[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 18]
[Senate]
[Pages 23708-23709]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         MESSAGE FROM THE HOUSE


                          Enrolled Bill Signed

  At 9:32 a.m., a message from the House of Representatives, delivered 
by Ms. Niland, one of its reading clerks, announced that the Speaker 
has signed the following enrolled bill:

       H.R. 3663. An act to amend title XVIII of the Social 
     Security Act to delay the date on which the accreditation 
     requirement under the Medicare Program applies to suppliers 
     of durable medical equipment that are pharmacies.

  The enrolled bill was subsequently signed by the President pro 
tempore (Mr. Byrd).


                         Enrolled Bills Signed

  The President pro tempore (Mr. Byrd) reported that he had signed the 
following enrolled bills, previously signed by the Speaker of the 
House:

       H.R. 1687. An act to designate the federally occupied 
     building located at McKinley Avenue and Third Street, SW., 
     Canton, Ohio, as the ``Ralph Regula Federal Building and 
     United States Courthouse''.
       H.R. 2053. An act to designate the United States courthouse 
     located at 525 Magoffin Avenue in El Paso, Texas, as the 
     ``Albert Armendariz, Sr., United States Courthouse''.
       H.R. 2121. An act to authorize the Administrator of General 
     Services to convey a parcel of real property in Galveston, 
     Texas, to the Galveston Historical Foundation.
       H.R. 2498. An act to designate the Federal building located 
     at 844 North Rush Street in Chicago, Illinois, as the 
     ``William O. Lipinski Federal Building''.
       H.R. 2913. An act to designate the United States courthouse 
     located at 301 Simonton Street in Key West, Florida, as the 
     ``Sidney M. Aronovitz United States Courthouse''.
       S. 1289. An act to improve title 18 of the United States 
     Code.
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  At 10:06 a.m., a message from the House of Representatives, delivered 
by Mrs. Cole, one of its reading clerks, announced that pursuant to 
section 4 of the Ronald Reagan Centennial Commission Act of 2009 
(Public Law 111-25), the Speaker appoints as members of the Ronald 
Reagan Centennial Commission the following Members on the part of the 
House: Mr. Foster of Illinois and Mr. Moore of Kansas.
  At 11:24 a.m., a message from the House of Representatives, delivered 
by Mrs. Cole, one of its reading clerks, announced that the House has 
agreed to the following concurrent resolution, without amendment:

       S. Con. Res. 42: Concurrent resolution providing for the 
     acceptance of a statue of Helen Keller, presented by the 
     people of Alabama.
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  At 12:56 p.m., a message from the House of Representatives, delivered 
by Ms. Niland, one of its reading clerks, announced that the House 
disagree to the amendment of the Senate to the bill (H.R. 2647) 
entitled ``An Act to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2010 for 
military activities of the Department of Defense, for military 
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, 
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, to 
provide special pays and allowances to certain members of the Armed 
Forces, expand concurrent receipt of military retirement and VA 
disability benefits to disabled military retirees, and for other 
purposes.'', and agree to the conference asked by the Senate on the 
disagreeing votes of the two Houses thereon, and that the following 
Members be the managers of the conference on the part of the House:
  From the Committee on Armed Services, for consideration of the House 
bill and the Senate amendment, and modifications committed to 
conference: Messrs. Skelton, Spratt, Ortiz, Taylor, Abercrombie, Reyes, 
Snyder,

