[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 7]
[Senate]
[Page 10100]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         MESSAGE FROM THE HOUSE

  At 2:03 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. 1249. An act to amend title 35, United States Code, to 
     provide for patent reform.
       H.R. 2279. 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.

  The message also announced that pursuant to 20 U.S.C. 4303, and the 
order of the House of January 5, 2011, the Speaker appoints the 
following Members of the House of Representatives to the Board of 
Trustees of Gallaudet University: Mr. Yoder of Kansas and Ms. Woolsey 
of California.
  The message further announced that pursuant to 44 U.S.C. 2702, and 
the order of the House of January 5, 2011, the Speaker reappoints the 
following member on the part of the House of Representatives to the 
Advisory Committee on the Records of Congress: Mr. Jeffrey W. Thomas of 
Columbus, Ohio.
  The message also announced that pursuant to section 194 of title 14, 
United States Code, Mr. Mica, Chairman of the Committee on 
Transportation and Infrastructure, appoints the following Members of 
the House of Representatives to the United States Coast Guard Academy 
Board of Visitors: Mr. Frank Guinta of New Hampshire, Mr. Andy Harris 
of Maryland, and Mr. Rick Larsen of Washington.

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