[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 15]
[Senate]
[Pages 20735-20736]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         MESSAGE FROM THE HOUSE

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                         ENROLLED BILLS SIGNED

  At 9:21 a.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 bills:

       S. 1537. An act to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to 
     convey to the New Hope Cemetery Association certain land in 
     the State of Arkansas for use as a cemetery.
       S. 1663. An act to replace certain Coastal Barrier 
     Resources System maps.
       S. 1687. An act to direct the Secretary of the Interior to 
     conduct a study on the preservation and interpretation of the 
     historic sites of the Manhattan Project for potential 
     inclusion in the National Park System.
       S. 1778. An act to authorize a land conveyance between the 
     United States and the City of Craig, Alaska, and for other 
     purposes.
       S. 2052. An act to amend the National Trails System Act to 
     designate El Camino Real de los Tejas as a National Historic 
     Trail.
       S. 2180. An act to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to 
     exchange certain lands in the Arapaho and Roosevelt National 
     Forests in the State of Colorado.
       S. 2363. An act to revise and extend the Boys and Girls 
     Clubs of America.
       S. 2508. An act to redesignate the Ridges Basin Reservoir, 
     Colorado, as Lake Nighthorse.
       H.R. 982. An act to clarify the tax treatment of bonds and 
     other obligations issued by the Government of American Samoa.
       H.R. 2408. An act to amend the Fish and Wildlife Act of 
     1956 to reauthorize volunteer programs and community 
     partnerships for national wildlife refuges.
       H.R. 2771. An act to amend the Safe Drinking Water Act to 
     reauthorize the New York City Watershed Protection Program.
       H.R. 4259. An act to amend title 31, United States Code, to 
     improve the financial accountability requirements applicable 
     to the Department of Homeland Security, to establish 
     requirements for the Future Years Homeland Security Program 
     of the Department, 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 Pima-Maricopa Indian Reservation.
       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 enrolled bills were signed subsequently by the President pro 
tempore (Mr. Stevens).

  At 2:16 p.m., a message from the House of Representatives, delivered 
by Ms. Niland, one of its reading clerks, announced that the House 
agree to the amendment of the Senate to the bill (H.R. 4011) to promote 
human rights and freedom in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, 
and for other purposes.
  The message also announced that the House disagree to the amendment 
of the Senate to the bill (H.R. 4850) making appropriation for the 
government of the District of Columbia and other activities chargeable 
in whole or in part against the revenues of said District for the 
fiscal year ending September 30, 2005, and for other purposes, and 
agree to the conference asked by the Senate on the disagreeing votes of 
the two Houses thereon; and appoints the following members as the 
managers of the conference on the part of the House: Mr. Frelinghuysen, 
Mr. Istook, Mr. Cunningham, Mr. Doolittle, Mr. Weldon of Florida, Mr. 
Culberson, Mr. Young of Florida, Mr. Fattah, Mr. Pastor, Mr. Cramer, 
and Mr. Obey.
  The message further announced that the House has passed the following 
bills, without amendment:

       S. 551. An act to provide for the implementation of air 
     quality programs developed in accordance with an 
     Intergovernmental Agreement between the Southern Ute Indian 
     Tribe and the State of Colorado concerning Air Quality 
     Control on the Southern Ute Indian Reservation, and for other 
     purposes.
       S. 1421. An act to authorize the subdivision and dedication 
     of restricted land owned by Alaska Natives.
       S. 1814. An act to transfer Federal lands between the 
     Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior.
       S. 2319. An act to authorize and facilitate hydroelectric 
     power licensing of the Tapoco Project.

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

       H.R. 854. An act to provide for the promotion of democracy, 
     human rights, and rule of law in the Republic of Belarus and 
     for the consolidation and strengthening of Belarus 
     sovereignty and independence.
       H.R. 1630. An act to revise the boundary of the Petrified 
     Forest National Park in the State of Arizona, and for other 
     purposes.
       H.R. 2129. An act to direct the Secretary of the Interior 
     to conduct a special resources study regarding the 
     suitability and feasibility of designating certain historic 
     buildings and areas in Taunton, Massachusetts, as a unit of 
     the National Park System, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 2960. An act to amend the Reclamation Wastewater and 
     Groundwater Study and Facilities Act to authorize the 
     Secretary of the Interior to participate in the Brownsville 
     Public Utility Board water recycling and desalinization 
     project.
       H.R. 3391. An act to authorize the Secretary of the 
     Interior to convey certain lands and facilities of the Provo 
     River Project.
       H.R. 3982. An act to direct the Secretary of Interior to 
     convey certain land held in trust for the Paiute Indian Tribe 
     of Utah to the City of Richfield, Utah, and for other 
     purposes.

