[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 200 (Thursday, December 22, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Pages S10090-S10092]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        MESSAGES FROM THE HOUSE

  At 10:44 a.m., a message from the House of Representatives, delivered 
by Mrs. Alli, one of its reading clerks, announced that the House has 
passed the following bills, without amendment:

       S. 450. An act to award posthumously the Congressional Gold 
     Medal to Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley.
       S. 2333. An act to amend chapter 2205 of title 36, United 
     States Code, to ensure equal treatment of athletes, and for 
     other purposes.
       S. 2834. An act to amend title XVIII of the Social Security 
     Act to preserve access to rehabilitation innovation centers 
     under the Medicare program.
       S. 3168. An act to amend the White Mountain Apache Tribe 
     Water Rights Quantification Act of 2010 to modify the 
     enforceability date for certain provisions, and for other 
     purposes.
       S. 3308. An act to authorize the Colorado River Indian 
     Tribes to enter into lease or exchange agreements and storage 
     agreements relating to water of the Colorado River allocated 
     to the Colorado River Indian Tribes, and for other purposes.
       S. 4411. An act to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 5302 Galveston Road in 
     Houston, Texas, as the ``Vanessa Guillen Post Office 
     Building''.
       S. 4926. An act to amend chapter 33 of title 28, United 
     States Code, to require appropriate use of multidisciplinary 
     teams for investigations of child sexual exploitation or 
     abuse, the production of child sexual abuse material, or 
     child trafficking conducted by the Federal Bureau of 
     Investigation.
       S. 5016. An act to designate the medical center of the 
     Department of Veterans Affairs located in Anchorage, Alaska, 
     as the ``Colonel Mary Louise Rasmuson Campus of the Alaska VA 
     Healthcare System'', and for other purposes.
       S. 5066. An act to designate Mount Young in the State of 
     Alaska, and for other purposes.
       S. 5168. An act to amend the Immigration and Nationality 
     Act to include aliens passing in transit through the United 
     States to board a vessel on which the alien will perform 
     ship-to-ship liquid cargo transfer operations within a class 
     of nonimmigrant aliens, and for other purposes.
       S. 5329. An act to amend the Bill Emerson Good Samaritan 
     Food Donation Act to improve the program, and for other 
     purposes.

  The message also announced that the House agreed to the amendment of 
the Senate to the bill (H.R. 1917) to modify eligibility requirements 
for certain hazard mitigation assistance programs, and for other 
purposes.


                         Enrolled Bills Signed

  At 1:40 p.m., a message from the House of Representatives, delivered 
by Mrs. Cole, one of its reading clerks, announced that the Speaker had 
signed the following enrolled bills:

