[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 11]
[Senate]
[Page 15379]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                        MESSAGES FROM THE HOUSE

  At 12:47 p.m., a message from the House of Representatives, delivered 
by Mrs. Cole, one of its reading clerks, announced that it had passed 
the following bills, in which it requests the concurrence of the 
Senate:

       H.R. 1025. An act to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     recognize the service in the reserve components of certain 
     persons by honoring them with status as veterans under law.
       H.R. 1263. An act to amend the Servicemembers Civil Relief 
     Act to provide surviving spouses with certain protections 
     relating to mortgages and mortgage foreclosures, and for 
     other purposes.
       H.R. 2074. An act to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     require a comprehensive policy on reporting and tracking 
     sexual assault incidents and other safety incidents that 
     occur at medical facilities of the Department of Veterans 
     Affairs, to improve rehabilitative services for veterans with 
     traumatic brain injury, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 2302. An act to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to notify Congress 
     of conferences sponsored by the Department of Veterans 
     Affairs, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 2349. An act to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     improve the determination of annual income with respect to 
     pensions for certain veterans, to direct the Secretary of 
     Veterans Affairs to establish a pilot program to assess the 
     skills of certain employees and managers of the Veterans 
     Benefits Administration, and for other purposes.
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  At 6:30 p.m., a message from the House of Representatives, delivered 
by Mr. Novotny, one of its reading clerks, announced that it had passed 
the following bills, in which it requests the concurrence of the 
Senate:

       H.R. 3078. An act to implement the United States-Colombia 
     Trade Promotion Agreement.
       H.R. 3079. An act to implement the United States-Panama 
     Trade Promotion Agreement.
       H.R. 3080. An act to implement the United States-Korea Free 
     Trade Agreement.

  The message also announced that the House agrees to the amendment of 
the Senate to the bill (H.R. 2832) to extend the Generalized System of 
Preferences, and for other purposes.

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