[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 19]
[Senate]
[Page 26950]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                        MESSAGES FROM THE HOUSE

  At 10:44 a.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 following concurrent resolutions, in which it requests 
the concurrence of the Senate:

       H. Con. Res. 291. Concurrent resolution expressing deep 
     gratitude for the valor and commitment of the members of the 
     United States Armed Forces who were deployed in Operation 
     Restore Hope to provide humanitarian assistance to the people 
     of Somalia in 1993; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
       H. Con. Res. 302. Concurrent resolution expressing the 
     sense of Congress welcoming President Chen Shui-bian of 
     Taiwan to the United States on October 31, 2003; to the 
     Committee on Foreign Relations.

  The message also announced that pursuant to section 1 of the Library 
of Congress Trust Fund Board Act (2 U.S.C. 154 note), and the order of 
the House of January 8, 2003, the Speaker appoints the following member 
on the part of the House of Representatives to the Library of Congress 
Trust Fund Board for a 5-year term to fill the existing vacancy 
thereon: Mrs. Elisabeth Devos of Grand Rapids, Michigan.
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  At 6:38 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:

       H.R. 2691. An act making appropriations for the Department 
     of the Interior and related agencies for the fiscal year 
     ending September 30, 2004, and for other purposes;
       H.R. 3288. An act to amend title XXI of the Social Security 
     Act to make technical corrections with respect to the 
     definition of qualifying State; and
       H.R. 3289. An act making emergency supplemental 
     appropriations for defense and for the reconstruction of Iraq 
     and Afghanistan for the fiscal year ending September 30, 
     2004, and for other purposes.

  The enrolled bills, previously signed by the Speaker of the House, 
were signed on today, November 4, 2003, by the President pro tempore 
(Mr. Stevens).

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