[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 1]
[Senate]
[Page 126]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                        MESSAGES FROM THE HOUSE

  At 10:31 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. 22. An act to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to exempt employees with health coverage under TRICARE or the 
     Veterans Administration from being taken into account for 
     purposes of determining the employers to which the employer 
     mandate applies under the Patient Protection and Affordable 
     Care Act.

  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. 1. Concurrent resolution regarding consent to 
     assemble outside the seat of government.

  The message also announced that the House has agreed to H. Res. 1, 
resolving that Karen L. Haas of the State of Maryland, be, and is 
hereby, chosen Clerk of the House of Representatives, and that Paul D. 
Irving of the State of Florida be, and is hereby, chosen Sergeant-at-
Arms of the House of Representatives, and that Ed Cassidy of the State 
of Connecticut be, and is hereby, chosen Chief Administrative Officer 
of the House of Representatives, and that Father Patrick J. Conroy of 
the State of Oregon, be, and is hereby, chosen Chaplain of the House of 
Representatives.
  The message further announced that the House has agreed to H. Res. 2, 
resolving that the Senate be informed that a quorum of the House of 
Representatives has assembled; that John A. Boehner, a Representative 
from the State of Ohio, has been elected Speaker; and that Karen L. 
Haas, a citizen of the State of Maryland, has been elected Clerk of the 
House of Representatives of the One Hundred Fourteenth Congress.
  The message also announced that the House has agreed to H. Res. 4, 
resolving that the Clerk be instructed to inform the President of the 
United States that the House of Representatives has elected John A. 
Boehner, a Representative from the State of Ohio as Speaker, and Karen 
L. Haas, a citizen of the State of Maryland as Clerk of the House of 
Representatives of the One Hundred Fourteenth Congress.
  The message further announced that pursuant to House Resolution 3, 
the Speaker appoints the following Members of the House of 
Representatives to join a committee on the part of the Senate to notify 
the President of the United States that a quorum of each House has 
assembled and that Congress is ready to receive any communication that 
he may be pleased to make: Mr. McCarthy of California and Ms. Pelosi of 
California.
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  At 11:41 a.m., a message from the House of Representatives, delivered 
by Mr. Novotny, one of its reading clerks, announced that pursuant to 2 
U.S.C. 2001, and the order of the House of today the Speaker appoints 
the following Members to the House Office Building Commission to serve 
with himself: Mr. McCarthy of California and Ms. Pelosi of California.
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  At 5:01 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, in which it requests the concurrence of the 
Senate:

       H.R. 26. An act to extend the termination date of the 
     Terrorism Insurance Program established under the Terrorism 
     Risk Insurance Act of 2002, and for other purposes.

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