[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 9]
[Senate]
[Page 12493]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                        MESSAGES FROM THE HOUSE

  At 11:41 a.m., a message from the House of Representatives, delivered 
by Mr. Zapata, one of its reading clerks, announced that the House has 
passed the following bill, in which it requests the concurrence of the 
Senate:

       H.R. 2162. An act to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 123 11th Avenue South in 
     Nampa, Idaho, as the ``Herbert A Littleton Postal Station''.

  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. 84. Concurrent resolution supporting the goals 
     and objectives of a National Military Appreciation Month.

  The message further announced that the House has passed the following 
bill, with an amendment, in which it requests the concurrence of the 
Senate:

       S. 454. An act to improve the organization and procedures 
     of the Department of Defense for the acquisition of major 
     weapon systems, and for other purposes.

  The message also announced that the House insists upon its amendment 
to the bill (S. 454) to improve the organization and procedures of the 
Department of Defense for the acquisition of major weapon systems, and 
for other purposes, and asks a conference with the Senate on the 
disagreeing votes of the two Houses thereon; and appoints the following 
Members as the managers of the conference on the part of the House: 
Messrs. Skelton, Sprat, Ortiz, Taylor, Abercrombie, Reyes, Snyder, 
Smith of Washington, Ms. Loretta Sanchez of California, Mr. McIntyre, 
Mrs. Tauscher, Messrs. Brady of Pennsylvania, Andrews, Mrs. Davis of 
California, Messrs. Langevin, Cooper, Ellsworth, Sestak, McHugh, 
Bartlett, McKeon, Thornberry, Jones, Akin, Forbes, Miller of Florida, 
Wilson of South Carolina, Conaway, Hunter, and Coffman of Colorado.
  The message further announced that pursuant to 20 U.S.C. 4412, and 
the order of the House of January 6, 2009, the Speaker appoints the 
following Member of the House of Representatives to the Board of 
Trustees of the Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture 
and Arts Development: Mr. Lujan of New Mexico.
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  At 4:30 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 bill, in which it requests the concurrence of the 
Senate:

       H.R. 2346. An act making supplemental appropriations for 
     the fiscal year ending September 30, 2009, and for other 
     purposes.

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