[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 5]
[Senate]
[Page 6125]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                        MESSAGES FROM THE HOUSE

  At 10:54 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, without amendment:

       S. 1492. An act to direct the Administrator of General 
     Services, on behalf of the Archivist of the United States, to 
     convey certain Federal property located in the State of 
     Alaska to the Municipality of Anchorage, Alaska.
       S. 2143. An act to provide for the authority for the 
     successors and assigns of the Starr-Camargo Bridge Company to 
     maintain and operate a toll bridge across the Rio Grande near 
     Rio Grande City, Texas, and for other purposes.

  The message further announced that the House has passed the following 
bills, in which it requests the concurrence of the Senate:

       H.R. 1150. An act to amend the International Religious 
     Freedom Act of 1998 to improve the ability of the United 
     States to advance religious freedom globally through enhanced 
     diplomacy, training, counterterrorism, and foreign assistance 
     efforts, and through stronger and more flexible political 
     responses to religious freedom violations and violent 
     extremism worldwide, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 1887. An act to authorize the Comptroller General of 
     the United States to assess a study on the alternatives for 
     the disposition of Plum Island Animal Disease Center, and for 
     other purposes.
       H.R. 3832. An act to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to prevent tax-related identity theft and tax fraud, and 
     for other purposes.
       H.R. 4407. An act to amend the Homeland Security Act of 
     2002 to establish in the Department of Homeland Security a 
     board to coordinate and integrate departmental intelligence, 
     activities, and policy related to counterterrorism, and for 
     other purposes.
       H.R. 4743. An act to authorize the Secretary of Homeland 
     Security to work with cybersecurity consortia for training, 
     and for other purposes.
       H.R. 4780. An act to require the Secretary of Homeland 
     Security to develop a comprehensive strategy for Department 
     of Homeland Security operations abroad, and for other 
     purposes.

  The message also announced that the House has agreed to the following 
concurrent resolution, in which it requests the concurrence of the 
Senate:

       H. Con. Res. 88. Concurrent resolution reaffirming the 
     Taiwan Relations Act and the Six Assurances as cornerstones 
     of United States-Taiwan relations.


                          Enrolled Bill Signed

  At 12:32 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:

       S. 1523. An act to amend the Federal Water Pollution 
     Control Act to reauthorize the National Estuary Program, and 
     for other purposes.

  The enrolled bill was subsequently signed by the President pro 
tempore (Mr. Hatch).
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  At 6:04 p.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 bill, with amendments, in which it requests the 
concurrence of the Senate:

       S. 524. An act to authorize the Attorney General to award 
     grants to address the national epidemics of prescription 
     opioid abuse and heroin use.

  The message further announced that the House insists upon its 
amendments to the bill (S. 524) to authorize the Attorney General to 
award grants to address the national epidemics of prescription opioid 
abuse and heroin use, and asks a conference with the Senate on the 
disagreeing votes of the two Houses thereon; and appoints the following 
Members as managers of the conference on the part of the House:
  For consideration of the Senate bill and the House amendments, and 
modifications committed to conference: Messrs. Upton, Pitts, Lance, 
Guthrie, Kinzinger of Illinois, Bucshon, Mrs. Brooks of Indiana, 
Messrs. Goodlatte, Sensenbrenner, Smith of Texas, Marino, Collins of 
Georgia, Trott, Bishop of Michigan, McCarthy, Pallone, Ben Ray Lujan of 
New Mexico, Sarbanes, Gene Green of Texas, Conyers, Ms. Jackson Lee, 
Ms. Judy Chu of California, Mr. Cohen, Ms. Esty, Ms. Kuster, and Mr. 
Courtney.
  From the Committee on Education and the Workforce, for consideration 
of title VII of the House amendment, and modifications committed to 
conference: Messrs. Barletta, Carter of Georgia, and Scott of Virginia.
  From the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, for consideration of title 
III of the House amendment, and modifications committed to conference: 
Mr. Bilirakis, Mrs. Walorski, and Mr. Ruiz.
  From the Committee on Ways and Means, for consideration of section 
705 of the Senate bill, and section 804 of the House amendment, and 
modifications committed to conference: Messrs. Meehan, Dold, and 
McDermott.

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