[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 163 (2017), Part 1]
[Senate]
[Page 979]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         MESSAGE FROM THE HOUSE

  At 3:02 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, without amendment:

       S. 84. An act to provide for an exception to a limitation 
     against appointment of persons as Secretary of Defense within 
     seven years of relief from active duty as a regular 
     commissioned officer of the Armed Forces.

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

       H.R. 78. An act to improve the consideration by the 
     Securities and Exchange Commission of the costs and benefits 
     of its regulations and orders.
       H.R. 238. An act to reauthorize the Commodity Futures 
     Trading Commission, to better protect futures customers, to 
     provide end-users with market certainty, to make basic 
     reforms to ensure transparency and accountability at the 
     Commission, to help farmers, ranchers, and end-users manage 
     risks, to help keep consumer costs low, and for other 
     purposes.

  The message also announced that the House has agreed to the following 
concurrent resolution, without amendment:

       S. Con. Res. 3. Concurrent resolution setting forth the 
     congressional budget for the United States Government for 
     fiscal year 2017 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary 
     levels for fiscal years 2018 through 2026.

  The message further announced that pursuant to 15 U.S.C. 1024(a), and 
the order of the House of January 3, 2017, the Speaker appoints the 
following Members on the part of the House of Representatives to the 
Joint Economic Committee: Mr. Paulsen of Minnesota, Mr. Schweikert of 
Arizona, Mrs. Comstock of Virginia, Mr. LaHood of Illinois, Mr. Francis 
Rooney of Florida, Mrs. Carolyn Maloney of New York, Mr. Delaney of 
Maryland, Ms. Adams of North Carolina, and Mr. Beyer of Virginia.

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