[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 11]
[House]
[Pages 15364-15365]
[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 amendments in which the 
concurrence of the House is requested, bills of the House of the 
following titles:

       H.R. 6. An act to ensure jobs for our future with secure, 
     affordable, and reliable energy.
       H.R. 2361. An act making appropriations for the Department 
     of the Interior, environment, and related agencies for the 
     fiscal year ending September 30, 2006, and for other 
     purposes.
       H.R. 2419. An act making appropriations for energy and 
     water development for the fiscal year ending September 30, 
     2006, and for other purposes.

  The message also announced that the Senate insists upon its amendment 
to the bill (H.R. 6) ``An act to ensure jobs for our future with 
secure, affordable, and reliable energy,'' requests a conference with 
the House on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses thereon, and 
appoints from the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Mr. 
Domenici, Mr. Craig, Mr. Thomas, Mr. Alexander, Ms. Murkowski, Mr. 
Burr, Mr. Bingaman, Mr. Akaka, Mr. Dorgan, Mr. Wyden, and Mr. Johnson; 
and from the Committee on Finance: Mr. Grassley, Mr. Hatch, and Mr. 
Baucus, to be the conferees on the part of the Senate.
  The message also announced that the Senate insists upon its amendment 
to the bill (H.R. 2361) entitled ``An act making appropriations for the 
Department of Interior, environment, and related agencies for the 
fiscal year ending September 30, 2006, and for other purposes,'' 
requests a conference with the House on the disagreeing votes of the 
two Houses thereon, and appoints Mr. Burns, Mr. Stevens, Mr. Cochran, 
Mr. Domenici, Mr. Bennett, Mr. Gregg, Mr. Craig, Mr. Allard, Mr. 
Dorgan, Mr. Byrd, Mr. Leahy, Mr. Reid, Mrs. Feinstein, Ms. Mikulski, 
and Mr. Kohl, to be the conferees on the part of the Senate.
  The message also announced that the Senate insists upon its amendment 
to the bill (H.R. 2419) ``An act making appropriations for energy and 
water development for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2006, and 
for other purposes,'' requests a conference with the House on the 
disagreeing votes of the two Houses thereon, and appoints Mr. Domenici, 
Mr. Cochran, Mr. McConnell, Mr. Bennett, Mr. Burns, Mr. Craig, Mr. 
Bond, Mrs. Hutchison, Mr. Allard, Mr. Reid, Mr. Byrd, Mrs. Murray, Mr. 
Dorgan, Mrs. Feinstein, Mr. Johnson, Ms. Landrieu, and Mr. Inouye, to 
be the conferees on the part of the Senate.
  The message also announced that the Senate has passed bills of the 
following titles in which the concurrence of the House is requested:

       S. 432. An act to establish a digital and wireless network 
     technology program, and for other purposes.
       S. 1275. An act to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 7172 North Tongass Highway, 
     Ward Cove, Alaska, as the ``Alice R. Brusich Post Office 
     Building''.
       S. 1323. An act to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located on Lindbald Avenue, Girdwood, 
     Alaska, as the ``Dorothy and Connie Hibbs Post Office 
     Building''.
       S. 1368. An act to extend the existence of the Parole 
     Commission, and for other purposes.

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

       S. 39. An act to establish a coordinated national ocean 
     exploration program within the National Oceanic and 
     Atmospheric Administration.
       S. 50. An act to authorize and strengthen the National 
     Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's tsunami detection, 
     forecast,

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     warning, and mitigation program, and for other purposes.
       S. 268. An act to provide competitive grants for training 
     court reporters and closed captioners to meet requirements 
     for realtime writers under the Telecommunications Act of 
     1996, and for other purposes.
       S. 361. An act to develop and maintain an integrated system 
     of ocean and coastal observations for the Nation's coasts, 
     oceans and Great Lakes, improve warnings of tsunamis and 
     other natural hazards, and for other purposes.
       S. 362. An act to establish a program within the National 
     Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the United States 
     Coast Guard to help identify, determine sources of, assess, 
     reduce, and prevent marine debris and its adverse impacts on 
     the marine environment and navigation safety, in coordination 
     with non-Federal entities, and for other purposes.

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