[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 59 (Monday, May 9, 2005)]
[Senate]
[Pages S4644-S4645]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         MESSAGE FROM THE HOUSE

  At 2:03 p.m., a message from the House of Representatives, delivered 
by Ms. Niland, one its reading clerks, announced that the House has 
agreed to the concurrent resolution (S. Con. Res. 29) providing for a 
conditional adjournment or recess of the Senate, without amendment.
  The message also announced that the House has agreed to the following 
concurrent resolution, in which it requests the concurrence of the 
Senate:

       H. Con. Res. 127. Concurrent resolution calling on the 
     Government of the Federal Republic of Nigeria to transfer 
     Charles Ghankay Taylor, former President of the Republic of 
     Liberia, to the Special Court for Sierra Leone to be tried 
     for war crimes, crimes against humanity, and other serious 
     violations of international humanitarian law.  

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

       H.R. 1082. An act to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 120 East Illinois Avenue in 
     Vinita, Oklahoma, as the ``Francis C. Goodpaster Post Office 
     Building''.
       H.R. 1185. An act to reform the Federal deposit insurance 
     system, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 1542. An act to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 695 Pleasant Street in New 
     Bedford, Massachusetts, as the ``Honorable Judge George N. 
     Leighton Post Office Building''.
       H.J. Res. 47. Joint resolution increasing the statutory 
     limit on the public debt.

   The message also announced that the House agree 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. 1268) making emergency 
supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 
2005, to establish and rapidly implement regulations for State driver's 
license and identification document security standards, to prevent 
terrorists from abusing the asylum laws of the United States, to unify 
terrorism-related grounds for inadmissibility and removal, to ensure 
expeditions construction of the San Diego border fence, and for other 
purposes.
  The message further announced that pursuant to section 101(f)(3) of 
the Ticket to Work and Work Incentives Improvement Act of 1999 (42 
U.S.C. 1320b-19), the Minority Leader appoints the following member on 
the part of the House of Representatives to the Ticket to Work and Work 
Incentives Advisory Panel: Ms. Loretta Goff of New York.
  The message also announced that pursuant to 44 U.S.C. 2702, and the 
order of the House of January 4, 2005, the Speaker reappoints the 
following member on the part of the House of Representatives to the 
Advisory Committee on the Records of Congress: Mr. Timothy J. Johnson 
or Minnetonka, Minnesota.
  The message further (42 U.S.C. 1975 note), the order of the House of 
January 4, 2005, and upon the recommendation of the Minority Leader, 
the Speaker reappoints the following member on the part of the House of 
Representatives to the Commission on Civil Rights for a six year term 
expiring May 3, 2011: Mr. Michael Yaki of San Francisco, California.
  The message also announced that pursuant to 44 U.S.C. 2702, and the 
order of the House of January 4, 2005, the Minority Leader appoints the 
following member on the part of the

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House of Representatives to the Advisory Committee on the Records of 
Congress: Dr. Joseph Cooper of Maryland.

                           MEASURES REFERRED

  The following bills and joint resolution were read the first and the 
second times by unanimous consent, and referred as indicated:

       H.R. 1082. An act to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 120 East Illinois Avenue in 
     Vinita, Oklahoma, as the ``Francis C. Goodpaster Post Office 
     Building''; to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
     Governmental Affairs.
       H.R. 1185. An act to reform the Federal deposit insurance 
     system, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Banking, 
     Housing, and Urban Affairs.
       H.R. 1542. An act to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 695 Pleasant Street in New 
     Bedford, Massachusetts, as the ``Honorable Judge George N. 
     Leighton Post Office Building''; to the Committee on Homeland 
     Security and Governmental Affairs.
       H.J. Res. 47. Joint resolution increasing the statutory 
     limit on the public debt; to the Committee on Finance.

                    MEASURES PLACED ON THE CALENDAR

  The following bill was read the second time, and placed on the 
calendar:

       S. 975. A bill to provide incentives to increase research 
     by private sector entities to develop medical countermeasures 
     to prevent, detect, identify, contain, and treat illnesses, 
     including those associated with biological, chemical, 
     nuclear, or radiological weapons attack or an infectious 
     disease outbreak, and for other purposes.

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