[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 18]
[House]
[Page 24857]
[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 a bill of the 
House of the following title:

       H.R. 1474. An act to facilitate check truncation by 
     authorizing substitute checks, to foster innovation in the 
     check collection system without mandating receipt of checks 
     in electronic form, and to improve the overall efficiency of 
     the Nation's payments system, and for other purposes.

  The message also announced that the Senate agrees to the report of 
the committee of conference on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses 
on the amendment of the Senate to the bill (H.R. 1474) ``An Act to 
facilitate check truncation by authorizing substitute checks, to foster 
innovation in the check collection system without mandating receipt of 
checks in electronic form, and to improve the overall efficiency of the 
Nation's payments system, and for other purposes.''.
  The message also announced that the Senate has passed without 
amendment a bill of the House of the following title:

       H.R. 3229. An act to amend title 44, United States Code, to 
     transfer to the Public Printer the authority over the 
     individuals responsible for preparing indexes of the 
     Congressional Record, and for other purposes.

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