[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 177 (Thursday, December 8, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Pages S6920-S6921]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        MESSAGES FROM THE HOUSE


                         enrolled bills signed

  At 11:05 a.m., a message from the House of Representatives, delivered 
by Mrs. Cole, one of its reading clerics, announced that the Speaker 
has signed the following enrolled bills:

       S. 817. An act to provide for the addition of certain real 
     property to the reservation of the Siletz Tribe in the State 
     of Oregon.
       S. 818. An act to amend the Grande Ronde Reservation Act to 
     make technical corrections, and for other purposes.
       S. 2873. An act to require studies and reports examining 
     the use of, and opportunities to use, technology-enabled 
     collaborative learning and capacity building models to 
     improve programs of the Department of Health and Human 
     Services, and for other purposes.
       S. 3076. An act to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to furnish 
     caskets and urns for burial in cemeteries of States and 
     tribal organizations of veterans without next of kin or 
     sufficient resources to provide for caskets or urns, and for 
     other purposes.
       S. 3492. An act to designate the Traverse City VA 
     Community-Based Outpatient Clinic of the Department of 
     Veterans Affairs in Traverse City, Michigan, as the ``Colonel 
     Demas T. Craw VA Clinic''.

  The enrolled bills were subsequently signed by the President pro 
tempore (Mr. Hatch).
                                  ____

  At 11:46 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. 1632. An act to require a regional strategy to address 
     the threat posed by Boko Haram.
       S. 3028. An act to redesignate the Olympic Wilderness as 
     the Daniel J. Evans Wilderness.
       S. 3183. An act to prohibit the circumvention of control 
     measures used by Internet ticket sellers to ensure equitable 
     consumer access to tickets for any given event, 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. 329. An act to amend the Indian Employment, Training 
     and Related Services Demonstration Act of 1992 to facilitate 
     the ability of Indian tribes to integrate the employment, 
     training, and related services from diverse Federal sources, 
     and for other purposes.
       H.R. 1219. An act to authorize the Secretary of the 
     Interior to convey certain land and appurtenances of the 
     Arbuckle Project, Oklahoma, to the Arbuckle Master 
     Conservancy District, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 3711. An act to authorize the Secretary of the 
     Interior to conduct a special resource study of Chicano Park, 
     located in San Diego, California, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 4298. An act to direct the Secretary of the Army to 
     place in Arlington National Cemetery a memorial honoring the 
     helicopter pilots and crew members of the Vietnam era, and 
     for other purposes.
       H.R. 5099. An act to establish a pilot program on 
     partnership agreements to construct new facilities for the 
     Department of Veterans Affairs.
       H.R. 5143. An act to provide greater transparency and 
     congressional oversight of international insurance standards 
     setting processes, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 6076. An act to require the Administrator of the 
     National Aeronautics and Space Administration to establish a 
     program for the medical monitoring, diagnosis, and treatment 
     of astronauts, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 6130. An act to provide the victims of Holocaust-era 
     persecution and their heirs a fair opportunity to recover 
     works of art confiscated or misappropriated by the Nazis.
       H.R. 6400. An act to revise the boundaries of certain John 
     H. Chafee Costal Barrier Resources System units in New 
     Jersey.
       H.R. 6431. An act to ensure United States jurisdiction over 
     offenses committed by United States personnel stationed in 
     Canada in furtherance of border security initiatives.
       H.R. 6435. An act to authorize the Directors of Veterans 
     Integrated Service Networks of the Department of Veterans 
     Affairs to enter into contracts with appropriate civilian 
     accreditation entities or appropriate health care evaluation 
     entities to investigate medical centers of the Department of 
     Veterans Affairs.

  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. 181. Concurrent resolution directing the 
     Secretary of the Senate to make a certain correction in the 
     enrollment of S. 1635.

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

       S. 2854. An act to reauthorize the Emmett Till Unsolved 
     Civil Rights Crime Act of 2007.
       S. 2971. An act to authorize the National Urban Search and 
     Rescue Response System.


                          enrolled bill signed

  At 12:28 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.R. 34. An act to accelerate the discovery, development, 
     and delivery of 21st century cures, and for other purposes.

  The enrolled bill was subsequently signed by the President pro 
tempore (Mr. Hatch).
                                  ____

  At 3:04 p.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 bill, without amendment:

       S. 2974. An act to ensure funding for the National Human 
     Trafficking Hotline, and for other purposes.

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

       H.R. 4919. An act to amend the Violent Crime Control and 
     Law Enforcement Act of 1994, to reauthorize the Missing 
     Alzheimer's Disease Patient Alert Program, and to promote 
     initiatives that will reduce the risk of injury and death 
     relating to the wandering characteristics of some children 
     with autism.

  The message also announced that the House agreed to the amendment of 
the Senate to the bill (H.R. 2028) making appropriations for energy and 
water development and related agencies for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2016, and for other purposes, with amendment, in which it 
requests the concurrence of the Senate.
  The message further announced that the House has passed the following 
bill, with amendment, in which it requests the concurrence of the 
Senate:

       S. 612. An act to designate the Federal building and United 
     States courthouse located at 1300 Victoria Street in Laredo, 
     Texas, as the ``George P. Kazen Federal Building and United 
     States Courthouse''.
                                  ____

  At 5:20 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. 6450. An act to amend the Inspector General Act of 
     1978 to strengthen the independence of the Inspectors 
     General, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 6451. An act to improve the Government-wide management 
     of Federal property.
       H.R. 6452. An act to implement the Convention on the 
     Conservation and Management of High Seas Fisheries Resources 
     in the North Pacific Ocean, to implement the Convention on 
     the Conservation and Management of High Seas Fishery 
     Resources in the South Pacific Ocean, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 6477. An act to amend chapter 97 of title 28, United 
     States Code, to clarify the exception to foreign sovereign 
     immunity set forth in section 1605(a)(3) of such title.
       H.R. 6480. An act to authorize appropriations for fiscal 
     year 2017 for intelligence and intelligence-related 
     activities of the United States Government, the Intelligence 
     Community Management Account, and the Central Intelligence 
     Agency Retirement and Disability System, and for other 
     purposes.

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

       H. Con. Res. 183. Concurrent resolution directing the 
     Secretary of the Senate to make a correction in the 
     enrollment of the bill S. 612.
                                  ____

  At 6:00 p.m., a message from the House of Representatives, delivered 
by Mr. Novotny, one of its reading clerks, announced that pursuant to 
section 201(b) of the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998 (22 
U.S.C. 6431) and the order of the House of January 6, 2015, the Speaker 
appoints the following individual on the part of the House of 
Representatives to the Commission on International Religious Freedom 
for a term ending May 14, 2018: Dr. Tenzin Dorjee of Fullerton, 
California, to succeed Ms. Hannah Rosenthal.
  The message also announced that pursuant to section 4 of the Virgin 
Islands of the United States Centennial

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Commission Act (Public Law 114-224), and the order of the House of 
January 5, 2011, the Minority Leader appoints the following individual 
to the Virgin Islands of the United States Centennial Commission: Ms. 
Stacey Plaskett of the United States Virgin Islands.
  The message further announced that pursuant to 20 U.S.C. 1011c, and 
the order of the House of January 6, 2015, and upon the recommendation 
of the Majority Leader, the Speaker appoints the following individual 
on the part of the House of Representatives to the National Advisory 
Committee on Institutional Quality and Integrity to fill the existing 
vacancy thereon: Mr. Brian Jones of Washington, DC.

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