[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 14]
[Senate]
[Page 19016]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                        MESSAGES FROM THE HOUSE

  At 2:02 p.m., a message from the House of Representatives, delivered 
by Ms. Niland, one of its clerks, announced that the House has passed 
the following bills, in which it requests the concurrence of the 
Senate:

       H.R. 2608. An act to amend section 402 of the Personal 
     Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 
     1996 to provide, in fiscal years 2008 through 2010, 
     extensions of supplemental security income for refugees, 
     asylees, and certain other humanitarian immigrants, and to 
     amend the Internal Revenue Code to collect unemployment 
     compensation debts resulting from fraud.
       H.R. 2669. An act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to 
     section 601 of the concurrent resolution on the budget for 
     fiscal year 2008.
       H.R. 2900. An act to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and 
     Cosmetic Act to revise and extend the user-fee programs for 
     prescription drugs and for medical devices, to enhance the 
     postmarket authorities of the Food and Drug Administration 
     with respect to the safety of drugs, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 2956. An act to require the Secretary of Defense to 
     commence the reduction of the number of United States Armed 
     Forces in Iraq to a limited presence by April 1, 2008, and 
     for other purposes.

  The message also announced that the House agrees to the amendment of 
the Senate to the bill (H.R. 556) to ensure national security while 
promoting foreign investment and the creation and maintenance of jobs, 
to reform the process by which such investments are examined for any 
effect they may have on national security, to establish the Committee 
on Foreign Investment in the United States, and for other purposes.
  The message further announced that pursuant to section 201(b) of the 
International Religious Freedom Act of 1998 (22 U.S.C. 6431 note), 
amended by section 681(b) of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, 
Fiscal Year 2003 (22 U.S.C. 2651 note), and the order of the House of 
January 4, 2007, the Speaker reappoints the following members on the 
part of the House of Representatives to the Commission on International 
Religious Freedom: Ms. Felice Gaer of Paramus, New Jersey, for a 2-year 
term ending May 14, 2009, to succeed herself, and Ms. Nina Shea of 
Washington, D.C., for a 2-year term ending May 14, 2009, to succeed 
herself upon the recommendation of the Minority Leader.
  The message also announced that pursuant to 22 U.S.C. 2761, clause 10 
of rule I, and the order of the House of January 4, 2007, the Speaker 
appoints the following Members of the House of Representatives to the 
British-American Interparliamentary Group, in addition to Mr. Chandler 
of Kentucky, Chairman, appointed on March 30, 2007: Mr. Wu of Oregon, 
Vice Chairman, Mr. Pomeroy of North Dakota, Mr. Clyburn of South 
Carolina, Mr. Etheridge of North Carolina, Mr. Davis of California, Mr. 
Bishop of New York, Mr. Petri of Wisconsin, Mr. Boozman of Arkansas, 
Mr. Boustany of Louisiana, Mr. Crenshaw of Florida, and Mr. Wilson of 
South Carolina.
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  At 2:16 p.m., a message from the House, 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. 1851. An act to reform the housing choice voucher 
     program under section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 
     1937.

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