[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 118 (Thursday, July 17, 2008)]
[Senate]
[Page S6935]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         MESSAGE FROM THE HOUSE

  At 4:00 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. 415. An act to amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to 
     designate segments of the Taunton River in the Commonwealth 
     of Massachusetts as a component of the National Wild and 
     Scenic Rivers System.
       H.R. 5959. An act to authorize appropriations for fiscal 
     year 2009 for intelligence and intelligence-related 
     activities of the United States Government, the Community 
     Management Account, and the Central Intelligence Agency 
     Retirement and Disability System, 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. 295. Concurrent resolution expressing the 
     deepest appreciation of Congress to the families of members 
     of the United States Armed Forces.

  The message further announced that the House insists upon its 
amendment to the bill (S. 2062) to amend the Native American Housing 
Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 to reauthorize that Act, 
and for other purposes, and requests a conference with the Senate on 
the disagreeing votes of the two Houses thereon, and appoints the 
following Members as managers of the conference on the part of the 
House: Mr. Frank of Massachusetts, Ms. Waters, Mr. Watt, Mr. Al Green 
of Texas, Mr. Cleaver, Mr. Bachus, Mrs. Capito, and Mr. Pearce.
  The message also announced that the House has agreed to the amendment 
of the Senate to the text of the bill (H.R. 3890) 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 
in applicable, expand the blocking of assets and other prohibited 
activities, and for other purposes, with amendments, in which it 
requests the concurrence of the Senate.

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