[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 16]
[House]
[Page 21177]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                        MESSAGE FROM THE SENATE

  A message from the Senate by Ms. Curtis, one of its clerks, announced 
that the Senate has passed with amendments in which the concurrence of 
the House is requested, a bill of the House of the following title:

       H.R. 2528. An act making appropriations for military 
     quality of life functions of the Department of Defense, 
     military construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, 
     and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 
     2006, and for other purposes.

  The message also announced that the Senate insists upon its 
amendments to the bill (H.R. 2528) ``An act making appropriations for 
military quality of life functions of the Department of Defense, 
military construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, 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 Mrs. Hutchison, Mr. 
Burns, Mr. Craig, Mr. DeWine, Mr. Brownback, Mr. Allard, Mr. McConnell, 
Mr. Cochran, Mrs. Feinstein, Mr. Inouye, Mr. Johnson, Ms. Landrieu, Mr. 
Byrd, Mrs. Murray, and Mr. Leahy, to be the conferees on the part of 
the Senate.
  The message also announced that the Senate has passed with an 
amendment in which the concurrence of the House is requested, a bill of 
the House of the following title:

       H.R. 2744. An act making appropriations for Agriculture, 
     Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related 
     Agencies 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. 2744) ``An act making appropriations for Agriculture, 
Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, 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. Bennett, Mr. Cochran, 
Mr. Specter, Mr. Bond, Mr. McConnell, Mr. Burns, Mr. Craig, Mr. 
Brownback, Mr. Stevens, Mr. Kohl, Mr. Harkin, Mr. Dorgan, Mrs. 
Feinstein, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Johnson, Ms. Landrieu and Mr. Byrd, to be 
the conferees on the part of the Senate.
  The message also announced that the Senate has passed without 
amendments bills of the following titles in which the concurrence of 
the House is requested:

       S. 1752. An act to amend the United States Grain Standards 
     Act to reauthorize that Act.
       S. 1758. An act to amend the Indian Financing Act of 1974 
     to provide for sale and assignment of loans and underlying 
     security, and for other purposes.
       S. 1764. An act to provide for the continued education of 
     students affected by Hurricane Katrina.

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