[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 7]
[Senate]
[Pages 8690-8691]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                        MESSAGES FROM THE HOUSE

  At 12:26 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, without amendment:

       S. 2315. An act to amend the Communications Satellite Act 
     of 1962 to extend the deadline for the INTELSAT initial 
     public offering.

  The message also announced that the House passed the following bills 
in which it requests the concurrence of the Senate.

       H.R. 27. An act to amend the United States Housing Act of 
     1937 to exempt small public housing agencies from the 
     requirement of preparing an annual public housing agency 
     plan.
       H.R. 2771. An act to amend the Safe Drinking Water Act to 
     reauthorize the New York City Watershed Protection Program.
       H.R. 4227. An act to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to extend to 2005 the alternative minimum tax relief 
     available in

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     2003 and 2004 and to index such relief for inflation.
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  At 6:18 p.m., a message from the House of Representatives, delivered 
by Ms. Niland, one of its reading clerks, announced that the House 
disagree to the amendments of the Senate to the bill (H.R. 2443) to 
authorize appropriations for the Coast Guard for fiscal year 2004, to 
amend various laws administered by the Coast Guard, and for other 
purposes, and agree to the conference asked by the Senate on the 
disagreeing votes of the two Houses thereon.
  Ordered, That the following Members be the managers of the conference 
on the part of the House:
  From the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, for 
consideration of the House bill and the Senate amendments, and 
modifications, committed to conference: Mr. Young of Alaska, Mr. Coble, 
Mr. Duncan, Mr. Hoekstra, Mr. LoBiondo, Mr. Simmons, Mr. Diaz-Balart, 
Mr. Oberstar, Mr. Filner, Mr. Bishop, and Mr. Lampson.
  For consideration of the House bill and the Senate amendments, and 
modifications committed to conference: Mr. Cox and Mr. Thompson of 
Mississippi.
  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. 326. Concurrent resolution expressing the 
     sense of Congress regarding the arbitrary detention of Dr. 
     Wang Bingzhang by the Government of the People's Republic of 
     China and urging his immediate release.
       H. Con. Res. 398. Concurrent resolution expressing the 
     concern of Congress over Iran's development of the means to 
     produce nuclear weapons.

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