[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 2]
[Senate]
[Page 2895]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                        MESSAGES FROM THE HOUSE

  At 10:03 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 bills, in which it requests the concurrence of the 
Senate:

       H. R. 338. 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. 668. An act to amend section 1105(a) of title 31, 
     United States Code, to require that annual budget submissions 
     of the President to Congress provide an estimate of the cost 
     per taxpayer of the deficit, and for other purposes.
       H. R. 933. An act making appropriations for the Department 
     of Defense, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and other 
     departments and agencies for the fiscal year ending September 
     30, 2013, and for other purposes.

  The message also announced that pursuant to 22 U.S.C. 6913 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 
Congressional-Executive Commission on the People's Republic of China: 
Mr. Walz of Minnesota.
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  At 2:02 p.m., a message from the House of Representatives, delivered 
by Mr. Novotny, one of its reading clerks, announced that the House 
agreed to the following concurrent resolutions, in which it requests 
the concurrence of the Senate:

       H. Con. Res. 14. Concurrent resolution permitting the use 
     of the rotunda of the Capitol for a ceremony as part of the 
     commemoration of the days of remembrance of victims of the 
     Holocaust.
       H. Con. Res. 20. Concurrent resolution permitting the use 
     of the rotunda of the Capitol for a ceremony to award the 
     Congressional Gold Medal to Professor Muhammad Yunus.

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