[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 12]
[Senate]
[Page 16090]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         MESSAGE FROM THE HOUSE

  At 2:04 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 bills, in which it requests the concurrence of the 
Senate:

       H.R. 2638. An act making appropriations for the Department 
     of Homeland Security for the fiscal year ending September 30, 
     2008, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 2642. An act making appropriations for military 
     construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related 
     agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2008, and 
     for other purposes.

  The message also announced that pursuant to section 5(a) of the 
Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission Act (36 U.S.C. 101 note), the 
Republican Leader re-appoints Mr. LaHood of Illinois to the Abraham 
Lincoln Bicentennial Commission.
  The message further announced that pursuant to section 5(a) of the 
Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission Act (36 U.S.C. 101 note), and 
the order of the House of January 4, 2007, the Speaker appoints the 
following Member of the House of Representatives to the Abraham Lincoln 
Bicentennial Commission: Mr. Jackson of Illinois.
  The message also announced that pursuant to 2 U.S.C. 501(b), and the 
order of the House of January 4, 2007, the Speaker appoints the 
following Members of the House of Representatives to the House 
Commission on Congressional Mailing Standards: Mr. Capuano of 
Massachusetts, Chairman; Mr. Sherman of California; Mr. Davis of 
Alabama; Mr. Ehlers of Michigan; Mr. Price of Georgia; and Mr. McCarthy 
of California.

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