[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 4]
[Senate]
[Page 5311]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         MESSAGE FROM THE HOUSE

  At 11:39 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. 882. An act to prohibit the awarding of a contract or 
     grant in excess of the simplified acquisition threshold 
     unless the prospective contractor or grantee certifies in 
     writing to the agency awarding the contract or grant that the 
     contractor or grantee has no seriously delinquent tax debts, 
     and for other Purposes.
       H.R. 1162. An act to amend title 31, United States Code, to 
     make improvements in the Government Accountability Office.
       H.R. 1246. An act to amend the District of Columbia Home 
     Rule Act to provide that the District of Columbia Treasurer 
     or one of the Deputy Chief Financial Officers of the Office 
     of the Chief Financial Officer of the District of Columbia 
     may perform the functions and duties of the Office in an 
     acting capacity if there is a vacancy in the Office.

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