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                         MESSAGE FROM THE HOUSE

  At 2:56 p.m., a message from the House of Representatives, delivered 
by Mr. Hays, one of its reading clerks, announced that the House agrees 
to the report of the committee of conference on the disagreeing votes 
of the two Houses on the amendment of the House of Representatives to 
the bill (S. 1372) to reauthorize the Export-Import Bank of the United 
States.
  The message also announced that the House insists upon its amendment 
to the bill (S. 1214) to amend the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, to 
establish a program to ensure greater security for United States 
seaports, and for other purposes, and ask a conference with the Senate 
on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses thereon; and appoints the 
following Members as managers of the conference on the part of the 
House:
  From the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, for 
consideration of the Senate bill and the House amendment, and 
modifications committed to conference: Mr. Young of Alaska, Mr. Coble, 
Mr. LoBiondo, Mr. Oberstar, and Ms. Brown of Florida.
  From the Committee on Ways and Means, for consideration of sections 
112 and 115 of the Senate bill, and section 108 of the House amendment, 
and modifications committed to conference: Mr. Thomas, Mr. Crane, and 
Mr. Rangel.
  The message further announced that the House has agreed to the 
following concurrent resolution, without amendment:

       S. Con. Res. 117. Concurrent resolution to correct 
     technical errors in the enrollment of the bill H.R. 3448.

  The message also announced that the House has agreed to the following 
concurrent resolution, in which it requests the concurrence of the 
Senate:

       H. Con. Res. 36. Concurrent resolution urging increased 
     Federal funding for juvenile (type 1) diabetes research.

  The message further announced that the House has passed the following 
bills, in which it requests the concurrence of the Senate:

       H.R. 2941. An act to facilitate the provision of assistance 
     by the Department of Housing and Urban Development for the 
     cleanup and economic redevelopment of brownfields.
       H.R. 4073. An act to amend the Microenterprise for Self-
     Reliance Act of 2000 and the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 
     to increase assistance for the poorest people in developing 
     countries under microenterprise assistance programs under 
     those Acts, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 4466. An act to amend title 49, United States Code, to 
     authorize appropriations for the National Transportation 
     Safety Board for fiscal years 2003, 2004, and 2005, and for 
     other purposes.
       H.R. 4800. An act to repeal the sunset of the Economic 
     Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001 with respect 
     to the expansion of the adoption credit and adoption 
     assistance programs.
       H.R. 4823. An act to repeal the sunset of Economic Growth 
     and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001 with respect to the 
     exclusion from Federal income tax for restitution received by 
     victims of the Nazi Regime.

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