[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 13]
[Senate]
[Pages 17682-17683]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         MESSAGES FROM THE HOUSE

  At 4:54 p.m., a message from the House of Representatives, delivered 
by Mrs. Cole, one of its reading clerks, announced that the House 
agrees to the report of the committee of conference on the disagreeing 
votes of the two Houses on the amendment of the Senate to the bill 
(H.R. 4137) to amend and extend the Higher Education Act of 1965, and 
for other purposes.
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  At 5:13 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 bill, in which it requests the concurrence of the 
Senate:

       H. R. 6432. An act to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and 
     Cosmetic Act to revise and extend the animal drug user fee 
     program, to establish a program of fees relating to generic 
     new animal drugs, to make certain technical corrections to 
     the Food and Drug Administration Amendments Act of 2007, and 
     for other purposes.
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  At 6:17 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. 1108. An act to protect the public health by 
     providing the Food and Drug Administration with certain 
     authority to regulate tobacco products.
       H.R. 2339. An act to encourage research, development, and 
     demonstration of technologies to facilitate the utilization 
     of water produced in connection with the development of 
     domestic energy resources, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 2851. An act to amend the Employee Retirement Income 
     Security Act of 1974, the Public Health Service Act, and the 
     Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to ensure that dependent 
     students who take a medically necessary leave of absence do 
     not lose health insurance coverage, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 3815. An act to amend the Homeland Security Act of 
     2002 to require the Secretary of Homeland Security to make 
     full and efficient use of open source information to develop 
     and disseminate open source homeland security information 
     products, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
       H.R. 3957. An act to increase research, development, 
     education, and technology transfer activities related to 
     water use efficiency and conservation technologies and 
     practices at the Environmental Protection Agency.
       H.R. 4806. An act to require the Secretary of Homeland 
     Security to develop a strategy to prevent the over-
     classification of homeland security and other information and 
     to promote the sharing of unclassified homeland security and 
     other information, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 5170. An act to amend the Homeland Security Act of 
     2002 to provide for a privacy official within each component 
     of the Department of Homeland Security, and for other 
     purposes.
       H.R. 5531. An act to amend the Homeland Security Act of 
     2002 to clarify criteria for certification relating to 
     Advanced Spectroscopic Portal monitors, and for other 
     purposes.
       H.R. 5892. An act to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to modernize the 
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     benefits claims processing system of the Department of 
     Veterans Affairs to ensure the accurate and timely delivery 
     of compensation to veterans and their families and survivors, 
     and for other purposes.
       H.R. 5983. An act to amend the Homeland Security Act of 
     2002 to enhance the information security of the Department of 
     Homeland Security, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 6073. An act to provide that Federal employees 
     receiving their pay by electronic funds transfer shall be 
     given the option of receiving their pay stubs electronically.
       H.R. 6193. An act to require the Secretary of Homeland 
     Security to develop and administer policies, procedures, and 
     programs to promote the implementation of the Controlled 
     Unclassified Information Framework applicable to unclassified 
     information that is homeland security information, terrorism 
     information, weapons of mass destruction information and 
     other information within the scope of the information sharing 
     environment established under section 1016 of the 
     Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 (6 
     U.S.C. 485), and for other purposes.
       H.R. 6445. An act to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     prohibit the Secretary of Veterans Affairs from collecting 
     certain copayments from veterans who are catastrophically 
     disabled, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 6456. An act to provide for extensions of certain 
     authorities of the Department of State, and for other 
     purposes.
       H.R. 6576. An act to require the Archivist of the United 
     States to promulgate regulations regarding the use of 
     information control designations, and for other purposes.

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

       H. Con. Res. 296. Concurrent resolution expressing support 
     for the designation of August 2008 as ``National Heat Stroke 
     Awareness Month'' to raise awareness and encourage prevention 
     of heat stroke.
       H. Con. Res. 358. Concurrent resolution commending the 
     members of the Nevada Army and Air National Guard and the 
     Nevada Reserve members of the Armed Forces for their 
     dedicated, unselfish, and professional service, commitment, 
     and sacrifices to the State of Nevada and the United States 
     during more than five years of deployments to and in support 
     of Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom.
       H. Con. Res. 361. Concurrent resolution commemorating Irena 
     Sendler, a woman whose bravery saved the lives of thousands 
     during the Holocaust and remembering her legacy of courage, 
     selflessness, and hope.

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