[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 120 (Wednesday, September 29, 2004)]
[Senate]
[Pages S9932-S9934]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        MESSAGES FROM THE HOUSE

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      ENROLLED BILLS SIGNED
  At 10:33 a.m., a message from the House of Representatives, delivered 
by Ms. Niland, one of its reading clerks, announced that the Speaker 
has signed the following enrolled bills and joint resolution:

       S.J. Res. 41. Joint resolution commemorating the opening of 
     the National Museum of the American Indian.
       H.R. 1308. An act to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to provide tax relief for working families, and for 
     other purposes.
       H.R. 3389. An act to amend the Stevenson-Wydler Technology 
     Innovation Act of 1980 to permit Malcolm Baldrige National 
     Quality Awards to be made to nonprofit organizations.

  The enrolled bills and joint resolution were signed subsequently by 
the President pro tempore (Mr. Stevens).
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  At 1:52 p.m., a message from the House of Representatives, delivered 
by Mr. Hays, one of its reading clerks, announced that the House has 
passed the following bill, with an amendment:

       S. 643. An act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior, 
     in cooperation with the University of New Mexico, to 
     construct and occupy a portion of the Hibben Center for 
     Archaeological Research at the University of New Mexico, and 
     for other purposes.

  The message also announced that pursuant to the request of September 
14, 2004, the House returned the act (S. 2261) to expand certain 
preferential trade treatment for Haiti to the Senate.
  The message further announced that the House disagrees to the 
amendment of the Senate to the bill (H.R. 4200) to authorize 
appropriations for fiscal year 2005 for military activities of the 
Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense 
activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel 
strengths for such fiscal year for Armed Forces, and for other 
purposes, and agrees to the conference asked by Senate on the 
disagreeing votes of the two Houses thereon; and appoints the following 
members as the managers of the conference on the part of the House:
  From the Committee on Armed Services, for consideration of the House 
bill and the Senate amendment, and modifications committed to 
conference: Messrs. Hunter, Weldon of Pennsylvania, Hefley, Saxton, 
McHugh, Everett, Bartlett of Maryland, McKeon, Thornberry, Hostettler, 
Jones of North Carolina, Ryun of Kansas, Gibbons, Hayes, Mrs. Wilson of 
New Mexico, Messrs. Calvert, Simmons, Skelton, Spratt, Ortiz, Evans, 
Taylor of Mississippi, Abercrombie, Meehan, Reyes, Snyder, Turner of

