 
risk management tools and improved protection from production and 
income loss, to improve the efficiency and integrity of the Federal 
crop insurance program, and for other purposes.
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  At 2:05 p.m., a message from the House of Representatives, delivered 
by Ms. Niland, one of its reading clerks, announced that the House 
insists upon its amendment to the bill (S. 1692) to amend title 18, 
United States Code, to ban partial-birth abortion, and asks a 
conference with the Senate on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses 
thereon; and that Mr. Hyde, Mr. Canady of Florida, Mr. Goodlatte, Mr. 
Conyers, and Mr. Watt of North Carolina, be the managers of the 
conference on the part of the House.
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  At 4:33 p.m., a message from the House of Representatives, delivered 
by Mr. Hayes, 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. 3916. An act to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to repeal the excise tax on telephone and other 
     communication services.

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

       H. Con. Res. 331. Concurrent resolution commending Israel's 
     redeployment from southern Lebanon.

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