[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 147 (2001), Part 13]
[Senate]
[Page 18472]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                        MESSAGES FROM THE HOUSE

  At 12:58 p.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 and joint resolution, in which it requests 
the concurrence of the Senate:

       H.R. 169. An act to require that Federal agencies be 
     accountable for violations of antidiscrimination and 
     whistleblower protection laws, to require that each Federal 
     agency post quarterly on its public Web site, certain 
     statistical data relating to Federal sector equal employment 
     opportunity complaints filed with such agency; and for other 
     purposes.
       H.R. 203. An act to amend the Small Business Act to direct 
     the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to 
     establish a pilot program to provide regulatory compliance 
     assistance to small business concerns, and for other 
     purposes.
       H.R. 1161. An act to authorize the Government of the Czech 
     Republic to establish a memorial to honor Tomas G. Masaryk in 
     the District of Columbia.
       H.R. 1384. An act to amend the National Trails System Act 
     to designate the route in Arizona and New Mexico which the 
     Navajo and Mescalero Apache Indian tribes were forced to walk 
     in 1863 and 1864, for study for potential addition to the 
     National Trails System.
       H.R. 1456. An act to expand the boundary of the Booker T. 
     Washington National Monument, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 2385. An act to convey certain property to the city of 
     St. George, Utah, in order to provide for the protection and 
     preservation of certain rare paleontological resources on 
     that property, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 2666. An act to amend the Small Business Act to direct 
     the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to 
     establish a vocational and technical entrepreneurship 
     development program.
       H.J. Res. 42. Joint resolution memorializing fallen 
     firefighters by lowering the American flag to half-staff in 
     honor of the National Fallen Firefighters Memorial Service in 
     Emittsburg, Maryland.

  The message also announced that the House has disagreed to the 
amendment of the Senate to the bill (H.R. 2904) making appropriations 
for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and 
closure for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2002, and for other purposes and has agreed to the 
conference asked by the Senate on the disagreeing votes of the two 
Houses thereon; and appoints the following Members as the managers of 
the conference on the part of the House: Mr. Hobson, Mr. Walsh, Mr. 
Miller of Florida, Mr. Aderholt, Ms. Granger, Mr. Goode, Mr. Skeen, Mr. 
Vitter, Mr. Young of Florida, Mr. Olver, Mr. Edwards, Mr. Farr of 
California, Mr. Boyd, Mr. Dicks, and Mr. Obey.


                         enrolled bills signed

  At 3:08 p.m., a message from the House of Representatives, delivered 
by Ms. Niland, one of its reading clerks, announced that the Speaker 
has signed the following enrolled bills:

       H.R. 1860. An act to reauthorize the Small Business 
     Technology Transfer Program, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 1583. An act to designate the Federal building and 
     United States courthouse located at 121 West Spring Street in 
     New Albany, Indiana, as the ``Lee H. Hamilton Federal 
     Building and United States Courthouse.''

  The enrolled bills were signed subsequently by the President pro 
tempore (Mr. Byrd).
  Note: In the Record of September 19, 2001, on page S9503, the 
following items were inadvertently omitted:

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