[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 23]
[Senate]
[Page 31876]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                        MESSAGES FROM THE HOUSE

  At 12:35 p.m., a message from the House of Representatives, delivered 
by Mr. Hays, one of its reading clerks, announced that the Speaker has 
signed the following enrolled bills:

       S. 189. An act to authorize appropriations for nanoscience, 
     nanoengineering, and nanotechnology research, and for other 
     purposes.
       S. 579. An act to reauthorize the National Transportation 
     Safety Board, and for other purposes.
       S. 1152. An act to reauthorize the United States Fire 
     Administration, and for other purposes.
       S. 1156. An act to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     improve and enhance the provision of health care for 
     veterans, to authorize major construction projects and other 
     facilities matters for the Department of Veterans Affairs, to 
     enhance and improve authorities relating to the 
     administration of personnel of the Department of Veterans 
     Affairs, and for other purposes.
       S. 1895. An act to temporarily extend the programs under 
     the Small Business Act and the Small Business Investment Act 
     of 1958 through March 15, 2004, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 421. An act to reauthorize the United States Institute 
     for Environmental Conflict Resolution, and for other 
     purposes.
       H.R. 1683. An act to increase, effective as of December 1, 
     2003, the rates of disability compensation for veterans with 
     service-connected disabilities and the rates of dependency 
     and indemnity compensation for survivors of certain service-
     connected disabled veterans, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 1821. An act to award a congressional gold medal to 
     Dr. Dorothy Height in recognition of her many contributions 
     to the Nation.
       H.R. 1828. An act to halt Syrian support for terrorism, end 
     its occupation of Lebanon, and stop its development of 
     weapons of mass destruction, and by so doing hold Syria 
     accountable for the serious international security problems 
     it has caused in the Middle East, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 1904. An act to improve the capacity of the Security 
     of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior to conduct 
     hazardous fuels reduction projects on National Forest System 
     lands and Bureau of Land Management lands aimed at protecting 
     communities, watersheds, and certain other at-risk lands from 
     catastrophic wildfire, to enhance efforts to protect 
     watersheds and address threats to forest and rangeland 
     health, including catastrophic wildfire, across the 
     landscape, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 2115. An act to amend title 49, United States Code, to 
     reauthorize programs for the Federal Aviation Administration, 
     and for other purposes.
       H.R. 2417. An act to authorize appropriations for fiscal 
     year 2004 for intelligence and intelligence-related 
     activities of the United States Government, the Community 
     Management Account, and the Central Intelligence Agency 
     Retirement and Disability System, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 3038. An act to make certain technical and conforming 
     amendments to correct the Health Care Safety Net Amendments 
     of 2002.
       H.R. 3140. An act to provide for availability of contact 
     lens prescriptions to patients, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 3166. An act to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 57 Old Tappan Road in 
     Tappan, New York, as the ``John G. Dow Post Office 
     building''.
       H.R. 3185. An act to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 38 Spring Street in Nashua, 
     New Hampshire, as the ``Hugh Gregg Post Office Building''.
       H.R. 3349. An act to authorize salary adjustments for 
     Justices and judges of the United States for fiscal year 
     2004.
       H.R. 3491. An act to establish within the Smithsonian 
     Institution the National Museum of African American History 
     and Culture, and for other purposes.

  The enrolled bills were signed subsequently by the President pro 
tempore (Mr. Stevens).
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  At 1:32 p.m., a message from the House of Representatives, delivered 
by Mr. Hays, one of its reading clerks, announced that the Speaker has 
signed the following enrolled bills:

       S. 1768. An act to extend the national flood insurance 
     program.
       H.R. 1367. An act to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture 
     to conduct a loan repayment program regarding the provision 
     of veterinary services in shortage situations, and for other 
     purposes.

  The enrolled bills were signed subsequently by the President pro 
temore (Mr. Stevens).
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  At 3:49 p.m., a message from the House of Representatives, delivered 
by Mr. Hays, one of its reading clerks, announced that the House has 
agreed to the amendment of the Senate to the resolution (H. Con. Res. 
339) providing for the sine die adjournment of the first session of the 
One Hundred Eighth Congress.

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