[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 70 (Wednesday, May 16, 2012)]
[Senate]
[Page S3233]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        MESSAGES FROM THE HOUSE

  At 9:33 a.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. 4045. An act to modify the Department of Defense 
     Program Guidance relating to the award of Post-Deployment/
     Mobilization Respite Absence administrative absence days to 
     members of the reserve components to exempt any member whose 
     qualified mobilization commenced before October 1, 2011, and 
     continued on or after that date, from the changes to the 
     program guidance that took effect on that date.
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  At 2:04 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 bills, in which it requests the concurrence of the 
Senate:

       H.R. 205. An act to amend the Act titled ``An Act to 
     authorize the leasing of restricted Indian lands for public, 
     religious, educational, recreational, residential, business, 
     and other purposes requiring the grant of long-term leases'', 
     approved August 9, 1955, to provide for Indian tribes to 
     enter into certain leases without prior express approval from 
     the Secretary of the Interior, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 365. An act to encourage, enhance, and integrate Blue 
     Alert plans throughout the United States in order to 
     disseminate information when a law enforcement officer is 
     seriously injured or killed in the line of duty.
       H.R. 1864. An act to limit the authority of States to tax 
     certain income of employees for employment duties performed 
     in other States.
       H.R. 3534. An act to amend title 31, United States Code, to 
     revise requirements related to assets pledged by a surety, 
     and for other purposes.
       H.R. 3874. An act to provide for the conveyance of certain 
     cemeteries that are located on National Forest System land in 
     Black Hills National Forest, South Dakota.
       H.R. 4240. An act to reauthorize the North Korean Human 
     Rights Act of 2004, and for other purposes.

  The message also announced that pursuant to section 201(b) of the 
International Religious Freedom Act of 1998 (22 U.S.C. 6431 note), 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 Commission on International Religious Freedom 
for a term ending May 14, 2014: Mr. Elliot Abrams of Virginia.

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