[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 15]
[Senate]
[Pages 20192-20193]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




               ENROLLED JOINT RESOLUTION AND BILL SIGNED

  At 12:34 p.m., a message from the House of Representatives, delivered 
by Ms. Niland, one of its reading clerks, announced that the Speaker 
has signed the following enrolled bill and joint resolution:

       H.J. Res. 107. Joint resolution making continuing 
     appropriations for the fiscal year 2005, and for other 
     purposes.
       H.R. 4654. An act to reauthorize the Tropical Forest 
     Conservation Act of 1998 through fiscal year 2007, and for 
     other purposes.

  The enrolled bill and joint resolution were signed subsequently by 
the President pro tempore (Mr. Stevens).
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  At 12:51 p.m., a message from the House of Representatives, delivered 
by Ms. Niland, one of its reading clerks, announced that pursuant to 
the request of September 20, 2004, the House returned the act (H.R. 
4567) making appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security for 
the fiscal year ending September 30, 2005, and for other purposes to 
the Senate.
  The message further announced that the House has passed the following 
bills, in which it requests the concurrence of the Senate:

       H.R. 1402. An act to designate the United States courthouse 
     located at the corner of Seventh Street and East Jackson 
     Street in Brownsville, Texas, as the ``Reynoldo G. Garza and 
     Filemon B. Vela United States Courthouse''.
       H.R. 3124. An act to designate the facility of the United 
     States Geological Survey and the United States Bureau of 
     Reclamation located at 230 Collins Road, Boise, Idaho, as the 
     ``F.H. Newell Building''.
       H.R. 3193. An act to restore second amendment rights in the 
     District of Columbia.
       H.R. 4731. An act to amend the Federal Water Pollution 
     Control Act to reauthorize the National Estuary Program.
       H.R. 4768. An act to authorize the Secretary of Veterans 
     Affairs to enter into certain major medical facility leases, 
     to authorize that Secretary to transfer real property subject 
     to certain limitations, otherwise to improve management of 
     medical facilities of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and 
     for other purposes.
       H.R. 5105. An act to authorize the Board of Regents of the 
     Smithsonian Institution to carry out construction and related 
     activities in support of the collaborative Very Energetic 
     Radiation Imaging Telescope Array System (VERITAS) project on 
     Kitt Peak near Tucson, Arizona.
       H.R. 5149. An act to reauthorize the Temporary Assistance 
     for Needy Families block grant program through March 31, 
     2005, and for other purposes.
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  At 2:29 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, in which it requests the concurrence of the 
Senate:

       H.R. 5183. An act to provide an extension of highway, 
     highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other 
     programs funded out of the Highway Trust Fund pending 
     enactment of a law reauthorizing the Transportation Equity 
     Act for the 21st Century.
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  At 6:36 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, in which it requests the concurrence of the 
Senate:

       H.R. 4231. An act to provide for a pilot program in the 
     Department of Veterans Affairs to improve recruitment and 
     retention of nurses, and for other purposes.

  The message also announced that the House has agreed to the following 
concurrent resolution, in which it requests the concurrence of the 
Senate:

       H. Con. Res. 501. Concurrent resolution honoring the life 
     and work of Duke Ellington, recognizing the 30th anniversary 
     of the Duke Ellington School of the Arts, and supporting the 
     annual Duke Ellington Jazz Festival.

  The message further announced that pursuant to section 1012(c)(1) of 
the

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Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 
(42 U.S.C. 242b note), the Minority Leader appoints Mr. Thomas M. 
Priselac of Los Angeles, California, to the Commission on Systemic 
Interoperability.

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