[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 96 (Wednesday, June 24, 2009)]
[Senate]
[Page S6992]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        MESSAGES FROM THE HOUSE

  At 10:09 a.m., a message from the House of Representatives, delivered 
by Mr. Schiff (appointed a manager on the part of the House for the 
impeachment of Samuel B. Kent, a judge of the United States District 
Court for the Southern District of Texas), announced that the House has 
agreed to the following resolutions:

       H. Res. 520. Resolution impeaching Samuel B. Kent, judge of 
     the United States District Court for the Southern District of 
     Texas, for high crimes and misdemeanors.
       H. Res. 565. Resolution appointing and authorizing managers 
     for the impeachment of Samuel B. Kent, a judge of the United 
     States District Court for the Southern District of Texas.
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  At 1 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 bill, without amendment:

       S. 407. An act to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     provide for an increase, effective December 1, 2009, 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, 
     to codify increases in the rates of such compensation that 
     were effective as of December 1, 2008, and for other 
     purposes.

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

       H.R. 1016. An act to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     provide advance appropriations authority for certain accounts 
     of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other 
     purposes.
       H.R. 1172. An act to direct the Secretary of Veterans 
     Affairs to include on the Internet website of the Department 
     of Veterans Affairs a list of organizations that provide 
     scholarships to veterans and their survivors.
       H.R. 1211. An act to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     expand and improve health care services available to women 
     veterans, especially those serving in Operation Enduring 
     Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom, from the Department of 
     Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.

  The message further announced that the House has agreed to the 
amendment of the Senate to the bill (H. R. 1777) to make technical 
corrections to the Higher Education Act of 1965, and for other 
purposes.


                         Enrolled Bills Signed

  The following enrolled bills were signed by the Acting President pro 
tempore (Mr. Inouye) on today, Wednesday, June 24, 2009, which were 
previously signed by the Speaker of the House:

       S. 614. An act to award a congressional Gold Medal to the 
     Women Airforce Service Pilots (``WASP'').
       S. 615. An act to provide additional personnel authorities 
     for the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan 
     Reconstruction.

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