[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 59 (Wednesday, April 22, 2009)]
[Senate]
[Pages S4571-S4572]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         MESSAGE FROM THE HOUSE

  At 12:10 p.m., a message from the House of Representatives, delivered 
by Mr. Zapata, one of its reading clerks, announced that the House has 
passed the following bill, without amendment:

       S. 39. An act to repeal section 10(f) of Public Law 93-531, 
     commonly known as the ``Bennett Freeze''.

  The message also announced that the House has passed the following 
joint resolution, without amendment:

       S.J. Res. 8. Joint resolution providing for the appointment 
     of David M. Rubenstein as a citizen regent of the Board of 
     Regents of the Smithsonian Institution.

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

       H.R. 388. An act to assist in the conservation of cranes by 
     supporting and providing, through projects of persons and 
     organizations with expertise in crane conservation,

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     financial resources for the conservation programs of 
     countries the activities of which directly or indirectly 
     affect cranes and the ecosystems of cranes.
       H.R. 411. An act to assist in the conservation of rare 
     felids and rare canids by supporting and providing financial 
     resources for the conservation programs of nations within the 
     range of rare felid and rare canid populations and projects 
     of persons with demonstrated expertise in the conservation of 
     rare felid and rare canid populations.
       H.R. 1219. An act to make amendments to the Reclamation 
     Projects Authorization and Adjustment Act of 1992.
       H.R. 1516. To designate the facility of the United States 
     Postal Service located at 37926 Church Street in Dade City, 
     Florida, as the ``Sergeant Marcus Mathes Post Office''.
       H.R. 1694. An act to authorize the acquisition and 
     protection of nationally significant battlefields and 
     associated sites of the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812 
     under the American Battlefield Protection Program.

  The message also announced that pursuant to section 333(a)(2) of the 
Consolidated Natural Resources Act of 2008 (Public Law 110-229), and 
the order of the House of January 6, 2009, the Speaker appoints the 
following members on the part of the House of Representatives to the 
Commission to study the Potential Creation of a National Museum of the 
American Latino:
  As voting members: Mr. Luis Cancel of San Francisco, California; Ms. 
Eva Longoria Parker of San Antonio, Texas; Mr. Henry Munoz of San 
Antonio, Texas.
  As a nonvoting member: Ms. Lorraine Garcia-Nakata of San Francisco, 
California.

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