[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 188 (Thursday, November 16, 2017)]
[Senate]
[Page S7295]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        MESSAGES FROM THE HOUSE

  At 10:12 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, in which it requests the concurrence of the 
Senate:

       H.R. 1207. An act to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 306 River Street in Tilden, 
     Texas, as the ``Tilden Veterans Post Office''.
       H.R. 2331. An act to require a new or updated Federal 
     website that is intended for use by the public to be mobile 
     friendly, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 2672. An act to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 520 Carter Street in 
     Fairview, Illinois, as the ``Sgt. Douglas J. Riney Post 
     Office''.
       H.R. 2873. An act to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 207 Glenside Avenue in 
     Wyncote, Pennsylvania, as the ``Staff Sergeant Peter Taub 
     Post Office Building''.
       H.R. 3369. An act to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 225 North Main Street in 
     Spring Lake, North Carolina, as the ``Howard B. Pate, Jr. 
     Post Office''.
       H.R. 3821. An act to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 430 Main Street in Clermont, 
     Georgia, as the ``Zack T. Addington Post Office''.
       H.R. 3893. An act to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 100 Mathe Avenue in 
     Interlachen, Florida, as the ``Robert H. Jenkins, Jr. Post 
     Office''.
       H.R. 4174. An act to amend titles 5 and 44, United States 
     Code, to require Federal evaluation activities, improve 
     Federal data management, and for other purposes.

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

       H. Con. Res. 92. Concurrent resolution recognizing the deep 
     and abiding friendship between the United States and Israel.
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  At 11:01 a.m., a message from the House of Representatives, delivered 
by Mrs. Cole, one of its reading clerks, announced that the House 
agreed 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. 2810) to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2018 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 
other purposes.


                         Enrolled Bills Signed

  At 4:28 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 bills:

       H.R. 1545. An act to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     clarify the authority of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to 
     disclose certain patient information to State controlled 
     substance monitoring programs, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 3949. An act to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     provide for the designation of State approving agencies for 
     multi-State apprenticeship programs for purposes of the 
     educational assistance programs of the Department of Veterans 
     Affairs.
       H.R. 4374. An act to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and 
     Cosmetic Act to authorize additional emergency uses for 
     medical products to reduce deaths and severity of injuries 
     caused by agents of war, and for other purposes.

  The enrolled bills were subsequently signed by the Acting President 
pro tempore (Mr. Strange).

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