[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 12]
[Senate]
[Page 16606]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         MESSAGE FROM THE HOUSE

  At 4:55 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 concurrent resolution, in which it requests the 
concurrence of the Senate:

       H. Con. Res. 175. Concurrent resolution acknowledging 
     African descendants of the transatlantic slave trade in all 
     of the Americas with an emphasis on descendants in Latin 
     America and the Caribbean, recognizing the injustices 
     suffered by these African descendants, and recommending that 
     the United States and the international community work to 
     improve the situation of Afro-descendant communities in Latin 
     America and the Caribbean.

  The message further announced that pursuant to section 5(a)(2) of the 
Benjamin Franklin Tercentenary Commission Act (36 U.S.C. 101 note), and 
the order of the House of January 4, 2005, the Speaker appoints the 
following Member of the House of Representatives to the Benjamin 
Franklin Tercentenary Commission: Mr. Castle of Delaware.

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