[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 135 (Thursday, September 8, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Page S5464]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         MESSAGE FROM THE HOUSE

  At 11:47 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 bills, in which it requests the concurrence of the 
Senate:

       H.R. 2845. An act to promote access to benefits under the 
     African Growth and Opportunity Act, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 4481. An act to amend the Foreign Assistance Act of 
     1961 to provide assistance for developing countries to 
     promote quality basic education and to establish the goal of 
     all children in school and learning as an objective of the 
     United States foreign assistance policy, and for other 
     purposes.
       H.R. 5063. An act to limit donations made pursuant to 
     settlement agreements to which the United States is a party, 
     and for other purposes.
       H.R. 5537. An act to promote internet access in developing 
     countries and update foreign policy toward the internet, and 
     for other purposes.

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

       H. Con. Res. 131. Concurrent resolution authorizing the use 
     of the Capitol Grounds for the District of Columbia Special 
     Olympics Law Enforcement Torch Run.

  The message also announced that the Speaker appoints Mr. Kinzinger of 
Illinois as a conferee to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of 
Mr. Whitfield of Kentucky on the conference committee on the 
disagreeing votes of the two Houses on the amendment of the House to 
the bill (S. 2012) to provide for the modernization of the energy 
policy of the United States, and for other purposes.
  The message further announced that pursuant to section 4(a) of the 
John F. Kennedy Centennial Commission Act (Public Law 114-215), the 
Minority Leader appoints Mr. Joseph P. Kennedy III of Massachusetts to 
the John F. Kennedy Centennial Commission.

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