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“MESSAGE FROM THE SENATE” mentioning the U.S. Dept. of Transportation was published in the House of Representatives section on pages H6827 on July 30, 1998.
The publication is reproduced in full below:
MESSAGE FROM THE SENATE
A message from the Senate by Mr. Lundregan, one of its clerks, announced that the Senate had passed with amendments in which the concurrence of the House is requested, bills of the House of the following titles:
H.R. 4194. 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, 1999, and for other purposes.
H.R. 4328. An act making appropriations for the Department of Transportation and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1999, and for other purposes.
The message also announced that the Senate insists upon its amendment to the bill (H.R. 4194) ``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, 1999, 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. Stevens, Mr. Shelby, Mr. Campbell, Mr. Craig, Ms. Mikulski, Mr. Leahy, Mr. Lautenberg, Mr. Harkin, and Mr. Byrd, to be the conferees on the part of the Senate.
The message also announced that the Senate insists upon its amendment to the bill (H.R. 4328) ``An Act making appropriations for the Department of Transportation and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1999, and for other purposes,'' requests a conference with the House on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses thereon, and appoints Mr. Shelby, Mr. Domenici, Mr. Specter, Mr. Bond, Mr. Gorton, Mr. Bennett, Mr. Faircloth, Mr. Stevens, Mr. Lautenberg, Mr. Byrd, Ms. Mikulski, Mr. Reid, Mr. Kohl, Mrs. Murray, and Mr. Inouye, to be the conferees on the part of the Senate.
The message also announced that the Senate passed a concurrent resolution of the following title in which concurrence of the House is requested:
S. Con. Res. 114. Concurrent resolution providing for a conditional adjournment or recess of the Senate and a conditional adjournment of the House of Representatives.
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