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Texas, Smith of Washington, Ms. Loretta Sanchez of California, and Mr. 
Hill.
  From the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, for 
consideration of matters within the jurisdiction of that committee 
under clause 11 of rule X: Messrs. Hoekstra, LaHood, and Ms. Harman.
  From the Committee on Agriculture, for consideration of section 1076 
of the Senate amendment, and modifications committed to conference: 
Messrs. Goodlatte, Burns, and Stenholm.
  From the Committee on Education and the Workforce, for consideration 
of sections 590, 595, 596, 904, and 3135 of the House bill, and 
sections 351, 352, 532, 533, 707, 868, 1079, 3143, and 3151-3157 of the 
Senate amendment, and modifications committed to conference: Messrs. 
Castle, Sam Johnson of Texas, and Bishop of New York.
  From the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for consideration of 
sections 596, 601, 3111, 3131, 3133, and 3201 of the House bill, and 
sections 321-323, 716, 720, 1084-1089, 1091, 2833, 3116, 3119, 3141, 
3142, 3145, 3201, and 3503 of the Senate amendment, and modifications 
committed to conference: Messrs. Barton of Texas, Upton, and Dingell.
  From the Committee on Government Reform, for consideration of 
sections 801, 806, 807, 825, 1061, 1101-1104, 2833, 2842, 2843 of the 
House bill, and sections 801, 805, 832, 851, 852, 869, 870, 1034, 
1059B, 1091, 1101, 1103-1107, 1110, 2823, 2824, 2833, and 3121 of the 
Senate amendment, and modifications committed to conference: Messrs. 
Tom Davis of Virginia, Shays, and Waxman.
  From the Committee on House Administration, for consideration of 
sections 572 and 1065 of the Senate amendment, and modifications 
committed to conference: Messrs. Ney, Ehlers, and Larson of 
Connecticut.
  From the Committee on International Relations, for consideration of 
sections 811, 1013, 1031, 1212, 1215, title XIII, sections 1401-1405, 
1411, 1412, 1421, and 1422 of the House bill, and sections 1014, 1051-
1053, 1058, 1059A, 1059B, 1070, title XII, sections 3131 and 3132 of 
the Senate amendment, and modifications committed to conference: 
Messrs. Hyde, Leach, and Lantos.
  From the Committee on the Judiciary, for consideration of sections 
551, 573, 616, 652, 825, 1075, 1078, 1105, 2833, 2842, and 2843 of the 
House bill, and sections 620, 842, 1063, 1068, 1074, 1080-1082, 1101, 
1106, 1107, 2821, 2823, 2824, 3143, 3146, 3151-3157, 3401-3410 of the 
Senate amendment, and modifications committed to conference: Messrs. 
Sensenbrenner, Smith of Texas, and Conyers.
  From the Committee on Resources, for consideration of sections 601 
and 2834 of the House bill, and section 1076 of the Senate amendment, 
and modifications committed to conference: Messrs. Pombo, Walden of 
Oregon, and Inslee.
  From the Committee on Science, for consideration of section 596 of 
the House bill, and sections 1034, 1092, and title XXXV of the Senate 
amendment, and modifications committed to conference: Messrs. Boehlert, 
Smith of Michigan, and Gordon.
  From the Committee on Small Business, for consideration of sections 
807 and 3601 of the House bill, and sections 805, 822, 823, 912, and 
1083 of the Senate amendment, and modifications committed to 
conference: Mr. Manzullo, Mrs. Kelly, and Ms. Velazquez.
  From the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, for 
consideration of sections 555, 558, 596, 601, 905, 1051, 1063, 1072, 
and 3502 of the House bill, and sections 321, 323, 325, 717, 1066, 
1076, 1091, 2828, 2833-2836, and title XXXV of the Senate amendment, 
and modifications committed to conference: Messrs. Young of Alaska, 
Duncan, and Capuano.
  From the Committee on Veterans Affairs, for consideration of sections 
2810 and 2831 of the House bill, and sections 642, 2821, and 2823 of 
the Senate amendment, and modifications committed to conference: 
Messrs. Smith of New Jersey, Brown of South Carolina, and Michaud.
  From the Committee on Ways and Means, for consideration of section 
585 of the House bill, and section 653 of the Senate amendment, and 
modifications committed to conference: Messrs. Shaw, Camp, and Rangel.
  The message also announced that the House has passed the following 
bill, without amendment:

       S. 1537. An act to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to 
     convey to the New Hope Cemetery Association certain land in 
     the State of Arkansas for use as a cemetery.
       S. 1687. An act to direct the Secretary of the Interior to 
     conduct a study on the preservation and interpretation of the 
     historic sites of the Manhattan Project for potential 
     inclusion in the National Park System.
       S. 1778. An act to authorize a land conveyance between the 
     United States and the City of Craig, Alaska, and for other 
     purposes.
       S. 2052. An act to amend the National Trails System Act to 
     designate El Camino Real de los Tejas as a National Historic 
     Trail.
       S. 2180. An act to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to 
     exchange certain lands in the Arapaho and Roosevelt National 
     Forests in the State of Colorado.
       S. 2363. An act to revise and extend the Boys and Girls 
     Clubs of America.
       S. 2508. An act to redesignate the Ridges Basin Reservoir, 
     Colorado, as Lake Nighthorse.

