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“MESSAGES FROM THE HOUSE” mentioning the U.S. Dept of Agriculture was published in the Senate section on pages S18818-S18819 on Dec. 18, 1995.
The publication is reproduced in full below:
MESSAGES FROM THE HOUSE
At 3:45 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 bills, in which it requests the concurrence of the Senate:
H.R. 33. An act to transfer the Fish Farming Experimental Laboratory in Stuttgart, Arkansas, to the Department of Agriculture, and for other purposes.
H.R. 394. An act to amend title 4 of the United States Code to limit State taxation of certain pension income.
H.R. 1718. An act to designate the United States courthouse located at 197 South Main Street in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, as the ``Max Rosem United States Courthouse.''
H.R. 1878. An act to extend for 4 years the period of applicability of enrollment mix requirement to certain health maintenance organizations providing services under Dayton Area Health Plan.
H.R. 2061. An act to designate the Federal building located at 1550 Dewey Avenue, Baker City, Oregon, as the ``David J. Wheeler Federal Building.''
H.R. 2111. An act to designate the Federal building at 1221 Nevin Avenue in Richmond, California, as the ``Frank Hagel Federal Building.''
H.R. 2415. An act to designate the United States Customs Administrative Building at the Ysleta/Zaragosa Port of Entry located at 797 South Ysleta in El Paso, Texas, as the
``Timothy C. McCaghren Customs Administrative Building.''
H.R. 2481. An act to designate the Federal Triangle Project under construction at 14th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue, Northwest, in the District of Columbia, as the ``Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center.''
H.R. 2504. An act to designate the Federal Building located at the corner of Patton Avenue and Otis Street, and the United States Courthouse located on Otis Street, in Asheville, North Carolina, as the ``Veach-Baley Federal Complex.''
H.R. 2547. An act to designate the United States courthouse located at 800 Market Street in Knoxville, Tennessee, as the
``Howard H. Baker, Jr. United States Courthouse.''
H.R. 2556. An act to redesignated the Federal building located at 345 Middlefield Road in Menlo Park, California, and known as the Earth Sciences and Library Building, as the
``Vincent E. McKelvey Federal Building.''
H.R. 2689. An act to designate the United States Courthouse located at 301 West Main Street in Benton, Illinois, as the
``James L. Foreman United States Courthouse.''
The message also announced that the House has also passed the following bills, without amendment:
S. 369. An act to designate the Federal Courthouse in Decatur, Alabama, as the ``Seybourn H. Lynne Federal Courthouse'', and for other purposes.
S. 965. An act to designate the United States Courthouse for the Eastern District of Virginia in Alexandria, Virginia, as the ``Albert V. Bryan United States Courthouse.''
S. 1465. An act to extend au pair programs.
The message further announced that the House agree to the amendment of the Senate to the bill (H.R. 660) to amend the Fair Housing Act to modify the exemption from certain familiar status discrimination prohibitions granted to housing for older person.
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At 6:15 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 joint resolution, in which it requests the concurrence of the Senate:
H.J. Res. 132. Joint Resolution affirming that budget negotiations shall be based on the most recent technical and economic assumptions of the Congressional Budget Office and shall achieve a balanced budget by fiscal year 2002 based on those assumptions.
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