[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 105 (Tuesday, June 24, 2008)]
[Senate]
[Pages S6015-S6016]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ENROLLED BILLS SIGNED

  The President pro tempore (Mr. Byrd) announced that on today, June 
24, 2008, he had signed the following enrolled bills, previously signed 
by the Speaker of the House:

       H.R. 634. An act to require the Secretary of the Treasury 
     to mint coins in commemoration of veterans who became 
     disabled for life while serving in the Armed Forces of the 
     United States.
       H.R. 814. An act to require the Consumer Product Safety 
     Commission to issue regulations mandating child-resistant 
     closures on all portable gasoline containers.
       H.R. 5778. An act to preserve the independence of the 
     District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority.
       S. 188. An act to revise the short title of the Fannie Lou 
     Hamer, Rosa Parks, and Coretta Scott King Voting Rights Act 
     Reauthorization and Amendments Act of 2006.
       S. 254. An act to award posthumously a Congressional gold 
     medal to Constantino Brumidi.
       S. 682. An act to award a congressional gold medal to 
     Edward William Brooke III in

[[Page S6016]]

     recognition of his unprecedented and enduring service to our 
     Nation.
       S. 1692. An act to grant a Federal charter to Korean War 
     Veterans Association, Incorporated.
       S. 2146. An act to authorize the Administrator of the 
     Environmental Protection Agency to accept, as part of a 
     settlement, diesel emission reduction Supplemental 
     Environmental Projects, and for other purposes.
                                  ____

  At 3:25 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. 2452. An act to amend the Federal Water Pollution 
     Control Act to ensure that publicly owned treatment works 
     monitor for and report sewer overflows, and for other 
     purposes.
       H.R. 4044. An act to amend title 11 of the United States 
     Code to exempt for a limited period, from the application of 
     the means-test presumption of abuse under chapter 7, 
     qualifying members of reserve components of the Armed Forces 
     and members of the National Guard who, after September 11, 
     2001, are called to active duty or to perform a homeland 
     defense activity for not less than 90 days.
       H.R. 5001. An act to authorize the Administrator of General 
     Services to provide for the redevelopment of the Old Post 
     Office Building located in the District of Columbia.
       H.R. 6040. An act to amend the Water Resources Development 
     Act of 2007 to clarify the authority of the Secretary of the 
     Army to provide reimbursement for travel expenses incurred by 
     members of the Committee on Levee Safety.
       H.R. 6109. An act to amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster 
     Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to reauthorize the pre-
     disaster hazard mitigation program, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 6331. An act to amend titles XVIII and XIX of the 
     Social Security Act to extend expiring provisions under the 
     Medicare Program, to improve beneficiary access to preventive 
     and mental health services, to enhance low-income benefit 
     programs, and to maintain access to care in rural areas, 
     including pharmacy access, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 6344. An act to provide emergency authority to delay 
     or toll judicial proceedings in United States district and 
     circuit courts, and for other purposes.
  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. 2. Concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the 
Congress that children in the United States should understand and 
appreciate the contributions of individuals from the territories of the 
United States and the contributions of such individuals in United 
States history.
       H. Con. Res. 372. Concurrent resolution supporting the 
     goals and ideals of Black Music Month and to honor the 
     outstanding contributions that African-American singers and 
     musicians have made to the United States.

  The message further announced that pursuant to section 4(a) of the 
Commission on the Abolition of the Transatlantic Slave Trade (Public 
Law 110-183), and the order of the House of January 4, 2007, the 
Speaker appoints the following members on the part of the House of 
Representatives to the Commission on the Abolition of the Transatlantic 
Slave Trade:
  Mr. Donald Payne of Newark, New Jersey.
  Mr. Howard Dodson of New York, New York.
  Ms. Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham of Cambridge, Massachusetts.
                                  ____

  At 6:21 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. 6327. An act to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to extend the funding and expenditure authority of the 
     Airport and Airway Trust Fund, and for other purposes.

  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. 379. Concurrent resolution providing for a 
     conditional adjournment of the House of Representatives and a 
     conditional recess or adjournment of the Senate.

                          ____________________