[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 163 (2017), Part 4]
[Senate]
[Pages 4506-4507]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         MESSAGE FROM THE HOUSE

  At 10:32 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, in which it requests the concurrence of the 
Senate:

       H.R. 132. An act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior 
     to convey certain land and appurtenances of the Arbuckle 
     Project, Oklahoma, to the Arbuckle Master Conservancy 
     District, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 267. An act to redesignate the Martin Luther King, 
     Junior, National Historic Site in the State of Georgia, and 
     for other purposes.
       H.R. 382. An act to amend the Department of Agriculture 
     program for research and extension grants to increase 
     participation by women and underrepresented minorities in the 
     fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics 
     to redesignate the program as the ``Jeannette Rankin Women 
     and Minorities in STEM Fields Program''.
       H.R. 648. An act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior 
     to amend the Definite Plan Report for the Seedskadee Project 
     to enable the use of the active capacity of the Fontenelle 
     Reservoir.
       H.R. 1029. An act to amend the Federal Insecticide, 
     Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act to improve pesticide 
     registration and other activities under the Act, to extend 
     and modify fee authorities, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 1181. An act to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     clarify the conditions under which certain persons may be 
     treated as adjudicated mentally incompetent for certain 
     purposes.
       H.R. 1228. An act to provide for the appointment of members 
     of the Board of Directors of the Office of Compliance to 
     replace members whose terms expire during 2017, and for other 
     purposes.
       H.R. 1249. An act to amend the Homeland Security Act of 
     2002 to require a multiyear

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     acquisition strategy of the Department of Homeland Security, 
     and for other purposes.
       H.R. 1252. An act to amend the Homeland Security Act of 
     2002 to provide for certain acquisition authorities for the 
     Under Secretary of Management of the Department of Homeland 
     Security, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 1259. An act to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     provide for the removal or demotion of employees of the 
     Department of Veterans Affairs based on performance or 
     misconduct, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 1294. An act to amend the Homeland Security Act of 
     2002 to provide for congressional notification regarding 
     major acquisition program breaches, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 1309. An act to streamline the office and term of the 
     Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration, 
     and for other purposes.
       H.R. 1367. An act to improve the authority of the Secretary 
     of Veterans Affairs to hire and retain physicians and other 
     employees of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for 
     other purposes.

  The message also announced that pursuant to section 161(a) of the 
Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2211), and the order of the House of 
January 3, 2017, the Speaker appoints the following Members of the 
House of Representatives as Congressional Advisors on Trade Policy and 
Negotiations: Mr. Neal of Massachusetts and Mr. Pascrell of New Jersey.

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