[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 12]
[Senate]
[Pages 15657-15658]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         MESSAGE FROM THE HOUSE

  At 9:47 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 bill and concurrent resolution, without amendment:

       S. 310. An act to direct the Secretary of the Interior to 
     convey the Newlands Project Headquarters and Maintenance Yard 
     Facility to the Truckee-Carson Irrigation District in the 
     State of Nevada.
       S. Con. Res. 60. Concurrent resolution designating the 
     Negro Leagues Baseball Museum in Kansas City, Missouri, as 
     America's National Negro Leagues Baseball Museum.
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  At 2:32 p.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 bill, without amendment:

       S. 1496. An act to direct the Secretary of the Interior to 
     conduct a pilot program under which up to 15 States may issue 
     electronic Federal migratory bird hunting stamps.

  The message also announced that the House has passed the following 
bills, in which it requests the concurrence of the Senate:

       H.R. 233. An act to designate certain National Forest 
     System lands in the Mendocino and Six Rivers National Forests 
     and certain Bureau of Land Management lands in Humboldt, 
     Lake, Mendocino, and Napa Counties in the State of California 
     as wilderness, to designate the Elkhorn Ridge Potential 
     Wilderness Area, to designate certain segments of the Black 
     Butte River in Mendocino County, California as a wild or 
     scenic river, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 854. An act to provide for certain lands to be held in 
     trust for the Utu Utu Gwaitu Paiute Tribe.
       H.R. 1307. An act to amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act 
     to designate portions of the Musconetcong River in the State 
     of New Jersey as a component of the National Wild and Scenic 
     Rivers System, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 3082. An act to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     make improvements to small business, memorial affairs, 
     education and employment programs for veterans, and for other 
     purposes.
       H.R. 3603. An act to promote the economic development and 
     recreational use of National Forest System lands and other 
     public lands in central Idaho, to designate the Boulder-White 
     Cloud Management Area to ensure the continued management of 
     certain National Forest System lands and Bureau of Land 
     Management lands for recreational and grazing use and 
     conservation and resource protection, to add certain National 
     Forest System lands and Bureau of Land Management lands in 
     central Idaho to the National Wilderness Preservation System, 
     and for other purposes.
       H.R. 3817. An act to withdraw the Valle Vidal Unit of the 
     Carson National Forest in

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     New Mexico from location, entry, and patent under the mining 
     laws, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 4301. An act to direct the Secretary of the Interior 
     to convey certain parcels of land acquired for the Blunt 
     Reservoir and Pierre Canal features of the initial stage of 
     the Oahe Unit, James Division, South Dakota, to the 
     Commission of Schools and Public Lands and the Department of 
     Game, Fish, and Parks of the State of South Dakota for the 
     purpose of mitigating lost wildlife habitat, on the condition 
     that the current preferential leaseholders shall have an 
     option to purchase the parcels from the Commission, and for 
     other purposes.
       H.R. 4947. An act to expand the boundaries of the Cahaba 
     River National Wildlife Refuge, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 5025. An act to protect for future generations the 
     recreational opportunities, forests, timber, clean water, 
     wilderness and scenic values, and diverse habitat of Mount 
     Hood National Forest, Oregon, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 5057. An act to authorize the Marion Park Project, a 
     committee of the Palmetto Conservation Foundation to 
     establish a commemorative work on Federal land in the 
     District of Columbia, and its environs to honor Brigadier 
     General Francis Marion.
       H.R. 5534. An act to provide grants from moneys collected 
     from violations of the corporate average fuel economy program 
     to be used to expand infrastructure necessary to increase the 
     availability of alternative fuels.
       H.R. 5865. An act to amend section 1113 of the Social 
     Security Act to temporarily increase funding for the program 
     of temporary assistance for United States citizens returned 
     from foreign countries, and for other purposes.

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

       H. Con. Res. 125. Concurrent resolution expressing support 
     for the designation and goals of ``Hire a Veteran Week'' and 
     encouraging the President to issue a proclamation supporting 
     those goals.
       H. Con. Res. 347. Concurrent resolution honoring the 
     National Association of State Veterans Homes and the 119 
     State veterans homes providing long-term care to veterans 
     that are represented by that association for their 
     contributions to the health care of veterans and the health-
     care system of the Nation.

  The message also announced that the House has passed the following 
bill, with an amendment, in which it requests the concurrence of the 
Senate:

       S. 203. An act to reduce temporarily the royalty required 
     to be paid for sodium produced, to establish certain National 
     Heritage Areas, and for other purposes.

  The message further announced that the House agrees to the amendments 
of the Senate to the bill (H.R. 4472) to protect children, to secure 
the safety of judges, prosecutors, law enforcement officers, and their 
family members, to reduce and prevent gang violence, and for other 
purposes.

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