[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 13]
[House]
[Page 17829]
[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 with an amendment in which the 
concurrence of the House is requested, a bill of the House of the 
following title:

       H.R. 2657. An act making appropriations for the Legislative 
     Branch for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2004, and for 
     other purposes.

  The message also announced that the Senate insists upon its 
amendments to the bill (H.R. 2657) ``An Act making appropriations for 
the Legislative Branch for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2004, 
and for other purposes,'' requests a conference with the House on the 
disagreeing votes of the two Houses thereon, and appoints Mr. Campbell, 
Mr. Bennett, Mr. Stevens, Mr. Cochran, Mr. Bond, Mr. Durbin, Mr. 
Johnson, Mr. Byrd, and Ms. Mikulski, to be the conferees on the part of 
the Senate.
  The messages also announced that the Senate has passed with 
amendments in which the concurrence of the House is requested, a bill 
of the House of the following title:

       H.R. 2559. An act making appropriations for military 
     construction, family housing, and base realignment and 
     closure for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year 
     ending September 30, 2004, and for other purposes.

  The message also announced that the Senate insists upon its amendment 
to the bill (H.R. 2559) ``An Act making appropriations for military 
construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure for the 
Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2004, 
and for other purposes,'' requests a conference with the House on the 
disagreeing votes of the two Houses thereon, and appoints Mrs. 
Hutchison, Mr. Burns, Mr. Craig, Mr. DeWine, Mr. Brownback, Mr. 
Stevens, Mrs. Feinstein, Mr. Inouye, Mr. Johnson, Ms. Landrieu, and Mr. 
Byrd, to be the conferees on the part of the Senate.
  The message also announced that the Senate has passed a bill of the 
following title in which the concurrence of the House is requested:

       S. 886. An act to ratify otherwise legal appointments and 
     promotions in the commissioned corps of the National Oceanic 
     and Atmospheric Administration that failed to be submitted to 
     the Senate for its advice and consent as required by law, and 
     for other purposes.

  The message also announced that pursuant to Public Law 106-170, the 
Chair, on behalf of the Majority Leader, after consultation with the 
Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Finance, announces the 
appointment of the following individual to serve as a member of the 
Ticket to Work and Work Incentives Advisory Panel: Thomas P. Golden of 
Tennessee, vice Vincent Randazzo, resigned.

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