[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 11]
[Senate]
[Pages 15277-15278]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                        MESSAGES FROM THE HOUSE

  At 10:06 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 bills, in which it requests the concurrence of the 
Senate:

       H.R. 5934. An act to amend title 18, United States Code, to 
     include certain territories and possessions of the United 
     States in the definition of State for the purposes of chapter 
     114, relating to trafficking in contraband cigarettes and 
     smokeless tobacco.
       H.R. 6116. An act to amend the Revised Organic Act of the 
     Virgin Islands to provide for direct review by the United 
     States Supreme Court of decisions of the Virgin Islands 
     Supreme Court, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 6570. An act to amend the American Recovery and 
     Reinvestment Act of 2009 and the Emergency Economic 
     Stabilization Act of 2008 to consolidate certain CBO 
     reporting requirements.


                         Enrolled Bills Signed

  At 12:25 p.m., a message from the House of Representatives, delivered 
by Mr. Novotny, one of its reading clerks, announced that the Speaker 
has signed the following enrolled bills:

       S. 743. An act to amend chapter 23 of title 5, United 
     States Code, to clarify the disclosures of information 
     protected from prohibited personnel practices, require a 
     statement in non-disclosure policies, forms, and agreements 
     that such policies, forms, and agreements conform with 
     certain disclosure protections, provide certain authority for 
     the Special Counsel, and for other purposes.
       S. 1956. An act to prohibit operators of civil aircraft of 
     the United States from participating in the European Union's 
     emissions trading scheme, and for other purposes.

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       H.R. 2606. An act to authorize the Secretary of the 
     Interior to allow the construction and operation of natural 
     gas pipeline facilities in the Gateway National Recreation 
     Area, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 4114. An act to increase, effective as of December 1, 
     2012, the rates of compensation for veterans with service-
     connected disabilities and the rates of dependency and 
     indemnity compensation for the survivors of certain disabled 
     veterans, and for other purposes.

  The enrolled bills were subsequently signed by the Acting President 
pro tempore (Mr. Blumenthal).

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