[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 17]
[Senate]
[Page 24078]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                        MESSAGES FROM THE HOUSE

  At 12:01 p.m., a message from the House of Representatives, delivered 
by Mr. Hays, one of its reading clerks, announced that the House has 
disagreed to the amendment of the Senate to the bill (H.R. 2691) making 
appropriations for the Department of the Interior and related agencies 
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2004, and for other purposes, 
and agreed to the conference asked by the Senate on the disagreeing 
votes of the two Houses thereon; and appoints the following members as 
the managers of the conference: Mr. Taylor of North Carolina, Mr. 
Regula, Mr. Kolbe, Mr. Nethercutt, Mr. Wamp, Mr. Peterson of 
Pennsylvania, Mr. Sherwood, Mr. Crenshaw, Mr. Young of Florida, Mr. 
Dicks, Mr. Murtha, Mr. Moran of Virginia, Mr. Hinchey, Mr. Olver, 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. 1260. An act amend the Federal Food, Drug, and 
     Cosmetic Act to establish a program of fees relating to 
     animal drugs.
       H.R. 1276. An act to provide downpayment assistance under 
     the HOME Investment Partnerships Act, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 2608. An act to reauthorize the National Earthquake 
     Hazards Reduction Program, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 3034. An act to amend the Public Health Service Act to 
     reauthorize the National Bone Marrow Donor Registry, and for 
     other purposes.
       H.R. 3038. An act to make certain technical and conforming 
     amendments to correct the Health Care Safety Net Amendments 
     of 2002.

  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. 271. Concurrent Resolution congratulating Fort 
     Detrick on 60 years of service to the Nation.


                         ENROLLED BILLS SIGNED

  At 12:11 p.m., a message from the House of Representatives, delivered 
by Ms. Niland, one of its reading clerks, announced that the Speaker of 
the House has signed the following enrolled bills:

       S. 570. An act to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 
     with respect to the qualifications of foreign schools.
       H.R. 1925. An act to reauthorize programs under the Runaway 
     and Homeless Youth Act and the Missing Children's Assistance 
     Act, and for other purposes.

  The enrolled bills were subsequently signed by the President pro 
tempore (Mr. Stevens).
  At 1:33 p.m., a message from the House of Representatives, delivered 
by Ms. Niland, one of its reading clerks, announced that the House has 
agreed to the report of the committee of conference on the disagreeing 
votes of the two Houses on the amendment of the House of 
Representatives to the bill (S. 3) to prohibit the procedure commonly 
known as partial-birth abortion.
  At 3:11 p.m., a message from the House of Representatives, delivered 
by Mr. Hays, one of its reading clerks, announced that the House has 
disagreed to the amendment of the Senate to the bill (H.R. 2660) making 
appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, 
and `Education, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2004, and for other purposes, and agreed to the 
conference asked by the Senate on the disagreeing votes of the two 
Houses thereon; and appoints the following members as the managers of 
the conference: Mr. Regula, Mr. Istook, Mr. Wicker, Mrs. Northup, Mr. 
Cunningham, Ms. Granger, Mr. Peterson of Pennsylvania, Mr. Sherwood, 
Mr. Weldon of Florida, Mr. Simpson, Mr. Young of Florida, Mr. Obey, Mr. 
Hoyer, Mrs. Lowey, Ms. DeLauro, Mr. Jackson of Illinois, Mr. Kennedy of 
Rhode Island, and Ms. Roybal-Allard.
  At 6:10 p.m., a message from the House of Representatives, delivered 
by Ms. Niland, one of its reading clerks, announced that the Speaker 
House has signed the following enrolled bill:

       H.R. 2826. An act to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 1000 Avenida Sanchez Osorio 
     in Carolina, Puerto Rico, as the ``Roberto Clemente Walker 
     Post Office Building.''

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