[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 15]
[Senate]
[Page 20323]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




         MEASURES READ THE FIRST TIME--H.R. 4596 AND H.R. 4606

  Mr. INHOFE. Mr. President, I understand there are two bills at the 
desk, and I ask for their first reading, en bloc.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bills by title.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       A bill (H.R. 4596) to amend Public Law 97-435 to extend the 
     authorization for the Secretary of the Interior to release 
     certain conditions contained in a patent concerning certain 
     land conveyed by the United States to the Eastern Washington 
     University until December 31, 2009.
       A bill (H.R. 4606) to authorize the Secretary of the 
     Interior, acting through the Bureau of Reclamation and in 
     coordination with other Federal, State, and local government 
     agencies, to participate in the funding and implementation of 
     a balanced, long-term groundwater remediation program in 
     California, and for other purposes.

  Mr. INHOFE. Mr. President, I ask for its second reading and, in order 
to place the bills on the calendar under the provisions of rule XIV, I 
object to my own request, en bloc.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The bills will have their second reading on 
the next legislative day.

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