[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 2]
[House]
[Pages 2177-2178]
[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 a bill of the following title in 
which the concurrence of the House is requested:

       S. 5. An act to amend the procedures that apply to 
     consideration of interstate class actions to assure fairer 
     outcomes for class members and defendants, and for other 
     purposes.
  The message also announced that pursuant to Public Law 100-175, as 
amended by Public Laws 102-375, 103-171, and 106-501, the Chair, on 
behalf of the Democratic Leader, after consultation with the members of 
the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, and the 
Committee on Aging, appoints the following individual to serve as a 
member of the Policy Committee to the White House Conference on Aging:
  Mr. Thomas E. Gallagher of Nevada, vice the Senator from Nevada (Mr. 
Reid).
  The message also announced that pursuant to Public Law 106-286, the 
Chair, on behalf of the President of the Senate, and after consultation 
with the Democratic Leader, appoints the following Members to serve on 
the Congressional-Executive Commission on the People's Republic of 
China:
  The Senator from Montana (Mr. Baucus),
  The Senator from Michigan (Mr. Levin),
  The Senator from California (Mrs. Feinstein), and
  The Senator from North Dakota (Mr. Dorgan).
  The message also announced that pursuant to Public Law 105-83, the 
Chair, on behalf of the Majority Leader, announces the appointment of 
the following individuals to serve as members of the National Council 
of the Arts:
  The Senator from Ohio (Mr. DeWine).
  The Senator from Utah (Mr. Bennett).
  The message also announced that pursuant to Executive Order No. 
12131, the Chair, reappoints the following Member to the President's 
Export Council:
  The Senator from Wyoming (Mr. Enzi).
  The message also announced that pursuant to Public Law 85-874, as 
amended, the Chair, on behalf of the President of the Senate, appoints 
the following Member to the Board of ``Trustee'' of the John F. Kennedy 
Center for the Performing Arts:
  The Senator from Mississippi (Mr. Cochran), vice the Senator from 
Alaska (Mr. Stevens).
  The message also announced that pursuant to sections 42 and 43 of 
title 20, United States Code, the Chair, on behalf of the Vice 
President, appoints the following individual as a member of the Board 
of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution:
  The Senator from Vermont (Mr. Leahy).
  The message also announced that pursuant to the provisions of Senate 
Resolution 105 (adopted April 13, 1989), as amended by Senate 
Resolution 149 (adopted October 5, 1993), as amended by Public Law 105-
275 (adopted October 21, 1998), further amended by Senate Resolution 75 
(adopted March 25, 1999), amended by Senate Resolution 383 (adopted 
October 27, 2000), and amended by Senate Resolution 355 (adopted 
November 13, 2002), and further amended by Senate Resolution 480 
(adopted November 20, 2004), the Chair announces, on behalf of the 
Democratic Leader, the appointment of the following Senators to serve 
as members of the Senate National Security Working Group for the One 
Hundred Ninth Congress:
  The Senator from West Virginia (Mr. Byrd) (Democratic Administrative 
Co-Chairman).
  The Senator from Michigan (Mr. Levin) (Democratic Administrative Co-
Chairman).
  The Senator from Delaware (Mr. Biden) (Democratic Administrative Co-
Chairman).
  The Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Kennedy).
  The Senator from Maryland (Mr. Sarbanes).
  The Senator from North Dakota (Mr. Dorgan).
  The message also announced that pursuant to Public Law 96-388, as 
amended by Public Law 97-84 and Public Law 106-292, the Chair, on 
behalf of the President pro tempore, and upon the recommendation of the 
Majority Leader, appoints the following Senators to the United States 
Holocaust Memorial Council for the One Hundred Ninth Congress:
  The Senator from Utah (Mr. Hatch):
  The Senator from Maine (Ms. Collins); and
  The Senator from Minnesota (Mr. Coleman).
  The message also announced that pursuant to Public Law 106-398, as

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amended by Public Law 108-7, in accordance with the qualifications 
specified under section 1238(b)(3)(E) of Public Law 106-398, and upon 
the recommendation of the Majority Leader, in consultation with the 
chairmen of the Senate Committee on Armed Services and the Senate 
Committee on Finance, the Chair, on behalf of the President pro 
tempore, appoints the following individual to the United States-China 
Economic Security Review Commission:
  Thomas Donnelly of Maryland, for a term expiring December 31, 2006.

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