[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 148 (2002), Part 17]
[House]
[Page 22937]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                        MESSAGE FROM THE SENATE

  A message from the Senate by Mr. Monahan, one of its clerks, 
announced that the Senate has passed without amendment bills of the 
House of the following titles:

       H.R. 727. An act to amend the Consumer Product Safety Act 
     to provide that low-speed electric bicycles are consumer 
     products subject to such Act.
       H.R. 2595. An act to direct the Secretary of the Army to 
     convey a parcel of land of Chatham County, Georgia.
       H.R. 5504. An act to provide for the improvement of the 
     safety of child restraints in passenger motor vehicles, and 
     for other purposes.
       H. Con. Res. 84. Concurrent resolution supporting the goals 
     of Red Ribbon Week in promoting drug-free communities.

  The message also announced that the Senate has passed with an 
amendment in which the concurrence of the House is requested, a bill of 
the House of the following title:

       H.R. 4070. An act to amend the Social Security Act and the 
     Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide additional 
     safeguards for Social Security and Supplemental Security 
     Income beneficiaries with representative payees, to enhanced 
     program protections, and for other purposes.

  The message also announced that the Senate has passed bills and 
concurrent resolutions of the following titles in which the concurrence 
of the House is requested:

       S. 754. An act to enhance competition for prescription 
     drugs by increasing the ability of the Department of Justice 
     and Federal Trade Commission to enforce existing antitrust 
     laws regarding brand name drugs and generic drugs.
       S. 1052. An act to amend the Public Health Service Act and 
     the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to 
     protect consumers in managed care plans and other health 
     coverage.
       S. 2799. An act to provide for the use and distribution of 
     certain funds awarded to the Gila River Pima-Maricopa Indian 
     Community, and for other purposes.
       S. 2869. An act to facilitate the ability of certain 
     spectrum auction winners to pursue alternative measures 
     required in the public interest to meet the needs of wireless 
     telecommunications consumers.
       S. 2949. An act to provide for enhanced aviation security, 
     and for other purposes.
       S. 2951. An act to authorize appropriations for the Federal 
     Aviation Administration, and for other purposes.
       S. 3172. An act to improve the calculation of the Federal 
     subsidy rate with respect to certain small business loans, 
     and for other purposes.
       S. Con. Res. 94. Concurrent resolution expressing the sense 
     of Congress that public awareness and education about the 
     importance of health care coverage is of the utmost priority 
     and that a National Importance of Health Care Coverage Month 
     should be established to promote that awareness and 
     education.
       S. Con. Res. 122. Concurrent resolution expressing the 
     sense of Congress that security, reconciliation, and 
     prosperity for all Cypriots can be best achieved within the 
     context of membership in the European Union which will 
     provide significant rights and obligations for all Cypriots, 
     and for other purposes.

  The message also announced that the Senate agreed to the amendments 
of the House to the bill (S. 2237) ``An Act to amend title 38, United 
States Code, to modify and improve authorities relating to compensation 
and pension benefits, education benefits, housing benefits, and other 
benefits for veterans, to improve the administration of benefits for 
veterans, and for other purposes.''

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