[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 12]
[Senate]
[Page 17723]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                        MESSAGES FROM THE HOUSE

  At 9:36 a.m., a message from the House of Representatives, delivered 
by Mr. Novotny, 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. 6397. An act to amend section 101(a)(35) of the 
     Immigration and Nationality Act to provide for a marriage for 
     which the parties are not physically in the presence of each 
     other due to service abroad in the Armed Forces of the United 
     States.

  The message also announced that the House has passed the following 
bill, without amendment:

       S. 1376. An act to restore immunization and sibling age 
     exemptions for children adopted by United States citizens 
     under the Hague Convention on Intercountry Adoption to allow 
     their admission into the United States.

  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. 328. Concurrent resolution expressing the 
     sense of the Congress regarding the successful and 
     substantial contributions of the amendments to the patent and 
     trademark laws that were initially enacted in 1980 by Public 
     Law 96-517 (commonly referred to as the ``Bayh-Dole Act'') on 
     the occasion of the 30th anniversary of its enactment.

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

       S. 3689. An act to clarify, improve, and correct the laws 
     relating to copyrights.

  The message further announced that the House has agreed to the 
amendment of the Senate to the bill (H.R. 5566) to amend title 18, 
United States Code, to prohibit interstate commerce in animal crush 
videos, and for other purposes, with an amendment, in which it requests 
the concurrence of the Senate.
  The message also announced that pursuant to Section 1002 of the 
Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2003 (Public Law 107-
306) as amended by section 701(a)(3) of the Intelligence Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2010 (Public Law 111-259), and the other of the 
House of January 6, 2009, the Speaker appointed the following member on 
the part of the House of Representatives to the National Commission for 
the Review of the Research and Development Programs of the United 
States Intelligence Community: Mr. Maurice Sonnenberg of New York, NY.
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  At 12:28 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. 5367. An act to amend title 11, District of Columbia 
     Official Code, to revise certain administrative authorities 
     of the District of Columbia courts, to authorize the District 
     of Columbia Public Defender Service to provide professional 
     liability insurance for officers and employees of the Service 
     for claims relating to services furnished within the scope of 
     employment with the service, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 5655. An act to designate the Little River Branch 
     facility of the United States Postal Service located at 140 
     NE 84th Street in Miami, Florida, as the ``Jesse J. McCrary, 
     Jr. Post Office''.
       H.R. 5702. An act to amend the District of Columbia Home 
     Rule Act to reduce the waiting period for holding special 
     elections to fill vacancies in local offices in the District 
     of Columbia.
       H.R. 6237. An act to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 1351 2nd Street in Napa, 
     California, as the ``Tom Kongsgaard Post Office Building''.
       H.R. 6278. An act to amend the National Children's Island 
     Act of 1995 to expand allowable uses for Kingman and Heritage 
     Islands by the District of Columbia, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 6387. An act to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 337 West Clark Street in 
     Eureka, California, as the ``Sam Sacco Post Office 
     Building''.
       H.R. 6399. An act to improve certain administrative 
     operations of the Office of the Architect of the Capitol, and 
     for other purposes.

  The message further announced that the House has passed the following 
bill and joint resolution, without amendment:

       S. 3567. An act to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 100 Broadway in Lynbrook, 
     New York, as the ``Navy Corpsman Jeffry L. Wiener Post Office 
     Building''.
       S. J. Res. 40. Joint resolution appointing the day for the 
     convening of the first session of the One Hundred Twelfth 
     Congress.
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  At 6:57 p.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, in which it requests the 
concurrence of the Senate:

       H. Con. Res. 332. Concurrent resolution providing for a 
     conditional adjournment of the House of Representatives and a 
     conditional recess or adjournment of the Senate.

  The message also announced that the House having proceeded to 
reconsider the bill (H.R. 3808) to require any Federal or State court 
to recognize any notarization made by a notary public licensed by a 
State other than the State where the court is located when such 
notarization occurs in or affects interstate commerce, returned by the 
President of the United States with his objections, to the House of 
Representatives, in which it originated, it was resolved, that the said 
bill do not pass, two-thirds of the House of Representatives not 
agreeing to pass the same.

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