[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 147 (2001), Part 10]
[House]
[Page 14269]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                        MESSAGE FROM THE SENATE

  A message from the Senate by Mr. Monahan, one of its clerks, 
announced that the Senate has passed without amendment a bill of the 
House of the following title:

       H.R. 2131. An act to reauthorize the Tropical Forest 
     Conservation Act of 1998 through fiscal year 2004, and for 
     other purposes.

  The message also announced that the Senate has passed a concurrent 
resolution of the following title in which the concurrence of the House 
is requested:

       S. Con. Res. 16. Concurrent resolution expressing the sense 
     of Congress that the George Washington letter to Touro 
     Synagogue in Newport, Rhode Island, which is on display at 
     the B'nai B'rith Klutznick National Jewish Museum in 
     Washington, D.C., is one of the most significant early 
     statements buttressing the nascent American constitutional 
     guarantee of religious freedom.

  The message also announced that pursuant to section 2761 of title 22, 
United States Code, as amended, the Chair, on behalf of the President 
pro tempore, and upon the recommendation of the Majority Leader, 
appoints the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Leahy) as Chairman of the Senate 
Delegation to the British-American Interparliamentary Group during the 
One Hundred Seventh Congress.
  The message also announced that in accordance with sections 1928a-
1928d of title 22, United States Code, as amended, the Chair, on behalf 
of the Vice President, appoints the Senator from Delaware (Mr. Biden) 
as Chairman of the Senate Delegation to the North Atlantic Treaty 
Organization Parliamentary Assembly during the One Hundred Seventh 
Congress.

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