[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 200 (Thursday, December 7, 2017)]
[Senate]
[Page S7927]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        MESSAGES FROM THE HOUSE

  At 10:02 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 bill, without amendment:

       S. 1266. An act to authorize the Secretary of Veterans 
     Affairs to enter into contracts with nonprofit organizations 
     to investigate medical centers of the Department of Veterans 
     Affairs.

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

       H.R. 38. An act to amend title 18, United States Code, to 
     provide a means by which nonresidents of a State whose 
     residents may carry concealed firearms may also do so in the 
     State.

  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. 90. Concurrent resolution condemning ethnic 
     cleansing of the Rohingya and calling for an end to the 
     violence in and an immediate restoration of humanitarian 
     access to the state of Rakhine in Burma.


                          enrolled bill signed

  At 12:44 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:

       S. 1266. An act to authorize the Secretary of Veterans 
     Affairs to enter into contracts with nonprofit organizations 
     to investigate medical centers of the Department of Veterans 
     Affairs.

  The enrolled bill was subsequently signed by the President pro 
tempore (Mr. Hatch).
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  At 5:15 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 joint resolution, in which it requests the 
concurrence of the Senate:

       H.J. Res. 123. Joint resolution making further continuing 
     appropriations for fiscal year 2018, and for other purposes.

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