[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 21]
[House]
[Page 29693]
[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 bills of the 
House of the following titles:

       H.R. 23. An act to amend the Housing and Community 
     Development Act of 1974 to authorize communities to use 
     community development block grant funds for construction of 
     tornado-safe shelters in manufactured home parks.
       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. 3175. An act to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 2650 Cleveland Avenue, NW in 
     Canton, Ohio, as the ``Richard D. Watkins Post Office 
     Building''.
       H.R. 3379. An act to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 3210 East 10th Street in 
     Bloomington, Indiana, as the ``Francis X. McCloskey Post 
     Office Building``.

  The message also announced that the Senate has passed with an 
amendment in which the concurrence of the House is requested, a bill of 
the House of the following title:

       H.R. 2765. An act making appropriations for the government 
     of the District of Columbia and other activities chargeable 
     in whole or in part against the revenues of said District for 
     the fiscal year ending September 30, 2004, and for other 
     purposes.

  The message also announced that the Senate insists upon its amendment 
to the bill (H.R. 2765) ``An Act making appropriations for the 
government of the District of Columbia and other activities chargeable 
in whole or in part against the revenues of said District for the 
fiscal year ending September 30, 2004, and for other purposes,'' 
requests a conference with the House on the disagreeing votes of the 
two Houses thereon, and appoints Mr. DeWine, Mrs. Hutchison, Mr. 
Brownback, Mr. Stevens, Ms. Landrieu, Mr. Durbin, and Mr. Inouye, to be 
the conferees on the part of the Senate.
  The message also announced that the Senate has passed with an 
amendment in which the concurrence of the House is requested, a bill of 
the House of the following title:

       H.R. 2861. An act making appropriations for the Departments 
     of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and 
     for sundry independent agencies, boards, commissions, 
     corporations, and offices for the fiscal year ending 
     September 30, 2004, and for other purposes.

  The message also announced that the Senate insists upon its amendment 
to the bill (H.R. 2861) ``An Act making appropriations for the 
Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and 
for sundry independent agencies, boards, commissions, corporations, and 
offices for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2004, and for other 
purposes,'' requests a conference with the House on the disagreeing 
votes of the two Houses thereon, and appoints Mr. Bond, Mr. Burns, Mr. 
Shelby, Mr. Craig, Mr. Domenici, Mr. DeWine, Mrs. Hutchison, Mr. 
Stevens, Ms. Mikulski, Mr. Leahy, Mr. Harkin, Mr. Byrd, Mr. Johnson, 
Mr. Reid, and Mr. Inouye, to be the conferees on the part of the 
Senate.
  The message also announced that the Senate has passed a bill of the 
following title in which the concurrence of the House is requested:

       S. 189. An act to authorize appropriations for nanoscience, 
     nano-engineering, and nanotechnology research, and for other 
     purposes.

  The message also announced that the Senate 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. 2754) ``An Act making 
appropriations for energy and water development for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 2004, and for other purposes.''

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