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                        MESSAGE FROM THE SENATE

  A message from the Senate by Ms. Lasky, one of its clerks, announced 
that the Senate has agreed to the following resolution:

                              S. Res. 159

       Whereas, on June 10, 1932, John Bennett, Johnston, Jr. 
     (referred to in this preamble as ``Senator Johnston''), was 
     born in Shreveport, Louisiana;
       Whereas Senator Johnston graduated from C.E. Byrd High 
     School in Shreveport, and later attended Washington and Lee 
     University, the United States Military Academy at West Point, 
     and Louisiana State University Law School;
       Whereas Senator Johnston excelled in his academic pursuits 
     at Louisiana State University Law School, graduating with 
     distinction as a member of the Order of the Coif in 1956;
       Whereas Senator Johnston married Mary Hunter Gunn in 1956, 
     and they later had 4 children and 10 grandchildren;
       Whereas Senator Johnston served as a First Lieutenant in 
     the Army Judge Advocate General's Corps, and was stationed in 
     Germany from 1956 to 1959;
       Whereas Senator Johnston began his career in public service 
     to the State of Louisiana as a member of the Louisiana House 
     of Representatives from 1964 to 1968, where he served as 
     floor leader before his election to the Louisiana State 
     Senate, where he served from 1968 to 1972;
       Whereas the people of the State of Louisiana elected 
     Senator Johnston to represent the State of Louisiana in the 
     Senate, where he served from 1972 to 1997;
       Whereas Senator Johnston served on several important 
     committees throughout his Senate career, including--
       (1) the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources;
       (2) the Committee on Appropriations;
       (3) the Committee on the Budget;
       (4) the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship;
       (5) the Special Committee on Aging; and
       (6) the Select Committee on Intelligence;
       Whereas his tenure as Chair of the Senate Committee on 
     Energy and Natural Resources from 1987 to 1995 cemented the 
     legacy of Senator Johnston as guiding the energy policy of 
     the United States;
       Whereas Senator Johnston achieved many legislative triumphs 
     important to the State of Louisiana during his tenure in the 
     Senate, supporting and passing legislation on--
       (1) flood control and hurricane protection;
       (2) natural resource conservation;
       (3) expanding offshore oil and gas drilling off the coast 
     of the State of Louisiana;
       (4) deregulating the natural gas industry; and
       (5) national energy security, including Senate Bill 2166, 
     102d Congress, a comprehensive energy measure providing for 
     national security and reducing the dependency of the United 
     States on foreign energy;
       Whereas Senator Johnston championed legislation to create 
     national wildlife refuges, to preserve more than 120,000 
     acres of Louisiana-inland wetlands, and to honor the rich 
     history of the State of Louisiana through the establishment 
     of the New Orleans Jazz National Historical Park and the Cane 
     River Creole National Historical Park;
       Whereas Senator Johnston lived to be 92 years old; and
       Whereas, throughout his life, Senator Johnston served the 
     State of Louisiana and the United States with integrity and 
     distinction, and never wavered in his commitment to honorable 
     public service: Now, therefore, be it
       Resolved, That--
       (A) has heard with profound sorrow and deep regret the 
     announcement of the death of the HonorableJohn Bennett 
     Johnston, Jr. (referred to in this resolution as ``Honorable 
     Bennett Johnston''), former Senator from the State of 
     Louisiana; and
       (B) respectfully requests that the Secretary of the 
     Senate--
       (i) communicate this resolution to the House of 
     Representatives; and
       (ii) transmit an enrolled copy of this resolution to the 
     family of the Honorable Bennett Johnston; and
       (2) when the Senate adjourns on the date of the adoption of 
     this resolution, the Senate stands adjourned as a further 
     mark of respect to the memory of the Honorable Bennett 
     Johnston.
  The message also announced that pursuant to Public Law 117-263, the 
Chair, on behalf of the Democratic Leader, announces the appointment of 
the following individuals to serve as members of the Commission on 
Reform

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and Modernization of the Department of State:
  The Senator from Delaware (Mr. Coons).
  Michael C. Casey of the District of Columbia.
  The message also announced that pursuant to 10 U.S.C. 8468(a), as 
amended by Public Law 118-159, the Chair, on behalf of the Democratic 
Leader, appoints the following Senators to the Board of Visitors of the 
U.S. Naval Academy:
  The Senator from New Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen) (Committee on 
Appropriations).
  The Senator from Maryland (Mr. Van Hollen).
  The message also announced that pursuant to Public Law 99-661, the 
Chair, on behalf of the Democratic Leader, appoints the following 
individual to be a member of the Board of Trustees of the Barry 
Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation:
  The Senator from Arizona (Mr. Kelly) vice Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona.
  The message also announced that pursuant to the provisions of Public 
Law 118-49, the Chair, on behalf of the Democratic Leader, and in 
consultation with the Vice Chair of the Select Committee on 
Intelligence of the Senate and the Ranking Member of the Committee on 
the Judiciary of the Senate, appoints the following individuals to 
serve as members of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) 
Reform Commission:
  The Senator from Georgia (Mr. Ossoff).
  Alexander W. Joel of Maryland.
  David S. Kris of Washington.

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