[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 153 (Thursday, September 25, 2008)]
[Senate]
[Pages S9487-S9488]
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 9:33 a.m., a message from the House of Representatives, delivered 
by Mrs. Cole, one of its reading clerks, announced that the Speaker has 
signed the following enrolled bills:

       S. 1760. An act to amend the Public Health Service Act with 
     respect to the Healthy Start Initiative.
       S. 3241. 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. 923. An act to provide for the investigation of 
     certain unsolved civil rights crimes, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 1199. An act to extend the grant program for drug-
     endangered children.
       H.R. 5834. An act to amend the North Korean Human Rights 
     Act of 2004 to promote respect for the fundamental human 
     rights of the people of North Korea, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 6984. An act to amend title 49, United States Code, to 
     extend authorizations for the airport improvement program, 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.
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  At 12:25 p.m., a message from the House of Representatives, delivered 
by Mrs. Cole, one of its reading clerks, announced that the House 
agrees to the amendment of the Senate to the bill (H. R. 2638) making 
appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security for the fiscal 
year ending September 20, 2008, and for other purposes, with an

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amendment, in which it requests the concurrence of the Senate.
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  At 2:30 p.m., a message from the House of Representatives, delivered 
by Mr. Zapata, one of its reading clerks, announced that the House 
agrees to the amendment of the Senate to the bill (H.R. 2095) to amend 
title 49, United States Code, to prevent railroad fatalities, injuries 
and hazardous materials releases, to authorize the Federal Railroad 
Safety Administration, and for other purposes, with an amendment, in 
which it requests the concurrence of the Senate.
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  At 3:07 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. 2583. An act to amend title VII of the Public Health 
     Service Act to establish a loan program for eligible 
     hospitals to establish residency in training programs.
       H.R. 3511. An act to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 2150 East Hardtner Drive in 
     Urania, Louisiana, as the ``Murphy A. Tannehill Post Office 
     Building.''
       H.R. 5265. An act to amend the Public Health Service Act to 
     provide for research with respect to various forms of 
     muscular dystrophy, including Becker, congenital, distal, 
     Duchenne, Emery-Dreifuss facioscapulohumeral, limb-girdle, 
     myotonic, and oculopharyngeal, muscular dystrophies.
       H.R. 6198. An act to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 1700 Cleveland Avenue in 
     Kansas City, Missouri, as the ``Reverend Earl Abel Post 
     Office Building.''
       H.R. 6353. An act to amend the Controlled Substances Act to 
     address online pharmacies.
       H.R. 6406. An act to elevate the Inspector General of the 
     Commodity Futures Trading Commission to an Inspector General 
     appointed pursuant to section 3 of the Inspector General Act 
     of 1978.
       H.R. 6849. An act to amend the commodity provisions of the 
     Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 to permit 
     producers to aggregate base acres and reconstitute farms to 
     avoid the prohibition on receiving direct payments, counter-
     cyclical payments, or average crop revenue election payments 
     when the sum of the base acres of a farm is 10 acres or less, 
     and for other purposes.
       H.R. 6874. An act to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 156 Taunton Avenue in 
     Seekonk Massachusetts, as the ``Lance Corporal Eric Paul 
     Valdepenas Post Office Building.''
       H.R. 6908. An act to require that limitations and 
     restrictions on coverage under group health plans be timely 
     disclosed to group health plan sponsors and timely 
     communicated to participants and beneficiaries under such 
     plans in a form that is easily understandable.

  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. 223. Concurrent resolution honoring 
     professional surveyors and recognizing their contributions to 
     society.
       H. Con. Res. 351. Concurrent resolution honoring the 225th 
     anniversary of the Continental Congress meeting in Nassau 
     Hall, Princeton, New Jersey, in 1783.
       H. Con. Res. 386. Concurrent resolution recognizing and 
     celebrating the 232d anniversary of the signing of the 
     Declaration of Independence.

  The message further announced that the House has passed the following 
bills, without amendment:

       S. 2606. An act to reauthorize the United States Fire 
     Administration, and for other purposes.
       S. 3009. An act to designate the Federal Bureau of 
     Investigation building under construction in Omaha, Nebraska, 
     as the ``J. James Exon Federal Bureau of Investigation 
     Building.''
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  At 6:50 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. 160. An act to amend the American Battlefield 
     Protection Act of 1996 to establish a battlefield acquisition 
     grant program for the acquisition and protection of 
     nationally significant battlefields and associated sites of 
     the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812, and for other 
     purposes.
       H.R. 758. An act to require that health plans provide 
     coverage for a minimum hospital stay for mastectomies, 
     lumpectomies, and lymph node dissection for the treatment of 
     breast cancer and coverage for secondary consultations.
       H.R. 1532. An act to amend the Public Health Service Act 
     with respect to making progress toward the goal of 
     eliminating tuberculosis, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 2933. An act to amend the American Battlefield 
     Protection Act of 1996 to extend the authorization for that 
     Act, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 2994. An act to amend the Public Health Service Act 
     with respect to pain care.
       H.R. 4544. An act to require the issuance of medals to 
     recognize the dedication and valor of Native American code 
     talkers.
       H.R. 4828. An act to amend the Palo Alto Battlefield 
     National Historic Site Act of 1991 to expand the boundaries 
     of the historic site, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 6323. An act to establish a research, development, 
     demonstration, and commercial application program to promote 
     research of appropriate technologies for heavy duty plug-in 
     hybrid vehicles and for other purposes.
       H.R. 6980. An act to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to increase the 
     amount of the Medal of Honor special pension provided under 
     that title by up to $1,000.

  The message also announced that the House has passed the following 
bills with an amendment, in which it requests the concurrence of the 
Senate:

       S. 2162. An act to improve the treatment and services 
     provided by the Department of Veterans Affairs to veterans 
     with post-traumatic stress disorder and substance use 
     disorders, and for other purposes.
       S. 3023. An act to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     improve and enhance compensation and pension, housing, labor 
     and education, and insurance benefits for veterans, and for 
     other purposes.

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