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“FURTHER MESSAGE FROM THE SENATE” mentioning the U.S. Dept. of Transportation was published in the House of Representatives section on pages H9785 on Aug. 1, 1996.
The publication is reproduced in full below:
FURTHER MESSAGE FROM THE SENATE
A further 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, a bill of the House of the following title:
H.R. 3675. An act making appropriations for the Department of Transportation and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1997, and for other purposes.
The message also announced that the Senate insists upon its amendments to the bill (H.R. 3675) ``An Act making appropriations for the Department of Transportation and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1997, and for other purposes,'' requests a conference with the House on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses thereon, and appoints Mr. Hatfield, Mr. Domenici, Mr. Specter, Mr. Bond, Mr. Gorton, Mr. Shelby, Mr. Lautenberg, Mr. Byrd, Mr. Harkin, Ms. Mikulski, and Mr. Reid, to be the conferees on the part of the Senate.
The message also announced that the Senate agrees to the report of the Committee on Conference on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses on the amendments of the Senate to the bill (H.R. 3603) ``An Act making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1997, and for other purposes.''
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