[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 193 (Monday, December 17, 2007)]
[House]
[Page H15528]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    FURTHER MESSAGE FROM THE SENATE

  A further message from the Senate by Ms. Curtis, one of its clerks, 
announced that the Senate had agreed to the following resolution

                              S. Res. 407

       Resolved, That the Senate has heard with profound sorrow 
     and deep regret the announcement of the death of the 
     Honorable Julia Carson, late a Representative from the State 
     of Indiana.
       Resolved, That the Secretary communicate these resolutions 
     to the House of Representatives and transmit an enrolled copy 
     thereof to the family of the deceased.
       Resolved, That when the Senate adjourns or recesses today, 
     it stand adjourned or recessed as a further mark of respect 
     to the memory of the deceased Representative.

  The message also announced that the Senate has passed without an 
amendment a bill of the House of the following title:

       H.R. 3703. An act to amend section 5112(p)(1)(A) of title 
     31, United States Code, to allow an exception from the $1 
     coin dispensing capability requirement for certain vending 
     machines.

  The message also announced that the Senate has passed with amendments 
bills of the House of the following titles:

       H.R. 660. An act to amend title 18, United States Code, to 
     protect judges, prosecutors, witnesses, victims, and their 
     family members, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 3690. An act to provide for the transfer of the 
     Library of Congress police to the United States Capitol 
     Police, and for other purposes.

  The message also announced that the Senate has passed without an 
amendment a concurrent resolution of the House of the following title:

       H. Con. Res. 264. Concurrent resolution honoring the 
     University of Hawaii for its 100 years of commitment to 
     public high education.

  The message also announced that the Senate has passed bills of the 
following titles in which the concurrence of the House is requested:

       S. 274. An Act to amend chapter 23 of title 5, United 
     States Code, to clarify the disclosures of information 
     protected from prohibited personnel practices, require a 
     statement in nondisclosure policies, forms, and agreements 
     that such policies, forms, and agreements conform with 
     certain disclosure protections, provide certain authority for 
     the Special Counsel, and for other purposes.
       S. 781. An Act to extend the authority of the Federal Trade 
     Commission to collect Do-Not-Call Registry fees to fiscal 
     years after fiscal year 2007.
       S. 2096. 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.

  The message also announced that the Senate agrees to the House 
amendments to the Senate amendment to the bill (H.R. 797) ``An Act 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.''

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