[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 17]
[Senate]
[Page 23714]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         MESSAGE FROM THE HOUSE

  At 3:21 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 joint resolution, in which it requests the 
concurrence of the Senate:

       H.J. Res. 110. Joint resolution recognizing the 60th 
     anniversary of the Battle of the Bulge during World War II.

  The message also announced that the House has passed the following 
bills, without amendment:

       S. 2214. An act to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 3150 Great Northern Avenue 
     in Missoula, Montana, as the ``Mike Mansfield Post Office''.
       S. 2640. An act to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 1050 North Hills Boulevard 
     in Reno, Nevada, as the ``Guardians of Freedom Memorial Post 
     Office Building'' and to authorize the installation of a 
     plaque at such site, and for other purposes.
       S. 2693. An act to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 1475 Western Avenue, Suite 
     45, in Albany, New York, as the ``Lieutenant John F. Finn 
     Post Office''.

  The message further announced that the House disagrees to the 
amendment of the Senate to the bill (H.R. 4818) making appropriations 
for foreign operations, export financing, and related programs 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.
  From the Subcommittee on Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and 
Related Programs of the Committee on Appropriations, for consideration 
of the House bill and the Senate amendment, and modifications committed 
to conference: Mr. Kolbe, Mr. Knollenberg, Mr. Lewis of California, Mr. 
Wicker, Mr. Bonilla, Mr. Vitter, Mr. Kirk, Mr. Crenshaw, Mrs. Lowey, 
Mr. Jackson of Illinois, Ms. Kilpatrick, Mr. Rothman, and Ms. Kaptur.
  From the Committee on Appropriations, for consideration of the House 
bill and the Senate amendment, and modifications committed to 
conference: Mr. Young of Florida, Mr. Regula, Mr. Hobson, Mr. Obey, and 
Mr. Visclosky.
  The message also announced that pursuant to section 1 of the Library 
of Congress Trust Fund Board Act (2 U.S.C. 154 note), and the order of 
the House of December 8, 2003, the Speaker appoints the following 
members on the part of the House of Representatives to the Library of 
Congress Trust Fund Board, each for a 5-year term: Mr. Edwin L. Cox of 
Dallas, Texas, and Mr. Anthony Welters of Vienna, Virginia.
  The message further announced that pursuant to section 703 of the 
Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 903 note), the order of the House of 
December 8, 2003, and with the advice of the Chairman of the Committee 
on Ways and Means, on October 9, 2004, the Speaker reappointed the 
following members on the part of the House of Representatives to the 
Social Security Advisory Board for a 6-year term to fill the existing 
vacancy thereon: Mrs. Doreas R. Hardy of Spotsylvania, Virginia.
  The message also announced that pursuant to section 301 of the 
Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1381), amended by 
Public Law 108-329, and the order of the House of December 8, 2004, the 
Speaker and Minority Leader of the House of Representatives and the 
Majority and Minority Leaders of the United States Senate announce 
their joint reappointment on October 27, 2004, of the following 
individuals to a 5-year term to the Board of Directors of the Office of 
Compliance: Mr. Alan V. Friedman of Los Angeles, California, Ms. Susan 
S. Robfogel of Rochester, New York, and Ms. Barbara Childs Wallace of 
Ridgeland, Mississippi.

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