[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 8]
[Senate]
[Page 11364]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                        MESSAGES FROM THE HOUSE

  At 3:02 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 bills, in which it requests the concurrence of the 
Senate:

       H.R. 5. An act to support State and local accountability 
     for public education, protect State and local authority, 
     inform parents of the performance of their children's 
     schools, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 6. An act to accelerate the discovery, development, 
     and delivery of 21st century cures, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 2647. An act to expedite under the National 
     Environmental Policy Act of 1969 and improve forest 
     management activities on National Forest System lands, on 
     public lands under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Land 
     Management, and on tribal lands to return resilience to 
     overgrown, fire-prone forested lands, and for other purposes.

  The message also announced that the Speaker appoints the following 
Members as additional conferees in the conference on the disagreeing 
votes of the two Houses on the amendment of the Senate to the bill 
(H.R. 1735) to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2016 for 
military activities of the Department of Defense, for military 
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, 
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for 
other purposes:
  From the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, for 
consideration of matters within the jurisdiction within that committee 
under clause 11 of rule X: Messrs. Nunes, King of New York, and Schiff.
  From the Committee on Education and the Workforce, for consideration 
of secs. 571 and 573 of the House bill and secs. 561-63 of the Senate 
amendment and modifications committed to conference: Messrs. Rokita, 
Bishop of Michigan, and Scott of Virginia.
  From the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for consideration of secs. 
314, 632, 634, 3111-13, 3119, 3133, and 3141 of the House bill and 
secs. 601, 632, 3118, and 3119 of the Senate amendment, and 
modifications committed to conference: Messrs. Upton, Barton, and 
Pallone.
  From the Committee on Foreign Affairs, for consideration of secs. 
1011, 1059, 1090, 1092, 1201, 1203-5, 1215, 1221, 1223, 1226, 1234-36, 
1247-49, 1253, 1257, 1263, 1264, 1267, 1270, 1301, 1532, 1541, 1542, 
1663, 1668-70, 2802, 3118, and 3119 of the House bill and secs. 1011, 
1012, 1082, 1201-05, 1207, 1209, 1223, 1225, 1228, 1251, 1252, 1261, 
1264, 1265, 1272, 1301, 1302, 1531-33, 1631, 1654, and 1655 of the 
Senate amendment and modifications committed to conference: Messrs. 
Royce, Marino, and Engel.
  From the Committee on Homeland Security, for consideration of secs. 
589 and 1041 of the Senate amendment, and modifications committed to 
conference: Mr. McCaul, Mrs. Miller of Michigan, and Mr. Thompson of 
Mississippi.
  From the Committee on the Judiciary, for consideration of secs. 1040, 
1052, 1085, 1216, 1641, and 2862, of the House bill and secs. 1032, 
1034, 1090, and 1227 of the Senate amendment, and modifications 
committed to conference: Messrs. Goodlatte, Issa, and Conyers.
  From the Committee on Natural Resources, for consideration of secs. 
312, 632, 634, 2841, 2842, 2851-53, and 2862 of the House bill and 
secs. 313, 601, and 632 of the Senate amendment, and modifications 
committed to conference: Messrs. Cook, Hardy, and Grijalva.
  From the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, for 
consideration of secs. 602, 631, 634, 838, 854, 855, 866, 871, 1069, 
and 1101-05 of the House bill and secs. 592, 593, 631, 806, 830, 861, 
1090, 1101, 1102, 1104, 1105, 1107-09, 1111, 1112, 1114, and 1115 of 
the Senate amendment, and modifications committed to conference: 
Messrs. Hurd of Texas, Russell, and Cummings.
  From the Committee on Rules, for consideration of sec. 1032 of the 
Senate amendment, and modifications committed to conference: Messrs. 
Sessions, Byrne, and Ms. Slaughter.
  From the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, for 
consideration of sec. 3136 of the House bill and sec. 1613 of the 
Senate amendment, and modifications committed to conference: Messrs. 
Lucas, Knight, and Ms. Eddie Bernice Johnson of Texas.
  From the Committee on Small Business, for consideration of secs. 831-
34, 839, 840, 842-46, 854, and 871 of the House bill and secs. 828, 
831, 882, 883, and 885 of the Senate amendment, and modifications 
committed to conference: Messrs. Chabot, Hanna, and Ms. Velazquez.
  From the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, for 
consideration of secs. 302, 562, 569, 570a, 591, 1060a, 1073, 2811, and 
3501 of the House bill and secs. 601, 642, 1613, 3504, and 3505, of the 
Senate amendment, and modifications committed to conference: Messrs. 
Graves of Louisiana, Curbelo of Florida, and Ms. Edwards.
  From the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, for consideration of secs. 
565, 566, 592, 652, 701, 721, 722, 1105, and 1431 of the House bill and 
secs. 539, 605, 633, 719, 1083, 1084, 1089, 1091, and 1411 of the 
Senate amendment, and modifications committed to conference: Messrs. 
Roe of Tennessee, Bilirakis, and Ms. Brown of Florida.

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