[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 165 (Thursday, December 20, 2012)]
[Senate]
[Page S8300]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        MESSAGES FROM THE HOUSE

  At 11:03 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 bills, without amendment:

       S. 2170. An act to amend the provisions of title 5, United 
     States Code, which are commonly referred to as the ``Hatch 
     Act'', to scale back the provision forbidding certain State 
     and local employees from seeking elective office, clarify the 
     application of certain provisions to the District of 
     Columbia, and modify the penalties which may be imposed for 
     certain violations under subchapter III of chapter 73 of that 
     title.
       S. 3311. An act to designate the United States courthouse 
     located at 2601 2nd Avenue North, Billings, Montana, as the 
     ``James F. Battin United States Courthouse''.
       S. 3564. An act to extend the Public Interest 
     Declassification Act of 2000 until 2014 and for other 
     purposes.

  The message also announced that the House has passed the following 
bills, in which it requests the concurrence of the Senate:

       H.R. 1845. An act to provide a demonstration project 
     providing Medicare coverage for in-home administration of 
     intravenous immune globulin (IVIG) and to amend title XVIII 
     of the Social Security Act with respect to the application of 
     Medicare secondary payer rules for certain claims.
       H.R. 4062. An act to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 1444 Main Street in Ramona, 
     California, as the ``Nelson `Mac' MacWilliams Post Office 
     Building''.
       H.R. 6016. An act to amend title 5, United States Code, to 
     provide for investigative leave requirements with respect to 
     Senior Executive Service employees, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 6166. An act to designate the United States courthouse 
     located at 333 West Broadway Street in San Diego, California, 
     as the ``James M. Carter and Judith N. Keep United States 
     Courthouse''.
       H.R. 6633. An act to designate the United States courthouse 
     located at 101 East Pecan Street in Sherman, Texas, as the 
     ``Paul Brown United States Courthouse''.


                         Enrolled Bills Signed

  At 3:39 p.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 bills:

       S. 2170. An act to amend the provisions of title 5, United 
     States Code, which are commonly referred to as the ``Hatch 
     Act'', to scale back the provision forbidding certain State 
     and local employees from seeking elective office, clarify the 
     application of certain provisions to the District of 
     Columbia, and modify the penalties which may be imposed for 
     certain violations under subchapter III of chapter 73 of that 
     title.
       S. 2367. An act to strike the word ``lunatic'' from Federal 
     law, and for other purposes.
       S. 3311. An act to designate the United States courthouse 
     located at 2601 2nd Avenue North, Billings Montana, as the 
     ``James F. Battin United States Courthouse''.
       S. 3564. An act to extend the Public Interest 
     Declassification Act of 2000 until 2014 and for other 
     purposes.
       S. 3642. An act to clarify the scope of the Economic 
     Espionage Act of 1996.
       S. 3687. An act to amend the Federal Water Pollution 
     Control Act to reauthorize the Lake Pontchartrain Basin 
     Restoration Program, to designate certain Federal buildings, 
     and for other purposes.

  The enrolled bills were subsequently signed by the President pro 
tempore (Mr. Leahy).
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  At 5:34 p.m., a message from the House of Representatives, delivered 
by Mr. Novotny, one of its reading clerks, announced that the House 
agreed to the following resolution:

       H. Res. 839. Resolution relative to the death of the 
     Honorable Daniel K. Inouye, Senator from the State of Hawaii.

  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, 2014: Mr. 
Larry Wortzel of Williamsburg, Virginia.
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  At 7:05 p.m., a message from the House of Representatives, delivered 
by Mrs. Cole, one of its reading clerks, announced that the House 
agrees to the report of the committee of conference on the disagreeing 
votes of the two Houses on the amendment of the Senate to the bill 
(H.R. 4310) to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2013 for 
military activities of the Department of Defense, for military 
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, 
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for 
the purposes.

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