{S9211} Mr. JACKSON.  Mr. President, I ask the Chair to lay before the
Senate a message from the House of Representatives on H.R. 2.

     S9211  The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. MOYNIHAN) laid before the Senate a
message from the House of Representatives announcing its disagreement to the
amendment of the Senate to the bill (H.R. 2) to provide for the cooperation
between the Secretary of the Interior and the States with respect to the
regulation of surface coal mining operations, and the acquisition and
reclamation of abandoned mines, and for other purposes, and requesting a
conference with the Senate on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses thereon.

     S9211  Mr. JACKSON.  I move that the Senate insist upon its amendment and
agree to the request of the House for a conference, and that the Chair be
authorized to appoint the conferees on the part of the Senate.

     S9211  The motion was agreed to; and the Presiding Officer appointed Mr.
JACKSON, Mr. METCALF, Mr. METZENBAUM, Mr. BUMPERS, Mr. FORD, Mr. MATSUNAGA, Mr. 
HANSEN, Mr. HATFIELD, Mr. McCLURE, and Mr. BARTLETT conferees on the part of the
Senate.