[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 11]
[Senate]
[Pages 15805-15806]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                        MESSAGES FROM THE HOUSE

  At 1:04 p.m., a message from the House of Representatives, delivered 
by Mrs. Cole, 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. 4049. An act to amend section 5318 of title 31, United 
     States Code, to eliminate regulatory burdens imposed on 
     insured depository institutions and money services businesses 
     and enhance the availability of transaction accounts at 
     depository institutions for such business, and for other 
     purposes.
       H.R. 5235. An act to establish the Ronald Reagan Centennial 
     Commission.
       H.R. 6226. An act to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 300 East 3rd Street in 
     Jamestown, New York, as the ``Stan Lundine Post Office 
     Building''.
       H.R. 6493. An act to amend title 49, United States Code, to 
     enhance aviation safety.
       H.R. 6531. An act to amend chapter 13 of title 17, United 
     States Code (relating to the vessel hull design protection), 
     to clarify the definitions of a hull and a deck.

  The message also announced that the House has passed the following 
joint resolution, in which it requests the concurrence of the Senate:

       H.J. Res. 93. Joint resolution approving the renewal of 
     import restrictions contained in the Burmese Freedom and 
     Democracy Act of 2003.

  The message further announced that the House has passed the following 
bills, without amendment:

       S. 2565. An act to establish an awards mechanism to honor 
     exceptional acts of bravery in the line of duty by Federal, 
     State, and local law enforcement officers.
       S. 2766. An act to amend the Federal Water Pollution 
     Control Act to address certain discharges incidental to the 
     normal operation of a recreational vessel.
       S. 3298. An act to clarify the circumstances during which 
     the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency and 
     applicable States may require permits for discharges from 
     certain vessels, and to require the Administrator to conduct 
     a study of discharges incidental to the normal operation of 
     vessels.

  The message also announced that the House insists upon its amendment 
to the bill (S. 294) to reauthorize Amtrak, and for other purposes, and 
requests a conference with the Senate on the disagreeing votes of the 
two Houses thereon, and appoints the following Members to be managers 
of the conference on the part of the House:
  From the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, for 
consideration of the Senate bill and the House amendment, and 
modifications committed to conference: Mr. Oberstar, Ms. Corrine Brown 
of Florida, Messrs. Cummings, Capuano, Bishop of New York, Mrs. 
Napolitano, Messrs. Lipinksi, Braley of Iowa, Arcuri, Mica, Petri, 
LaTourette, Brown of South Carolina, Shuster, Mario Diaz-Balart of 
Florida and Westmoreland.
  From the Committee on Science and Technology, for consideration of 
sections 105 and 305 of the Senate bill, and modifications committed to 
conference: Messrs. Gordon of Tennessee, Wu, and Gingrey.
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  At 5:45 p.m., a message from the House of Representatives, delivered 
by
  Mrs. Cole, one of its reading clerks, announced that the House has 
agreed to the amendment of the Senate to the

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amendments of the House to the amendment of the Senate to the bill 
(H.R. 3221) moving the United States toward greater energy independence 
and security, developing innovative new technologies, reducing carbon 
emissions, creating green jobs, protecting consumers, increasing clean 
renewable energy production, and modernizing our energy infrastructure, 
and to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide tax 
incentives for the production of renewable energy and energy 
conservation, with an amendment, in which it requests the concurrence 
of the Senate.

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