[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 121 (Thursday, July 26, 2007)]
[Senate]
[Page S10148]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        MESSAGES FROM THE HOUSE

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                          ENROLLED BILL SIGNED

  At 10:08 a.m., a message from the House of Representatives, delivered 
by Ms. Niland, one of its reading clerks, announced that the Speaker 
has signed the following enrolled bill:

       H.R. 2429. An act to amend title XVIII of the Social 
     Security Act to provide an exception to the 60-day limit on 
     Medicare reciprocal billing arrangements between two 
     physicians during the period in which one of the physicians 
     is ordered to active duty as a member of a reserve component 
     of the Armed Forces.

  The enrolled bill was subsequently signed by the President pro 
tempore (Mr. Byrd).
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  At 12:41 p.m., a message from the House of Representatives, delivered 
by Ms. Niland, one of its reading clerks, announced that the House 
disagrees to the amendment of the Senate to the bill (H.R. 1495) to 
provide for the conservation and development of water and related 
resources, to authorize the Secretary of the Army to construct various 
projects for improvements to rivers and harbors of the United States, 
and for other purposes, and agrees to the conference asked by the 
Senate on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses thereon.
  Ordered, that the following Members be the managers of the conference 
on the part of the House:
       From the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 
     for consideration of the House bill and the Senate amendment, 
     and modifications committed to conference: Mr. Oberstar, Ms. 
     Eddie Bernice Johnson of Texas, Mrs. Tauscher, Messrs. Baird, 
     Higgins, Mitchell, Kagen, McNerney, Mica, Duncan, Ehlers, 
     Baker, Brown of South Carolina, and Boozman.
  From the Committee on Natural Resources, for consideration of 
sections 2014, 2023, and 6009 of the House bill, and sections 3023, 
5008, and 5016 of the Senate amendment, and modifications committed to 
conference: Mr. Rahall, Mrs. Napolitano, and Mrs. McMorris Rodgers.
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  At 3:32 p.m., a message from the House of Representatives, delivered 
by Ms. Niland, one of its reading clerks, announced that the House has 
passed the following bill, in which it requests the concurrence of the 
Senate:

       H.R. 2929. An act to limit the use of funds to establish 
     any military installation or base for the purpose of 
     providing for the permanent stationing of United States Armed 
     Forces in Iraq or to exercise United States economic control 
     of the oil resources of Iraq.

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

       H. Con. Res. 187. Concurrent resolution expressing the 
     sense of Congress regarding the dumping of industrial waste 
     into the Great Lakes.

  The message further announced that pursuant to 14 U.S.C. 194(a), and 
the order of the House of January 4, 2007, the Speaker appoints the 
following Members of the House of Representatives to the Board of 
Visitors to the United States Coast Guard Academy: Mr. Michaud of 
Maine, Ms. Hirono of Hawaii, and Mr. Mica of Florida.
  The message also announced that pursuant to 14 U.S.C. 194(a), and the 
order of the House of January 4, 2007, the Speaker appoints the 
following Members of the House of Representatives to the Board of 
Visitors to the United States Coast Guard Academy: Mr. Courtney of 
Connecticut and Mr. Shays of Connecticut.

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