[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 80 (Thursday, June 16, 2005)]
[House]
[Page H4563]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        MESSAGE FROM THE SENATE

  A message from the Senate by Mr. Monahan, one of its clerks, 
announced that the Senate has agreed to the following resolution:

       In the Senate of the United States, June 13, 2005.
       Whereas J. James Exon served in the United States Army 
     Signal Corps from 1942-1945 and in the United States Army 
     Reserve from 1945-1949;
       Whereas J. James Exon served as Governor of the State of 
     Nebraska from 1971-1979;
       Whereas J. James Exon served the people of Nebraska with 
     distinction for 18 years in the United States Senate where he 
     was a proponent of a strong national defense and 
     knowledgeable source of geopolitical matters;
       Resolved, That the Senate has heard with profound sorrow 
     and deep regret the announcement of the death of the 
     Honorable J. James Exon, formerly a Senator from the State of 
     Nebraska.
       Resolved, That the Secretary of the Senate communicate 
     these resolutions of the House of Representatives and 
     transmit an enrolled copy thereof to the family of the 
     deceased.
       Resolved, That when the Senate adjourns today, it stand 
     adjourned as a further mark of respect to the memory of the 
     Honorable J. James Exon.

  The message also announced that the Senate has passed without 
amendment a bill of the House of the following title:

       H.R. 483. An act to designate a United States courthouse in 
     Brownsville, Texas, as the ``Reynaldo G. Garza and Filemon B. 
     Vela United States Courthouse''.

  The message also announced that the Senate has passed a bill of the 
following title in which concurrence of the House is requested:

       S. 1140. An act to designate the State Route 1 Bridge in 
     the State of Delaware as the ``Senator William V. Roth, Jr. 
     Bridge''.

  The message also announced that pursuant to Public Law 94-304, as 
amendment by Public Law 99-7, the Chair, on behalf of the Vice 
President, appoints the following Senators as members of the Commission 
on Security and Cooperation in Europe (Helsinki) during the One Hundred 
Ninth Congress;
  The Senator from Oregon (Mr. Smith).
  The Senator from Georgia (Mr. Chambliss).
  The Senator from North Carolina (Mr. Burr).
  The Senator from Louisiana (Mr. Vitter).

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