[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 8]
[Senate]
[Page 11604]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         MESSAGE FROM THE HOUSE

  At 3:24 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 House to the resolution 
(S. Con. Res. 70) setting forth the congressional budget for the United 
States Government for fiscal year 2009 and including the appropriate 
budgetary levels for fiscal years 2008 and 2010 through 2013.
  The message also announced that the House has passed the following 
bills, in which it requests the concurrence of the Senate:

       H.R. 1343. An act to amend the Public Health Service Act to 
     provide additional authorizations of appropriations for the 
     health centers program under section 330 of such Act, and for 
     other purposes.
       H.R. 3712. An act to designate the United States courthouse 
     located at 1716 Spielbusch Avenue in Toledo, Ohio, as the 
     ``James M. Ashley and Thomas W.L. Ashley United States 
     Courthouse''.
       H.R. 5599. An act to designate the Federal building located 
     at 4600 Silver Hill Road in Suitland, Maryland, as the 
     ``Thomas Jefferson Census Bureau Headquarters Building''.
       H.R. 5669. An act to amend the Public Health Service Act to 
     reauthorize the poison center national toll-free number, 
     national media campaign, and grant program to provide 
     assistance for poison prevention, sustain the funding of 
     poison centers, and enhance the public health of people of 
     the United States.
       H.R. 5893. An act to reauthorize the sound recording and 
     film preservation programs of the Library of Congress, and 
     for other purposes.
       H.R. 5972. An act to make technical corrections to the laws 
     affecting certain administrative authorities of the United 
     States Capitol Police, 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. 311. Concurrent resolution authorizing the use 
     of the Capitol Grounds for the Greater Washington Soap Box 
     Derby.
       H. Con. Res. 335. Concurrent resolution authorizing the use 
     of the Capitol Grounds for a celebration of the 100th 
     anniversary of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated.
       H. Con. Res. 366. Concurrent resolution expressing the 
     sense of Congress that increasing American capabilities in 
     science, mathematics, and technology education should be a 
     national priority.
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  At 5:01 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 joint resolution, in which it requests the 
concurrence of the Senate:

       H.J. Res. 92. Joint resolution increasing the statutory 
     limit on the public debt.

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