[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 136 (Thursday, September 24, 2009)]
[Senate]
[Page S9837]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        MESSAGES FROM THE HOUSE


                          Enrolled Bill 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 bill:

       S. 1677. An act to reauthorize the Defense Production Act 
     of 1950, and for other purposes.

  The enrolled bill was subsequently signed by the President pro 
tempore (Mr. Byrd).
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  At 10:25 a.m., a message from the House of Representatives, delivered 
by Mr. Hanrahan, 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. 324. An act to establish the Santa Cruz Valley 
     National Heritage Area, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 2131. An act to amend the Foreign Affairs Reform and 
     Restructuring Act of 1998 to reauthorize the United States 
     Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy.
       H.R. 2215. An act to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 140 Merriman Road in Garden 
     City, Michigan, as the ``John J. Shivnen Post Office 
     Building''.
       H.R. 3593. An act to amend the United States International 
     Broadcasting Act of 1994 to extend by one year the operation 
     of Radio Free Asia, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 3617. An act to provide an extension of Federal-aid 
     highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and 
     other programs funded out of the Highway Trust Fund pending 
     enactment of a multiyear law reauthorizing such programs.

  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 74. Concurrent resolution supporting the goals 
     and ideals of a decade of action for road safety with a 
     global target to reduce by 50 percent the predicted increase 
     in global road deaths between 2010 and 2020.
       H. Con. Res. 178. Concurrent resolution expressing the 
     sense of Congress that we reaffirm the historic ties between 
     the United States and the Netherlands by recognizing the 
     Quadricentennial celebration of the discovery of the Hudson 
     River and honoring the enduring values of the settlers of New 
     Netherland that continue to permeate American society.

  The message further announced that the House disagrees to the 
amendment of the Senate to the bill (H.R. 2918) making appropriations 
for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal year ending September 30, 
2010, and for other purposes, and agrees to conference the conference 
asked by the Senate on disagreeing votes of the two Houses thereon, and 
appoints the following Members as managers of the conference on the 
part of the House: Ms. Wasserman Schultz, Mr. Honda, Ms. McCollum, Mr. 
Ryan of Ohio, Mr. Ruppersberger, Mr. Rodriguez, Mr. Obey, Mr. Aderholt, 
Mr. LaTourette, Mr. Cole, and Mr. Lewis of California.

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