[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 134 (Thursday, December 7, 2006)]
[Senate]
[Page S11495]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        MESSAGES FROM THE HOUSE

  At 1:07 p.m., a message from the House of Representatives, delivered 
by Mr. Hays, one of its reading clerks, announced that the House has 
passed the following bills, in which it requests the concurrence of the 
Senate:

       H.R. 1458. An act to require any Federal or State court to 
     recognize any notarization made by a notary public licensed 
     by a State other than the State where the court is located 
     when such notarization occurs in or affects interstate 
     commerce.
       H.R. 4997. An act to extend for 2 years the authority to 
     grant waivers of the foreign country residence requirement 
     with respect to certain international medical graduates.
       H.R. 5280. An act to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and 
     Cosmetic Act with respect to the distribution of the drug 
     dextromethorphan, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 5798. An act to amend the Public Health Service Act to 
     modify the program for the sanctuary system for surplus 
     chimpanzees by terminating the authority for the removal of 
     chimpanzees from the system for research purposes.

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

       H. Con. Res. 484. Concurrent resolution commending The New 
     York Institute for Special Education for providing excellent 
     education for students with blindness and visual disabilities 
     for 175 years, and for broadening its mission to provide the 
     same quality education to students with emotional and 
     learning disabilities.
       H. Con. Res. 497. Concurrent resolution to honor the memory 
     of Arnold ``Red'' Auerbach.

  The message further announced that the House passed the bill (S. 
2125) to promote relief, security, and democracy in the Democratic 
Republic of the Congo with an amendment, in which it requests the 
concurrence of the Senate.

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