[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 193 (Wednesday, December 4, 2019)]
[Senate]
[Page S6855]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         MESSAGE FROM THE HOUSE

  At 10:02 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 bill, with an amendment, in which it requests the 
concurrence of the Senate:

       S. 178. An act to condemn gross human rights violations of 
     ethnic Turkic Muslims in Xinjiang, and calling for an end to 
     arbitrary detention, torture, and harassment of these 
     communities inside and outside China.

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

       H.R. 565. An act to include Portugal in the list of foreign 
     states whose nationals are eligible for admission into the 
     United States as El and E2 nonimmigrants if United States 
     nationals are treated similarly by the Government of 
     Portugal.
       H.R. 3460. An act to facilitate effective research on and 
     treatment of neglected tropical diseases through coordinated 
     international efforts.
       H.R. 4018. An act to provide that the amount of time that 
     an elderly offender must serve before being eligible for 
     placement in home detention is to be reduced by the amount of 
     good time credits earned by the prisoner, and for other 
     purposes.
       H.R. 4803. An act to facilitate the automatic acquisition 
     of citizenship for lawful permanent resident children of 
     military and Federal Government personnel residing abroad, 
     and for other purposes.
       H.R. 5277. An act to amend section 442 of title 18, United 
     States Code, to exempt certain interests in mutual funds, 
     unit investment trusts, employee benefit plans, and 
     retirement plans from conflict of interest limitations for 
     the Government Publishing Office.


                         Enrolled Bills Signed

  The President pro tempore (Mr. Grassley) announced that on today, 
December 4, 2019, he has signed the following enrolled bills, which 
were previously signed by the Speaker of the House:

       H.R. 887. An act to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 877 East 1200 South in Orem, 
     Utah, as the ``Jerry C. Washburn Post Office Building''.
       H.R. 1252. An act to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 6531 Van Nuys Boulevard in 
     Van Nuys, California, as the ``Marilyn Monroe Post Office''.
       H.R. 1253. An act to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 13507 Van Nuys Boulevard in 
     Pacoima, California, as the ``Ritchie Valens Post Office 
     Building''.
       H.R. 1526. An act to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 200 Israel Road Southeast in 
     Tumwater, Washington, as the ``Eva G. Hewitt Post Office''.
       H.R. 1844. An act to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 66 Grove Court in Elgin, 
     Illinois, as the ``Corporal Alex Martinez Memorial Post 
     Office Building''.
       H.R. 1972. An act to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 1100 West Kent Avenue in 
     Missoula, Montana, as the ``Jeannette Rankin Post Office 
     Building''.
       H.R. 2151. An act to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 7722 South Main Street in 
     Pine Plains, New York, as the ``Senior Chief Petty Officer 
     Shannon M. Kent Post Office''.
       H.R. 2325. An act to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 100 Calle Alondra in San 
     Juan, Puerto Rico, as the ``65th Infantry Regiment Post 
     Office Building''.
       H.R. 2334. An act to designate the Department of Veterans 
     Affairs community-based outpatient clinic in Odessa, Texas, 
     as the ``Wilson and Young Medal of Honor VA Clinic''.
       H.R. 2451. An act to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 575 Dexter Street in Central 
     Falls, Rhode Island, as the ``Elizabeth Buffum Chace Post 
     Office''.
       H.R. 3144. An act to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 8520 Michigan Avenue in 
     Whittier, California, as the ``Jose Ramos Post Office 
     Building''.
       H.R. 3314. An act to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 1750 McCulloch Boulevard 
     North in Lake Havasu City, Arizona, as the ``Lake Havasu City 
     Combat Veterans Memorial Post Office Building''.

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