[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 183 (Tuesday, December 8, 2009)]
[Senate]
[Page S12705]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        MESSAGES FROM THE HOUSE

  At 10:03 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. 118. An act to authorize the addition of 100 acres to 
     Morristown National Historical Park.
       H.R. 1454. An act to provide for the issuance of a 
     Multinational Species Conservation Funds Semipostal Stamp.
       H.R. 1672. An act to reauthorize the Northwest Straits 
     Marine Conservation Initiative Act to promote the protection 
     of the resources of the Northwest Straits, and for other 
     purposes.
       H.R. 2062. An act to amend the Migratory Bird Treaty Act to 
     provide for penalties and enforcement for intentionally 
     taking protected avian species, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 3388. An act to modify the boundary of Petersburg 
     National Battlefield in the Commonwealth of Virginia, and for 
     other purposes.
       H.R. 3804. An act to make technical corrections to various 
     Acts affecting the National Park Service, to extend, amend, 
     or establish certain National Park Service authorities, and 
     for other purposes.
       H.R. 3940. An act to amend Public Law 96-597 to clarify the 
     authority of the Secretary of the Interior to extend grants 
     and other assistance to facilitate political status public 
     education programs for the peoples of the non-self-governing 
     territories of the United States.


                          enrolled bill signed

  At 3:16 p.m., a message from the House of Representatives, delivered 
by Ms. Niland, one of its reading clerks, announced that the Speaker 
has signed the following enrolled bill:

       S. 1422. An act to amend the Family and Medical Leave Act 
     of 1993 to clarify the eligibility requirements with respect 
     to airline flight crews.
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  At 4:27 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, in which it requests the concurrence of the 
Senate:

       H.R. 4218. An act to amend titles II and XVI of the Social 
     Security Act to prohibit retroactive payments to individuals 
     during periods for which such individuals are prisoners, 
     fugitive felons, or probation or parole violators.

  The message also announced that the House disagrees to the amendment 
of the Senate to the bill (H.R. 3288) ``making appropriations for the 
Departments of Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development, and 
related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010, and for 
other purposes''; it agrees to the conference asked by the Senate on 
the disagreeing votes of the two Houses thereon, and appoints Mr. 
Olver, Mr. Pastor, Ms. Kaptur, Mr. Price of North Carolina, Ms. Roybal-
Allard, Mr. Berry, Ms. Kilpatkrick of Michigan, Mrs. Lowey, Mr. Obey, 
Mr. Latham, Mr. Wolf, Mr. Tiahrt, Mr. Wamp, and Mr. Lewis of 
California, as managers of the conference on the part of the House.

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