[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 150 (Monday, September 22, 2008)]
[Senate]
[Pages S9200-S9201]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        MESSAGES FROM THE HOUSE

  At 3:13 p.m., a message from the House of Representatives, delivered 
by Mr. Zapata, 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. 998. An act to direct the Librarian of Congress and 
     the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution to carry out a 
     joint project at the Library of Congress and the National 
     Museum of African American History and Culture to collect 
     video and audio recordings of personal histories and 
     testimonials of individuals who participated in the Civil 
     Rights movement, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 2352. An act to enhance the safety of elementary 
     schools, secondary schools, and institutions of higher 
     education.
       H.R. 2535. An act to direct the Secretary of the Interior 
     to conduct a study on the feasibility and suitability of 
     constructing a storage reservoir, outlet works, and a 
     delivery system for the Tule River Indian Tribe of California 
     to provide a water supply for domestic, municipal, 
     industrial, and agricultural purposes, and for other 
     purposes.
       H.R. 3036. An act to reauthorize and enhance the National 
     Environmental Education Act, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 3437. An act to authorize the Secretary of the 
     Interior to carry out the Jackson Gulch rehabilitation 
     project in the State of Colorado.
       H.R. 5293. An act to approve the settlement of the water 
     rights claims of the Shoshone Paiute Tribes of the Duck 
     Valley Reservation in Nevada, to require the Secretary of the 
     Interior to carry out the settlement, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 5350. An act to authorize the Secretary of Commerce to 
     sell or exchange certain National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
     Administration property located in Norfolk, Virginia, and for 
     other purposes.
       H.R. 5611. An act to reform the National Association of 
     Registered Agents and Brokers, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 5736. An act to designate the Department of Veterans 
     Affairs outpatient clinic in Gadsden, Alabama, as the Colonel 
     Ola Lee Mize Veterans Clinic.
       H.R. 6229. An act to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 2523 7th Avenue East in 
     North Saint Paul, Minnesota, as the ``Mayor William `Bill' 
     Sandberg Post Office Building''.
       H.R. 6338. An act to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 4233 West Hillsboro 
     Boulevard in Coconut Creek, Florida, as the ``Army SPC Daniel 
     Agami Post Office Building''.
       H.R. 6460. An act to amend the Federal Water Pollution 
     Control Act to provide for the remediation of sediment 
     contamination in areas of concern, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 6503. An act to amend the Violent Crime Control and 
     Law Enforcement Act of 1994 to reauthorize the Missing 
     Alzheimer's Disease Patient Alert Program.
       H.R. 6604. An act to amend the Commodity Exchange Act to 
     bring greater transparency and accountability to commodity 
     markets, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 6625. An act to require the Secretary of Veterans 
     Affairs to permit facilities of the Department of Veterans 
     Affairs to be designated as voter registration agencies, and 
     for other purposes.
       H.R. 6681. An act to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 300 Vine Street in New 
     Lenox, Illinois, as the ``Jacob M. Lowell Post Office 
     Building''.
       H.R. 6772. An act to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 1717 Orange Avenue in Fort 
     Pierce, Florida, as the ``CeeCee Ross Lyles Post Office 
     Building''.
       H.R. 6855. An act to extend the authority for the United 
     States Supreme Court Police

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     to protect court officials off the Supreme Court grounds, 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. 61. Concurrent resolution expressing the sense 
     of the Congress that the United States flag flown over the 
     United States Capitol should be lowered to half-mast one day 
     each month in honor of the brave men and women from the 
     United States who have lost their lives in military 
     conflicts.
       H. Con. Res. 388. Concurrent resolution expressing the 
     sense of Congress that the Department of Defense and the 
     Federal Voting Assistance Program should take certain 
     additional and timely measures to ensure that members of the 
     Armed Forces and their dependents and citizens living 
     overseas are provided with reasonable information on how to 
     register to vote and vote in the 2008 general elections.
       H. Con. Res. 408. Concurrent resolution recognizing North 
     Platte, Nebraska, as ``Rail Town USA''.
       H. Con. Res. 410. Concurrent resolution recognizing the FBI 
     on their 100th anniversary.
       H. Con. Res. 415. Concurrent resolution celebrating 75 
     years of effective State-based alcohol regulation and 
     recognizing State lawmakers, regulators, law enforcement 
     officers, the public health community and industry members 
     for creating a workable, legal, and successful system of 
     alcoholic beverage regulation, distribution, and sale.

  The message further announced that the House has passed the following 
bill and joint resolution, without amendment:

       S. 171. An act a bill to designate the facility of the 
     United States Postal Service located at 301 Commerce Street 
     in Commerce, Oklahoma, as the ``Mickey Mantle Post Office 
     Building''.
       S.J. Res. 35. Joint resolution to amend Public Law 108-331 
     to provide for the construction and related activities in 
     support of the Very Energetic Radiation Imaging Telescope 
     Array System (VERITAS) project in Arizona.

  The message also announced that the House agrees to the amendment of 
the Senate to be bill (H.R. 3986) to amend the John F. Kennedy Center 
Act to authorize appropriations for the John F. Kennedy Center for the 
Performing Arts, and for other purposes.

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