[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 6]
[House]
[Page 8413]
[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 agreed to the following resolution:

                              S. Res. 481

       Whereas Jacob Chic Hecht served as a special agent in the 
     United States Army Intelligence Corps;
       Whereas Jacob Chic Hecht served the people of Nevada with 
     distinction from 1983 to 1989 in the United States Senate;
       Whereas Jacob Chic Hecht served as United States Ambassador 
     to the Bahamas from 1989 until 1994;
       Resolved, That the Senate has heard with profound sorrow 
     and deep regret the announcement of the death of Jacob Chic 
     Hecht, former member of the United States Senate.
       Resolved, That the Secretary of the Senate communicate 
     these resolutions to the House of Representatives and 
     transmit an enrolled copy thereof to the family of the 
     deceased.
       Resolved, That when the Senate adjourns today, it stand 
     adjourned as a further mark of respect to the memory of the 
     Honorable Jacob Chic Hecht.

  The message also announced that the Senate has passed a bill of the 
following title in which concurrence of the House is requested:

       S. 879. An act to make improvements to the Arctic Research 
     and Policy Act of 1984.

  The message also announced that pursuant to section 214 of title II, 
Public Law 107-252, the Chair, on behalf of the Majority Leader, 
appoints the following individual to serve as a member of the Election 
Assistance Board of Advisors:
  Wesley R. Kliner, Jr. of Tennessee.

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