[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 65 (Tuesday, May 17, 2005)]
[Senate]
[Page S5298]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         MESSAGE FROM THE HOUSE

  At 2:16 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. 485. An act to provide that the royalty rate on the 
     output from Federal lands of potassium and potassium 
     compounds from the mineral sylvite in the 5-year period 
     beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act shall be 
     reduced to 1.0 percent, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 540. An act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior 
     to convey the Newlands Project Headquarters and Maintenance 
     Yard Facility to the Truckee-Carson Irrigation District.
       H.R. 627. An act to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 40 Putnam Avenue in Hamden, 
     Connecticut, as the ``Linda White-Epps Post Office''.
       H.R. 938. An act to establish the Upper Housatonic Valley 
     National Heritage Area in the State of Connecticut and the 
     Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 1046. An act to authorize the Secretary of the 
     Interior to contract with the city of Cheyenne, Wyoming, for 
     the storage of the city's water in the Kendrick Project, 
     Wyoming.
       H.R. 1760. An act to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 215 Martin Luther King, Jr. 
     Boulevard in Madison, Wisconsin, as the ``Robert M. 
     LaFollette, Sr. Post Office Building''.
       H.R. 2107. An act to amend Public Law 104-329 to modify 
     authorities for the use of the National Law Enforcement 
     Officers Memorial Maintenance Fund, and for other purposes.

  The message also announced that pursuant to section 201(b) of the 
International Religious Freedom Act of 1998 (22 U.S.C. 6431 note), 
amended by section 681(b) of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, 
Fiscal Year 2003 (22 U.S.C. 2651 note), and the order of the House of 
January 4, 2005, the Speaker reappoints the following individuals on 
the part of the House of Representatives to the Commission on 
International Religious Freedom: Ms. Nina Shea of Washington, D.C., for 
a 2-year term ending May 14, 2007, to succeed herself, and Ms. Felice 
Gaer of Paramus, New Jersey, for a 2-year term ending May 14, 2007, to 
succeed herself upon the recommendation of the Minority Leader.

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