[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 147 (Tuesday, September 16, 2008)]
[Senate]
[Page S8852]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        MESSAGES FROM THE HOUSE

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                         ENROLLED BILLS SIGNED

  At 11:05 a.m., a message from the House of Representatives, delivered 
by Ms. Brandon, one of its reading clerks, announced that the Speaker 
has signed the following enrolled bills:

       S. 2403. An act to designate the United States courthouse 
     located in the 700 block of East Broad Street, Richmond, 
     Virginia, as the ``Spottswood W. Robinson III and Robert R. 
     Merhige Jr., United States Courthouse''.
       S. 2617. An act to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     codify increases in the rates of compensation for veterans 
     with service-connected disabilities and the rates of 
     dependency and indemnity compensation for the survivors of 
     certain disabled veterans that were effective as of December 
     1, 2007, to provide for an increase in the rates of such 
     compensation effective December 1, 2008, and for other 
     purposes.

  The enrolled bills were subsequently signed by the President pro 
tempore (Mr. Byrd).
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  At 6:18 p.m., a message from the House of Representatives, delivered 
by Mrs. Cole, announced that the House has passed the following bills, 
in which it requests the concurrence of the Senate:

       H.R. 5167. An act to terminate the authority of the 
     President to waive, with regard to Iraq, certain provisions 
     under the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
     2008 unless certain conditions are met.
       H.R. 6889. An act to extend the authority of the Secretary 
     of Education to purchase guaranteed student loans for an 
     additional year, 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. 390. Concurrent resolution honoring the 28th 
     Infantry Division for serving and protecting the United 
     States.

  The message further announced that the House agrees to the amendments 
of the Senate to the bill (H.R. 5938) to amend title 18, United States 
Code, to provide secret service protection to former Vice Presidents, 
and for other purposes.

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