[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 5]
[Senate]
[Page 5977]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         MESSAGE FROM THE HOUSE

  At 4:53 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 bills, in which it requests the concurrence of the 
Senate:

       H.R. 3548. An act to enhance citizen access to Government 
     information and services by establishing plain language as 
     the standard style for Government documents issued to the 
     public, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 4881. An act to prohibit the awarding of a contract or 
     grant in excess of the simplified acquisition threshold 
     unless the prospective contractor or grantee certifies in 
     writing to the agency awarding the contract or grant that the 
     contractor or grantee has no seriously delinquent tax debts, 
     and for other purposes.

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