[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 17]
[Senate]
[Page 23528]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                        MESSAGES FROM THE HOUSE

  At 2:49 p.m., a message from the House of Representatives, delivered 
by Ms. Niland, one of its reading clerks, announced that the House 
agrees to the amendment of the Senate to the bill (H.R. 2358) to 
require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint and issue coins in 
commemoration of Native Americans and the important contributions made 
by Indian tribes and individual Native Americans to the development of 
the United States and the history of the United States, and for other 
purposes.
  The message also announced that the House disagrees to the amendment 
of the Senate to the bill (H.R. 2669) to provide for reconciliation 
pursuant to section 601 of the concurrent resolution on the budget for 
fiscal year 2008, and agree to the conference asked by the Senate on 
the disagreeing votes of the two Houses thereon.
  Ordered, that Messrs. George Miller of California, Andrews, Scott of 
Virginia, Hinojosa, Tierney, Wu, Mrs. Davis of California, Messrs. 
Davis of Illinois, Bishop of New York, Ms. Hirono, Messrs. Altmire, 
Yarmuth, Courtney, McKeon, Keller of Florida, Mrs. McMorris Rodgers, 
Ms. Foxx, Messrs. Kuhl of New York, Walberg, Souder, Ehlers, Mrs. 
Biggert, and Mr. Price of Georgia, be managers of the conference on the 
part of the House.
  The message further announced that the House has passed the following 
bills, in which it requests the concurrence of the Senate:

       H.R. 23. An act to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish the 
     Merchant Mariner Equity Compensation Fund to provide benefits 
     to certain individuals who served in the United States 
     merchant marine (including the Army Transport Service and the 
     Naval Transport Service) during World War II.
       H.R. 694. An act to establish a digital and wireless 
     network technology program, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 2850. An act to provide for the implementation of a 
     Green Chemistry Research and Development Program, and for 
     other purposes.
       H.R. 2992. An act to amend the Small Business Act to 
     improve trade programs, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 3020. An act to amend the Small Business Act to 
     improve the Microloan program, and for other purposes.

  The message also announced that the House has passed the following 
bill, without amendment:

       S. 377. An act to establish a United States-Poland 
     parliamentary youth exchange program, and for other purposes.

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

       H. Con. Res. 196. Concurrent resolution authorizing the use 
     of the Rotunda and grounds of the Capitol for a ceremony to 
     award the Congressional Gold Medal to Tenzin Gyatso, the 
     Fourteenth Dalai Lama.
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  At 6:00 p.m., a message from the House of Representatives, delivered 
by Ms. Niland, one of its reading clerks, announced that the House has 
agreed to the following resolution:

       H. Res. 632. Resolution relative to the death of the 
     Honorable Paul E. Gillmor, a Representative, from the State 
     of Ohio.

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