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       H.R. 4389. An act to authorize the Secretary of the 
     Interior to construct facilities to provide water for 
     irrigation, municipal, domestic, military, and other uses 
     from the Santa Margarita River, California, and for other 
     purposes.
       H.R. 4593. An act to establish wilderness areas, promote 
     conservation, improve public land, and provide for the high 
     quality development in Lincoln County, Nevada, and for other 
     purposes.
       H.R. 4817. An act to facilitate the resolution of a minor 
     boundary encroachment on lands of the Union Pacific Railroad 
     Company in Tipton, California, which were originally conveyed 
     by the United States as part of the right-of-way granted for 
     the construction of transcontinental railroads.
       H.R. 5202. An act to clarify the treatment of supplemental 
     appropriations in calculating the rate for operations 
     applicable for continuing appropriations for fiscal year 
     2005.

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

       S. Con. Res. 76. Concurrent resolution recognizing that 
     November 2, 2003, shall be dedicated to ``A Tribute to 
     Survivors'' at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.

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

       H. Con. Res. 304. Concurrent resolution expressing the 
     sense of Congress regarding oppression by the Government of 
     the People's Republic of China of Falun Gong in the United 
     States and in China.
       H. Con. Res. 415. Concurrent resolution urging the 
     Government of Ukraine to ensure a democratic, transparent, 
     and fair election process for the presidential election on 
     October 31, 2004.
       H. Con. Res. 496. Concurrent resolution expressing the 
     sense of Congress with regard to providing humanitarian 
     assistance to countries of the Caribbean devastated by 
     Hurricanes Charley, Frances, Ivan, and Jeanne.

  The message further announced that the House has passed the following 
bills, with amendments:

       S. 144. An act to require the Secretary of the Interior to 
     establish a program to provide assistance through States to 
     eligible weed management entities to control or eradicate 
     harmful, nonnative weeds on public and private land.
       S. 1521. An act to direct the Secretary of the Interior to 
     convey certain land to the Edward H. McDaniel American Legion 
     Post No. 22 in Pahrump, Nevada, for the construction of a 
     post building and memorial park for use by the American 
     Legion, other veterans' groups, and the local community.

  The message also announced that pursuant to section 104(c)(1)(I) of 
the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2004 (Public Law 108-199), and the 
order of the House of December 8, 2003, the Speaker and Minority Leader 
of the House, with the Majority and Minority Leaders of the Senate, 
jointly appoints Mr. Melville Peter Mcpherson of East Lansing, 
Michigan, Chairman of the Commission on the Abraham Lincoln Study 
Abroad Fellowship Program.
  The message further announced that pursuant to section 2 14(a) of the 
Help America Vote Act of 2002 (42 U.S.C. 15344), the Minority Leader 
appoints Douglas H. Palmer of Trenton, New Jersey to the Election 
Assistance Commission Board of Advisors, to fill the remainder of the 
term of Willie L. Brown, Jr.
  The message also announced that pursuant to section 491 of the Higher 
Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1098(c)), the order of the House of December 
8, 2003, and upon the recommendation of the Majority Leader, the 
Speaker reappoints the following member on the part of the House of 
Representatives to the Advisory Committee on Student Financial 
Assistance for a 3-year term: Ms. Norine Fuller of Arlington, Virginia.
  The message further announced that pursuant to section 1012(c)(1) of 
the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 
2003 (42 U.S.C. 242b note), the Speaker appoints the following members 
on the part of the House of Representatives, to the Commission on 
Systemic Interoperability: Mr. Gary A. Mecklenburg of Chicago, Illinois 
and Dr. Don E. Detmer of Crozet, Virginia.

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