[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 65 (Tuesday, May 23, 2006)]
[Senate]
[Page S4962]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         MESSAGE FROM THE HOUSE

  At 2:22 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 bill, without amendment:

       S. 1736. An act to provide for the participation of 
     employees in the judicial branch in the Federal leave 
     transfer program for disasters and emergencies.

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

       S. 1235. An act to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     extend the availability of $400,000 in life insurance 
     coverage to servicemembers and veterans, to make a stillborn 
     child an insurable dependent for purposes of the 
     Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance program, to make 
     technical corrections to the Veterans Benefits Improvement 
     Act of 2004, to make permanent a pilot program for direct 
     housing loans for Native American veterans, and to require an 
     annual plan on outreach activities of the Department of 
     Veterans Affairs.
       S. 2349. An act to provide greater transparency in the 
     legislative process.

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

       H.R. 3858. An act to amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster 
     Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to ensure that State and 
     local emergency preparedness operational plans address the 
     needs of individuals with household pets and service animals 
     following a major disaster or emergency.
       H.R. 4530. An act to designate the Federal building and 
     United States courthouse located at 101 Barr Street in 
     Lexington, Kentucky, as the ``Scott Reed Federal Building and 
     United States Courthouse'' .
       H.R. 5354. An act to authorize the Secretary of Education 
     to extend the period during which a State educational agency 
     or local educational agency may obligate temporary emergency 
     impact aid for elementary and secondary school students 
     displaced by Hurricane Katrina or Hurricane Rita, and for 
     other purposes.
       H.R. 5401. An act to amend section 308 of the Lewis and 
     Clark Expedition Bicentennial Commemorative Coin Act to make 
     certain clarifying and technical amendments.

  The message also announced that the House disagree to the amendment 
of the Senate to the bill H.R. 4939 making emergency supplemental 
appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2006, and for 
other purposes, and agree to the conference asked by the Senate on the 
disagreeing votes of the two Houses thereon, and appoints Mr. Lewis of 
California, Mr. Young of Florida, Mr. Regula, Mr. Rogers of Kentucky, 
Mr. Wolf, Mr. Kolbe, Mr. Walsh, Mr. Taylor of North Carolina, Mr. 
Hobson, Mr. Bonilla, Mr. Knollenberg, Mr. Obey, Mr. Murtha, Mr. Sabo, 
Mr. Mollohan, Mr. Olver, Mr. Visclosky, Mrs. Lowey, and Mr. Edwards, as 
managers of the conference on the part of the House.

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