       S. 7. An act to make a technical amendment to the Violence 
     Against Women Act of 1994, and for other purposes.
       S. 558. An act to establish a national integrated flood 
     information system within the National Oceanic and 
     Atmospheric Administration, and for other purposes.
       S. 789. An act to repeal certain obsolete laws relating to 
     Indians.
       S. 1466. An act to authorize the Director of the United 
     States Geological Survey to establish a regional program to 
     assess, monitor, and benefit the hydrology of saline lakes in 
     the Great Basin and the migratory birds and other wildlife 
     dependent on those habitats, and for other purposes.
       S. 1687. An act to amend section 21 of the Small Business 
     Act to require cyber certification for small business 
     development center counselors, and for other purposes.
       S. 2607. An act to award a Congressional Gold Medal to the 
     former hostages of the Iran Hostage Crisis of 1979-1981, 
     highlighting their resilience throughout the unprecedented 
     ordeal that they lived through and the national unity it 
     produced, marking 4 decades since their 444 days in 
     captivity, and recognizing their sacrifice to the United 
     States.
       S. 2899. An act to require the Director of the Bureau of 
     Prisons to address deficiencies and make necessary upgrades 
     to the security camera and radio systems of the Bureau of 
     Prisons to ensure the health and safety of employees and 
     inmates.
       S. 2991. An act to establish a Department of Homeland 
     Security Center for Countering Human Trafficking, and for 
     other purposes.
       S. 3846. An act to reauthorize the Justice and Mental 
     Health Collaboration Program, and for other purposes.
       S. 3905. An act to prevent organizational conflicts of 
     interest in Federal acquisition, and for other purposes.
       S. 4003. An act to amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 
     Streets Act of 1968 to provide for training on alternatives 
     to use of force, de-escalation, and mental and behavioral 
     health and suicidal crises.
       S. 5230. An act to increase accessibility to the National 
     Missing and Unidentified Persons System, to facilitate data 
     sharing between such system and the National Crime 
     Information Center database of the Federal Bureau of 
     Investigation, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 441. An act to provide for the conveyance of certain 
     property to the Tanana Tribal Council located in Tanana, 
     Alaska, the conveyance of certain property to the Southeast 
     Alaska Regional Health Consortium located in Sitka, Alaska, 
     and the conveyance of certain property to the Alaska Native 
     Tribal Health Consortium located in Anchorage, Alaska, and 
     for other purposes.
       H.R. 478. An act to direct the Secretary of the Interior to 
     take certain land located in Pinal County, Arizona, into 
     trust for the benefit of the Gila River Indian Community, and 
     for other purposes.
       H.R. 681. An act for the relief of Rebecca Trimble.
       H.R. 785. An act for the relief of Maria Isabel Bueso 
     Barrera, Alberto Bueso Mendoza, and Karla Maria Barrera De 
     Bueso.
       H.R. 2724. An act to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide for peer 
     support specialists for claimants who are survivors of 
     military sexual trauma, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 3285. An act to amend gendered terms in Federal law 
     relating to the President and the President's spouse.
       H.R. 4250. An act to amend the State Department Basic 
     Authorities Act of 1956 to provide for rewards for the arrest 
     or conviction of certain foreign nationals who have committed 
     genocide or war crimes, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 4881. An act to direct the Secretary of the Interior 
     to take into trust for the Pascua Yaqui Tribe of Arizona 
     certain land in Pima County, Arizona, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 5943. An act to designate the outpatient clinic of the 
     Department of Veterans Affairs in Greenville, South Carolina, 
     as the ``Lance Corporal Dana Cornell Darnell VA Clinic''.
       H.R. 5961. An act to make revisions in title 5, United 
     States Code, as necessary to keep the title current, and to 
     make technical amendments to improve the United States Code.
       H.R. 5973. An act to reauthorize the Great Lakes Fish and 
     Wildlife Restoration Act of 1990, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 6064. An act to direct the Secretary of Veterans 
     Affairs to seek to enter into an agreement with the National 
     Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine for a review 
     of examinations, furnished by the Secretary, to individuals 
     who submit claims to the Secretary for compensation under 
     chapter 11 of title 38, United States Code, for mental and 
     physical conditions linked to military sexual trauma.
       H.R. 6427. An act to amend the Red River National Wildlife 
     Refuge Act to modify the boundary of the Red River National 
     Wildlife Refuge, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 6604. An act to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     improve the method by which the Secretary of Veterans Affairs 
     determines the effects of a closure or disapproval of an 
     educational institution on individuals who do not transfer 
     credits from such institution.
       H.R. 6961. An act to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     improve hearings before the Board of Veterans' Appeals 
     regarding claims involving military sexual trauma.
       H.R. 7181. An act to amend the Trafficking Victims 
     Protection Act of 2000 to direct the Secretary of 
     Transportation to seek to provide for the posting of contact 
     information of the national human trafficking hotline in the 
     restrooms of each aircraft, airport, over-the-road bus, bus 
     station, passenger train, and passenger railroad station 
     operating within the United States, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 7299. An act to require the Secretary of Veterans 
     Affairs to obtain an independent cybersecurity assessment of 
     information systems of the Department of Veterans Affairs, 
     and for other purposes.
       H.R. 7335. An act to improve coordination between the 
     Veterans Health Administration and the Veterans Benefits 
     Administration with respect to claims for compensation 
     arising from military sexual trauma, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 7735. An act to direct the Secretary of Veterans 
     Affairs to update the appraisal requirements for certain 
     loans guaranteed by the Department of Veterans Affairs, and 
     for other purposes.
       H.R. 8260. An act to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     shorten the timeframe for designation of benefits under 
     Department of Veterans Affairs life insurance programs, to 
     improve the treatment of undisbursed life insurance benefits 
     by the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other 
     purposes.

