[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 176 (Tuesday, December 9, 2003)]
[Senate]
[Pages S16117-S16118]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




             MESSAGE FROM THE HOUSE RECEIVED DURING RECESS

  The Secretary of the Senate, during the recess of the Senate, 
received a message from the House of Representatives announcing that 
the Speaker has signed the following enrolled bills and joint 
resolution:

       S. 459. An act to ensure that a public safety officer who 
     suffers a fatal heart attack or stroke while on duty shall be 
     presumed to have died in the line of duty for purposes of 
     public safety officer survivor benefits.
       H.J. Res. 80. Joint resolution appointing the day for the 
     convening of the second session of the One Hundred Eighth 
     Congress.
       H.R. 1. An act to amend title XVIII of the Social Security 
     Act to provide for a voluntary program for prescription drug 
     coverage under the Medicare Program, to modernize the 
     Medicare Program, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to allow a deduction to individuals for amounts contributed 
     to health savings security accounts and health saving 
     accounts, to provide for the disposition of unused health 
     benefits in cafeteria plans and flexible spending 
     arrangements, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 1437. An act to improve the United States Code.
       H.R. 1813. An act to amend the Torture Victims Relief Act 
     of 1998 to authorize appropriations to provide assistance for 
     domestic and foreign centers and programs for the treatment 
     of victims of torture, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 2297. An act to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     improve benefits under laws administered by the Secretary of 
     Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 2622. An act to amend the Fair Credit Reporting Act, 
     to prevent identity theft, improve resolution of consumer 
     disputes, improve the accuracy of consumer records, make 
     improvements in the use of, and consumer access to, credit 
     information, and for other purposes.

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       H.R. 3287. An act to award congressional gold medals 
     posthumously on behalf of Reverend Joseph A. DeLaine, Harry 
     and Eliza Briggs, and Levi Pearson in recognition of their 
     contributions to the Nation as pioneers in the effort to 
     desegregate public schools that led directly to the landmark 
     desegregation case of Brown et al. v. the Board of Education 
     of Topeka et al.
       H.R. 3348. An act to reauthorize the ban on undetectable 
     firearms.

  Under the authority of the order of the Senate of November 25, 2003, 
on December 2, 2003, the enrolled bills and joint resolution were 
signed by the Acting President pro tempore (Mr. Frist).

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