[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 158 (Tuesday, September 30, 2008)]
[Senate]
[Pages S10174-S10175]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         MESSAGE FROM THE HOUSE

  At 10:02 a.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 bills, in which it requests the concurrence of the 
Senate:

       H.R. 4131. An act to designate a portion of California 
     State Route 91 located in Los Angeles County, California, as 
     the ``Juanita Millender-McDonald Highway''.
       H.R. 6600. An act to amend title II of the Social Security 
     Act to prohibit the inclusion of Social Security account 
     numbers on Medicare cards.
       H.R. 6669. An act to provide that claims of the United 
     States to certain documents relating to Franklin Delano 
     Roosevelt shall be treated as waived and relinquished in 
     certain circumstances.
       H.R. 7017. An act to amend Public Law 100-573 to extend the 
     authorization of the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation 
     Area Citizen Advisory Commission.
       H.R. 7175. An act to amend the Small Business Act to 
     improve the section 7(a) lending program, and for other 
     purposes.
       H.R. 7198. An act to establish the Stephanie Tubbs Jones 
     Gift of Life Medal for organ donors and the family of organ 
     donors.
       H.R. 7216. An act to amend section 3328 of title 5, United 
     States Code, relating to Selective Service registration.
       H.R. 7217. An act to amend title 40, United States Code, to 
     enhance authorities with regard to real property that has yet 
     to be reported excess, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 7222. An act to extend the Andean Trade Preference 
     Act, and for other purposes.

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

       S. 1276. An act to facilitate the creation of 
     methamphetamine precursor electronic logbook systems, and for 
     other purposes.
       S. 1582. An act to reauthorize and amend the Hydrographic 
     Services Improvement Act, and for other purposes.
       S. 2304. An act to amend title I of the Omnibus Crime 
     Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to provide grants for 
     the improved mental health treatment and services provided to 
     offenders with mental illnesses, and for other purposes.
       S. 3128. An act to direct the Secretary of the Interior to 
     provide a loan to the White Mountain Apache Tribe for use in 
     planning, engineering, and designing a certain water system 
     project.
       S. 3296. An act to extend the authority of the United 
     States Supreme Court Police to protect court officials off 
     the Supreme Court Grounds and change the title of the 
     Administrative Assistant to the Chief Justice.
       S. 3536. An act to amend section 5402 of title 39, United 
     States Code, to modify the authority relating to United 
     States Postal Service air transportation contracts, and for 
     other purposes.
       S. 3550. An act to designate a portion of the Rappahannock 
     River in the Commonwealth of Virginia as the ``John W. Warner 
     Rapids''.
       S. 3598. An act to amend titles 46 and 18, United States 
     Code, with respect to the operation of submersible vessels 
     and semi-submersible vessels without nationality.

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

       S. 1193. An act to direct the Secretary of the Interior to 
     take into trust 2 parcels of Federal land for the benefit of 
     certain Indian Pueblos in the State of New Mexico.
       S. 1492. An act to improve the quality of Federal and State 
     data regarding the availability and quality of broadband 
     services and to promote the deployment of affordable 
     broadband services to all parts of the Nation.

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

       S. 2382. An act to require the Administrator of the Federal 
     Emergency Management Agency to quickly and fairly address the 
     abundance of surplus manufactured housing units stored by the 
     Federal Government around the country at taxpayer expense.

  The message further announced that pursuant to section 333(a)(2) of 
the Consolidated Natural Resources Act of 2008 (Public Law 110-229), 
the Minority Leader appoints the following member to the Commission to 
Study the Potential Creation of a National Museum of the American 
Latino: Dr. Aida Levitan, Ph.D., of Key Biscayne, Florida.

  The message also announced that pursuant to section 4(a) of the 
Commission on the Abolition of the Transatlantic Slave Trade Act 
(Public Law 110-183), the Minority Leader appoints the following member 
to the Commission on the Abolition of the Transatlantic Slave Trade: 
Mr. Eric Sheppard of Carrollton, Virginia.
  The message further announced that the House agrees to the amendments 
of the Senate to the bill (H.R. 2963) to transfer certain land in 
Riverside County, California, and San Diego County, California, from 
the Bureau of Land Management to the United States to be held in trust 
for the Pechanga Band of Luiseno Mission Indians, and for other 
purposes.
  The message also announced that the House agrees to the amendment of 
the Senate to the bill (H.R. 5350) to authorize the Secretary of 
Commerce to sell

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or exchange certain National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 
property located in Norfolk, Virginia, and for other purposes.
  The message further announced that the House agrees to the amendment 
of the Senate to the bill (H.R. 5618) to reauthorize and amend the 
National Sea Grant College Program Act, and for other purposes.
  The message also announced that the House agrees to the amendment of 
the Senate to the bill (H.R. 6098) 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.
  The message further announced that the House agrees to the amendment 
of the Senate to the bill (H.R. 6849) 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.

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