[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 22]
[House]
[Page 30922]
[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 had passed with an amendment a bill of the house of the 
following title.

       H.R. 1400. An act to amend title 18, United States Code, to 
     provide penalties for aiming laser pointers at airplanes, and 
     for other purposes.

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

       S. 119. An act to provide for the protection of 
     unaccompanied alien children, and for other purposes.
       S. 716. An act to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     enhance services provided by vet centers, to clarify and 
     improve the provision of breavement counseling by the 
     Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.
       S. 1182. An act to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     improve health care for veterans, and for other purposes.
       S. 1184. An act to waive the passport fees for a relative 
     of a deceased member of the Armed Forces proceeding abroad to 
     visit the grave of such member or to attend a funeral or 
     memorial service for such member.
       S. 1315. An act to require a report on progress toward the 
     Millenium Development Goals, and for other purposes.
       S. 2167. An act to amend the USA PATRIOT Act to extend the 
     sunset of certain provisions of the Act and the lone wolf 
     provision of the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention 
     Act of 2004 to July 1, 2006.
       S. 2170. An act to provide for global pathogen surveillance 
     and response.

  The message also announced that the Senate has agreed to concurrent 
resolutions of the following titles in which the concurrence of the 
House is requested:

       S. Con. Res. 74. Concurrent resolution making 
     appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal 
     year ending September 30, 2006, and for other purposes.
       S. Con. Res. 75. Concurrent resolution encouraging all 
     Americans to increase their charitable giving, with the goal 
     of increasing the annual amount of charitable giving in the 
     United States by 1 percent.

  The message also announced that the Senate agreed to the report of 
the committee of conference on the further conference on the 
disagreeing votes of the two Houses on the amendment of the Senate to 
the bill (H.R. 3010) ``An Act making appropriations for the Departments 
of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related 
Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2006, and for other 
purposes.''
  The message also announced that the Senate agreed to the report of 
the committee of conference on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses 
on the amendment of the Senate to the bill (H.R. 1815) ``An Act to 
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2006 for military activities 
of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for 
defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military 
personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes.''.
  The message also announced that the Senate agreed to the report of 
the committee of conference on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses 
on the amendment of the Senate to the bill (S. 1281) ``An Act to 
authorize appropriations for the National Aeronautics and Space 
Administration for science, aeronautics, exploration, exploration 
capabilities, and the Inspector General, and for other purposes, for 
fiscal years 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, and 2010.''.
  The message also announced that the Senate, having had under 
consideration the report of the committee of conference on the 
disagreeing votes of the two Houses on the amendment of the House to 
the bill (S. 1932) ``An Act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to 
section 202(a) of the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal 
year 2006 (H. Con. Res. 95).'', it was
  Resolved, That the Senate defeated the conference report by operation 
of the Budget Act; be it further
  Resolved, That the Senate concur in the amendment of the House with 
further amendment.

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