[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 12 (Thursday, January 26, 2012)]
[Senate]
[Page S126]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         MESSAGE FROM THE HOUSE

  At 9:33 a.m., a message from the House of Representatives, delivered 
by Mr. Novotny, 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. 290. An act to amend title 36, United States Code, to 
     ensure that memorials commemorating the service of the United 
     States Armed Forces may contain religious symbols, and for 
     other purposes.
       H.R. 1022. An act to authorize the Secretary of the 
     Interior to conduct a study of alternatives for commemorating 
     and interpreting the role of the Buffalo Soldiers in the 
     early years of the National Parks, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 2070. An act to direct the Secretary of the Interior 
     to install in the area of the World War II Memorial in the 
     District of Columbia a suitable plaque or an inscription with 
     the words that President Franklin D. Roosevelt prayed with 
     the Nation on June 6, 1944, the morning of D-Day.
       H.R. 3800. An act to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to extend the funding and expenditure authority of the 
     Airport and Airway Trust Fund, to amend title 49, United 
     States Code, to extend authorizations for the airport 
     improvement program, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 3801. An act to amend the Tariff Act of 1930 to 
     clarify the definition of aircraft and the offenses penalized 
     under the aviation smuggling provisions under that Act, and 
     for other purposes.

  The message further announced that pursuant to section 1238(b)(3) of 
the Floyd D. Spence National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2001 (22 U.S.C. 7002), as amended, and the order of the House of 
January 5, 2011, the Speaker appoints the following member on the part 
of the House of Representatives to the United States-China Economic and 
Security Review Commission for a term to expire December 31, 2013: Mr. 
Daniel M. Slane of Ohio.

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