[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 16]
[Senate]
[Pages 22029-22030]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                        MESSAGES FROM THE HOUSE

  At 12:51 p.m., a message from the House of Representatives, delivered 
by Mr. Hays, one of its reading clerks, announced that the House 
disagrees to the Senate amendment to the act (H.R. 4837) making 
appropriations for military construction, family housing, and base 
realignment and closure for the Department of Defense 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. Knollenberg, Mr. Walsh, 
Mr. Aderholt, Mr. Granger, Mr. Goode, Mr. Vitter, Mr. Kingston, Mr. 
Crenshaw, Mr. Young of Florida, Mr. Edwards, Mr. Farr of California, 
Mr. Boyd, Mr. Bishop, Mr. Dicks and Mr. Obey.
  The message also announced that the House passed the bill (S. 211) to 
establish the Northern Rio Grande National Heritage Area in the State 
of New Mexico, and for other purposes, with an amendment.
  The message further announced that the House has passed the bill (S. 
1134)

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to reauthorize and improve the programs authorized by the Public Works 
and Economic Development Act of 1965, without amendment.
  The message also announced that the House has passed the following 
bills, in which it requests the concurrence of the Senate:

       H.R. 4470. An act to amend the Federal Water Pollution 
     Control Act to extend the authorization of appropriations for 
     the Lake Pontchartrain Basin Restoration Program from fiscal 
     year 2005 to 2010.
       H.R. 4661. An act to amend title 18, United States Code, to 
     discourage spyware, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 5061. An act to provide assistance for the current 
     crisis in the Darfur region of Sudan and to facilitate a 
     comprehensive peace in Sudan.
       H.R. 5213. An act to expand research information regarding 
     multidisciplinary research projects and epidemiological 
     studies.

  The message further announced that, the House agreed to the 
resolution (H. Res. 842) requesting that the Senate return to the House 
of Representatives the bill of the Senate (S. 1301) to amend title 18, 
United States Code, to prohibit video voyeurism in the special maritime 
and territorial jurisdiction of the United States, and for other 
purposes.
  The message also announced that, pursuant to section 201(b) of the 
International Religious Freedom Act of 1998 (22 U.S.C. 6431 note), 
amended by section 681(b) of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, 
Fiscal Year 2003 (22 U.S.C. 2651 note), the order of the House of 
December 8, 2003, and upon the recommendation of the Minority Leader, 
the Speaker appoints the following member on the part of the House of 
Representatives to the Commission on International Religious Freedom 
for a 2-year term ending May 14, 2006, to fill the existing vacancy 
thereon: Ms. Elizabeth Prodomou of Boston, Massachusetts, to succeed 
Ms. Patricia W. Chang of San Francisco, California.

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