[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 61 (Wednesday, May 17, 2006)]
[Senate]
[Page S4693]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         MESSAGE FROM THE HOUSE

  At 2:53 p.m., a message from the House of Representatives, delivered 
by Mr. Hays, one of its reading clerks, announced that the House has 
passed the following bills, without amendment:

       S. 1165. An act to provide for the expansion of the James 
     Campbell National Wildlife Refuge, Honolulu County, Hawaii.
       S. 1869. An act to reauthorize the Coastal Barrier 
     Resources Act, and for other purposes.

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

       H.R. 518. An act to require the Secretary of the Interior 
     to refine the Department of the Interior program for 
     providing assistance for the conservation of neotropical 
     migratory birds.
       H.R. 586. An act to preserve the use and access of pack and 
     saddle stock animals on public lands, including wilderness 
     areas, national monuments, and other specifically designated 
     areas, administered by the National Park Service, the Bureau 
     of Land Management, the United States Fish and Wildlife 
     Service, or the Forest Service where there is a historical 
     tradition of such use, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 2978. An act to allow the Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes 
     of the Fort Peck Indian Reservation to enter into a lease or 
     other temporary conveyance of water rights recognized under 
     the Fort Peck-Montana Compact for the purpose of meeting the 
     water needs of the Dry Prairie Rural Water Association, 
     Incorporated, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 3682. An act to redesignate the Mason Neck National 
     Wildlife Refuge in Virginia as the Elizabeth Hartwell Mason 
     Neck National Wildlife Refuge.

  The message further announced that pursuant to section 313 of the 
Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2001 (2 U.S.C. 1151), amended by 
section 1401 of Public Law 108-7, the order of the House of December 
18,2005, and upon the recommendation of the Majority Leader, the 
Speaker appoints the following member on the part of the House of 
Representatives to the Board of Trustees of the Open World Leadership 
Center for a term of 3 years: Mr. Roger F. Wicker of Tupelo, 
Mississippi.
  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), the order of the House of 
December 18, 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 International Religious Freedom 
for a 2-year term ending May 14, 2008: Ms. Elizabeth H. Prodromou of 
Boston, Massachusetts, to succeed herself.

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