[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 73 (Monday, May 21, 2012)]
[Senate]
[Page S3327]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         MESSAGE FROM THE HOUSE

  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. 4970. An act to reauthorize the Violence Against Women 
     Act of 1994.
       H.R. 5740. An act to extend the National Flood Insurance 
     Program, and for other Purposes.

  The message further announced that the House agree to the amendment 
of the Senate to the bill (H.R. 4849) to direct the Secretary of the 
Interior to issue commercial use authorizations to commercial stock 
operators for operations in designated wilderness within the Sequoia 
and Kings Canyon National Parks, and for other purposes.
  The message also announced that pursuant to 22 U.S.C. 276I, and the 
order of the House of January 5, 2011, the Speaker appoints the 
following Members of the House of Representatives to the British-
American Interparliamentary Group: Mr. Petri of Wisconsin, Mr. Crenshaw 
of Florida, Mr. Latta of Ohio, and Mr. Aderholt of Alabama.
  The message further announced that pursuant to section 703(c) of the 
Public Interest Declassification Act of 2000 (50 U.S.C. 435 note), and 
the order of the House of January 5, 2011, the Speaker reappoints the 
following member on the part of the House of Representatives to the 
Public Interest Declassification Board for a term of 3 years: Admiral 
William O. Studeman of Great Falls, VA.

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