[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 3]
[Senate]
[Page 4020]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                        MESSAGES FROM THE HOUSE

  At 2:46 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. 5492. An act to authorize the Board of Regents of the 
     Smithsonian Institution to construct a greenhouse facility at 
     its museum support facility in Suitland, Maryland, and for 
     other purposes.

  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. 290. Concurrent commemmorating the 175th 
     anniversary of the special relationship between the United 
     States and the Kingdom of Thailand.
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  At 5:27 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 following concurrent resolution, in which it requests the 
concurrence of the Senate:

       H. Con. Res. 316. Concurrent resolution providing for a 
     conditional adjournment of the House of Representatives and a 
     conditional recess or adjournment of the Senate.
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  At 6:28 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 bill, without amendment:

       S. 2733. An act to temporarily extend the programs under 
     the Higher Education Act of 1965.

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