[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 21 (Wednesday, February 25, 2004)]
[Senate]
[Page S1584]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         MESSAGE FROM THE HOUSE

  At 11:35 a.m., a message from the House of Representatives, delivered 
by Ms. Niland, one of its reading clerks, announced that the House has 
passed the following bills, in which it requests the concurrence of the 
Senate:

       H.R. 2696. An act to establish Institutes to demonstrate 
     and promote the use of adaptive ecosystem management to 
     reduce the risk of wildfires, and restore the health of fire-
     adapted forest and woodland ecosystems of the interior West.
       H.R. 2707. An act to provide for an assessment of the 
     extent of the invasion of Salt Cedar and Russian Olive on 
     lands in the Western United States and efforts to date to 
     control such invasion on public and private lands, including 
     tribal lands, to establish a demonstration program to address 
     the invasion of Salt Cedar and Russian Olive, and for other 
     purposes.

  The message also announced that the House passed the following bill, 
without amendment:

       S. 714. An act to provide for the conveyance of a small 
     parcel of Bureau of Land Management land in Douglas county, 
     Oregon, to the county to improve management of and 
     recreational access to the Oregon Dunes National Recreation 
     Area, and for other purposes.

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