[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 147 (2001), Part 15]
[Senate]
[Page 21926]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                        MESSAGES FROM THE HOUSE

  At 10:28 a.m., a message from the House of Representatives, delivered 
by Ms. Niland, 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. 1408. An act to safeguard the public from fraud in the 
     financial services industry, to streamline and facilitate the 
     antifraud information-sharing efforts of Federal and State 
     regulators, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 2047. An act to authorize appropriations for the 
     United States Patent and Trademark Office for fiscal year 
     2002, and for other purposes.

  The message also announced that the House insists upon its amendment 
to the bill (S. 1447) to improve aviation security, and for other 
purposes, and asks a conference with the Senate on the disagreeing 
votes of the two Houses thereon; and appoints for consideration of the 
Senate bill and the House amendment, and modifications committed to 
conference: Mr. Young of Alaska, Mr. Petri, Mr. Duncan, Mr. Mica, Mr. 
Ehlers, Mr. Oberstar, Mr. Lipinski, and Mr. DeFazio, as managers of the 
conference on the part of the House.
  The message further announced that the House agrees to amendments of 
the Senate to the bill (H.R. 768) to amend the Improving America's 
Schools Act of 1994 to make permanent the favorable treatment of need-
based educational aid under the antitrust laws.
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  At 2:30 p.m., a message from the House of Representatives, delivered 
by Mr. Hayes, one of its reading clerks, announced that the House 
disagrees to the amendment of the Senate to the bill (H.R. 2506) making 
appropriations for foreign operations, export financing, and related 
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 as the 
managers of the conference on the part of the House: Mr. Kolbe, Mr. 
Callahan, Mr. Knollenberg, Mr. Kingston, Mr. Lewis of California, Mr. 
Wicker, Mr. Bonilla, Mr. Sununu, Mr. Young of Florida, Mrs. Lowey, Ms. 
Pelosi, Mr. Jackson of Illinois, Ms. Kilpatarick, Mr. Rothman, and Mr. 
Obey.
  The message also announced that the House has passed the following 
bills, in which it requests the concurrence of the Senate:

       H.R. 852. An act to designate the Federal building and 
     United States courthouse to be constructed at 10 East 
     Commerce Street in Youngstown, Ohio, as the ``Nathaniel R. 
     Jones and Frank J. Battisti Federal Building and United 
     States Courthouse.''
       H.R. 2998. An act to authorize the establishment of Radio 
     Free Afghanistan.
       H.R. 3167. An act to endorse the vision of further 
     enlargement of the NATO Alliance articulated by President 
     George W. Bush on June 15, 2001, and by former President 
     William J. Clinton on October 22, 1996, and for other 
     purposes.

  The message further announced that the House has agreed to the 
following concurrent resolution, in which it requests the concurrence 
of the Senate:

       H. Con. Res. 262. Concurrent resolution expressing the 
     sense of Congress that the President, at the WTO round of 
     negotiations to be held at Doha, Qatar, from November 9-13, 
     2001, and at any subsequent round of negotiations, should 
     preserve the ability of the United States to enforce 
     rigorously its trade laws and should ensure that United 
     States exports are not subject to the abusive use of trade 
     laws by other countries.




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