[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 115 (Tuesday, July 28, 2009)]
[House]
[Page H8948]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        MESSAGE FROM THE SENATE

  A message from the Senate by Ms. Curtis, one of its clerks, announced 
that the Senate has passed without amendment a bill of the House of the 
following title:

       H.R. 838. An act to provide for the conveyance of a parcel 
     of land held by the Bureau of Prisons of the Department of 
     Justice in Miami Dade County, Florida, to facilitate the 
     construction of a new educational facility that includes a 
     secure parking area for the Bureau of Prisons, and for other 
     purposes.

  The message also announced that the Senate has passed with an 
amendment in which the concurrence of the House is requested, a bill of 
the House of the following title:

       H.R. 2647. An act to authorize appropriations for fiscal 
     year 2010 for military activities of the Department of 
     Defense, for military construction, and for defense 
     activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military 
     personnel strengths for such fiscal year, to provide special 
     pays and allowances to certain members of the Armed Forces, 
     expand concurrent receipt of military retirement and VA 
     disability benefits to disabled military retirees, and for 
     other purposes.

  The message also announced that the Senate insists upon its amendment 
to the bill (H.R. 2647) ``An Act to authorize appropriations for fiscal 
year 2010 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for 
military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of 
Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, 
to provide special pays and allowances to certain members of the Armed 
Forces, expand concurrent receipt of military retirement and VA 
disability benefits to disabled military retirees, and for other 
purposes,'' requests a conference with the House on the disagreeing 
votes of the two Houses thereon, and appoints Mr. Levin, Mr. Kennedy, 
Mr. Byrd, Mr. Lieberman, Mr. Reed, Mr. Akaka, Mr. Nelson, (FL), Mr. 
Nelson (NE), Mr. Bayh, Mr. Webb, Mrs. McCaskill, Mr. Udall (CO), Mr. 
Hagan, Mr. Begich, Mr. Burris, Mr. McCain, Mr. Inhofe, Mr. Sessions, 
Mr. Chambliss, Mr. Graham, Mr. Thune, Mr. Martinez, Mr. Wicker, Mr. 
Burr, Mr. Vitter, and Ms. Collins, be the conferees on the part of the 
Senate.
  The message also announced that the Senate has passed a bill of the 
following title in which the concurrence of the House is requested:

       S. 1390. An act to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
     2010 for military activities of the Department of Defense, 
     for military construction, and for defense activities of the 
     Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel 
     strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes.

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