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


                         Enrolled Bills Signed

  The message also announced that the Speaker pro tempore (Mr. Beyer) 
had signed the following enrolled bills:


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       H.R. 203. An act to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 4020 Broadway Street in 
     Houston, Texas, as the ``Benny C. Martinez Post Office 
     Building''.
       H.R. 1095. An act to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 101 South Willowbrook Avenue 
     in Compton, California, as the ``PFC James Anderson, Jr., 
     Post Office Building''.
       H.R. 2472. An act to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 82422 Cadiz Jewett Road in 
     Cadiz, Ohio, as the ``John Armor Bingham Post Office''.
       H.R. 2473. An act to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 275 Penn Avenue in Salem, 
     Ohio, as the ``Howard Arthur Tibbs Post Office''.
       H.R. 4622. An act to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 226 North Main Street in 
     Roseville, Ohio, as the ``Ronald E. Rosser Post Office''.
       H.R. 4899. An act to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 10 Broadway Street West, in 
     Akeley, Minnesota, as the ``Neal Kenneth Todd Post Office''.
       H.R. 5271. An act to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 2245 Rosa L Parks Boulevard 
     in Nashville, Tennessee, as the ``Thelma Harper Post Office 
     Building''.
       H.R. 5349. An act to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 1550 State Road S-38-211 in 
     Orangeburg, South Carolina, as the ``J.I. Washington Post 
     Office Building''.
       H.R. 5650. An act to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 16605 East Avenue of the 
     Fountains in Fountain Hills, Arizona, as the ``Dr. C.T. 
     Wright Post Office Building''.
       H.R. 5659. An act to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 1961 North C Street in 
     Oxnard, California, as the ``John R. Hatcher III Post Office 
     Building''.
       H.R. 5794. An act to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 850 Walnut Street in 
     McKeesport, Pennsylvania, as the ``First Sergeant Leonard A. 
     Funk, Jr. Post Office Building''.
       H.R. 5865. An act to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 4110 Bluebonnet Drive in 
     Stafford, Texas, as the ``Leonard Scarcella Post Office 
     Building''.
       H.R. 5900. An act to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 2016 East 1st Street in Los 
     Angeles, California, as the ``Marine Corps Reserve PVT Jacob 
     Cruz Post Office''.
       H.R. 5952. An act to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 123 East Main Street, in 
     Vergas, Minnesota, as the ``Jon Glawe Post Office''.
       H.R. 6042. An act to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 213 William Hilton Parkway 
     in Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, as the ``Caesar H. 
     Wright Jr. Post Office Building''.
       H.R. 6080. An act to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 5420 Kavanaugh Boulevard in 
     Little Rock, Arkansas, as the ``Ronald A. Robinson Post 
     Office''.
       H.R. 6218. An act to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 317 Blattner Drive in Avon, 
     Minnesota, as the ``W.O.C. Kort Miller Plantenberg Post 
     Office''.
       H.R. 6220. An act to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 100 3rd Avenue Northwest in 
     Perham, Minnesota, as the ``Charles P. Nord Post Office''.
       H.R. 6221. An act to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 155 Main Avenue West in 
     Winsted, Minnesota, as the ``James A. Rogers Jr. Post 
     Office''.
       H.R. 6267. An act to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 15 Chestnut Street in 
     Suffern, New York, as the ``Sergeant Gerald T. `Jerry' 
     Donnellan Post Office''.
       H.R. 6386. An act to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 450 West Schaumburg Road in 
     Schaumburg, Illinois, as the ``Veterans of Iraq and 
     Afghanistan Memorial Post Office Building''.
       H.R. 6630. An act to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 1400 N Kraemer Blvd. in 
     Placentia, California, as the ``PFC Jang Ho Kim Post Office 
     Building''.
       H.R. 6917. An act to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 301 East Congress Parkway in 
     Crystal Lake, Illinois, as the ``Ryan J. Cummings Post Office 
     Building''.
       H.R. 7514. An act to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 345 South Main Street in 
     Butler, Pennsylvania, as the ``Andrew Gomer Williams Post 
     Office Building''.
       H.R. 7518. An act to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 23200 John R Road in Hazel 
     Park, Michigan, as the ``Roy E. Dickens Post Office''.
       H.R. 7519. An act to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 2050 South Boulevard in 
     Bloomfield Township, Michigan, as the ``Dr. Ezra S. Parke 
     Post Office Building''.
       H.R. 7638. An act to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 6000 South Florida Avenue in 
     Lakeland, Florida, as the ``U.S. Marine Corporal Ronald R. 
     Payne Jr. Post Office''.
       H.R. 8025. An act to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 100 South 1st Street in 
     Minneapolis, Minnesota, as the ``Martin Olav Sabo Post 
     Office''.
       H.R. 8026. An act to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 825 West 65th Street in 
     Minneapolis, Minnesota, as the ``Charles W. Lindberg Post 
     Office''.
       H.R. 8203. An act to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 651 Business Interstate 
     Highway 35 North Suite 420 in New Braunfels, Texas, as the 
     ``Bob Krueger Post Office''.
       H.R. 8226. An act to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 236 Concord Exchange North 
     in South Saint Paul, Minnesota, as the ``Officer Leo Pavlak 
     Post Office Building''.
       H.R. 9308. An act to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 6401 El Cajon Boulevard in 
     San Diego, California, as the ``Susan A. Davis Post Office''.

