[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 15]
[House]
[Page 20565]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                        MESSAGE FROM THE SENATE

  A message from the Senate by Mr. Monahan, one of its clerks, 
announced that the Senate has passed with an amendment in which the 
concurrence of the House is requested, bills of the House of the 
following titles:

       H.R. 1533. An act to amend the securities laws to permit 
     church pension plans to be invested in collective trusts.
       H.R. 2714. An act to reauthorize the State Justice 
     Institute.
       H.R. 4278. An act to amend the Assistive Technology Act of 
     1998 to support programs of grants to States to address the 
     assistive technology needs of individuals with disabilities, 
     and for other purposes.

  The message also announced that the Senate has passed without 
amendment a bill of the House of the following title:

       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.

  The message also announced that the Senate has passed bills of the 
following titles in which the concurrence of the House is requested:

       S. 2273. An act to provide increased rail transportation 
     security.
       S. 2435. An act to permit Inspectors General to authorize 
     staff to provide assistance to the National Center for 
     Missing and Exploited Children, and for other purposes.
       S. 2495. An act to strike limitations on funding and extend 
     the period of authorization for certain coastal wetland 
     conservation projects.
       S. 2882. An act to make the program for national criminal 
     history background checks for volunteer groups permanent.
       S. 2883. An act to amend the International Child Abduction 
     Remedies Act to limit the tort liability of private entities 
     or organizations that carry out responsibilities of the 
     United States Central Authority under that Act.
       S. 2884. An act to authorize the Secretary of Homeland 
     Security to award grants to public transportation agencies to 
     improve security, and for other purposes.

  The message also announced that pursuant to Public Law 108-173, the 
Chair, on behalf of the Majority Leader, appoints the following 
individuals to the Commission on Systemic Interoperability:
  Vicky B. Gregg of Tennessee; and
  Ivan G. Seidenberg of New York.

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