[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 11]
[Senate]
[Page 14769]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                        MESSAGES FROM THE HOUSE

  At 12:10 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 that concurrence of 
the Senate:

       H.R. 1320. An act to amend the National Telecommunications 
     and Information Administration Organization Act to facilitate 
     the reallocation of spectrum from governments to commercial 
     users.
       H.R. 2115. An act to amend title 49, United States Code, to 
     reauthorize programs for the Federal Aviation Administration, 
     and for other purposes.
       H.R. 2350. An act to reauthorize the Temporary Assistance 
     for Needy Families block grant program through fiscal year 
     2003, and for other purposes.

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

       H. Con. Res. 110. Concurrent resolution recognizing the 
     sequencing of the human genome as one of the most significant 
     scientific accomplishments of the past one hundred years and 
     expressing support for the goals and ideals of Human Genome 
     Month and DNA Day.

  The message further announced that pursuant to 20 U.S.C. 2004(b), and 
the order of the House of January 8, 2003, the Speaker appoints the 
following Member of the House of Representatives to the Board of 
Trustees of the Harry Truman Scholarship Foundation: Mr. Akin of 
Missouri.
  At 6:21 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. 1115. An act to amend the procedures that apply to 
     consideration of interstate class actions to assure fairer 
     outcomes for class members and defendants, to outlaw certain 
     practices that provide inadequate settlements of class 
     members, to assure that attorneys do not receive a 
     disproportionate amount of settlements at the expense of 
     class members, to provide for clearer and simpler information 
     in class action settlement notices, to assure prompt 
     consideration of interstate class actions, to amend title 28, 
     United States Code, to allow the application of the 
     principles of Federal diversity jurisdiction to interstate 
     class actions, and for other purposes.

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