[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 147 (2001), Part 15]
[Senate]
[Page 21206]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                        MESSAGES FROM THE HOUSE

  At 2:59 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, in which it requests the concurrence of the 
Senate:

       H.R. 483. An act regarding the use of the trust land and 
     resources of the Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs 
     Reservation of Oregon.
       H.R. 1776. An act to authorize the Secretary of the 
     Interior to study the suitability and feasibility of 
     establishing the Buffalo Bayou National Heritage Area in west 
     Houston, Texas.
       H.R. 1840. An act to extend eligibility for refugee status 
     of unmarried sons and daughters of certain Vietnamese 
     refugees.
       H.R. 2362. An act to establish the Benjamin Franklin 
     Tercentenary Commission.
       H.R. 2559. An act to amend chapter 90 of title 5, United 
     States Code, relating to Federal long-term care insurance.
       H.R. 2585. An act to authorize the Secretary of the 
     Interior to conduct a study of the feasibility of providing 
     adequate upstream and downstream passage for fish at the 
     Chiloquin Dam on the Sprague River, Oregon.
       H.R. 2910. An act to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 3131 South Crater Road in 
     Petersburg, Virginia, as the ``Norman Sisisky Post Office 
     Building.''

  The message also announced that the House has agreed to the following 
concurrent resolutions, in which it requests the concurrence of the 
Senate:
  H. Con. Res. 233. Concurrent resolution expressing the profound 
sorrow of the Congress for the death and injuries suffered by first 
responders as they endeavored to save innocent people in the aftermath 
of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon on 
September 11, 2001.
  H. Con. Res. 243. Concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the 
Congress that the Public Safety Officer Medal of Valor should be 
presented to the public safety officers who have perished and select 
other public safety officers who deserve special recognition for 
outstanding valor above and beyond the call of duty in the aftermath of 
the terrorist attacks in the United States on September 11, 2001.
  The message further announced that the House disagrees to the 
amendment of the Senate to the bill (H.R. 2299) making appropriations 
for the Department of Transportation and related agencies for the 
fiscal year ending September 30, 2002, and for other purposes, and 
agrees 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. Rogers of 
Kentucky, Mr. Wolf, Mr. DeLay, Mr. Callahan, Mr. Tiahrt, Mr. Aderholt, 
Ms. Granger, Mrs. Emerson, Mr. Sweeney, Mr. Young of Florida, Mr. Sabo, 
Mr. Olver, Mr. Pastor, Ms. Kilpatrick, Mr. Serrano, Mr. Clyburn, and 
Mr. Obey.
  The message also announced that the House disagrees to the amendment 
of the Senate to the bill (H.R. 2330) making appropriations for 
Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and 
Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 
2002, and for other purposes, and agrees 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. Bonilla, Mr. Walsh, Mr. Kingston, Mr. Nethercutt, Mr. 
Latham, Mrs. Emerson, Mr. Goode, Mr. LaHood, Mr. Young of Florida, Ms. 
Kaptur, Ms. DeLauro, Mr. Hinchey, Mr. Farr of California, Mr. Boyd, and 
Mr. Obey.
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  At 5:48 p.m., a message from the House of Representatives, delivered 
by Ms. Niland, one of its reading clerks, announced that the House has 
agreed to the report of the committee on conference of the disagreeing 
votes of the two Houses on the amendment of the Senate to the bill 
(H.R. 2590) making appropriations for the Treasury Department, the 
United States Postal Service, the Executive Office of the President, 
and certain Independent Agencies, for the fiscal year ending September 
30, 2002, and for other purposes.

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