[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 190 (Wednesday, December 12, 2007)]
[Senate]
[Pages S15231-S15232]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        MESSAGES FROM THE HOUSE

  At 2:24 p.m., a message from the House of Representatives, delivered 
by Mrs. Cole, 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. 123. An act to authorize appropriations for the San 
     Gabriel Basin Restoration Fund.
       H.R. 1413. An act to direct the Assistant Secretary of 
     Homeland Security (Transportation Security Administration) to 
     address vulnerabilities in aviation security by carrying out 
     a pilot program to screen airport workers with access to 
     secure and sterile areas of airports, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 2601. An act to extend the authority of the Federal 
     Trade Commission to collect fees to administer and enforce 
     the provisions relating to the ``Do-not-call'' registry of 
     the Telemarketing Sales Rule.
       H.R. 3079. An act to amend the joint resolution that 
     approved the covenant establishing the Commonwealth of the 
     Northern Mariana Islands, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 3541. An act to amend the Do-not-call Implementation 
     Act to eliminate the automatic removal of telephone numbers 
     registered on the Federal ``do-not-call'' registry.
       H.R. 3739. An act to amend the Arizona Water Settlements 
     Act to modify the requirements for the statement of findings.
       H.R. 3890. An act to amend the Burmese Freedom and 
     Democracy Act of 2003 to impose import sanctions on Burmese 
     gemstones, expand the number of individuals against whom the 
     visa ban is applicable, expand the blocking of assets and 
     other prohibited activities, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 3986. An act to amend the John F. Kennedy Center Act 
     to authorize appropriations for the John F. Kennedy Center 
     for the Performing Arts, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 4009. An act to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 567 West Nepessing Street in 
     Lapeer, Michigan, as the ``Turrill Post Office Building''.
       H.R. 4108. An act to amend section 3328 of title 5, United 
     States Code, relating to Selective Service registration.
       H.R. 4343. An act to amend title 49, United States Code, to 
     modify age standards for pilots engaged in commercial 
     aviation operations.

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

       H. Con. Res. 215. Concurrent resolution supporting the 
     designation of a week as ``National Cardiopulmonary 
     Resuscitation and Automated External Defibrillator Awareness 
     Week''.
       H. Con. Res. 261. Concurrent resolution commemorating the 
     centennial anniversary of the sailing of the Navy's ``Great 
     White Fleet,'' launched by President Theodore Roosevelt on 
     December 16, 1907, from Hampton Roads, Virginia, and 
     returning there on February 22, 1909.
       H. Con. Res. 264. Concurrent resolution honoring the 
     University of Hawaii for its 100 years of commitment to 
     public higher education.

  The message further announced that the House agrees to the amendment 
of the Senate to the bill (H.R. 797) to amend title 38, United States 
Code, to improve compensation benefits for veterans in certain cases of 
impairment of vision involving both eyes, to provide for the use of the 
National Directory of New Hires for income verification purposes, to 
extend the authority of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide an 
educational assistance allowance for qualifying work study activities, 
and to authorize the provision of bronze representations of the letter 
``V'' for the graves of eligible individuals buried in private 
cemeteries in lieu of Government-provided headstones or markers, with 
amendments, in which it requests the concurrence of the Senate.
  The message also announced that the House has passed the bill (S. 
597) to extend the special postage stamp for breast cancer research for 
4 years, with amendments, in which it requests the concurrence of the 
Senate.
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  At 4:18 p.m., a message from the House of Representatives, delivered 
by Mrs. Cole, one of its reading clerks, announced that the House has 
agreed to the following concurrent resolution, in which it requests the 
concurrence of the Senate:

       H. Con. Res. 269. Concurrent resolution directing the Clerk 
     of the House of Representatives to correct the enrollment of 
     the bill H.R. 1585.
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  At 5:22 p.m., a message from the House of Representatives, delivered 
by Mrs. Cole, 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. 4299. An act to extend the Terrorism Insurance Program 
     of the Department of the Treasury, and for other purposes.

  The message also announced that the House agrees to the report of the 
committee of conference on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses on 
the amendment of the Senate to the bill (H.R. 1585) to authorize 
appropriations for fiscal year 2008 for military activities of the 
Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense 
activities of the Department of Energy,

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to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for 
other purposes.
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  At 7:29 p.m., a message from the House of Representatives, delivered 
by Mr. Hanrahan, 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. 4351. An act to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to provide individuals temporary relief from the 
     alternative minimum tax, and for other purposes.

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