[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 47 (Wednesday, April 26, 2006)]
[House]
[Page H1750]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        MESSAGE FROM THE SENATE

  A message from the Senate by Ms. Curtis, one of its clerks, announced 
that the Senate agreed to the following resolution:

                              S. Res. 443

       In the Senate of the United States, April 25, 2006.
       Whereas Francis R. (Frank) Valeo served with distinction as 
     chief of the Foreign Affairs Division of the Legislative 
     Reference Service and specialist in the Far East, before 
     beginning his service to the United States Senate in 1952 on 
     the staff of the Committee on Foreign Relations;
       Whereas Frank Valeo in 1958 became foreign policy advisor 
     and assistant to the Majority Whip, Senator Mike Mansfield, 
     and then served as Majority Secretary from 1963 to 1966;
       Whereas Frank Valeo served as Secretary of the Senate from 
     1966 to 1977;
       Whereas Frank Valeo accompanied many United States Senators 
     on missions to all parts of the globe, assisted the Majority 
     Leader in regularly reporting on conditions in Southeast 
     Asia, and was part of the first congressional delegation to 
     visit the People's Republic of China in 1972;
       Whereas Frank Valeo represented the United States Senate on 
     the Federal Election Commission from 1974 to 1977, and in 
     that role participated in the 1976 landmark Supreme Court 
     decision of Buckley v. Valeo;
       Whereas Frank Valeo helped to modernize and set 
     professional standards for service in the diverse offices 
     that report to the Secretary of the Senate, and served as a 
     member of the Commission on the Operation of the Senate, from 
     1975 to 1976, where he helped craft its proposals for 
     structural and technological reforms in Senate operations;
       Whereas Frank Valeo faithfully discharged the difficult 
     duties and responsibilities of a wide variety of important 
     and demanding positions in public life with honesty, 
     integrity, loyalty, and humanity; and
       Whereas Frank Valeo's clear understanding and appreciation 
     of the challenges facing the nation have left his mark on 
     those many areas of public life: Now, therefore, be it
       Resolved, That (a) the Senate has heard with profound 
     sorrow and deep regret the announcement of the death of Frank 
     Valeo.
       (b) The Secretary of the Senate shall communicate these 
     resolutions of the House of Representatives and transmit an 
     enrolled copy thereof to the family of the deceased.
       (c) When the Senate adjourns today, it shall stand 
     adjourned as a further mark of respect to the memory of Frank 
     Valeo.

  The message also announced that pursuant to section 276d-276g of 
title 22, United States Code, as amended, the Chair, on behalf of the 
Vice President, appoints the following Senators to serve as members of 
the Senate Delegation to the Canada-United States Interparliamentary 
Group during the Second Session of the One Hundred Ninth Congress:
  The Senator from Colorado (Mr. Allard).
  The Senator from Ohio (Mr. Voinovich).
  The message also announced that pursuant to section 276d-276g of 
title 22, United States Code, as amended, the Chair, on behalf of the 
Vice President, appoints the following Senators to serve as members of 
the Senate Delegation to the Canada-United States Interparliamentary 
Group during the Second Session of the One Hundred Ninth Congress:
  The Senator from Vermont (Mr. Leahy).
  The Senator from Hawaii (Mr. Akaka).
  The message also announced that pursuant to Public Law 105-292, as 
amended by Public Law 106-55, and as further amended by Public Law 107-
228, the Chair, on behalf of the President pro tempore, upon the 
recommendation of the Democratic Leader, appoints the following 
individual to the United States Commission on International Religious 
Freedom:
  Preeta D. Bansal of Nebraska for a term of two years (May 15, 2006 to 
May 14, 2008).

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