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

       H.R. 2941. An act to correct the south boundary of the 
     Colorado River Indian Reservation in Arizona, and for other 
     purposes.
       H.R. 3210. An act to authorize the Secretary of the 
     Interior, acting through the Bureau of Reclamation, to 
     conduct a water resource feasibility study for the Little 
     Butte Bear Creek Subbasins in Oregon.
       H.R. 3247. An act to provide consistent enforcement 
     authority to the Bureau of Land Management, the National Park 
     Service, the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, and the 
     Forest Service to respond to violations of regulations 
     regarding the management, use, and protection of public lands 
     under the jurisdiction of these agencies, to clarify the 
     purposes for which collected fines may be used, and for other 
     purposes.
       H.R. 3479. An act to provide for the control and 
     eradication of the brown tree snake on the island of Guam and 
     the prevention of the introduction of the brown tree snake to 
     other areas of the United States, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 3597. An act to authorize the Secretary of the 
     Interior, through the Bureau of Reclamation, to conduct a 
     feasibility study on the Alder Creek water storage and 
     conservation project in El Dorado County, California, and for 
     other purposes.
       H.R. 3954. An act to authorize the Secretary of the 
     Interior to resolve boundary discrepancies in San Diego 
     County, California, arising from an erroneous survey 
     conducted by a government contractor in 1881 that resulted in 
     overlapping boundaries for certain lands, and for other 
     purposes.
       H.R. 4046. An act to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 555 West 180th Street in New 
     York, New York, as the ``Sergeant Riayan A. Tejada Post 
     Office''.
       H.R. 4066. An act to provide for the conveyance of certain 
     land to the United States and to revise the boundary of 
     Chickasaw National Recreation Area, Oklahoma, and for other 
     purposes.
       H.R. 4077. An act to enhance criminal enforcement of the 
     copyright laws, to educate the public about the application 
     of copyright law to the Internet, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 4319. An act to complete the codification of title 46, 
     United States Code, ``Shipping,'' as positive law.
       H.R. 4469. An act to authorize appropriations to the 
     Secretary of the Interior for the restoration of the Angel 
     Island Immigration Station in the State of California.
       H.R. 4579. An act to modify the boundary of the Harry S 
     Truman National Historic Site in the State of Missouri, and 
     for other purposes.
       H.R. 4596. An act to amend Public Law 97-435 to extend the 
     authorization for the Secretary of the Interior to release 
     certain conditions contained in a patent concerning certain 
     land conveyed by the United States to Eastern Washington 
     University until December 31, 2009.
       H.R. 4606. 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.
       H.R. 4617. An act to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture 
     to carry out certain land exchanges involving small parcels 
     of National Forest System land in the Tahoe National Forest 
     in the State of California, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 4657. An act to amend the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 
     to improve the administration of Federal pension benefit 
     payments for District of Columbia teachers, police officers, 
     and fire fighters, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 4683. An act to enhance the preservation and 
     interpretation of the Gullah Geechee cultural heritage, and 
     for other purposes.
       H.R. 4808. An act to provide for a land exchange involving 
     private land and Bureau of Land Management land in the 
     vicinity of Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico, for the 
     purpose of removing private land from the required safety 
     zone surrounding munitions storage bunkers at Holloman Air 
     Force Base.
       H.R. 4827. An act to amend the Colorado Canyons National 
     Conservation Area and

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     Black Ridge Canyons Wilderness Act of 2000 to rename the 
     Colorado Canyons National Conservation Area as the McInnis 
     Canyons National Conservation Area.
       H.R. 4838. An act to establish a Healthy Forest Youth 
     Conservation Corps to provide a means by which young adults 
     can carry out rehabilitation and enhancement projects to 
     prevent fire and suppress fires, rehabilitate public land 
     affected or altered by fires, and provide disaster relief, 
     and for other purposes.
       H.R. 5009. An act to extend water contracts between the 
     United States and specific irrigation districts and the City 
     of Helena in Montana, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 5016. An act to extend the water service contract for 
     the Ainsworth Unit, Sandhills Division, Pick-Sloan Missouri 
     Basin Program, Nebraska.
       H.R. 5025. An act making appropriations for the Department 
     of Transportation and Treasury, and independent agencies for 
     the fiscal year ending September 30, 2005, and for other 
     purposes.
       H.R. 5027. An act to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 411 Midway Avenue in 
     Mascotte, Florida, as the ``Specialist Eric Ramirez Post 
     Office''.
       H.R. 5133. An act to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 11110 Sunset Hills Road in 
     Reston, Virginia, as the ``Martha Pennino Post Office 
     Building.''
       H.R. 5147. An act to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 23055 Sherman Way in West 
     Hills, California, as the ``Evan Asa Ashcraft Post Office 
     Building''.
       H.J. Res. 102. Joint resolution recognizing the 60th 
     anniversary of the Battle of Peleliu and the end of Imperial 
     Japanese control of Palau during World War II and urging the 
     Secretary of the Interior to work to protect the historic 
     sites of the Peleliu Battlefield National Historic Landmark 
     and to establish commemorative programs honoring the 
     Americans who fought there.

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

       H. Con. Res. 461. Concurrent resolution expressing the 
     sense of Congress regarding the importance of life insurance, 
     and recognizing and supporting National Life Insurance 
     Awareness Month.
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  At 3:56 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. 480. An act to redesignate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 747 Broadway in Albany, New 
     York, as the ``United States Postal Service Henry Johnson 
     Annex''.
       H.R. 5122. An act to amend the Congressional Accountability 
     Act of 1995 to permit members of the Board of Directors of 
     the Office of Compliance to serve for 2 terms.
       The message also announced that the House has agreed to the 
     following concurrent resolution with an amendment.
       S. Con. Res. 135. Concurrent resolution authorizing the 
     printing of a commemorative document in memory of the late 
     President of the United States, Ronald Wilson Reagan.
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At 4:32 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 joint resolution, in which it requests the 
                       concurrence of the Senate:

       H.J. Res. 107. Joint resolution making continuing 
     appropriations for the fiscal year 2005, and for other 
     purposes.

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