[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 19]
[Senate]
[Pages 26645-26646]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                        MESSAGES FROM THE HOUSE

  At 12:29 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 and joint resolution, in which it requests 
the concurrence of the Senate:

       H.R. 1720. An act to authorize the Secretary of Veterans 
     Affairs to carry out construction projects for the purpose of 
     improving, renovating, establishing, and updating patient 
     care facilities at Department of Veterans Affairs medical 
     centers, to provide by law for the establishment and 
     functions of the Office of Research Oversight in the Veterans 
     Health Administration of the Department of Veterans Affairs, 
     and for other purposes.
       H.J. Res. 75. Joint resolution making further continuing 
     appropriations for the fiscal year 2004, and for other 
     purposes.


                         ENROLLED BILLS SIGNED

  The message also announced that the Speaker has signed the following 
enrolled bills:

       H.R. 1516. An act to provide for the establishment by the 
     Secretary of Veterans Affairs of additional cemeteries in the 
     National Cemetery Administration; and
       H.J. Res. 52. Joint resolution recognizing the Dr. Samuel 
     D. Harris National Museum of Dentistry, an affiliate of the 
     Smithsonian Institution in Baltimore, Maryland, as the 
     official national museum of dentistry in the United States.

  The enrolled bills, previously signed by the Speaker of the House, 
were signed on today by the President pro tempore (Mr. Stevens).
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  At 5:59 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 bill, in which it requests the concurrence of the 
Senate:

       H.R. 3365. An act to amend title 10, United States Code, 
     and the Internal Revenue Code

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     of 1986 to increase the death gratuity payable with respect 
     to deceased members of the Armed Forces and to exclude such 
     gratuity from gross income.


                    ENROLLED JOINT RESOLUTION SIGNED

  At 7:19 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 joint resolution:

       H.J. Res. 75. Joint resolution making further continuing 
     appropriations for the fiscal year 2004, and for other 
     purposes.

  The enrolled joint resolution, previously signed by the Speaker of 
the House, was signed on today by the President pro tempore (Mr. 
Stevens).
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  At 7:27 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 Senate to the bill 
(H.R. 2115) to amend title 49, United States Code, to reauthorize 
programs for the Federal Aviation Administration, and for other 
purposes.
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  At 8:53 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 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, 2001, and 
for other purposes.

                           MEASURES REFERRED

  The following bill was read the first and second times by unanimous 
consent, and referred as indicated:

       H.R. 1720. An act to authorize the Secretary of Veterans 
     Affairs to carry out construction projects for the purpose of 
     improving, renovating, establishing, and updating patient 
     care facilities at Department of Veterans Affairs medical 
     centers, to provide by law for the establishment and 
     functions of the Office of Research Oversight in the Veterans 
     Health Administration of the Department of Veterans Affairs, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Veterans Affairs.

  The following bill was re-referred to the following committee, by 
unanimous consent:

       S. 139. A bill to provide for a program of scientific 
     research on abrupt climate change, to accelerate the 
     reduction of greenhouse gas emissions in the United States by 
     establishing a market-driven system of greenhouse gas 
     tradeable allowances that could be used interchangably with 
     passenger vehicle fuel economy standard credits, to limited 
     greenhouse gas emissions in the United States and reduce 
     dependence upon foreign oil, and ensure benefits to consumers 
     from the trading in such allowances to the Committee on 
     Environment and Public Works.

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