[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 6]
[Senate]
[Page 7676]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                        MESSAGES FROM THE HOUSE

  At 10:13 a.m., a message from the House of Representatives, delivered 
by Mrs. Cole, announced that the House has passed the following bills, 
in which it requests the concurrence of the Senate:

       H.R. 1383. An act to temporarily preserve higher rates for 
     tuition and fees for programs of education at non-public 
     institutions of higher learning pursued by individuals 
     enrolled in the Post-9/11 Educational Assistance Program of 
     the Department of Veterans Affairs before the enactment of 
     the Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Improvement Act 
     of 2010, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 1407. An act to increase, effective as of December 1, 
     2011, the rates of compensation for veterans with service-
     connected disabilities and rates of dependency and indemnity 
     compensation for the survivors of certain disabled veterans, 
     and for other purposes.
       H.R. 1627. An act to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     provide for certain requirements for the placement of 
     monuments in Arlington National Cemetery, and for other 
     purposes.
       H.R. 1657. An act to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     revise the enforcement penalties for misrepresentation of a 
     business concern as a small business concern owned and 
     controlled by service-disabled veterans.
       H.R. 1893. An act to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to extend the funding and expenditure authority of the 
     Airport and Airway Trust Fund, to amend title 49, United 
     States Code, to extend the airport improvement program, and 
     for other purposes.


                          Enrolled Bill Signed

  The message also announced that the Speaker has signed the following 
enrolled bill:

       H.R. 793. An act to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 12781 Sir Francis Drake 
     Boulevard in Inverness, California, as the ``Specialist Jake 
     Robert Velloza Post Office''.

  The enrolled bill was subsequently signed by the President pro 
tempore (Mr. Inouye).
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  At 1:53 p.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 act with an amendment, in which it requests the 
concurrence of the Senate:

       S. 990. An act to provide for an additional temporary 
     extension of programs under the Small Business Act and the 
     Small Business Investment Act of 1958, and for other 
     purposes.

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