[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 1]
[Senate]
[Page 280]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




           MESSAGE FROM THE HOUSE RECEIVED DURING ADJOURNMENT

  Under the order of the Senate of January 6, 2015, the Secretary of 
the Senate, on January 7, 2016, during the adjournment of the Senate, 
received a message from the House of Representatives announcing that 
the House agreed to H. Res. 577, resolving that the Clerk of the House 
inform the Senate that a quorum of the House is present and that the 
House is ready to proceed with business.
  The message also announced that the House agreed to the amendment of 
the Senate to the bill (H.R. 3762) to provide for reconciliation 
pursuant to section 2002 of the concurrent resolution on the budget for 
fiscal year 2016.


                          Enrolled Bill Signed

  The message further announced that the Speaker had signed the 
following enrolled bill:

       H.R. 3762. An act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to 
     section 2002 of the concurrent resolution on the budget for 
     fiscal year 2016.

  Under the authority of the order of the Senate of December 18, 2015, 
the enrolled bill was signed on January 7, 2016, during the adjournment 
of the Senate, by the Acting President pro tempore (Mr. Cotton).
  The message also announced that pursuant to section 1238(b)(3) of the 
Floyd D. Spence National Defense Authorization Act of Fiscal Year 2001 
(22 U.S.C. 7002), amended by the division P of the Consolidated 
Appropriations Resolution, 2003 (22 U.S.C. 6901), the Minority Leader 
re-appoints the following members to the United States-China Economic 
and Security Review Commission: Ms. Carolyn Bartholomew of Washington 
D.C. and Mr. Jeffrey L. Fiedler of Great Falls, Virginia.

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