[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 1]
[Senate]
[Pages 516-517]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         MESSAGE FROM THE HOUSE

  At 6:12 p.m., a message from the House of Representatives, delivered 
by Mr. Hays, one of its reading clerks, announced that the House agree 
to the amendment of the Senate to the amendment of the House to the 
bill (S. 1932) to provide for reconciliation pursuant to section 202(a) 
of the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2006 (H. 
Con. Res. 95).
  The message also announced that the House has passed the following 
bill, in which it requests the concurrence of the Senate:

       H.R. 4659. An act to amend the USA PATRIOT Act to extend 
     the sunset of certain provisions of such Act.

  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. 332. Concurrent resolution providing for a 
     conditional adjournment of the House of Representatives.

  The message also announced that pursuant to section 703 of the Social 
Security Act (42 U.S.C. 903 note), the order of the House of December 
18, 2005, and upon the recommendation of the Minority Leader, the 
Speaker on January 18, 2006, appointed the following member on the part 
of the House of Representatives to the Social Security Advisory Board 
for a term of 6 years: Mrs. Barbara Kennelly of Connecticut.
  The message further announced that pursuant to 20 U.S.C. 2l03(b), and 
the order of the House of December 18, 2005, the Speaker on January 23, 
2006, appointed from private life to the Board of Trustees of the 
American Folklore Life Center in the Library of Congress on the part of 
the House of Representatives for a term of 6 years: Appointed Mr. 
Charlie Seeman of Spring Creek, Nevada, and Reappointed Ms. Kay Kaufman 
Shelemay of Cambridge, Massachusetts.
  The message also announced that pursuant to section 1909(b) of 
SAFETEA-LU (Public Law 109-59), and the order of the House of December 
18, 2005, the Speaker on January 23, 2006, appointed the following 
members on the part of the House of Representatives to the National 
Surface Transportation Policy and Revenue Study Commission: Mr. Jack L 
Schenendorf of Chevy Chase, Maryland, and Mr. Matthew K. Rose of 
Westlake, Texas.
  The message further announced that pursuant to section 1238(b)(3) of 
the Floyd D. Spence National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2001 (22 U.S.C. 7002), as amended by division P of the Consolidated 
Appropriations Resolution, 2003 (22 U.S.C. 6901), and the order of the 
House of December 18, 2005, the Speaker on January 25, 2006,

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appointed the following members on the part of the House of 
Representatives to the United States-China Economic and Security Review 
Commission for terms to expire December 31, 2007: Mr. Peter T. R. 
Brookes of Springfield, Virginia, and Ms. Kerri Houston of Great Falls, 
Virginia.

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