[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 9]
[Senate]
[Page 12989]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                        MESSAGES FROM THE HOUSE

       At 10:15 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. 313. An act to amend title 5, United States Code, to 
     institute spending limits and transparency requirements for 
     Federal conference and travel expenditures, and for other 
     purposes.
       H.R. 1660. An act to require the establishment of Federal 
     customer service standards and to improve the service 
     provided by Federal agencies.
       H.R. 2768. An act to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to clarify that a duty of the Commissioner of Internal 
     Revenue is to ensure that Internal Revenue Service employees 
     are familiar with and act in accord with certain taxpayer 
     rights.
       H.R. 2769. An act to impose a moratorium on conferences 
     held by the Internal Revenue Service.

  The message also announced that the House agrees to the amendment of 
the Senate to the bill (H.R. 1911) to amend the Higher Education Act of 
1965 to establish interest rates for new loans made on or after July 1, 
2013, to direct the Secretary of Education to convene the Advisory 
Committee on Improving Postsecondary Education Data to conduct a study 
on improvements to postsecondary education transparency at the Federal 
level, and for other purposes.
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  At 11:43 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. 850. An act to impose additional human rights and 
     economic and financial sanctions with respect to Iran, and 
     for other purposes.
       H.R. 2565. An act to provide for the termination of 
     employment of employees of the Internal Revenue Service who 
     take certain official actions for political purposes.

  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. 41. Concurrent resolution encouraging peace 
     and reunification on the Korean Peninsula.

  The message also announced that pursuant to section 8162 of Public 
Law 106-79, as amended, and the order of the House of January 3, 2013, 
the Speaker appoints the following Members on the part of the House of 
Representatives to the Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial Commission: Mr. 
Bishop of Georgia, and Mr. Thompson of California.


                         Enrolled Bills Signed

  At 1:00 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 bills:

       H.R. 2611. An act to designate the headquarters building of 
     the Coast Guard on the campus located at 2701 Martin Luther 
     King, Jr., Avenue Southeast in the District of Columbia as 
     the ``Douglass A. Munro Coast Guard Headquarters Building'', 
     and for other purposes.
       H.R. 2167. An act to authorize the Secretary of Housing and 
     Urban Development to establish additional requirements to 
     improve the fiscal safety and soundness of the home equity 
     conversion mortgage insurance program.

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


                          Enrolled Bill Signed

  At 1:30 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. 1911. An act to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 
     to establish interest rates for new loans made on or after 
     July 1, 2013, to direct the Secretary of Education to convene 
     the Advisory Committee on Improving Postsecondary Education 
     Data to conduct a study on improvements to postsecondary 
     education transparency at the Federal level, and for other 
     purposes.

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

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