[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 9]
[Senate]
[Page 12374]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                        MESSAGES FROM THE HOUSE

  At 10 a.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. 5552. An act to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to require that the payment of the manufacturers' excise 
     tax on recreational equipment be paid quarterly and to 
     provide for the assessment by the Secretary of the Treasury 
     of certain criminal restitution.


                    enrolled joint resolution signed

  At 10:20 a.m., a message from the House of Representatives, delivered 
by Mrs. Cole, one of its reading clerks, announced that the Speaker has 
signed the following enrolled joint resolution:

       S.J. Res. 33. Joint resolution to provide for the 
     reconsideration and revisions of the proposed constitution of 
     the United States Virgin Islands to correct provisions 
     inconsistent with the Constitution and Federal law.

  The joint resolution was subsequently signed by the President pro 
tempore (Mr. Inouye).
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  At 11:25 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. 65. Concurrent resolution providing for the 
     use of the catafalque situated in the Exhibition Hall of the 
     Capitol Visitor Center in connection with memorial services 
     to be conducted in the United States Senate Chamber for the 
     Honorable Robert C. Byrd, late a Senator from the State of 
     West Virginia.
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  At 3:44 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. 293. Concurrent resolution providing for a 
     conditional adjournment of the House of Representatives and a 
     conditional recess or adjournment of the Senate.
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  At 7:15 p.m., a message from the House of Representatives, delivered 
by Mrs. Cole, 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. 4173) to provide for financial regulatory reform, to protect 
consumers and investors, to enhance Federal understanding of insurance 
issues, to regulate the over-the-counter derivatives markets, and for 
other purposes.

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