[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 207 (Tuesday, December 8, 2020)]
[Senate]
[Page S7278]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        MESSAGES FROM THE HOUSE

  At 11:17 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, without amendment:

       S. 1153. An act to explicitly make unauthorized access to 
     Department of Education information technology systems and 
     the misuse of identification devices issued by the Department 
     of Education a criminal act.

  The message also announced that the House has passed the following 
bill, with an amendment, in which it requests the concurrence of the 
Senate:

       S. 461. An act to strengthen the capacity and 
     competitiveness of historically Black colleges and 
     universities through robust public-sector, private-sector, 
     and community partnerships and engagement, and for other 
     purposes.

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

       H.R. 8428. An act to provide for temporary protected status 
     for residents of Hong Kong, and for other purposes.


                         Enrolled Bills Signed

  The President Pro tempore (Mr. Grassley) announced that on today, 
December 8, 2020, he has signed the following enrolled bills, which 
were previously signed by the Speaker of the House:

       S. 910. An act to reauthorize and amend the National Sea 
     Grant College Program Act, and for other purposes.
       S. 945. An act to amend the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 to 
     require certain issuers to disclose to the Securities and 
     Exchange Commission information regarding foreign 
     jurisdictions that prevent the Public Company Accounting 
     Oversight Board from performing inspections under that Act, 
     and for other purposes.
       S. 1069. An act to require the Secretary of Commerce, 
     acting through the Administrator of the National Oceanic and 
     Atmospheric Administration, to establish a constituent-driven 
     program to provide a digital information platform capable of 
     efficiently integrating coastal data with decision-support 
     tools, training, and best practices and to support collection 
     of priority coastal geospatial data to inform and improve 
     local, State, regional, and Federal capacities to manage the 
     coastal region, and for other purposes.
       S. 1982. An act to improve efforts to combat marine debris, 
     and for other purposes.
       S. 4054. An act to reauthorize the United States Grain 
     Standards Act, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 3349. An act to authorize the Daughters of the 
     Republic of Texas to establish the Republic of Texas Legation 
     Memorial as a commemorative work in the District of Columbia, 
     and for other purposes.
       H.R. 3465. An act to authorize the Fallen Journalists 
     Memorial Foundation to establish a commemorative work in the 
     District of Columbia and its environs, and for other 
     purposes.
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  At 6:29 p.m., a message from the House of Representatives, delivered 
by Mr. Novotny, one of its reading clerks announced that the House has 
agreed to the report of the committee of conference on the disagreeing 
votes of the two Houses on the amendment of the Senate to the bill 
(H.R. 6395) to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2021 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.

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