[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 101 (Wednesday, July 8, 2009)]
[Senate]
[Page S7257]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         MESSAGE FROM THE HOUSE

  At 11:32 a.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. 1129. An act to authorize the Secretary of the 
     Interior to provide an annual grant to facilitate an iron 
     working training program for Native Americans.
       H.R. 3114. An act to authorize the Director of the United 
     States Patent and Trademark Office to use funds made 
     available under the Trademark Act of 1946 for patent 
     operations in order to avoid furloughs and reductions-in-
     force, 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. 135. Concurrent resolution directing the 
     Architect of the Capitol to place a marker in Emancipation 
     Hall in the Capitol Visitor Center which acknowledges the 
     role that slave labor played in the construction of the 
     United States Capitol, and for other purposes.

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