[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 24 (Thursday, March 7, 2002)]
[House]
[Page H739]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        MESSAGE FROM THE SENATE

  A message from the Senate by Mr. Monahan, one of its clerks, 
announced that the Senate agreed to the following resolution:

                              S. Res. 217

       Resolved, That the Senate has heard with profound sorrow 
     and deep regret the announcement of the death of the 
     Honorable Howard W. Cannon, formerly a Senator from the State 
     of Nevada.
       Resolved, That the Secretary of the Senate communicate 
     these resolutions to the House of Representatives and 
     transmit an enrolled copy thereof to the family of the 
     deceased.
       Resolved, That when the Senate adjourns today, it stand 
     adjourned as a further mark of respect to the memory of the 
     deceased Senator.

  The message also announced, that the Senate has passed without 
amendment a concurrent resolution of the House of the following title:

       H. Con. Res. 305. Concurrent Resolution permitting the use 
     of the Rotunda of the Capitol for a ceremony to present a 
     gold medal on behalf of Congress to former President Ronald 
     Reagan and his wife Nancy Reagan.

  The message also announced that pursuant to Public Law 85-874, as 
amended, the Chair, on behalf of the President of the Senate, appoints 
the Senator from Nevada (Mr. Reid) to the Board of Trustees of the John 
F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, vice the Senator from 
Mississippi (Mr. Lott)
  The message also announced that pursuant to Public Law 68-541, as 
amended by Public Law 102-246, the Chair, on behalf of the Majority 
Leader, in consultation with the Republican Leader, reappoints Bernard 
Rapoport of Texas as a member of the Library of Congress Trust Fund 
Board for a term of five years, upon the expiration of his current term 
on March 10, 2002.

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