[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 147 (2001), Part 12]
[Senate]
[Page 17593]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



DEPARTMENTS OF COMMERCE, JUSTICE, AND STATE, THE JUDICIARY, AND RELATED 
                   AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2002

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask that the Chair lay before the Senate a 
message from the House with respect to H.R. 2500, the Departments of 
Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies 
appropriations bill.
  The PRESIDENT pro tempore laid before the Senate the message from the 
House of Representatives, as follows:

       Resolved, That the amendment of the Senate to the bill 
     (H.R. 2500) entitled ``An Act making appropriations for the 
     Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, 
     and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 
     2002, and for other purposes'', in the opinion of this House, 
     contravenes the first clause of the seventh section of the 
     first article of the Constitution of the United States and is 
     an infringement of the privileges of this House and that such 
     bill be respectfully returned to the Senate with a message 
     communicating this resolution.

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
amendment be amended with the language at the desk, and that the 
amendment be agreed to, and the motion to reconsider be laid upon the 
table; further, that the Senate insist on its amendment, request a 
conference with the House, and that the Chair be authorized to appoint 
conferees on the part of the Senate.
  The PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The amendment (No. 1616) was agreed to, as follows:

       Strike section 404 of the Senate amendment.

  The PRESIDENT pro tempore appointed Mr. Hollings, Mr. Inouye, Ms. 
Mikulski, Mr. Leahy, Mr. Kohl, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Reed, Mr. Byrd, Mr. 
Gregg, Mr. Stevens, Mr. Domenici, Mr. McConnell, Mrs. Hutchison, Mr. 
Campbell, and Mr. Cochran conferees on the part of the Senate.

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