[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 1]
[Senate]
[Page 1064]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                        MESSAGES FROM THE HOUSE

  At 9:34 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. 225. An act to amend title IV of the Public Health 
     Service Act to provide for a National Pediatric Research 
     Network, including with respect to pediatric rare diseases or 
     conditions.
       H.R. 297. An act to amend the Public Health Service Act to 
     reauthorize support for graduate medical education programs 
     in children's hospitals.

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

       H. Con. Res. 11. Concurrent resolution providing for a 
     joint session of Congress to receive a message from the 
     President.

  The message further announced that pursuant to 22 U.S.C. 1928a, and 
the order of the House of January 3, 2013, the Speaker appoints the 
following member on the part of the House of Representatives to the 
United States Group of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly: Mr. Larson of 
Connecticut.
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  At 11:42 a.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, in which it requests the concurrence of the 
Senate:

       H.R. 444. An act to require that, if the President's fiscal 
     year 2014 budget does not achieve balance in a fiscal year 
     covered by such budget, the President shall submit a 
     supplemental unified budget by April 1, 2013, which 
     identifies a fiscal year in which balance is achieved, and 
     for other purposes.

  The message also announced that pursuant to section 643(c) of The 
American Taxpayer Relief Act (Public Law 112-240), the Minority Leader 
appoints the following individuals on the part of the House of 
Representatives to the Commission on Long-Term Care: Bruce Allen 
Chernof of Los Angeles, California, Judith Stein of Storrs, 
Connecticut, and George Vradenburg of Washington, DC.

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