[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 163 (2017), Part 4]
[Senate]
[Page 5694]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                        MESSAGES FROM THE HOUSE

  At 10:02 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 bill, without amendment:

       S. 544. An act to amend the Veterans Access, Choice, and 
     Accountability Act of 2014 to modify the termination date for 
     the Veterans Choice Program, and for other purposes.

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

       H.R. 1304. An act to amend the Employee Retirement Income 
     Security Act of 1974, the Public Health Service Act, and the 
     Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude from the definition 
     of health insurance coverage certain medical stop-loss 
     insurance obtained by certain plan sponsors of group health 
     plans.
       H.R. 1667. An act to amend title 11 of the United States 
     Code in order to facilitate the resolution of an insolvent 
     financial institution in bankruptcy.

  The message further announced that pursuant to 22 U.S.C. 6913, and 
the order of the House of January 3, 2017, the Speaker appoints the 
following Member of the House of Representatives to the Congressional-
Executive Commission on the People's Republic of China: Mr. Lieu of 
California.


                          Enrolled Bill Signed

  At 12:20 p.m., a message from the House of Representatives, delivered 
by Mr. Novotny, one of its reading clerks, announced that the Speaker 
has signed the following enrolled bill:

       H.R. 353. An act to improve the National Oceanic and 
     Atmospheric Administration's weather research through a 
     focused program of investment on affordable and attainable 
     advances in observational, computing, and modeling 
     capabilities to support substantial improvement in weather 
     forecasting and prediction of high impact weather events, to 
     expand commercial opportunities for the provision of weather 
     data, and for other purposes.

  The enrolled bill was subsequently signed by the President pro 
tempore (Mr. Hatch).
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  At 12:50 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 joint resolutions, without amendment:

       S.J. Res. 30. Joint resolution providing for the 
     reappointment of Steve Case as a citizen regent of the Board 
     of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution.
       S.J. Res. 35. Joint resolution providing for the 
     appointment of Michael Govan as a citizen regent of the Board 
     of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution.
       S.J. Res. 36. Joint resolution providing for the 
     appointment of Roger W. Ferguson as a citizen regent of the 
     Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution.

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

       H.R. 1219. An act to amend the Investment Company Act of 
     1940 to expand the investor limitation for qualifying venture 
     capital funds under an exemption from the definition of an 
     investment company.
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  At 3:03 p.m., a message from the House of Representatives, delivered 
by Mrs. Cole, one of its reading clerks, announced that the House has 
agreed to the following concurrent resolution, in which it requests the 
concurrence of the Senate:

       H. Con. Res. 48. Concurrent resolution providing for a 
     conditional adjournment of the House of Representatives.

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