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Smith of Washington, Ms. Loretta Sanchez, Messrs. McIntyre, Brady of 
Pennsylvania, Andrews, Mrs. Davis of California, Messrs. Langevin, 
Larsen of Washington, Cooper, Marshall, Ms. Bordallo, Messrs. McKeon, 
Bartlett, Thornberry, Jones, Akin, Forbes, Miller of Florida, Wilson of 
South Carolina, LoBiondo, Bishop of Utah, Turner and Wittman;
  From the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, for 
consideration of matters within the jurisdiction of that committee 
under clause 11 of rule X: Messrs. Reyes, Schiff and Hoekstra;
  From the Committee on Education and Labor, for consideration of 
sections 243, 551-553, 585, 2833 and 2834 of the House bill and 
sections 531-534 and 3136 of the Senate amendment, and modifications 
committed to conference: Ms. Woolsey, Mr. Altmire and Mrs. Biggert;
  From the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for consideration of 
sections 247, 315 and 601 of the House bill and sections 311, 601, 2835 
and 3118 of the Senate amendment, and modifications committed to 
conference: Messrs. Waxman, Markey of Massachusetts and Barton of 
Texas;
  From the Committee on Foreign Affairs, for consideration of sections 
812, 907, 912, 1011, 1013, 1046, 1201, 1211, 1213-1215, 1226, 1230A, 
1231, 1236, 1239, 1240, title XIII, sections 1513, 1516, 1517, and 2903 
of the House bill and sections 1021, 1023, 1201-1203, 1205-1208, 1211-
1214, subtitle D of title XII, title XIII and section 1517 of the 
Senate amendment, and modifications committed to conference: Messrs. 
Berman, Ackerman and Ms. Ros-Lehtinen;
  From the Committee on Homeland Security, for consideration of section 
1101 of the House bill, and modifications committed to conference: Mr. 
Thompson of Mississippi, Ms. Titus and Mr. Bilirakis;
  From the Committee on House Administration, for consideration of 
subtitle H of title V of the Senate amendment, and modifications 
committed to conference: Messrs. Capuano, Gonzalez and Lungren of 
California;
  From the Committee on the Judiciary, for consideration of sections 
583, 584, 1021 and 1604 of the House bill and sections 821, 911, 1031, 
1033, 1056, 1086 and division E of the Senate amendment, and 
modifications committed to conference: Mr. Nadler of New York, Ms. Zoe 
Lofgren of California and Mr. Gohmert;
  From the Committee on Natural Resources, for consideration of 
sections 1091 and 2308 of the Senate amendment, and modifications 
committed to conference: Messrs. Rahall, Faleomavaega and Hastings of 
Washington;
  From the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, for 
consideration of sections 321, 322, 326-329, 335, 537, 666, 814, 815, 
834, 1101-1107, 1110-1113 and title II of division D of the House bill 
and sections 323, 323A-323C, 814, 822, 824, 901, 911, 1056, 1086, 1101-
1105 and 1162 of the Senate amendment, and modifications committed to 
conference: Messrs. Towns, Lynch and Fortenberry;
  From the Committee on Science and Technology, for consideration of 
sections 248, 819, 836, and 911 of the House bill and sections 801, 
814, 833, 834, 912 and division F of the Senate amendment, and 
modifications committed to conference: Messrs. Gordon of Tennessee, Wu 
and Smith of Nebraska;
  From the Committee on Small Business, for consideration of section 
830 of the House bill and sections 833, 834, 838, 1090 and division F 
of the Senate amendment, and modifications committed to conference: Ms. 
Velazquez and Messrs. Nye and Graves;
  From the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, for 
consideration of sections 315, 601 and 2811 of the House bill and 
sections 311, 601, 933, 2835, 8301, 6002, 6007, 6008, 6012 and 6013 of 
the Senate amendment, and modifications committed to conference: Mr. 
Cummings, Ms. Richardson and Mr. Mica;
  From the Committee on Veterans Affairs, for consideration of sections 
525, 583, 584 and section 121 of division D of the House bill and 
sections 573-575, 617, 711, subtitle E of title X, sections 1084 and 
1085 of the Senate amendment, and modifications committed to 
conference: Messrs. Rodriguez, Donnelly of Indiana and Buyer.
  Ordered further, that pursuant to clause 11 of rule I, the Speaker 
removes the gentleman from Texas, Mr. Reyes, as a conferee from the 
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence in the conference on 
disagreeing votes of the two Houses on the amendment of the Senate to 
the bill (H.R. 2647) entitled ``An Act to authorize appropriations for 
fiscal year 2010 for military activities of the Department of Defense, 
for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department 
of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal 
year, to provide special pays and allowances to certain members of the 
Armed Forces, expand concurrent receipt of military retirement and VA 
disability benefits to disabled military retirees, and for other 
purposes.'' and appoints the gentleman from Florida, Mr. Alcee 
Hastings, to fill the vacancy.
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  At 6:22 p.m., a message from the House of Representatives, delivered 
by Ms. Niland, 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 Senate to the bill 
(H.R. 2997) making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, 
Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies programs for the 
fiscal year ending September 30, 2010, and for other purposes.

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