[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 175 (Wednesday, December 11, 2013)]
[Senate]
[Page S8770]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        MESSAGES FROM THE HOUSE

  At 10:33 a.m., a message from the House of Representatives, delivered 
by Mr. Hanrahan, one of its reading clerks, announced that the House 
has passed the following bill, without amendment:

       S. 1471. An act to authorize the Secretary of Veterans 
     Affairs and the Secretary of the Army to reconsider decisions 
     to inter or honor the memory of a person in a national 
     cemetery, 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. 1992. An act to amend the requirements relating to 
     assessment of Israel's qualitative military edge over 
     military threats, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 2019. An act to eliminate taxpayer financing of 
     political party conventions and reprogram savings to provide 
     for a 10-year pediatric research initiative through the 
     Common Fund administered by the National Institutes of 
     Health, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 2319. An act to clarify certain provisions of the 
     Native American Veterans' Memorial Establishment Act of 1994.
       H.R. 3212. An act to ensure compliance with the 1980 Hague 
     Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child 
     Abduction by countries with which the United States enjoys 
     reciprocal obligations, to establish procedures for the 
     prompt return of children abducted to other countries, and 
     for other purposes.


                         Enrolled Bills Signed

  At 3:11 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. 1471. An act to authorize the Secretary of Veterans 
     Affairs and the Secretary of the Army to reconsider decisions 
     to inter or honor the memory of a person in a national 
     cemetery, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 2871. An act to amend title 28, United States Code, to 
     modify the composition of the southern judicial district of 
     Mississippi to improve judicial efficiency, and for other 
     purposes.
       H.R. 2922. An act to extend the authority of the Supreme 
     Court Police to protect court officials away from the Supreme 
     Court grounds.

  The enrolled bills were subsequently signed by the President pro 
tempore (Mr. Leahy).
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  At 8:22 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. 3695. An act to provide a temporary extension of the 
     Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 and amendments 
     made by that Act, as previously extended and amended and with 
     certain additional modifications and exceptions, to suspend 
     permanent price support authorities, and for other purposes.

  The message further announced that the House agreed to the following 
concurrent resolution, in which it requests the concurrence of the 
Senate:

       H. Con. Res. 72. Concurrent resolution providing for 
     corrections to the enrollment of H.J. Res. 59.

  The message also announced that the House recedes from its amendment 
to the amendment of the Senate to the joint resolution (H.J. Res. 59) 
making continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2014, and for other 
purposes, and agrees to the amendment of the Senate with an amendment, 
in which it requests the concurrence of the Senate.

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