[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 195 (Wednesday, December 19, 2007)]
[Senate]
[Pages S15999-S16000]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ENROLLED BILLS SIGNED

  At 3:52 p.m., a message from the House of Representatives, delivered 
by Mr. Hanrahan, one of its reading clerks, announced that the Speaker 
has signed the following enrolled bills:

       H.R. 2761. An act to extend the Terrorism Insurance Program 
     of the Department of the Treasury, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 3648. An act to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to exclude discharges of indebtedness on principle 
     residences from gross income, and for other purposes.

  The enrolled bills were subsequently signed by the President pro 
tempore (Mr. Byrd).
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  At 5:46 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 amendment of the Senate to the bill (H.R. 3996) to amend 
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend certain expiring 
provisions, and for other purposes.
  The message also announced that the resolution from the Senate (S. 
Con. Res. 61) providing for a conditional adjournment or recess of the 
Senate, and a conditional adjournment of the House of Representatives, 
do pass with amendments, in which it requests the concurrence of the 
Senate.
  The message further announced that the House has passed the following 
bill, without amendment:

       S. 2499. An act to amend titles XVIII, XIX, and XXI of the 
     Social Security Act to extend provisions under the Medicare, 
     Medicaid, and SCHIP programs, and for other purposes.

  The message also announced that the House has passed the following 
bill, in which it requests the concurrence of the Senate:

       H.R. 4040. An act to establish consumer product safety 
     standards and other safety requirements for children's 
     products and to reauthorize and modernize the Consumer 
     Product Safety Commission.

  The message further announced that pursuant to section 1238(b)(3) of 
the Floyd D. Spence National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2001 (22 U.S.C. 7002), amended by division P of the Consolidated 
Appropriations Resolution, 2003 (22 U.S.C. 6901), and the order of the 
House of January 4, 2007, the Speaker reappoints the following members 
on the part of the House of Representatives to the United States-China 
Economic and Security Review Commission for terms to expire December 
31, 2009: Ms. Carolyn Bartholomew of the District of Colombia, and Mr. 
Jeffrey L. Fiedler of Great Falls, Virginia.
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  At 6:57 p.m., a message from the House of Representatives, delivered 
by Mr. Hanrahan, one of its reading clerks, announced that the House 
agrees to the amendment of the Senate to Amendment #2 of the House to 
the amendment of the Senate to the bill (H.R. 2764) making 
appropriations for the Department of State, foreign operations, and 
related programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2008, and for 
other purposes.
  The message also announced that the House agrees to the amendment of 
the Senate to the bill (H.R. 2640) to improve the National Instant 
Criminal Background Check System, and for other purposes.
  The message further announced that the House has passed the following 
bills, without amendment:

       S. 1916. 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.
       S. 2436. An act to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to clarify the term of the Commissioner of Internal Revenue.

  The message also announced that the House has passed the following 
bill, in which it requests the concurrence of the Senate:

       H.R. 4839. An act to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to make technical corrections, and for other purposes.

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