[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 12]
[Senate]
[Pages 16237-16238]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         MESSAGE FROM THE HOUSE

  At 2:23 p.m., a message from the House of Representatives, delivered 
by Ms. Niland, one of its reading clerks, announced that pursuant to 
House Resolution 719 the Senate is requested to return to the House of 
Representatives the bill (H.R. 4766) making appropriations for 
Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and 
Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2005, 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. 142. An act to amend the Reclamation Wastewater and 
     Groundwater Study and Facilities Act to authorize the 
     Secretary of the Interior to participate in the Prado Basin 
     Natural Treatment System Project, to authorize the Secretary 
     to carry out a program to assist agencies in projects to 
     construct regional brine lines in California, and to 
     authorize the Secretary to participate in the Lower Chino 
     Dairy Area desalination demonstration and reclamation 
     project.
       H.R. 1014. An act to require Federal land managers to 
     support, and to communicate, coordinate, and cooperate with, 
     designated gateway communities, to improve the ability of 
     gateway communities to participate in Federal land management 
     planning conducted by the Forest Service and agencies of the 
     Department of the Interior, and to respond to the impacts of 
     the public use of the Federal lands administered by these 
     agencies, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 1156. An act to amend the Reclamation Wastewater and 
     Groundwater Study and Facilities Act to increase the ceiling 
     on the Federal share of the costs of phase I of the Orange 
     County, California, Regional Water Reclamation Project.
       H.R. 1587. An act to promote freedom and democracy in 
     Vietnam.
       H.R. 2619. An act to provide for the expansion of Kilauea 
     Point National Wildlife Refuge.
       H.R. 2831. An act to authorize the Secretary of the 
     Interior to convey the Newlands Project Headquarters and 
     Maintenance Yard Facility to the Truckee-Carson Irrigation 
     District.
       S. 2991. An act to amend the Reclamation Wastewater and 
     Groundwater Study and Facilities Act to authorize the 
     Secretary of the Interior to participate in the Inland Empire 
     regional recycling project and in the Cucamonga County Water 
     District recycling project.
       H.R. 3785. An act to authorize the exchange of certain land 
     in Everglades National Park.

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       H.R. 3819. An act to redesignate Fort Clatsop National 
     Memorial as the Lewis and Clark National Historical Park, to 
     include in the park sites in the State of Washington as well 
     as the State of Oregon, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 3874. An act to convey for public purposes certain 
     Federal lands in Riverside County, California, that have been 
     identified for disposal.
       H.R. 3932. An act to amend Public Law 99-338 to authorize 
     the continued use of certain lands within the Sequoia 
     National Park by portions of an existing hydroelectric 
     project, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 4115. An act to amend the Act of November 2, 1966 (80 
     Stat. 1112), to allow binding arbitration clauses to be 
     included in all contracts affecting the land within the Salt 
     River Prima-Maricopa Indian Reservation.
       H.R. 4158. An act to provide for the conveyance to the 
     Government of Mexico of a decommissioned National Oceanic and 
     Atmospheric Administration ship, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 4170. An act to authorize the Secretary of the 
     Interior to recruit volunteers to assist with, or facilitate, 
     the activities of various agencies and offices of the 
     Department of the Interior.
       H.R. 4492. An act to amend the Omnibus Parks and Public 
     Lands Management Act of 1996 to extend the authorization for 
     certain national heritage areas, and for other purpose.
       H.R. 4625. An act to reduce temporarily the royalty 
     required to be paid for sodium produced on Federal lands, and 
     for other purposes.

  The message also further announced that the House has passed the 
following bill, without amendment:

       S. 2264. An act to require a report on the conflict in 
     Uganda, and for other purposes.

  The message also announced that the House has agreed to the following 
concurrent resolution, without amendment:

       S. Con. Res. 114. Concurrent resolution concerning the 
     importance of the distribution of food in schools to hungry 
     or malnourished children around the world.

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