[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 4]
[Senate]
[Page 4748]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         MESSAGE FROM THE HOUSE

  At 1:20 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. 550. An act to preserve existing judgeships on the 
     Superior Court of the District of Columbia.

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

       H.R. 1312. An act to expedite adjudication of employer 
     petitions for aliens of extraordinary artistic ability.
       H.R. 2040. An act to require the Secretary of the Treasury 
     to mint coins in commemoration of the semicentennial of the 
     enactment of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
       H.R. 5168. An act to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 19101 Cortez Boulevard in 
     Brooksville, Florida, as the ``Cody Grater Post Office 
     Building''.
       H.R. 5551. An act to amend title 11, District of Columbia 
     Official Code, to implement the increase provided under the 
     District of Columbia Appropriations Act, 2008, in the amount 
     of funds made available for the compensation of attorneys 
     representing indigent defendants in the District of Columbia 
     courts, and for other purposes.

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

       H. Con. Res. 154. Concurrent resolution expressing the 
     sense of Congress that the fatal radiation poisoning of 
     Russian dissident and writer Alexander Litvinenko raises 
     significant concerns about the potential involvement of 
     elements of the Russian Government in Mr. Litvinenko's death 
     and about the security and proliferation of radioactive 
     materials.
       H. Con. Res. 310. Concurrent resolution expressing support 
     for a national day of remembrance for Harriet Ross Tubman.

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