[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 125 (Wednesday, July 25, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Pages S5358-S5359]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        MESSAGES FROM THE HOUSE

  At 10:03 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:


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       H.R. 184. An act to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to repeal the excise tax on medical devices.
       H.R. 519. An act to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to facilitate water leasing and water transfers to promote 
     conservation and efficiency.
       H.R. 1201. An act to amend section 5000A of the Internal 
     Revenue Code of 1986 to provide an additional religious 
     exemption from the individual health coverage mandate, and 
     for other purposes.
       H.R. 1476. An act to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to permit individuals eligible for Indian Health Service 
     assistance to qualify for health savings accounts.
       H.R. 3500. An act to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to prohibit the Commissioner of the Internal Revenue 
     Service from rehiring any employee of the Internal Revenue 
     Service who was involuntarily separated from service for 
     misconduct.
       H.R. 4952. An act to direct the Secretary of Health and 
     Human Services to conduct a study and submit a report on the 
     effects of the inclusion of quality increases in the 
     determination of blended benchmark amounts under part C of 
     the Medicare program.
       H.R. 6084. An act to amend title VII of the Social Security 
     Act to provide for a single point of contact at the Social 
     Security Administration for individuals who are victims of 
     identity theft.
       H.R. 6124. An act to amend title II of the Social Security 
     Act to authorize voluntary agreements for coverage of Indian 
     tribal council members, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 6138. An act to amend title XVIII of the Social 
     Security Act to provide for ambulatory surgical center 
     representation during the review of hospital outpatient 
     payment rates under part B of the Medicare program, and for 
     other purposes.

  The message also announced that the House agrees to the resolution 
(H. Res. 1019) recommitting to the committee of conference the 
conference report to accompany the bill (H.R. 5515) to authorize 
appropriations for fiscal year 2019 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, and, in the 
opinion of this House, contravenes the first clause of the seventh 
section of the first article of the Constitution of the United States 
and is an infringement of the privileges of this House and be 
respectfully recommitted to the committee of conference.
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  At 10:40 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. 2409. An act to allow servicemembers to terminate 
     their cable, satellite television, and Internet access 
     service contracts while deployed.
       H.R. 2787. An act to establish in the Department of 
     Veterans Affairs a pilot program instituting a clinical 
     observation program for pre-med students preparing to attend 
     medical school.
       H.R. 5538. An act to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     provide for the inclusion of certain additional periods of 
     active duty service for purposes of suspending charges to 
     veterans' entitlement to educational assistance under the 
     laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs during 
     periods of suspended participation in vocational 
     rehabilitation programs.
       H.R. 5649. An act to amend titles 10 and 38, United States 
     Code, to amend the Social Security Act, and to direct the 
     Secretaries of Veterans Affairs, Defense, Labor, and Homeland 
     Security, and the Administrator of the Small Business 
     Administration, to take certain actions to improve transition 
     assistance to members of the Armed Forces who separate, 
     retire, or are discharged from the Armed Forces, and for 
     other purposes.
       H.R. 5882. An act to amend the Servicemembers Civil Relief 
     Act to provide for the termination by a spouse of a lessee of 
     certain leases when the lessee dies while in military 
     service.
       H.R. 5938. An act to amend the VA Choice and Quality 
     Employment Act to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to 
     establish a vacancy and recruitment database to facilitate 
     the recruitment of certain members of the Armed Forces to 
     satisfy the occupational needs of the Department of Veterans 
     Affairs, to establish and implement a training and 
     certification program for intermediate care technicians in 
     that Department, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 5974. An act to direct the Secretary of Veterans 
     Affairs to use on-site regulated medical waste treatment 
     systems at certain Department of Veterans Affairs facilities, 
     and for other purposes.
                                  ____

  At 1:44 p.m., a message from the House of Representatives, delivered 
by Mr. Novotny, one of its reading clerks, announced that the House 
agrees to the amendment of the Senate to the bill (H.R. 2353) to 
reauthorize the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 
2006.


                         Enrolled Bills Signed

  At 3:10 p.m., a message from the House of Representatives, delivered 
by Mrs. Cole, one of its reading clerks, announced that the Speaker pro 
tempore (Mr. Simpson) has signed the following enrolled bills:

       S. 2245. An act to include New Zealand in the list of 
     foreign states whose nationals are eligible for admission 
     into the United States as E-1 and E-2 nonimmigrants if United 
     States nationals are treated similarly by the Government of 
     New Zealand.
       S. 2850. An act to amend the White Mountain Apache Tribe 
     Water Rights Quantification Act of 2010 to clarify the use of 
     amounts in the WMAT Settlement Fund.
                                  ____

  At 4:21 p.m., a message from the House of Representatives, delivered 
by Mr. Novotny, one of its reading clerks, announced that House has 
passed the following bill, with amendments, in which it requests the 
concurrence of the Senate:

       S. 1182. An act to require the Secretary of the Treasury to 
     mint commemorative coins in recognition of the 100th 
     anniversary of The American Legion.

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