[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 22 (Wednesday, February 4, 2009)]
[House]
[Pages H975-H976]
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 has agreed to without amendment a concurrent resolution 
of the House of the following title:


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       H. Con. Res. 27. Concurrent resolution authorizing the use 
     of the rotunda of the Capitol for a ceremony in honor of the 
     bicentennial of the birth of President Abraham Lincoln.

  The message also announced that pursuant to Public Law 105-83, the 
Chair, on behalf of the Republican Leader, announces the appointment of 
the following individual to serve as a member of the National Council 
of the Arts:
  The Senator from Utah (Mr. Bennett).
  The message also announced that pursuant to Public Law 96-388, as 
amended by Public Law 97-84, the Chair, on behalf of the President pro 
tempore, appoints the following Senator to the United States Holocaust 
Memorial Council for the One Hundred Eleventh Congress:
  The Senator from Utah (Mr. Hatch).
  The message also announced that pursuant to section 4(a)(3) of Public 
Law 94-118, the Chair, on behalf of the President pro tempore, appoints 
the following Senator to the Japan-United States Friendship Commission:
  The Senator from Alaska (Ms. Murkowski).
  The message also announced that pursuant to sections 42 and 43 of 
title 20, United States Code, the Chair, on behalf of the Vice 
President, appoints the following Senator as a member of the Board of 
Regents of the Smithsonian Institution:
  The Senator from Mississippi (Mr. Cochran).
  The message also announced that pursuant to Public Law 94-304, as 
amended 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 
Eleventh Congress:
  The Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Dodd).
  The Senator from Rhode Island (Mr. Whitehouse).
  The Senator from New Mexico (Mr. Udall).
  The Senator from New Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen).
  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 Senator as Chairman of the 
Senate Delegation to the Canada-United States Interparliamentary Group 
conference during the One Hundred Eleventh Congress:
  The Senator from Minnesota (Ms. Klobuchar).
  The message also announced that pursuant to Public Law 94-304, as 
amended 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 
Eleventh Congress:
  The Senator from Georgia (Mr. Chambliss).
  The Senator from Kansas (Mr. Brownback).

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