[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 147 (2001), Part 4]
[Senate]
[Page 5084]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                         MESSAGE FROM THE HOUSE

  At 5:03 p.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 bill, in which it requests the concurrence of the 
Senate:

       H.R. 6. An act to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to reduce the marriage penalty by providing for adjustments 
     to the standard deduction, 15-percent rate bracket, and the 
     earned income credit, to increase the child credit, and for 
     other purposes.

  The message also announced that the House has heard with profound 
sorrow of the death of the Honorable Norman Sisisky, a Representative 
from the Commonwealth of Virginia. That a committee of such Members of 
the House as the Speaker may designate, together with such Members of 
the Senate as may be joined, be appointed to attend the funeral. That 
the Sergeant at Arms of the House be authorized and directed to take 
such steps as may be necessary for carrying out the provisions of these 
resolutions and that the necessary expenses in connection therewith be 
paid out of applicable accounts of the House. That the Clerk 
communicate these resolutions to the Senate and transmit a copy thereof 
to the family of the deceased. That when the House adjourns today, it 
adjourn as a further mark of respect to the memory of the deceased.
  The message further announced that pursuant to 22 U.S.C. 276h, the 
Speaker appoints the following Member of the House of Representatives 
to the Mexico-United States Interparliamentary Group: Mr. Kolbe of 
Arizona, Chairman.
  The message also announced that pursuant to section 228(d)(1) of the 
Wendell H. Ford Aviation Investment and Reform Act for the 21st Century 
(Public Law 106-181), the Minority Leader appoints the following 
individual to the National Commission to Ensure Consumer Information 
and Choice in the Airline Industry: Mr. Thomas P. Dunne, Sr. of 
Maryland Heights, Missouri.

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