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“MESSAGE FROM THE SENATE” mentioning the Department of Interior was published in the House of Representatives section on pages H8955 on Sept. 30, 2003.
The publication is reproduced in full below:
MESSAGE FROM THE SENATE
A message from the Senate by Mr. Monahan, one of its clerks, 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. 2691. An act making appropriations for the Department of the Interior and related agencies 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. 2691) ``An Act making appropriations for the Department of the Interior and related agencies 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. Burns, Mr. Stevens, Mr. Cochran, Mr. Domenici, Mr. Bennett, Mr. Gregg, Mr. Campbell, Mr. Brownback, Mr. Dorgan, Mr. Byrd, Mr. Leahy, Mr. Hollings, Mr. Reid, Mrs. Feinstein, and Ms. Mikulski, to be the conferees on the part of the Senate.
The message also announced that the Senate has passed bills of the following titles in which the concurrence of the House is requested:
S. 1244. An act to authorize appropriations for the Federal Maritime Commission for fiscal years 2004 through 2008.
S. 1301. An act to amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit video voyeurism in the special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the United States, and for other purposes.
S. 1375. An act to provide for the reauthorization of programs administered by the Small Business Administration, and for other purposes.
S. 1451. An act to reauthorize programs under the Runaway and Homeless Youth Act and the Missing Children's Assistance Act, and for other purposes.
S. 1591. An act to redesignate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 48 South Broadway, Nyack, New York, as the ``Edward O'Grady, Waverly Brown, Peter Paige Post Office Building''.
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