[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 19]
[House]
[Page 25492]
[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. 315

       In the Senate of the United States, October 21, 2009.
       Whereas Cliff Hansen worked as a cattle rancher and was 
     inducted into the National Cowboy Hall of Fame as a ``Great 
     Westerner;''
       Whereas Cliff Hansen served as governor of the State of 
     Wyoming from 1963-1967;
       Whereas Cliff Hansen served the people of Wyoming with 
     distinction in the United States from 1967-1978; and
       Whereas Cliff Hansen was the oldest former Senator at the 
     time of his death: Now, therefore be it
       Resolved, That the Senate has heard with profound sorrow 
     and deep regret the announcement of the death of the 
     Honorable Cliff Hansen, 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 Cliff Hansen.

  The message also announced that the Senate agrees 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. 2647) ``An Act to 
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2010 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, to provide special pays and 
allowances to certain members of the Armed Forces, expand concurrent 
receipt of military retirement and VA disability benefits to disabled 
military retirees, and for other purposes.''.

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