[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 197 (Tuesday, December 10, 2019)]
[Senate]
[Page S6947]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        MESSAGES FROM THE HOUSE

  At 10:36 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, without amendment:

       S. 256. An act to amend the Native American Programs Act of 
     1974 to provide flexibility and reauthorization to ensure the 
     survival and continuing vitality of Native American 
     languages.
       S. 737. An act to direct the National Science Foundation to 
     support STEM education research focused on early childhood.

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

       H.R. 2051. An act to provide for Federal coordination of 
     activities supporting sustainable chemistry, and for other 
     purposes.
       H.R. 3318. An act to require the Transportation Security 
     Administration to establish a task force to conduct an 
     analysis of emerging and potential future threats to 
     transportation security, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 3469. An act to direct the Transportation Security 
     Administration to carry out covert testing and risk 
     mitigation improvement of aviation security operations, and 
     for other purposes.
       H.R. 3669. An act to require the Secretary of Homeland 
     Security to conduct a collective response to a terrorism 
     exercise that includes the management of cascading effects on 
     critical infrastructure during times of extreme cold weather, 
     and for other purposes.
       H.R. 4355. An act to direct the Director of the National 
     Science Foundation to support research on the outputs that 
     may be generated by generative adversarial networks, 
     otherwise known as deepfakes, and other comparable techniques 
     that may be developed in the future, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 4372. An act to direct Federal science agencies and 
     the Office of Science and Technology Policy to undertake 
     activities to improve the quality of undergraduate STEM 
     education and enhance the research capacity at the Nation's 
     HBCUs, TCUs, and MSIs, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 4373. An act to provide for a coordinated Federal 
     research initiative to ensure continued United States 
     leadership in engineering biology.
       H.R. 4402. An act to require the Secretary of Homeland 
     Security to conduct an inland waters threat analysis, and for 
     other purposes.
       H.R. 4566. An act to accelerate the income tax benefits for 
     charitable cash contributions for the relief of the families 
     of victims of the mass shooting in Virginia Beach, Virginia, 
     on May 31, 2019.
       H.R. 4713. An act to amend the Homeland Security Act of 
     2002 to make certain improvements in the Office for Civil 
     Rights and Civil Liberties of the Department of Homeland 
     Security, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 4727. An act to amend the Homeland Security Act of 
     2002 to establish a mentor-protege program, and for other 
     purposes.
       H.R. 4739. An act to amend the Homeland Security Act of 
     2002 to protect U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers, 
     agents, other personnel, and canines against potential 
     synthetic opioid exposure, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 4761. An act to ensure U.S. Customs and Border 
     Protection officers, agents, and other personnel have 
     adequate synthetic opioid detection equipment, that the 
     Department of Homeland Security has a process to update 
     synthetic opioid detection capability, and for other 
     purposes.

  The message further announced that pursuant to 10 U.S.C. 9455(a), and 
the order of the House of January 3, 2019, the Speaker appoints the 
following Member on the part of the House of Representatives to the 
Board of Visitors to the United States Air Force Academy: Ms. Speier of 
California.
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  At 5:40 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 bill, in which it requests the concurrence of the 
Senate:

       H.R. 5363. An act to reauthorize mandatory funding programs 
     for historically Black colleges and universities and other 
     minority-serving institutions, for other purposes.

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