[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 14]
[Senate]
[Page 19456]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         MESSAGE FROM THE HOUSE

  At 5:05 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 act, with an amendment, in which it requests the 
concurrence of the Senate:

       S. 966. An act to enable the Department of State to respond 
     to a critical shortage of passport processing personnel, and 
     for other purposes, with an amendment.

  The message also announced that the House disagreed to the Senate 
amendment to the act (H.R. 1) to provide for the implementation of the 
recommendations of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon 
the United States, and agree to the conference asked by the Senate on 
the disagreeing votes of the two Houses thereon; and appoints the 
following Members as the managers of the conference on the part of the 
House:
  From the Committee on Homeland Security for consideration of the 
House bill and the Senate amendment, and modifications committed to 
conference: Mr. Thompson of Mississippi, Ms. Loretta Sanchez of 
California, Mr. Dicks, Ms. Harman, Mrs. Lowey, Ms. Jackson-Lee of 
Texas, Mrs. Christensen, Messrs. Etheridge, Langevin, Cuellar, Al Green 
of Texas, Perlmutter, King of New York, Smith of Texas, Souder, Tom 
Davis of Virginia, Daniel E. Lungren of California, Rogers of Alabama, 
McCaul of Texas, Dent, and Ms. Ginny Brown-Waite of Florida.
  From the Committee on Armed Services, for consideration of sections 
1202, 1211, 1221, 1232, 1233, and 1241 of the House bill, and section 
703 of the Senate amendment, and modifications committed to conference: 
Messrs. Skelton, Spratt, and Saxton.
  From the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for consideration of title 
I, title II, sections 743 and 901 of the House bill, and title III, 
sections 1002, 1481, 1482, 1484, and title XVII of the Senate 
amendment, and modifications committed to conference: Messrs. Dingell, 
Markey, and Barton of Texas.
  From the Committee on Foreign Affairs, for consideration of sections 
601, 1202, 1211, 1221, 1222, 1232, 1233, 1241, 1302, 1311, 1312, 1322, 
1323, 1331-1333, 1412, 1414, 1422, 1431, and 1441-1443 of the House 
bill, and sections 502, 1301, title XVIII, sections 1911-1913, and 1951 
of the Senate amendment, and modifications committed to conference: 
Messrs. Lantos, Ackerman, and Ms. Ros-Lehtinen.
  From the Committee on the Judiciary, for consideration of sections 
406, 501, 601, 702, and title VIII of the House bill, and sections 123, 
501-503, 601-603, 1002, and 1432 of the Senate amendment, and 
modifications committed to conference: Mr. Conyers, Ms. Zoe Lofgren of 
California, and Mr. Sensenbrenner.
  From the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, for 
consideration of section 408 and subtitle A of title VIII of the House 
bill, and sections 114, 601, 602, 903, 904, 1203, 1205, and 1601 of the 
Senate amendment, and modifications committed to conference: Messrs. 
Waxman, Clay, and Issa.
  From the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, for 
consideration of sections 601, 712, 723, 732, 733, 741, 742, and 
subtitle A of title VIII of the House bill, and sections 111-113, 121, 
122, 131, 502, 601, 602, 703, 1201-1203, 1205, 1206, and 1606 of the 
Senate amendment, and modifications committed to conference: Messrs. 
Reyes, Cramer, and Hoekstra.
  From the Committee on Science and Technology, for consideration of 
sections 703, 1301, 1464, 1467, and 1507 of the Senate amendment, and 
modifications committed to conference: Messrs. Gordon of Tennessee, Wu, 
and Gingrey.
  From the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, for 
consideration of titles I-III, section 1002, and title XI of the House 
bill, and sections 202, 301, title IV, sections 801-803, 807, 901, 
1001, 1002, 1101-1103, 1422-1424, 1426, 1427, 1429, 1430, 1433, 1436-
1438, 1441, 1443, 1444, 1446, 1449, 1464, 1473, 1503, and 1605 of the 
Senate amendment, and modifications committed to conference: Messrs. 
Oberstar, DeFazio, and Mica.
  For consideration of title II of the House bill, and title III of 
subtitle C of title XIV of the Senate amendment, and modifications 
committed to conference: Mr. Larson of Connecticut.
  The message further announced that the House has passed the following 
bills, in which it requests the concurrence of the Senate:

       H.R. 781. An act to redesignate Lock and Dam No. 5 of the 
     McClellan-Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System near 
     Redfield, Arkansas, authorized by the Rivers and Harbors Act 
     approved July 24, 1946, as the ``Colonel Charles D. Maynard 
     Lock and Dam''.
       H.R. 799. An act to authorize and improve the program 
     authorized by the Appalachian Regional Development Act of 
     1965.
       H.R. 1980. An act to authorize appropriations for the 
     Housing Assistance Council.
       H.R. 1982. An act to authorize appropriations for the rural 
     housing and economic development program of the Department of 
     Housing and Urban Development.
       H.R. 2293. An act to require the Secretary of State to 
     submit to Congress a report on efforts to bring to justice 
     the Palestinian terrorists who killed John Branchizio, Mark 
     Parson, and John Marin Linde.
       H.R. 2547. An act to amend the Federal Deposit Insurance 
     Act to prevent misrepresentation about deposit insurance 
     coverage, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 2570. An act to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 301 Boardwalk Drive in Fort 
     Collins, Colorado, as the ``Dr. Karl E. Carson Post Office 
     Building''.

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

       H. Con. Res. 87. Concurrent resolution supporting the goals 
     and ideals of a world day of remembrance for road crash 
     victims.

  The message further announced that pursuant to The National 
Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 955(b) 
note), the Minority Leader appoints the following Member to the 
National Council on the Arts: Mr. Tiberi of Ohio.
  The message also announced that pursuant to section 730c of the 
Public Interest Declassification Board, 50 US.C. 435 note, the 
Republican Leader re-appoints the Honorable David Scaggs to the Public 
Interest Declassification Board as the Minority Leader appointment, 
with the understanding that he will resign the position effective June 
5, 2009.
  The message further announced that pursuant to 20 US.C. 2004(b), and 
the order of the House of January 4,2007, the Speaker appoints the 
following Members of the House of Representatives to the Board of 
Trustees of the Harry S Truman Scholarship Foundation: Mr. Skelton of 
Missouri and Mr. Hulshof of Missouri.

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