[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 128 (Wednesday, July 30, 2008)]
[Senate]
[Page S7775]
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                        MESSAGES FROM THE HOUSE

  At 11:19 a.m., a message from the House of Representatives, delivered 
by Mrs. Cole, one of its reading clerks, announced that the House 
disagrees to the amendment of the Senate to the bill (H.R. 4137) to 
amend and extend the Higher Education Act of 1965, and for other 
purposes; it agrees to the conference asked by the Senate on the 
disagreeing votes of the two Houses thereon, and appoints the following 
as managers of the conference on the part of the House:
       From the Committee on Education and Labor, for 
     consideration of the House bill and the Senate amendment, and 
     modifications committed to conference: Messrs. George Miller 
     of California, Hinojosa, Tierney, Wu, Bishop of New York, 
     Altmire, Yarmuth, Courtney, Andrews, Scott of Virginia, Mrs. 
     Davis of California, Mr. Davis of Illinois, Ms. Hirono, 
     Messrs. Keller of Florida, Petri, Mrs. McMorris Rodgers, Ms. 
     Foxx, Messrs. Kuhl of New York, Walberg, Castle, Souder, 
     Ehlers, Mrs. Biggert, and Mr. McKeon.
  From the Committee on the Judiciary, for consideration of sections 
951 and 952 of the House bill, and sections 951 and 952 of the Senate 
amendment, and modifications committed to conference: Mr. Conyers, Ms. 
Waters, and Mr. Gohmert.
  From the Committee on Science and Technology, for consideration of 
sections 961 and 962 of the House bill, and section 804 of the Senate 
amendment, and modifications committed to conference: Messrs. Gordon of 
Tennessee, Baird, and Neugebauer.
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  At 12:18 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. 2192. An act to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     establish an Ombudsman within the Department of Veterans 
     Affairs.
       H.R. 2490. An act to require the Secretary of Homeland 
     Security to conduct a program in the maritime environment for 
     the mobile biometric identification of suspected individuals, 
     including terrorists, to enhance border security.
       H.R. 6098. An act to amend the Homeland Security Act of 
     2002 to improve the financial assistance provided to State, 
     local, and tribal governments for information sharing 
     activities, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 6113. An act to amend title 44, United States Code, to 
     require each agency to include contact information for the 
     agency in its collection of information.
       H.R. 6295. An act to enhance drug trafficking interdiction 
     by creating a Federal felony relating to operating or 
     embarking in a submersible or semi-submersible vessel without 
     nationality and on an international voyage.
       H.R. 6388. An act to provide additional authorities to the 
     Comptroller General of the United States, and for other 
     purposes.
       H.R. 6560. An act to establish an earned import allowance 
     program under Public Law 109-53, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 6580. An act to ensure the fair treatment of a member 
     of the Armed Forces who is discharged from the Armed Forces, 
     at the request of the member, pursuant to the Department of 
     Defense policy permitting the early discharge of a member who 
     is the only surviving child in a family in which the father 
     or mother, or one or more siblings, served in the Armed 
     Forces and, because of hazards incident to such service, was 
     killed, died as a result of wounds, accident, or disease, is 
     in a captured or missing in action status, or is permanently 
     disabled, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to 
     repeal the dollar limitation on contributions to funeral 
     trusts, and for other purposes.
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  At 1:15 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, without amendment:

       S. 3352. An act to temporarily extend the programs under 
     the Higher Education Act of 1965.

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

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