[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 14]
[Senate]
[Page 18732]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                        MESSAGES FROM THE HOUSE

  At 12:23 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 and joint resolution, in which it requests 
the concurrence of the Senate:

       H.R. 1622. An act to provide for a program of research, 
     development, and demonstration on natural gas vehicles.
       H.R. 1933. An act to direct the Attorney General to make an 
     annual grant to the A Child is Missing Alert and Recovery 
     Center to assist law enforcement agencies in the rapid 
     recovery of missing children, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 2632. An act to amend title 4, United States Code, to 
     encourage the display of the flag of the United States on 
     National Korean War Veterans Armistice Day.
       H.R. 2729. An act to authorize the designation of National 
     Environmental Research Parks by the Secretary of Energy, and 
     for other purposes.
       H. J. Res. 56. Joint resolution approving the renewal of 
     import restrictions contained in the Burmese Freedom and 
     Democracy Act of 2003, and for other purposes.

  The message also announced that the House has agreed to the following 
concurrent resolution, without amendment:

       S. Con. Res. 30. Concurrent resolution commending the 
     Bureau of Labor Statistics on the occasion of its 125th 
     anniversary.

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

       H. Con. Res. 123. Concurrent resolution recognizing the 
     historical and national significance of the many 
     contributions of John William Heisman to the sport of 
     football.
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  At 2:11 p.m., a message from the House of Representatives, delivered 
by Mr. Schiff (manager on the part of the House in the matter of 
impeachment of Samuel B. Kent), announced that it has agreed to the 
resolution (H. Res. 661) resolving that the managers on the part of the 
House of Representatives in the impeachment proceedings now pending in 
the Senate against Samuel B. Kent, formerly judge of the United States 
District Court for the Southern District of Texas, are instructed to 
appear before the Senate, sitting as a court of impeachment for those 
proceedings, and advise the Senate that, because Samuel B. Kent is no 
longer a civil officer of the United States, the House of 
Representatives does not desire further to urge the articles of 
impeachment hitherto filed in the Senate against Samuel B. Kent.

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