[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 148 (Thursday, September 6, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Page S6055]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        MESSAGES FROM THE HOUSE

  At 12:02 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 bills, in which it requests the concurrence of the 
Senate:

       H.R. 1635. An act to amend the loan counseling requirements 
     under the Higher Education Act of 1965, and for other 
     purposes.
       H.R. 4969. An act to improve the design and construction of 
     diplomatic posts, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 5274. An act to promote international exchanges on 
     best election practices, cultivate more secure democratic 
     institutions around the world, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 5576. An act to address state-sponsored cyber 
     activities against the United States, and for other purposes.


                         Enrolled Bills Signed

  At 12:52 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. 5385. An act to amend the Public Health Service Act to 
     reauthorize the program of payments to children's hospitals 
     that operate graduate medical education programs, and for 
     other purposes.
       H.R. 5772. An act to designate the J. Marvin Jones Federal 
     Building and Courthouse in Amarillo, Texas, as the ``J. 
     Marvin Jones Federal Building and Mary Lou Robinson United 
     States Courthouse''.

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


                          Enrolled Bill Signed

  At 1:48 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. 4318. An act to amend the Harmonized Tariff Schedule 
     of the United States to modify temporarily certain rates of 
     duty.

  The enrolled bill was subsequently signed by the President pro 
tempore (Mr. Hatch).
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  At 4:48 p.m., a message from the House of Representatives, delivered 
by Mrs. Cole, one of its reading clerks, announced that the House 
disagrees to the amendment of the Senate to the bill (H.R. 6147) making 
appropriations for the Department of the Interior, environment, and 
related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2019, and for 
other purposes, and asks a conference with the Senate on the 
disagreeing votes of the two Houses thereon, and that the following 
Members be the managers of the conference on the part of the House: 
Messrs. Frelinghuysen, Aderholt, Simpson, Calvert, Cole, Diaz-Balart, 
Graves of Georgia, Young of Iowa, Rutherford, Mrs. Lowey, Messrs. Price 
of North Carolina, Bishop of Georgia, Ms. McCollum, Mr. Quigley, and 
Ms. Pingree.
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  At 5:02 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 bill, in which it requests the concurrence of the 
Senate:

       H.R. 4606. An act to provide that applications under the 
     Natural Gas Act for the importation or exportation of small 
     volumes of natural gas shall be granted without modification 
     or delay.

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