[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 183 (Wednesday, December 16, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Page S8724]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        MESSAGES FROM THE HOUSE

  At 11:06 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 joint resolutions, in which it requests the 
concurrence of the Senate:

       H.J. Res. 76. Joint resolution appointing the day for the 
     convening of the second session of the One Hundred Fourteenth 
     Congress.
       H.J. Res. 78. Joint resolution making further continuing 
     appropriations for fiscal year 2016, and for other purposes.

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

       H. Con. Res. 102. Concurrent resolution providing for a 
     joint session of Congress to receive a message from the 
     President.


                          Enrolled Bill Signed

  At 2:09 p.m., a message from the House of Representatives, delivered 
by Mr. Novotny, one of its reading clerks, announced that the Speaker 
has signed the following enrolled bill:

       H.R. 2270. An act to redesignate the Nisqually National 
     Wildlife Refuge, located in the State of Washington, as the 
     Billy Frank Jr. Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge, to 
     establish the Medicine Creek Treaty National Memorial within 
     the wildlife refuge, and for other purposes.

  The enrolled bill was subsequently signed by the Acting President pro 
tempore (Mr. McConnell).


                          Enrolled Bill Signed

  At 6:37 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 bill:

       H.J. Res. 78. Joint resolution making further continuing 
     appropriations for fiscal year 2016, and for other purposes.

  The enrolled joint resolution was subsequently signed by the Acting 
President pro tempore (Mr. McConnell).

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