[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 155 (Monday, October 15, 2007)]
[Senate]
[Page S12862]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         MESSAGE FROM THE HOUSE

  At 2:03 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 bills, in which it requests the concurrence of the 
Senate:

       H.R. 400. An act to prohibit profiteering and fraud 
     relating to military action, relief, and reconstruction 
     efforts, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 814. An act to require the Consumer Product Safety 
     Commission to issue regulations mandating child-resisted 
     closures on all portable gasoline containers.
       H.R. 1699. An act to direct Consumer Product Safety 
     Commission to require certain manufacturers to provide 
     consumer product registration forms to facilitate recalls of 
     durable infant and toddler products.
       H.R. 1721. An act to increase the safety of swimming pools 
     and spas by requiring the use of proper anti-entrapment drain 
     covers and pool and spa drainage systems, by establishing a 
     swimming pool safety grant program administered by the 
     Consumer Product Safety Commission to encourage States to 
     improve their pool and spa safety laws and to educate the 
     public about pool and spa safety, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 2185. An act to amend the Tropical Forest Conservation 
     Act of 1998 to provide debt relief to developing countries 
     that take action to protect tropical forests and coral reefs 
     and associated coastal marine ecosystems, to reauthorize such 
     Act through fiscal year 2010, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 2474. An act to provide for an increased maximum civil 
     penalty for violations under the Consumer Product Safety Act.
       H.R. 2553. An act to amend the State Department Basic 
     Authorities Act of 1956 to provide for the establishment and 
     maintenance of existing libraries and resource centers at 
     United States diplomatic and consular missions to provide 
     information about American culture, society, and history, and 
     for other purposes.
       H.R. 2895. An act to establish the National Affordable 
     Housing Trust Fund in the Treasury of the United States to 
     provide for the construction, rehabilitation, and 
     preservation of decent, safe, and affordable housing for low-
     income families.
       H.R. 3056. An act to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to repeal the authority of the Internal Revenue Service 
     to use private debt collection companies, to delay 
     implementation of withholding taxes on government 
     contractors, to revise the tax rules on expatriation, and for 
     other purposes.
       H.R. 3308. An act to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 216 East Main Street in 
     Atwood, Indiana, as the ``Lance Corporal David K. Fribley 
     Post Office''.
       H.R. 3518. An act to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 1430 South Highway 29 in 
     Cantonment, Florida, as the ``Charles H. Hendrix Post Office 
     Building''.
       H.R. 3530. An act to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 1400 Highway 41 North in 
     Inverness, Florida, as the ``Chief Warrant Officer Aaron 
     Weaver Post Office Building''.

  The message also announced that the House has agreed to the following 
resolution:

       H. Res. 717. Resolution relative to the death of the 
     Honorable Jo Ann Davis, a Representative from the 
     Commonwealth of Virginia.

  The message further announced that the House agreed to the amendment 
of the Senate to the bill (H.R. 1124) to extend the District of 
Columbia College Access Act of 1999.

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