[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 12]
[Senate]
[Page 15823]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         MESSAGE FROM THE HOUSE

  At 2:04 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. 2410. An act to authorize appropriations for the 
     Department of State and the Peace Corps for fiscal years 2010 
     and 2011, to modernize the Foreign Service, to authorize 
     democratic, economic, and social development assistance for 
     Pakistan, to authorize security assistance for Pakistan, and 
     for other purposes.
       H.R. 2847. An act making appropriations for the Departments 
     of Commerce and Justice, and Science, and Related Agencies 
     for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010, and for other 
     purposes.
       H.R. 2918. An act making appropriations for the Legislative 
     Branch for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010, and for 
     other purposes.


                         ENROLLED BILLS SIGNED

  The message also announced that the Speaker has signed the following 
enrolled bills:

       S. 614. An act to award a congressional Gold Medal to the 
     Women Airforce Service Pilots (``WASP'').
       S. 615. An act to provide additional personnel authorities 
     for the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan 
     Reconstruction.

  The message further announced that Mr. Schiff, Ms. Zoe Lofgren of 
California, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Mr. Goodlatte, and Mr. 
Sensenbrenner are appointed managers on the part of the House to 
conduct the trial of the impeachment of Samuel B. Kent, a judge of the 
United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas, that a 
message be sent to the Senate to inform the Senate of these 
appointments, and that the managers on the part of the House may 
exhibit the articles of impeachment to the Senate and take all other 
actions necessary in connection with preparation for, and conduct of, 
the trial, which may include the following:
  (1) Employing legal, clerical, and other necessary assistants and 
incurring such other expenses as may be necessary, to be paid from 
amounts available to the Committee on the Judiciary under House 
Resolution 279, One Hundred Eleventh Congress, agreed to March 31, 
2009, or any other applicable expense resolution on vouchers approved 
by the Chairman of the Committee on the Judiciary;
  (2) Sending for persons and papers, and filing with the Secretary of 
the Senate, on the part of the House of Representatives, any subsequent 
pleadings which they may consider necessary.

                          ____________________