[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 18]
[Senate]
[Pages 23639-23640]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         ENROLLED BILLS SIGNED

  At 4:27 p.m., a message from the House of Representatives, delivered 
by Ms. Niland, announced that the Speaker has signed the following 
enrolled bills:

       S. 1346. An act to direct the Secretary of the Interior to 
     conduct a study of maritime sites in the State of Michigan.
       S. 1820. An act to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 6110 East 51st Place in 
     Tulsa, Oklahoma, as the ``Dewey F. Bartlett Post Office''.
       S. 1998. An act to amend title 18, United States Code, to 
     enhance protections relating to the reputation and meaning of 
     the Medal of Honor and other military decorations and awards, 
     and for other purposes.
       S. 3938. An act to reauthorize the Export-Import Bank of 
     the United States.
       S. 4044. An act to clarify the treatment of certain 
     charitable contributions under title 11, United States Code.
       S. 4073. An act to designate the outpatient clinic of the 
     Department of Veterans Affairs located in Farmington, 
     Missouri, as the ``Robert Silvey Department of Veterans 
     Affairs Outpatient Clinic''.
       H.R. 758. An act to establish an interagency aerospace 
     revitalization task force to develop a national strategy for 
     aerospace workforce recruitment, training, and cultivation.
       H.R. 854. An act to provide for certain lands to be held in 
     trust for the Utu Utu Gwaitu Paiute Tribe.
       H.R. 1285. An act to extend for 3 years changes to 
     requirements for admission of nonimmigrant nurses in health 
     professional shortage areas made by the Nursing Relief for 
     Disadvantages Areas Act of 1999.
       H.R. 1472. An act to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 167 East 124th Street in New 
     York, New York, as the ``Tito Puente Post Office Building''.
       H.R. 4057. An act to provide that attorneys employed by the 
     Department of Justice shall be eligible for compensatory time 
     off for travel under section 5550b of title 5, United States 
     Code.
       H.R. 4246. An act to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 8135 Forest Lane in Dallas, 
     Texas, as the ``Dr. Robert E. Price Post Office Building''.
       H.R. 5136. An act to establish a National Integrated 
     Drought Information System within the National Oceanic and 
     Atmospheric Administration to improve drought monitoring and 
     forecasting capabilities.
       H.R. 5736. An act to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 101 Palafox Place in 
     Pensacola, Florida, as the ``Vincent J. Whibbs, Sr. Post 
     Office Building''.

  The enrolled bills were subsequently signed by the President pro 
tempore (Mr. Stevens).
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  At 5:49 p.m., a message from the House of Representatives, delivered 
by Ms. Niland, one of its reading clerks, announced that the House has 
passed the following bill, without amendment:

       S. 4046. An act to extend oversight and accountability 
     related to United States reconstruction funds and efforts in 
     Iraq by extending the termination date of the Office of the 
     Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction.

  The message also announced that the House has passed the bill (S. 
3421) to authorize major medical facility projects and major medical 
facility leases for the Department of Veterans Affairs for fiscal years 
2006 and 2007, and for other purposes, with amendments, in which it 
requests the concurrence of the Senate.
  The message further announced that pursuant to section 1238(b)(3) of 
the Floyd D. Spence National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2001 (22 U.S.C. 7002), amended by division P of the Consolidated 
Appropriations Resolution, 2003 (22 U.S.C. 6901), the Minority Leader 
reappoints the following individual to the United States-China Economic 
and Security Review Commission for a term expiring December 31, 2008. 
His current term expires December 31, 2006: Mr. Michael Wessel of Falls 
Church, Virginia.

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  Ordered further, that the Minority Leader appoints Mr. Jeffrey L. 
Fiedler of Great Falls, Virginia, to fill the remainder of the term of 
Mr. George Becker, who is resigning effective December 31, 2006. The 
current term on which Mr. Fiedler succeeds Mr. Becker expires December 
31, 2007.
  The message also announced that pursuant to Public Law 109-236, the 
Minority Leaders of the House of Representatives and the Senate appoint 
the following individual to the MINER Act Technical Study Panel: Dr. 
James L. Weeks of Maryland.
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  At 9:28 p.m., a message from the House of Representatives, delivered 
by Ms. Niland, 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. 5948. An act to reauthorize the Belarus Democracy Act 
     of 2004.

  The message also announced that the House agrees to the amendment of 
the Senate to the bill (H.R. 6111) to amend the Internal Revenue Code 
of 1986 to provide that the Tax Court may review claims for equitable 
innocent spouse relief and to suspend the running on the period of 
limitations while such claims are pending, with amendments, in which it 
requests the concurrence of the Senate.
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  At 10:23 p.m., a message from the House of Representatives, delivered 
by Ms. Niland, one of its reading clerks, announced that the House has 
passed the following joint resolution, in which it requests the 
concurrence of the Senate:

       H.J. Res. 102. Joint resolution making further continuing 
     appropriations for the fiscal year 2007, and for other 
     purposes.

  The message also stated that the House has agreed to the following 
concurrent resolution, in which it requests the concurrence of the 
Senate:

       H. Con. Res. 503. Concurrent resolution providing for the 
     sine die adjournment of the second session of the One Hundred 
     Ninth Congress.

  The message further announced that the House agrees 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. 5682) to exempt from 
certain requirements of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 a proposed 
nuclear agreement for cooperation with India.

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