[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 13]
[Senate]
[Pages 18650-18651]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                        MESSAGES FROM THE HOUSE

  At 12:16 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 and joint resolution without amendment:

       S. 2318. An act to authorize the Secretary of State to pay 
     a reward to combat transnational organized crime and for 
     information concerning foreign nationals wanted by 
     international criminal tribunals, and for other purposes.
       S. 3331. An act to provide for universal intercountry 
     adoption accreditation standards, and for other purposes.
       S. 3472. An act to amend the Family Educational Rights and 
     Privacy Act of 1974 to provide improvements to such Act.
       S.J. Res. 44. Joint resolution granting the consent of 
     Congress to the State and Province Emergency Management 
     Assistance Memorandum of Understanding.

  The message also announced that the House has passed the following 
bill, in which it requests the concurrence of the Senate:

       H.R. 6726. An act to prevent the 2013 pay adjustment for 
     Members of Congress and persons holding other offices or 
     positions in the Federal Government from being made.

  The message further announced that the House has agreed to the 
following concurrent resolution, in which it requests the concurrence 
of the Senate:

       H. Con. Res. 145. Concurrent resolution calling for 
     universal condemnation of the North Korean missile launch of 
     December 12, 2012.

  The message also announced that the House agrees to the amendments of 
the Senate to the bill (H.R. 1464) to develop a strategy for assisting 
stateless children from North Korea, and for other purposes.


                          Enrolled Bill Signed

  At 1:10 p.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 bill:

       H.R. 8. An act entitled the ``American Taxpayer Relief Act 
     of 2012''.

  The enrolled bill was subsequently signed by the President pro 
tempore (Mr. Leahy).

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  At 2:21 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 amendment of the Senate to the bill (H.R. 443) to provide 
for the conveyance of certain property from the United States to the 
Maniilaq Association located in Kotzebue, Alaska.
  The message further announced that the House agrees to the amendment 
of the Senate to the bill (H.R. 2076) to amend title 28, United States 
Code, to clarify the statutory authority for the longstanding practice 
of the Department of Justice of providing investigatory assistance on 
request of State and local authorities with respect to certain serious 
violent crimes, and for other purposes.
  The message also announced that the House agrees to the amendment of 
the Senate to the bill (H.R. 4212) to prevent the introduction into 
commerce of unsafe drywall, to ensure the manufacturer of drywall is 
readily identifiable, to ensure that problematic drywall removed from 
homes is not reused, and for other purposes.
  The message further announced that the House agrees to the amendment 
of the Senate to the bill (H.R. 6029) to amend title 18, United States 
Code, to provide for increased penalties for foreign and economic 
espionage, and for other purposes.
  The message also announced that the House agrees to the amendment of 
the Senate to the bill (H.R. 6328) to amend title 49, United States 
Code, to direct the Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security 
(Transportation Security Administration) to transfer unclaimed clothing 
recovered at airport security checkpoints to local veterans 
organizations and other local charitable organizations, and for other 
purposes.
  The message further announced that the House agrees to the amendment 
of the Senate to the bill (H.R. 6621) to correct and improve certain 
provisions of the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act and title 35, United 
States Code.
  The message also announced that the House agrees to the amendments of 
the Senate to the bill (H.R. 8) to extend certain tax relief provisions 
enacted in 2001 and 2003, and to provide for expedited consideration of 
a bill providing for comprehensive tax reform, and for other purposes.
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  At 3:21 p.m., a message from the House of Representatives, delivered 
by Mr. Novotny, one of its reading clerks, announced that the House 
agrees to the amendment of the Senate to the bill (H.R. 6586) to extend 
the application of certain space launch liability provisions through 
2014.


                         Enrolled Bills Signed

  The message further announced that the Speaker has signed the 
following enrolled bills:

       H.R. 1464. An act to express the sense of Congress 
     regarding North Korean children and children of one North 
     Korean parent and to require the Department of State 
     regularly to brief appropriate congressional committees on 
     efforts to advocate for and develop a strategy to provide 
     assistance in the best interest of these children.
       H.R. 4365. An act to amend title 5, United States Code, to 
     make clear that accounts in the Thrift Savings Fund are 
     subject to certain Federal tax levies.
       H.R. 6060. An act to amend Public Law 106-392 to maintain 
     annual base funding for the Upper Colorado and San Juan fish 
     recovery programs through fiscal year 2019.
       H.R. 6364. An act to establish a commission to ensure a 
     suitable observance of the centennial of World War I, to 
     provide for the designation of memorials to the service of 
     members of the United States Armed Forces in World War I, and 
     for other purposes.
       S. 3454. An act to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
     2013 for intelligence and intelligence-related activities of 
     the United States Government and the Office of the Director 
     of National Intelligence, the Central Intelligence Agency 
     Retirement and Disability System, and for other purposes.
       S. 3630. An act to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 218 North Milwaukee Street 
     in Waterford, Wisconsin, as the ``Captain Rhett W. Schiller 
     Post Office''.
       S. 3662. An act to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 6 Nichols Street in 
     Westminster, Massachusetts, as the ``Lieutenant Ryan Patrick 
     Jones Post Office Building''.
       S. 3677. An act to make a technical correction to the Flood 
     Disaster Protection Act of 1973.

  The enrolled bills were subsequently signed by the President pro 
tempore (Mr. Leahy).
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  At 3:40 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 bill, with an amendment and an amendment to the 
title, in which it requests the concurrence of the Senate:

       S. 3250. An act to amend the DNA Analysis Backlog 
     Elimination Act of 2000 to provide for Debbie Smith grants 
     for auditing sexual assault evidence backlogs and to 
     establish a Sexual Assault Forensic Evidence Registry, and 
     for other purposes.

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