[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 7]
[Senate]
[Pages 9447-9448]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         MESSAGE FROM THE HOUSE

  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 has 
passed the following bills, in which it requests the concurrence of the 
Senate:

       H.R. 151. An act to establish the Daniel Webster 
     Congressional Clerkship Program.
       H.R. 577. An act to establish a grant program to provide 
     vision care to children, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 838. An act to provide for the conveyance of a parcel 
     of land held by the Bureau of Prisons of the Department of 
     Justice in Miami Dade County, Florida, to facilitate the 
     construction of a new educational facility that includes a 
     secure parking area for the Bureau of Prisons, and for other 
     purposes.
       H.R. 985. An act to maintain the free flow of information 
     to the public by providing conditions for the federally 
     compelled disclosure of information by certain persons 
     connected with the news media.
       H.R. 1029. An act to amend the Immigration and Nationality 
     Act and title 18, United States Code, to combat the crime of 
     alien smuggling and related activities, and for other 
     purposes.
       H.R. 1253. An act to require that limitations and 
     restrictions on coverage under group health plans be timely 
     disclosed to group health plan sponsors and timely 
     communicated to participants and beneficiaries under such 
     plans in a form that is easily understandable.
       H.R. 1259. An act to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and 
     Cosmetic Act with respect to the distribution of the drug 
     dextromethorphan, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 1299. An act to make technical corrections to the laws 
     affecting certain administrative authorities of the United 
     States Capitol Police, and for other purposes.


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

       H. Con. Res. 54. Concurrent resolution permitting the use 
     of the Rotunda of the Capitol for a ceremony as part of the 
     commemoration of the days of remembrance of victims of the 
     Holocaust.

  The message further announced that pursuant to section 13101 of 
Public Law 111-5, and the order of the House of January 6, 2009, the 
Republican Leader appoints the following member on the part of the 
House of Representatives to the HIT Policy Committee: Mrs. Gayle 
Harrell of Stuart, Florida.
  The message also announced that pursuant to 10 U.S.C. 6968(a), and 
the order of the House of January 6, 2009, the Speaker appoints the 
following Members of the House of Representatives to the Board of 
Visitors to the United States Naval Academy: Mr. Ruppersberger of 
Maryland, Mr. Cummings of Maryland, Mr. Kline of Minnesota, and Mr. 
Frelinghuysen of New Jersey.

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