[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 115 (Wednesday, September 22, 2004)]
[Senate]
[Pages S9521-S9522]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         MESSAGE FROM THE HOUSE

  At 2:18 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 amendment of the Senate to the bill (H.R. 1658) to amend the 
Railroad Right-of-Way Conveyance Validation Act to validate additional 
conveyances of certain lands in the State of California that form part 
of the right-of-way granted by the United States to facilitate the 
construction of the transcontinental railway, and for other purposes.
  The message also announced that the House has passed the following 
bill and joint resolution, without amendment:

       S. 1301. An act to amend title 18, United States Code, to 
     prohibit video voyeurism in the special maritime and 
     territorial jurisdiction of the United States, and for other 
     purposes.
       S.J. Res. 41. Joint resolution commemorating the opening of 
     the National Museum of the American Indian.

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

       H.R. 2663. An act to authorize the Secretary of the 
     Interior to study the suitability and feasibility of 
     designating Castle Nugent Farms located on St. Croix, Virgin 
     Islands, as a unit of the National Park System, and for other 
     purposes.
       H.R. 2966. An act to preserve the use and access of pack 
     and saddle stock animals on

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     public lands, including wilderness areas, national monuments, 
     and other specifically designated areas, administered by the 
     National Park Service, the Bureau of Land Management, the 
     United States Fish and Wildlife Service, or the Forest 
     Service where there is a historical tradition of such use, 
     and for other purposes.
       H.R. 3257. An act to authorize the Secretary of the 
     Interior to conduct a study to determine the suitability and 
     feasibility of establishing the Western Reserve Heritage 
     Area.
       H.R. 3334. An act to authorize the Secretary of the 
     Interior to participate in the design and construction of the 
     Riverside-Corona Feeder in cooperation with the Western 
     Municipal Water District of Riverside, California.
       H.R. 3632. An act to prevent and punish counterfeiting and 
     copyrighted copies and phonorecords, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 4459. An act to authorize the Secretary of the 
     Interior, acting through the Bureau of Reclamation and in 
     coordination with other Federal, State, and local government 
     agencies, to participate in the funding and implementation of 
     a balanced, long-term groundwater remediation program in 
     California, and for other purposes.

  The message also announced that pursuant to section 1 of the Library 
of Congress Trust Fund Board Act (2 U.S.C. 154 note), the order of the 
House of December 8, 2003, and upon the recommendation of the Minority 
Leader, the Speaker appoints the following member on the part of the 
House of Representatives to the Library of Congress Trust Fund Board 
for a 5-year term to fill the existing vacancy thereon: Mr. J. Richard 
Fredericks of San Francisco, California.

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