[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 116 (Thursday, September 23, 2004)]
[Senate]
[Pages S9608-S9609]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        MESSAGES FROM THE HOUSE


                          enrolled bill signed

  At 11:31 a.m., a message from the House of Representatives, delivered 
by Mr. Hanrahan, one of its reading clerks, announced that the Speaker 
of the House of Representatives has signed the following enrolled 
bills:

       H.R. 265. An act to provide for an adjustment of the 
     boundaries of Mount Rainier National Park, and for other 
     purposes.
       H.R. 1521. An act to provide for additional lands to be 
     included within the boundary of the Johnstown Flood National 
     Memorial in the State of Pennsylvania, and for other 
     purposes.
       H.R. 1616. An act to authorize the exchange of certain 
     lands within the Martin Luther King, Junior, National 
     Historic Site for lands owned by the City of Atlanta, 
     Georgia, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 1648. An act to authorize the Secretary of the 
     Interior to convey certain water distribution systems of the 
     Cachuma Project, California, to the Carpinteria Valley Water 
     District and the Montecito Water District.
       H.R. 1658. An act 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.
       H.R. 1732. An act to amend the Reclamation Wastewater and 
     Groundwater Study and Facilities Act to authorize the 
     Secretary of the Interior to participate in the Williamson 
     County, Texas, Water Recycling and Reuse Project, and for 
     other purposes.
       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. 3209. An act to amend the Reclamation Project 
     Authorization Act of 1972 to clarify the acreage for which 
     the North Loup division is authorized to provide irrigation 
     water under the Missouri River Basin project.
       H.R. 3249. An act to extend the term of the Forest Counties 
     Payments Committee.
       H.R. 3768. An act to expand the Timucuan Ecological and 
     Historic Preserve, Florida.

  The enrolled bills were subsequently signed by the President pro 
tempore (Mr. Stevens).
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  At 2:08 p.m., a message from the House of Representatives, delivered 
by Ms. Niland, one of its reading clerks, announced that the House has 
agreed to the following concurrent resolution:

       S. Con. Res. 137. Concurrent resolution calling for the 
     suspension of Sudan's membership on the United Nations 
     Commission on Human Rights.

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

       H.R. 2449. An act to establish a commission to commemorate 
     the sesquicentennial of the American Civil War.
       H.R. 2528. An act to establish the Hudson-Fulton-Champlain 
     400th Commemoration Commission, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 3589. An act to create the Office of Chief Financial 
     Officer of the Government of the Virgin Islands.
       H.R. 3734. An act to designate the Federal building located 
     at Fifth and Richardson

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     Avenues in Roswell, New Mexico, as the ``Joe Skeen Federal 
     Building''.
       H.R. 4045. An act to authorize the Secretary of the 
     Interior to prepare a feasibility study with respect to the 
     Mokelumne River, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 4806. An act to provide for a land exchange involving 
     Federal lands in the Lincoln National Forest in the State of 
     New Mexico, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 5039. An act to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at United States Route 1 in 
     Ridgeway, North Carolina, as the ``Eva Holtzman Post 
     Office''.

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

       H. Con. Res. 161. Concurrent resolution recognizing the 
     outstanding efforts of the individuals and communities who 
     volunteered or donated items to the North Platte Canteen in 
     North Platte, Nebraska, during World War II from December 25, 
     1941, to April 1, 1946.
       H. Con. Res. 473. Concurrent resolution expressing the 
     sense of Congress that it is appropriate to annually observe 
     Patriot Day, September 11, with voluntary acts of service and 
     compassion.
       H. Con. Res. 488. Concurrent resolution commending the 
     National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and its 
     employees for its dedication and hard work during Hurricanes 
     Charley, Frances, and Ivan.
       H. Con. Res. 489. Concurrent resolutions supporting the 
     goals and ideals of National Preparedness Month.
       H. Con. Res. 494. Concurrent resolution supporting the 
     goals and purposes of National Farm Safety and Health Week 
     and applauding the men and women who provide a stable supply 
     of food and fiber for the United States and the world.
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  At 7:39 p.m., a message from the House of Representatives, delivered 
by Ms. Niland, one of its reading clerks, announced that the House 
agrees to the report of the committee of conference on the disagreeing 
votes of the two Houses on the amendments of the Senate to the bill 
(H.R. 1308) entitled ``An Act to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986 to end certain abusive tax practices, to provide tax relief and 
simplification, and for other purposes''.

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