[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 19]
[Senate]
[Pages 26234-26235]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                        MESSAGES FROM THE HOUSE

  At 2:59 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 and joint resolution, in which it requests 
the concurrence of the Senate:

       H.R. 1616. An act to authorize the exchange of certain 
     lands within the Martin Luther King, Junior, National 
     Historic Site for lands owned by the City of Atlanta, 
     Georgia, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 2744. An act to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 514 17th Street in Moline, 
     Illinois, as the ``David Bybee Post Office Building''.
       H.R. 3232. An act to reauthorize certain school lunch and 
     child nutrition programs through March 31, 2004.
       H.R. 3234. An act to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 14 Chestnut Street in 
     Liberty, New York, as the ``Ben R. Gerow Post Office 
     Building''.
       H.R. 3249. An act to extend the term of the Forest Counties 
     Payments Committee.
       H.J. Res. 63. Joint resolution to approve the ``Compact of 
     Free Association, as amended between the Government of the 
     United States of America and the Government of the Federated 
     States of Micronesia,'' and the ``Compact of Free 
     Association, as amended between the Government of the United 
     States of America and the Government of the Republic of the 
     Marshall Islands,'' and otherwise to amend Public Law 99-239, 
     and to appropriate for the purposes of amended Public Law 99-
     239 for fiscal years ending on or before September 30, 2023, 
     and for other purposes.

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

       H. Con. Res. 268. Concurrent resolution expressing the 
     sense of the Congress regarding the imposition of sanctions 
     on nations that are undermining the effectiveness of 
     conservation and management measures for Atlantic highly 
     migratory species, including marlin, adopted by the 
     International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic 
     Tunas and that are threatening the continued viability of 
     United States commercial and recreational fisheries.
       H. Con. Res. 279. Concurrent resolution recognizing the 
     significance of the anniversary of the American Association 
     for the Advancement of Science Congressional Science and 
     Engineering Fellowship Program, and reaffirming the 
     commitment to support the use of science in governmental 
     decisionmaking through such Program.

  The message further announced that the House has passed the bill (S. 
470) to extend the authority for the construction of a memorial to 
Martin Luther King, Jr., without amendment.

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  The message also announced that the House had disagreed to the 
amendment of the Senate to the bill (H.R. 2989) making appropriations 
for the Departments of Transportation and Treasury, and independent 
agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2004, and for other 
purposes, and has agreed to the conference asked by the Senate on the 
disagreeing votes of the two Houses thereon; and appoints the following 
members to be managers of the conference on the part of the House: Mr. 
Istook, Mr. Wolf, Mr. Lewis of California, Mr. Rogers of Kentucky, Mr.  
Tiahrt, Mrs. Northup, Mr. Aderholt, Mr. Sweeney, Mr. Culberson, Mr. 
Young of Florida, Mr. Hoyer, Mr. Olver, Mr. Pastor, Ms. Kilpatrick, Mr. 
Clyburn, Mr. Rothman and Mr. Obey.
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  At 5:56 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 amendments of the Senate to the bill (H.R. 1516) 
entitled, ``An Act to provide for the establishment by the Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs of five additional cemeteries in the National Cemetery 
System.''.

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