[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 165 (Monday, December 19, 2005)]
[Senate]
[Page S14056]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         MESSAGE FROM THE HOUSE

  At 9:03 a.m., a message from the House of Representatives, delivered 
by Ms. Niland, announced that the House has passed the following 
concurrent resolutions, in which it requests the concurrence of the 
Senate:

       H. Con. Res. 275. Concurrent resolution expressing the 
     sense of Congress regarding the education curriculum in the 
     Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
       H. Con. Res. 284. Concurrent resolution expressing the 
     sense of Congress with respect to the 2005 presidential and 
     parliamentary elections in Egypt.
       H. Con. Res. 326. Concurrent resolution providing for the 
     sine die adjournment of the first session of the One Hundred 
     Ninth Congress.

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

       H.R. 1287. An act to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 312 East North Avenue in 
     Flora, Illinois, as the ``Robert T. Ferguson Post Office 
     Building''.
       H.R. 2099. An act to establish the Arabia Mountain Heritage 
     Area, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 3179. An act to reauthorize and amend the Junior Duck 
     Stamp Conservation and Design Program Act of 1994.
       H.R. 4000. An act to authorize the Secretary of the 
     Interior to revise certain repayment contract with the 
     Bostwick Irrigation District of Nebraska, the Kansas Bostwick 
     Irrigation District N. 2, the Frenchmans-Cambridge Irrigation 
     District, and the Webster Irrigation District No.4, all a 
     part of the Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program, and for other 
     purposes.
       H.R. 4108. An act to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 3000 Homewood Avenue in 
     Baltimore, Maryland, as the ``State Senator Verda Welcome and 
     Dr. Henry Welcome Post Office Building''.
       H.R. 4109. An act to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 6101 Liberty Road in 
     Baltimore, Maryland, as the ``United States Representative 
     Parren J. Mitchell Post Office''.
       H.R. 4246. An act to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 8135 Forest Lane in Dallas, 
     Texas, as the ``Dr. Robert E. Price Post Office Building''.
       H.R. 4510. An act to direct the Joint Committee on the 
     Library to accept the donation of a bust depicting Sojourner 
     Truth and to display the bust in a suitable location in the 
     Capitol.
       H.R. 4515. An act to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 4422 West Sciota Street in 
     Scio, New York, as the ``Corporal Jason L. Dunham Post 
     Office''.
       H.R. 4635. An act to reauthorize the Temporary Assistance 
     for Needy Families block grant program through March 31, 
     2006, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 4636. An act to enact the technical and conforming 
     amendments necessary to implement the Federal Deposit 
     Insurance Reform Act of 2005, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 4637. An act to make certain technical corrections in 
     amendments made by the Energy Policy Act of 2005.

  The message also announced that the House has passed the bill (S. 
205) to authorize the American Battle Monuments Commission to establish 
in the State of Lousiana a memorial to honor the Buffalo soldiers, 
without amendment.
  The message further announced that the House has passed the bill (S. 
652) to provide financial assistance for the rehabilitation of the 
Benjamin Franklin National Memorial in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and 
the development of an exhibit to commemorate the 300th anniversary of 
the birth of Benjamin Franklin, without amendment.
  The message also announced that the House has passed the bill (S. 
1238) to amend the Public Lands Corps Act of 1993 to provide for the 
conduct of projects that protect forests, and for other purposes, 
without amendment.
  The message further announced that the House has passed the bill (S. 
1310) to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to allow the Columbia 
Gas Transmission Corporation to increase the diameter of a natural gas 
pipeline located in the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area, to 
allow certain commercial vehicles to continue to use Route 209 within 
Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area, and to extend the 
termination date of the National Park System Advisory Board to January 
1, 2007, without amendment.
  The message also announced that the House has passed the bill (S. 
1481) to amend the Indian Land Consolidation Act to provide for probate 
reform, without amendment.
  The message further announced that the House has passed the bill (S. 
1892) to amend Public Law 107-153 to modify a certain date, without 
amendment.
  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 amendment of the House to the bill (S. 1932) to provide for 
reconciliation pursuant to section 202(a) of the concurrent resolution 
on the budget for fiscal year 2006 (H. Con. Res. 95).
  The message further announced that the House agree to the report of 
the committee of conference on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses 
on the amendment of the Senate to the bill (H.R. 2863) making 
appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2006, and for other purposes.
  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 amendment of the Senate to the bill (H.R. 1815) to authorize 
appropriations for fiscal year 2006 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, and for other purposes.

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