[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 5]
[Senate]
[Page 7046]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         MESSAGE FROM THE HOUSE

  At 11:48 a.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 bills and joint resolutions, in which it requests 
the concurrence of the Senate:

       H.R. 683. An act to amend the Trademark Act of 1946 with 
     respect to dilution by blurring or tarnishment.
       H.R. 1038. An act to amend title 28, United States Code, to 
     allow a judge to whom a case is transferred to retain 
     jurisdiction over certain multidistrict litigation cases for 
     trial, and for other purposes.
       H.J. Res. 19. Joint resolution providing for the 
     appointment of Shirley Ann Jackson as a citizen regent of the 
     Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution.
       H.J. Res. 20. Joint resolution providing for the 
     appointment of Robert P. Kogod as a citizen regent of the 
     Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution.

  The message also announced that the House has passed the following 
bill, without amendment:

       S. 167. An act to provide for the protection of 
     intellectual property rights, and for other purposes.

  The message further announced that the House has agreed to the 
following concurrent resolution, in which it requests the concurrence 
of the Senate:

       H. Con. Res. 53. Concurrent resolution expressing the sense 
     of the Congress regarding the issuance of the 500,000th 
     design patent by the United States Patent and Trademark 
     Office.

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