[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 39 (Thursday, March 25, 2004)]
[Senate]
[Page S3179]
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                         MESSAGE FROM THE HOUSE

  At 12:24 p.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. 1768. An act to amend title 28, United States Code, to 
     allow a judge to whom a case is transferred to retain 
     jurisdiction over certain multidistrict litigation cases for 
     trial, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 3059. An act to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 304 West Michigan Street in 
     Stuttgart, Arkansas, as the ``Lloyd L. Burke Post Office''.
       H.R. 3873. An act to amend the Richard B. Russell National 
     School Lunch Act and the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 to 
     provide children with access to food and nutrition 
     assistance, to simplify program operations, to improve 
     children's nutritional health, and to restore the integrity 
     of child nutrition programs, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 3926. An act to amend the Public Health Service Act to 
     promote organ donation, and for other purposes.

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

       H. Con. Res. 189. Concurrent resolution celebrating the 
     50th anniversary of the International Geophysical Year (IGY) 
     and supporting an International Geophysical Year-2 (IGY-2) in 
     2007-08.
       H. Con. Res. 328. Concurrent resolution recognizing and 
     honoring the United States Armed Forces and supporting the 
     goals and objectives of a National Military Appreciation 
     Month.

  The message further announced that the House agree to the amendment 
of the Senate to the bill (H.R. 254) to authorize the President of the 
United States to agree to certain amendments to the Agreement between 
the Government of the United States of America and the Government of 
the United Mexican States concerning the establishment of a Border 
Environment Cooperation Commission and a North American Development 
Bank, and for other purposes.
  The message also announced that pursuant to section 1501(b) of the 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2004 (38 U.S.C. 1101 
note), and the order of the House of December 8, 2003, the Speaker 
appoints the following members on the part of the House of 
Representatives to the Veterans' Disability Benefits Commission: Mr. 
Nick B. Bacon of Rosebud, Arkansas and Mr. Donald M. Cassiday of 
Aurora, Illinois.

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