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


                          Enrolled Bill Signed

  At 4:19 p.m., a message from the House of Representatives, delivered 
by Mrs. Alli, one of its reading clerks, announced that the Speaker had 
signed the following bill:

       H.R. 7776. An act to authorize appropriations for fiscal 
     year 2023 for military activities of the Department of 
     Defense, military construction, and for defense activities of 
     the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel 
     strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes.

  The enrolled bill was subsequently signed by the President pro 
tempore (Mr. Leahy).
                                  ____

  At 5:16 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 bills, without amendment:

       S. 989. An act to establish a Native American language 
     resource center in furtherance of the policy set forth in the 
     Native American Languages Act.
       S. 1294. An act to authorize the imposition of sanctions 
     with respect to foreign persons that have engaged in 
     significant theft of trade secrets of United States persons, 
     and for other purposes.
       S. 1402. An act to amend the Native American Languages Act 
     to ensure the survival and continuing vitality of Native 
     American languages, and for other purposes.
       S. 1541. An act to amend the Communications Act of 1934 to 
     require the Federal Communications Commission to ensure just 
     and reasonable charges for telephone and advanced 
     communications services in correctional and detention 
     facilities.
       S. 1942. An act to standardize the designation of National 
     Heritage Areas, and for other purposes.
       S. 3405. An act to require the Federal Communications 
     Commission to issue a rule providing that certain low power 
     television stations may be accorded primary status as Class A 
     television licensees, and for other purposes.
       S. 3519. An act to amend the National Trails System Act to 
     designate the Butterfield Overland National Historic Trail, 
     and for other purposes.
       S. 3773. An act to authorize leases of up to 99 years for 
     land held in trust for the Confederated Tribes of the 
     Chehalis Reservation.
       S. 3946. An act to reauthorize the Trafficking Victims 
     Protection Act of 2017, and for other purposes.
       S. 3949. An act to reauthorize the Trafficking Victims 
     Protection Act of 2000, and for other purposes.
       S. 4104. An act to approve the settlement of water rights 
     claims of the Hualapai Tribe and certain allottees in the 
     State of Arizona, to authorize construction of a water 
     project relating to those water rights claims, and for other 
     purposes.
       S. 4120. An act to maximize discovery, and accelerate 
     development and availability, of promising childhood cancer 
     treatments, and for other purposes.
       S. 4240. An act to amend section 2441 of title 18, United 
     States Code, to broaden the scope of individuals subject to 
     prosecution for war crimes.
       S. 4439. An act to take certain Federal land located in 
     Siskiyou County, California, and Humboldt County, California, 
     into trust for the benefit of the Karuk Tribe, and for other 
     purposes.
       S. 4949. An act to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     address green burial sections in national cemeteries, and for 
     other purposes.
       S. 4978. An act to amend the Public Health Service Act to 
     reauthorize the State offices of rural health program.
       S. 5087. An act to amend the Not Invisible Act of 2019 to 
     extend, and provide additional support for, the activities of 
     the Department of the Interior and the Department of Justice 
     Joint Commission on Reducing Violent Crime Against Indians, 
     and for other purposes.
       S. 5328. An act to amend the Farm Security and Rural 
     Investment Act of 2002 to extend terminal lakes assistance.

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


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       H.R. 9640. An act to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to provide for examination and disclosure with respect 
     to Presidential income tax returns.

  The message also announced that the House agreed to the amendment of 
the Senate to the bill (H.R. 7939) to make permanent certain 
educational assistance benefits under the laws administered by the 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs in the case of changes to courses of 
education by reason of emergency situations, and for other purposes.
                                  ____

  At 5:43 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. 1155. An act ensuring that goods made with forced 
     labor in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of the 
     People's Republic of China do not enter the United States 
     market, and for other purposes.

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